Gilas Pilipinas grouped with New Zealand, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong in FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers

Gilas Pilipinas is pooled with New Zealand, Chinese Taipei, and Hong Kong in Group B of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers.

The draw was held on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar.

In other groups, FIBA World Cup top Asian team Japan will see action against China, Guam, and Mongolia in Group C, while Australia is grouped with Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia in Group A.

Here is the result of the draw:

A total of 24 teams were divided into six groups of four. Each team will play the three other teams in a home-and-away format over three windows. Each window will have two games.

The qualifying windows will be held in February 2024, November 2024, and February 2025.

The top two teams of each group will qualify for the FIBA Asia Cup, while the third-placers from each group will compete in a final qualifying round where only the top four teams will advance to the FIBA Asia Cup.

Back in 2022, the Philippines missed the quarterfinals as it finished ninth overall with a 1-3 card.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News