The battlefield — and the stacked opposition on the way — is set for the Gilas Pilipinas youth in its anticipated return to the FIBA U17 World Cup in Turkey on June 29 to July 7.
Ranked World No. 25, Gilas Youth faces a tall task against the three Top-15 squads in World No. 2 Spain, No. 7 Lithuania and No. 15 Puerto Rico.MANILA, Philippines –
All three opponents also finished at the podium in the last three editions with Spain placing as a runner-up to world No. 1 USA in 2022 held at its home court in Malaga.But the Filipino boys are undeterred to shock the world with head coach Josh Reyes and ace player Kieffer Alas leading the way. Meanwhile, the mighty United States squad that won all six editions of the youth world tiff so far leads Group B with China, France and Guinea.
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