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Justine Brownlee and Junemar Fajardo are expected to report for Gilas Pilipinas duty again in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Latvia. FIBATHE odds are stacked against the Philippines as it fights for one of four remaining places in the men’s basketball tournament of the Paris Olympics this July in.
Matches against world no. 6 Latvia and world no. 23 Georgia will test the resolve of the Gilas Pilipinas national men’s basketball team in Group A of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament set from July 2 to 7. Matches have been finalized and the games have been scheduled at the Arena Riga in the capital Riga on July 3, with the host squad Latvia taking on the Philippines.Team Philippines seeks to be one of the qualifiers from the four stages, to join the seven directly qualified teams for the 2024 Paris Olympics, namely Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Serbia, South Sudan and USA.
The 6’10” Fajardo, who is from San Miguel Beer, will reinforce the middle with the 7’3” Kai Sotto, along with the 6’7” Amos.CJ Perez, Chris Newsome, Carl Tamayo, Kevin Quiambao and Jaime Malonzo make up the rest of the Gilas lineup. The top two squads will advance to a crossover preliminary round match with their rivals from Group B, which is made up of Brazil, Cameroon and Montenegro.
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