Basketball fever is unquestionably on because the 2023 FIBA World Cup formally opened its curtains throughout three nations because the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia host the quadrennial world cagefest beginning at present, August 25.
Four video games on the opening day shall be staged within the Philippines with Group A and B shall be housed on the Araneta Coliseum whereas Mall of Asia Arena will maintain video games in Group C and D.
Group E and F, in the meantime, will occur in Okinawa as Jakarta will host Group G and H.
Gilas Pilipinas will open its marketing campaign on the Philippine Arena in opposition to the Dominican Republic at 8 p.m. following the conflict between Italy and Angola at 4 p.m., which the Europeans received, 81-67.
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(Karl-Anthony Towns on the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Photo: fiba.basketball)
In between these video games, a star-studded opening ceremony commenced with the likes of pop royalty Sarah Geronimo and band Ben & Ben performing in entrance of hundreds of followers.
At MOA Arena, Mexico and Montenegro battled it out at 4:45 p.m., with the sport to be adopted by the conflict between Lithuania and Egypt at 8:30 p.m.
This is the primary time that the Philippines is internet hosting the World Cup since 1978, the place the Philippines completed eighth total.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
