After all the controversies, the PBA and SBP have decided sending a Philippine team to compete for the country in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

Our Gilas Pilipinas team led by 6 players from Rain or Shine together with 5 other players from different PBA teams plus Jordan Clarkson will be competing in the basketball tourney that only happens every after 4 years in Asia. The competition will start this August 14 and ends on September 1, 2018.

LIST: Groups/Standings/Schedules 2018 Asian Games Basketball Competition

Group A	WIN	LOSS
South Korea	3	0
Indonesia	1	2(+7)
Mongolia	1	2(+4)
Thailand	1	2(-11)
Group B	WIN	LOSS
Iran	1	0
Syria	0	1
Group C	WIN	LOSS
Chinese Taipei	3	0
Japan	2	1
Qatar	1	2
Hong Kong	0	3
Group D	WIN	LOSS
China	2	0
Philippines	1	1
Kazakhstan	0	2

Note: Top 2 teams from each group will advance to the next round.

Game Schedules
August 14:  Chinese Taipei vs  Japan, 11:00 AM, GBK Basketball Hall, 71-65 Taipei
August 14:  Thailand vs  Mongolia, 1:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 87-86 Thailand
August 14:  Hong Kong vs  Qatar, 5:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 90-80 Qatar
August 14:  Indonesia vs  South Korea, 7:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 104-65 Korea

August 16:  Kazakhstan vs  Philippines, 11:00 AM, GBK Basketball Hall, 96-59 Philippines
August 16:  South Korea vs  Mongolia, 5:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 108-73 Korea
August 16:  Japan vs  Qatar, 7:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 82-71 Japan

August 20:  Chinese Taipei vs  Hong Kong, 5:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 98-67 Taipei
August 20:  Indonesia vs  Thailand, 7:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 98-86 Indonesia

August 21:  Philippines vs  China, 5:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 82-80 China

August 22:  Japan vs  Hong Kong, 5:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 88-82 Japan
August 22:  South Korea vs  Thailand, 7:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 117-77 Korea

August 23:  Kazakhstan vs  China, 5:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 83-66 China

August 25:  Syria vs  Iran, 11:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 68-55 Iran
August 25:  Qatar vs  Chinese Taipei, 5:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 83-70 Taipei
August 25:  Mongolia vs  Indonesia, 7:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 74-69 Mongolia

Brackets
Quarterfinal Round
August 27: Q1:  South Korea vs  Philippines, 11:00 AM, GBK Basketball Hall, 91-82 Korea
August 27: Q2:  Iran vs  Japan, 1:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 93-67 Iran
August 27: Q3:  Chinese Taipei vs  Syria, 5:00, GBK Basketball Hall, 82-75 Taipei
August 27: Q4:  China vs  Indonesia, 7:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 98-63 China

Qualification Round (5-8)
August 28: Qualif 1:  Philippines vs  Japan, 5:00 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 113-80 Philippines
August 28: Qualif 2:  Syria vs  Indonesia, 7:30 PM, GBK Basketball Hall, 76-66 Syria

Semifinal Round
August 30: S1:  South Korea vs  Iran, 5:00 PM, Istora Gelora Bung Karno, 80-68 Iran
August 30: S2:  Chinese Taipei vs  China, 7:30 PM, Istora Gelora Bung Karno, 86-63 China

Qualification Round (7-8)
August 31: Qualif 3:  Japan vs  Indonesia, 1:30 PM, 84-66 Japan

Qualification Round (5-6)
August 31: Qualif 4:  Philippines vs  Syria, 7:30 PM, 109-55 Philippines

Battle for 3rd (Bronze Medal)
September 1:  South Korea vs  Chinese Taipei, 1:30 PM, Istora Gelora Bung Karno, 89-81 Korea

Finals Match (Gold Medal)
September 1:  Iran vs  China, 7:30 PM, Istora Gelora Bung Karno, 84-72 China

[ For overall standings click this link ]

TBP - to be posted

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