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2024 FIBA Asia U18 Championship

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lem0nadi said:
We got a good group here, we might lost against the NZL especially that they are coming with their 4th place finish at U17 WC.

But still, being 2nd place means we face the 1st place of group B, which is either Iran or Sokor.

I just hope no upset from the host Jordan because that means facing China or Japan in knockout stage then Australia in QF.


So this means either China or Japan won't be going to the WC because of that Australia waiting in the QF.
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Good thing here is that Japan and China will play their last group stage game with one another.

It means that a the time they will play, they are both 2-0 and the loser will the 2nd team from their group

This will avoid the tanking for the 3rd spot in their group and QQF date with PHI and avoid Australia in the QF.
 
mayfel said:
Good thing here is that Japan and China will play their last group stage game with one another.

It means that a the time they will play, they are both 2-0 and the loser will the 2nd team from their group

This will avoid the tanking for the 3rd spot in their group and QQF date with PHI and avoid Australia in the QF.
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So basically assuming we really a 2nd seed on our group, it will be

Qatar/Kazahkstan at the Knockout Stage

Sokor/Iran at the Quarterfinals

Personally, I want SoKor to be the one we will be facing (even if they are the defending champs) due to our youth team having hard time against physical teams which is arab countries specialty.

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lem0nadi said:
We got a good group here, we might lost against the NZL especially that they are coming with their 4th place finish at U17 WC.

But still, being 2nd place means we face the 1st place of group B, which is either Iran or Sokor.

I just hope no upset from the host Jordan because that means facing China or Japan in knockout stage then Australia in QF.


So this means either China or Japan won't be going to the WC because of that Australia waiting in the QF.
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Agree with U, we fell in a good group. Jordan isn't known in the youth level basketball. I think in the last 20 years, Jordan hasn't figured well in the Asian U-16 & U-18 tournaments. I'm confident we will beat Jordan convincingly.
 
lem0nadi said:
So basically assuming we really a 2nd seed on our group, it will be

Qatar/Kazahkstan at the Knockout Stage

Sokor/Iran at the Quarterfinals

Personally, I want SoKor to be the one we will be facing (even if they are the defending champs) due to our youth team having hard time against physical teams which is arab countries specialty.

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Only Iran and Lebanon.

Other West Asian countries, not so much.

Qatar too but mainly because their team is full of Africans.
 
lem0nadi said:
So basically assuming we really a 2nd seed on our group, it will be

Qatar/Kazahkstan at the Knockout Stage

Sokor/Iran at the Quarterfinals

Personally, I want SoKor to be the one we will be facing (even if they are the defending champs) due to our youth team having hard time against physical teams which is arab countries specialty.

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Well Qatar would be strong this time as they have 2 U18 players who played for their Seniors team. One of them is the son of Qatar great Musa
 
Qatar is no slouch this year. I remember someone from Qatar who played well in the BWB Camp where Andy was also invited. I just hope there will be no upsets against Jordan or Qatar. If we'll face Korea in the QF, we have a good chance of qualifying to the world cup as Korea usually struggles against opponents with good athleticism.
 
earldeboy said:
Qatar is no slouch this year. I remember someone from Qatar who played well in the BWB Camp where Andy was also invited. I just hope there will be no upsets against Jordan or Qatar. If we'll face Korea in the QF, we have a good chance of qualifying to the world cup as Korea usually struggles against opponents with good athleticism.
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That's Mousa, though he is not eligible anymore for this age group.
 
What happens when you get the cheapest coach available for youth teams? That's right. You get the cheapest performance records.
 
What is the update on Kiefer Alas injury?
will he make it to the 2024 FIBA AsFIBA-18 tournament next month. Hope he does becoz Batang Gilas U-18 team badly needs his services.
 
Watch the team get blown out thanks to that imbecile nepotism coach.
 
Apparently, he is now a D1 player for Dayton already. A projected 1st round draft pick in 2025 Mock Drafts.

I am not trying to overrate them but the No.2 seed for them looks possible with that Big 3 of them.

He is also producing good numbers for their seniors team.
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I really think the SBP couldnt care less about our youth teams. If they had any intention of making a coaching change it should have happened after that disastrous world cup stint where Gilas went 0-7. And to think there so many accomplished coaches the SBP could tap to work with the Batang Gilas program, SMC has a deep pool of coaches they could assign to lead that program but I guess we could only hope the criticisms and constant bashing makes Joke Reyes quit!
 
JAMSKIE said:
What is the update on Kiefer Alas injury?
will he make it to the 2024 FIBA AsFIBA-18 tournament next month. Hope he does becoz Batang Gilas U-18 team badly needs his services.
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i guess the 2-3 months out that i mentioned is more accurate than the 3-4 weeks that was initially reported
 
Perhaps we should ask that viral Turkish guy to help us with our youth team problems. haha
 
earldeboy said:
He's born-2006 though so he's eligible in this year's U18 tourny.
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I just wonder, do we have a player in our U-18 who can defend & limit this Mousa kid? Remember, this kid is a 6-foot-6 natural wingman. If we put our 6-foot-5/6-foot-6 guy on him, that Pinoy 6-6 guy is a natural big man so he may not have the laterals & quickness to stay in front of Mousa. On the other hand, if we put our natural wingmen on Mousa, our wingmen would be giving up 3 to 4 inches in height against Mousa. It would have been better if we have some athletic 6-4 Fil-am wingmen on the team.
 
JAMSKIE said:
I just wonder, do we have a player in our U-18 who can defend & limit this Mousa kid? Remember, this kid is a 6-foot-6 natural wingman. If we put our 6-foot-5/6-foot-6 guy on him, that Pinoy 6-6 guy is a natural big man so he may not have the laterals & quickness to stay in front of Mousa. On the other hand, if we put our natural wingmen on Mousa, our wingmen would be giving up 3 to 4 inches in height against Mousa. It would have been better if we have some athletic 6-4 Fil-am wingmen on the team.
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Bad news is that he is taller than what you said, a 6'8 kid.

And I think Edryn can contain him, thay guy is a 6'5 with PG/SG as his natural position. But looking at the player's stories from IG, it looks like its the same lineup from the SEABA that will play on this tournament based on that tuneup game against NU Bullpups.

I remember that he was also included in Qatar's past U18 lineup that went against our U18 Gilas (Mason's batch) and that game went hard from 1st to 3rd quarter because of him. And that Gilas U18 is much stronger than what we have right now.
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