FIBA 3X3 U18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP : TEAM PHILIPPINES FINISHES AT 17TH PLACE

Team Philippines maintained its standing of 17th place at the recently concluded 2016 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. Bannered by the Batang Gilas standout Joshua Sinclair, the other team members are John Clemente, Theo Josh Flores and Kyle Tan.

The team was drawn in Pool D and managed only to win once. The team first lost to defending champion New Zealand (11-21) and then to Brazil (14-20) on the 2nd day of the competition. Games of the team on the 4th day were both cancelled due to the weather. The games were rescheduled early the next day.

The Filipino teens was able to get into the Win column by beating Hungary (18-17). Unfortunately, the team did not qualify to the knockout stage after the last game loss to Spain (14-16).

Here is the video of the team's win over Hungary from the FIBA 3x3 official YouTube channel:

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