Familiar foes: Gilas Pilipinas grouped with Italy, Angola anew in FIBA World Cup

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Familiar faces await Gilas Pilipinas in the group stage of the FIBA World Cup. FIBAWC

The Philippines got bunched with Europe’s Italy, the Americas’ Dominican Republic, and Africa’s Angola in Group A following the World Cup draw at the Araneta Coliseum on Saturday, April 29.

Enjoying home court advantage, Gilas Pilipinas gets another crack at Italy and Angola, its group stage foes in the previous World Cup in China four years ago.Losing all three encounters, the Filipinos are out for redemption as they seek to protect their own turf and advance to the second round. There is nowhere to go but up for the Philippines after its horrendous World Cup campaign in China where it finished dead last out of the 32 teams.

 

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