2015 FIBA 3X3 UNDER-18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP : KOBE PARAS DEFENDS DUNK CROWN

Team Pilipinas captain Kobe Paras was able to defend his slam dunk title that he won 2 years ago in Jakarta, Indonesia, He was able to again be the champion in the 2015 FIBA Under-18 World Championship Slam Dunk Contest in Hungary.

Here is the video of the contest as posted by FIBA 3x3 official YouTube channel:

PHILIPPINES SET TO JOIN THE FIBA UNDER-18 3X3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Team Philippines once again will join the FIBA Under-18 3x3 World Championship. It will be held at the Kossuth Square in Debrecen, Hungary next week, from June 4 to 7, 2015.

Philippines will be in Pool A with top seed Hungary, Poland, Kazakhstan, Uruguay and Russia. Here is the complete list of pools in the said tournament:

Team Philippines will be lead by the defending slam dunk champion Kobe Paras and he will be joined by Richard Escoto, Michael Nieto and Ricci Paolo Rivero.

Each country will play in a single round robin format in their respective pools. The top 4 teams after this will advance to the knockout round where an eventual champion will be crowned.

Here is the schedule of Team Philippines in the first round:

• June 4, 4:50pm - vs Poland
• June 4, 7:20pm - vs Hungary
• June 5, 5:10pm - vs Kazakhstan
• June 5, 7:40pm - vs Russia
• June 6, 2:10pm - vs Uruguay

All the games of Team Philippines will be played at the Main Court. Games of the Last 16 will be played on June 6 and the quarterfinals up to the finals will be played on June 7.