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Gilas Pilipinas against the Taiwan Mustangs in a tuneup game at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, June 24, 2024. Photo by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News.

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:958px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171929628812020240624-gilas-pilipinas-send-off-game-JC-4509.jpeg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Gilas Pilipinas against the Taiwan Mustangs in a tuneup game at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, June 24, 2024. Photo by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News."/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span contenteditable="true" id="isPasted">Gilas Pilipinas against the Taiwan Mustangs in a tuneup game at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, June 24, 2024. <em>Photo by Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News.</em></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MANILA – Gilas Pilipinas is set to embark on a daunting task in hopes of booking a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Filipino hoopers alongside head coach Tim Cone will be competing in the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in early July and are bound to face Latvia and Georgia in Riga.</span></div><div><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/6/25/dwight-ramos-ready-to-take-on-point-guard-duties-for-short-handed-gilas-in-fiba-oqt-927" id="isPasted" style="margin:0px;line-height:inherit;color:rgb(202, 18, 18);text-decoration-style:solid;text-decoration-color:currentcolor"><strong>Dwight Ramos ready to take on PG duties for short-handed Gilas in FIBA OQT</strong></a></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A win by Gilas against their Group A opponents will propel them to the crossover semifinals against Group B’s Brazil, Montenegro, and Cameroon, and aiding the Filipinos to support the National squad in this uphill climb is Smart Communication’s LiveStream App.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Through the Smart LiveStream App, we encourage every Filipino basketball fan to </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">support Gilas Pilipinas in their quest to join other qualifiers bound for Paris 2024,” said Alex O. Caeg, Head of Consumer Wireless Business at Smart.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“The FIBA OQT games will be like a primer to Smart LiveStream’s most comprehensive broadcast of the entire Paris 2024 happening late July to August.”</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">“Expect Gilas Pilipinas to give it their all against host country Latvia and against </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Georgia. Let’s continue to support and follow the journey of our men’s national </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">basketball team powered by Smart’s superior mobile network,” added Jude Turcuato, </span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Head of Sports at PLDT-Smart.</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span></div><div><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gilas will be going up against World’s No. 6 Latvia on July 4 and No. 23 Georgia less than 24 hours later. </span></div>

<p>Gilas Pilipinas is set to embark on a daunting task in hopes of booking a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.</p>

Gilas Pilipinas is set to embark on a daunting task in hopes of booking a ticket to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

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Published June 25, 2024 02:46 PM PHT

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