FIBA Asia Cup 2012 Broadcast Schedule: Smart Gilas vs Chinese Taipei

Fresh from snagging the trophy at the recently concluded 34^th William Jones Cup 2012, the Smart Gilas Pilipinas team’s future is bright with the ongoing 2012 FIBA Asia Cup competition. After winning their last 3 games, the spirits of the Smart Gilas Pilipinas are up and are ready to face Chinese Taipei for the quarterfinals round.

If you’re a die-hard follower of the Smart Gilas Pilipinas, I bet you would not want to miss a single game for the remainder of the competition. Good thing, local channel AKTV has issued their broadcast schedule for the games.

Here is the scheduled broadcast of the Smart Gilas team’s games on the ongoing 2012 FIBA Asia Cup, courtesy of AKTV:

• Philippines versus Chinese Taipei
  Thursday, September 20, 8 p.m.
• Semifinals
  Friday, September 21, 3:30 p.m. LIVE
• Battle for Third/Finals
  Saturday, September 22, 1 p.m. LIVE

Meanwhile, here’s a diagram of the competition flow chart and schedule for FIBA Asia Cup 2012:

What are your predictions? I'd love to hear them at the comments below. 

2012 FIBA Asia Cup Quarterfinals Schedule

The second round of competition for the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup is almost underway after the preliminary round has concluded. The next round, which will be the quarterfinals, will kick off on September 20 and will still be played in Tokyo’s Ota Gymnasium.

The pairings will be as follows:

Lebanon versus Group B No. 4

Uzbekistan versus Group B No. 1

Philippines versus Qatar or Chinese Taipei

China versus Group B No. 2

All of the above games for 2012 FIBA Asia Cup Quarterfinal round will be played on September 20, although the times of the matches are still to be determined. Meanwhile, the semifinal games are scheduled on September 21, whereas the Finals game will also be played the following day – September 22.

Check us back again for more updates on the final pairings for the upcoming games.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas Romp Macau, Readies for Second Knockout Stage at FIBA Asia Cup 2012

It’s the fourth day of competition in Tokyo for the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup and the Smart Gilas Pilipinas got their third consecutive win, after fumbling to China on the tournament opener last Friday. Even though the Philippine National team were impressive during their Sunday match against Uzbekistan, the game against Macau proved to be an even more lopsided match.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas ends up no. 2 in the Group A ranking after they routed Macau in a 98-46 game. Hence, they will be facing No. 3 in Group B for the quarterfinals match on Thursday. Depending on how the rankings will go at Group B, they could either be facing Chinese Taipei or Qatar.

Meanwhile, Lebanon defeated China during their own match last Sunday, allowing them to place number one in the group. Since three teams (Philippines, Lebanon, and China) end up tied at 3-1 after the first round of group elimination, the quotient tie break system pushed Lebanon to the top of the group.

The game against Macau was a breeze for the team that coach Chot even brought the team to another round of practice at a nearby venue following the match. In fact, he opted not to play Marcus Douthit in the game at all. Coach Chot Reyes also did not use a single time out in the game.

The scores courtesy of www.pba.ph:

Philippines 98 – Chan 18, Reyes 12, David 12, Dillinger 11, Ganuelas 11, Norwood 9, Tenorio 7,

Thoss 6, Fonacier 6, De Ocampo 4, Villanueva 2.

Macau 46 – Lao 14, Cheong 12, Lo 10, Cai 6, Lai 4, Wong 0, Iong 0.

Quarterscores: 33-14, 55-33, 83-41, 98-46

Smart Gilas Pilipinas FIBA Asia Cup 2012 Schedule

Fresh from winning the 34^th William Jones Cup tournament, the Smart Gilas Philippine team had a brief moment to enjoy and is thrust back into action. The 2012 FIBA Asia Cup will be held in Tokyo, Japan and the Gilas Pilipinas team is among the Asian nations to compete for the tournament trophy!

If you are closely following this team and their journey, you might want to check out the partial list of schedules that the team will have to play through during the preliminary round of competition. Smart Gilas Pilipinas belongs to Group A wherein they are scheduled to have four games. The schedules are as follows, along with their corresponding coverage dates on AKTV:

• Philippines versus China
  Friday, September 14, 3:30 p.m. LIVE, 8 p.m. replay
• Philippines versus Lebanon
  Saturday, September 15, 8 p.m.
• Philippines versus Uzbekistan
  Sunday, September 16, 1 p.m. LIVE, 7 p.m. replay
• Philippines versus Macau
  Monday, September 17, 10:30 a.m. LIVE, 8 p.m. replay

You can visit their website for more information on the game schedules for the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup here. Meanwhile, you can also check us back for more info on game results and schedules for the second round.