The country’s governing body for basketball, Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas revealed through their head, SBP President Manny Pangilinan that the Philippines is willing to host one of the three FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments next year with one condition.
The SBP revealed that the only condition they want is for the Philippine basketball community to come together to form a competitive national team.
Earlier report stated that the business tycoon, Manny Pangilinan condired the possibility of Gilas Pilipinas sitting out the tournament and preparing instead for the 2019 FIBA World Cup qualifiers that begin in 2017.
In an interview with sports reporters on Thursday at the PLDT Office, SBP Vice-President Ricky Vargas clarified that the basketball patron, MVP only wants to ensure that the country would be able to field the players it needs to book a wild card slot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
The Gilas Pilipinas squad secured one of the three spots for Asia in the Olympic qualifiers along with Iran and Japan but in the wild card tilt, the Filipinos will be facing more tougher opponents from Europe, Americas and the African region.
