Gilas Pilipinas Schedule of Games (Incheon Asian Games 2014) on TV5 (Updated)

The Gilas Pilipinas or the Philippine National Men’s Basketball team is one of the seeded team in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea. The Gilas Pilipinas complete schedule of games in the Incheon Asian Games are listed below. The Philippines kick off its attempt to win the country’s first gold medal in Asian basketball after 50 years of winning the ultimate title.

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Gilas Pilipinas made it to the Quarterfinals of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea alongside powerhouse teams, Qatar, South Korea and the surprising Kazakhstan, the team that eliminated top-seeded Chinese Taipei.

Here’s the Complete & Updated Schedules of Gilas Pilipinas in Incheon Asian Games:

Sunday, September 28
Quarterfinal
• TBD — 2:15 p.m. — Gilas Pilipinas versus Kazakhstan LIVE ON TV5

Wednesday, October 1
Semifinal
• TBD — TBD LIVE ON TV5

Friday, October 3
Final
• TBD — TBD LIVE ON TV5

**** Finished Schedules *****

Tuesday, September 23

Preliminary round
• 1:00 p.m. — Gilas Pilipinas versus India LIVE ON TV5

Thursday, September 25

Preliminary round
• 1:00 p.m. — Gilas Pilipinas versus Iran LIVE ON TV5

Friday, September 26
Quarterfinal
• 5:30 p.m. — Gilas Pilipinas versus Qatar LIVE ON TV5

Saturday, September 27
Quarterfinal
• 1:00 p.m. — Gilas Pilipinas versus Korea LIVE ON TV5

Note: The Complete Schedule of Games will be Updated from time to time.

The men’s basketball team of the Philippines more popularly known as the Gilas Pilipinas squad is considered as one of the title contender in the Asian Games after their recent showing in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain, as they stunned the world with their superb basketball skills against powerhouse teams from Europe, America and Africa.

The Philippines won their first of the country’s four straight Asian Games gold medals in 1951, since then, the country only managed one silver and two bronzes, the country’s last medal was way back in the year 1998.

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The two biggest threat of the Philippines campaign are powerhouse teams Iran, South Korea, and China. The Iranian national basketball squad was ranked 20th by FIBA, while China was at 14th and South Korea is currently ranked at 27th while the Philippines is at 31st.

A total of 16 teams qualified to the Asian Games Men’s Basketball competition while a total of 11 teams were competing in the Women’s tournament of the Asian Games’ basketball event.

According to the organizers of the Asian Games, a total of eight teams were seeded straight through the 12-nation group stage which begins on September 23, 2014. The eight teams are China, South Korea, Iran, Japan, Qatar, Philippines, Jordan and Taiwan.

Meanwhile the eight unseeded nations were Mongolia, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Kuwait, Palestine, India and the Maldives who competed in the qualifying round of the Asian Games Men’s Basketball tournament.