Philippines rules first Fiba Asia U18 3x3 | Inquirer Sports

Philippines rules first Fiba Asia U18 3×3

/ 09:31 PM May 24, 2013

Team Philippines. Photo from Fiba Asia website.

MANILA, Philippines–The Philippines clinched the first-ever FIBA Asia 3×3 Under 18 championship, ousting India, 21-19, in the gold medal round on Friday night in Bangkok, Thailand.

Ateneo’s Thirdy Ravena, San Beda’s Arvin Tolentino, La Salle Greenhills’ Prince Rivero and Kobe Paras first towed the Philippines past China in the semis, 22-18, earlier on Friday.

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And then they completed the job they went to Bangkok for, nipping India to bring home the gold for the boys’ section of the inaugural tournament.

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The scores were taken from  the FIBA Asia website.

The Filipino boys squad bounced back from a 14-16 opener loss to Qatar in the elimination round by sweeping all their remaining games.

Meanwhile, Chinese Taipei also beat India, 21-13, in the girls’ division finals.

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