This is the host country's 3rd championship title in as many tournaments. With the title, they already qualified for the 2015 FIBA Asia U-16 Championship to be held in India on July 2 - 12, 2015. Also qualified to this tournament are Malaysia and Indonesia, who placed 2nd and 3rd in the SEABA tournament, respectively.
Batang Gilas won all their games and won by an average margin of 56 points. They won their first game against Malaysia (106 - 69), next was against Thailand (105 - 48), then trashed first timer Brunei (112 - 31) and swept it by a win over Indonesia (106 - 50)
The team is composed of San Josef Belangel, Jed Colonia, Gian Mamuyac, Rhayyan Amsali, Romulo Berjay, Ralph Escalona, Gillian Flores, Will Gozum, Shaun Ildefonso, Juan Gomez de Liano, Kris Harvey Pagsanjan and Reginald Mallilin. The team is coached by Michael Oliver.
The team is aiming to qualify to the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship and duplicate the feat of our U-16 team in 2013.
Photo is from Rey Joble - Interaksyon website
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