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Smart Gilas Doha 4-Nation Schedule

Update: Smart Gilas skips Doha Tournament

2011 Four-Nation Doha Tournament
August 24-29, 2011
Al Gharafa Indoor Hall, Doha, Qatar

Participating Teams: Philippines, Lebanon, Syria and Qatar.

Smart Gilas Game Schedule
Wednesday, August 24, 11pm – Philippines vs Lebanon
Thursday, August 25, 11pm – Philippines vs Qatar
Friday, August 26, 9pm – Philippines vs Syria
Sunday, August 28 – Semifinals
Monday, August 29 – Finals

Note: Kelly Williams, Jimmy Alapag and Ranidel de Ocampo will be joining the Smart Gilas Pilipinas in this tournament.

Smart Gilas starts training again without 4 PBA Players

Smart Gilas Pilipinas started training again minus the 4 PBA Players who will be available only after the PBA Governors Cup. Asi Taulava of Meralco Bolts, Dondon Hontiveros of Air 21 Express and Jimmy Alapag and Kelly Williams of Talk N Text Tropang Texters all suited up at the start of the PBA 3rd Conference.

The next tournament for Smart Gilas will be on June 23-26 for the SEABA Tournament in Jakarta and the Jones Cup in August to be held in Taiwan.

The team is down to 10 players with Greg Slaughter and Aldrech Ramos playing in the UAAP Season 74 for Ateneo and FEU respectively.

SEABA Men’s Championship Schedule

9th SEABA Men’s Championship
June 23-26, 2011
Jakarta, Indonesia

Philippines vs Malaysia
Thursday, June 23, 2011, 5pm

Philippines vs Indonesia
Friday, June 24, 2011, 7pm

Philippines vs Singapore
Saturday, June 25, 2011, 5pm

Finals
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Top three finishers qualify for the Wuhan meet in September 2011, which will serve as a qualifier for the 2012 London Olympics. Expect the same lineup for Smart Gilas as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup minus Dondon Hontiveros and Asi Taulava who opted to play in the PBA Governors Cup. Jimmy Alapag and Kelly Williams are now practicing with the team but will only be available after the PBA 3rd Conference ending in August.

Smart Gilas will not play in PBA 3rd Conference, taps 4 PBA players

Smart Gilas coach Rajko Toroman confirmed that Smart Gilas Pilipinas will not play in the upcoming PBA Governors Cup starting June 2011. Smart Gilas will join the Jones Cup in August.

Toroman also requested 4 players from the PBA to help them in their quest for an Olympic slot this September in the FIBA-Asia Championships. The 4 PBA players are Jimmy Alapag, Asi Taulava, Kelly Williams and Dondon Hontiveros.