Gilas Pilipinas among 16 teams playing in FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament semis

Gilas Pilipinas is among the 16 teams which will play in the semifinals of the four venues of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

The FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament will hand the last four tickets to the Paris Olympics, with the winner from each OQT venue getting a slot in the Summer Games.

Here's how the FIBA Olympic Qualifiers look like around the world:

Latvia

The Philippine team which shocked world no. 6 Latvia and narrowly lost to world no. 23 Georgia is part of Group A in the qualifiers in Latvia. 

Gilas will face Group B's top finisher Brazil in the semifinals on Saturday, 8:30 p.m., while Latvia will go against Cameroon in their faceoff on Sunday.

Greece

Who will book the ticket to Paris from the #FIBAOQT in Greece? ????? pic.twitter.com/45dXy45BAf

— FIBA (@FIBA) July 4, 2024

Home team Greece, which has NBA MVP Giannis Antetoukounmpo, will go against the Luka Doncic-led Slovenia in the semifinals.

The other bracket will see Dominican Republic and Croatia play for a finals slot.

Puerto Rico

The #FIBAOQT Semi-Finals in San Juan are set!

Find the schedule here: https://t.co/HfGjXQ3M7C

Who you got? ???? pic.twitter.com/a7ED3qkpfp

— FIBA (@FIBA) July 5, 2024

Danilo Gallinari and the rest of the Italy squad will face Domantas Sabonis and his Lithuania crew.

On the other hand, Puerto Rico will take on Mexico in the semis.

Spain

And then there were four.

Who's grabbing the #Paris2024 ticket in #FIBAOQT Spain? ????? pic.twitter.com/pDgRkqnzWP

— FIBA (@FIBA) July 4, 2024

Host country Spain will hope for another trip to the Olympics as it faces Finland in the semis of the qualifiers.

Lebanon, the only other Asian team remaining in the OQT, will go against the Bahamas.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News