Gilas Pilipinas Youth to play in the FIBA U19 World Cup 2019

2019 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup

Gilas Pilipinas Youth (Former Batang Gilas) will participate in the 2019 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup to be held in Crete, Greece from June 29 to July 7.

Philippines is in Group C with Argentina, Russia and host Greece. Group A is composed of Senegal, USA, New Zealand and Lithuania. Group B consists of Mali, Australia, Canada and Latvia and Group D with China, Puerto Rico, France and Serbia.

System of Competition for the FIBA U19 World Cup 2019
from fiba.basketball
Group Phase (June 29-July 2)
The sixteen (16) participating teams are divided into four (4) groups (A, B, C, and D) of four (4) teams each. Each team will play against all other teams in its own group (a total of 3 games for each team). Rest day: Monday, July 1.

Final Phase (July 3-7)
All teams qualify for the Round of 16, where they will cross between Groups A and B and C and D (A1 v B4, A2 v B3, etc.). The winners of the Round of 16 games advance to the Quarter-Finals, while the losers move on to the Classification Games for Places 9-16. Rest day: Thursday, July 4.

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