- Gilas Pilipinas faces the accommodation of Saudi Arabia for a place in the quarterfinals of the Fiba Asia 2025 Cup Cup
- The winner between Gilas Pilipinas and Saudi Arabia faces a group A Australia in Australia in the quarterfinals with direct elimination.
Live updates: Gilas Pilipinas vs Iraq
The group phase is completed, the results are in 🔬
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– Fiba Asia Cup (@fibasiacup) August 10, 2025
August 12, Tuesday
12h – Gilas Pilipinas vs Saudi Arabia


The coach of Gilas Pilipinas Tim Cone in a match against Iraq in the Fiba Asia Cup 2025 – Fiba Photo
By entering a game without Tomrow, Gilas Pilipinas would certainly want to take a better start, especially with the Philippins about to face the host of Saudi Arabia who will not be a game of play as in the past.
The Philippines will seek a place in the quarterfinals at 12 midnight Tuesday in Manila, the coach Tim Cone hoping to shake the Ills who spoiled his group phase campaign while displaying the mantra cultivated for many decades by the Barangay Ginebra team that he takes care of the house.
“What I like about our team is that we have not stopped and we continue to come,” said CONE. “Back home, we call it the attitude” Never Say Die “, and this is obvious in this team. And I hope it will be the one that will make us move forward.


Gilas Pilipinas Big Man Aj Edu Gestures in a match against Iraq in the Fiba Asia Cup 2025. – Fiba Photo
As if playing for the country was not a motivation enough, AJ Edu had the biggest reasons to play his heart by looking since the stalls of the victory of Gilas Pilipinas who kept the Philippins in the fight of the Fiba Asia 2025.
Range against some of the best great men in the region, the EDU of 6 feet 11 inches surely obtained the help of his teammates, but no bigger than the boost he obtained from his parents, who made the trip to Jeddah to Saudi Arabia to look at their boy in action.
“It was really nice to have my parents in the crowd,” said the radiant center after a victory for group D 66-57 against Iraq which put Gilas in the qualification round for the quarterfinals.


The coach of Gilas Pilipinas, Tim cone, made gestures in a match against Iraq in the Fiba Asia Cup 2025.
Manila, Philippines – The rascals Tim cone and Gilas Pilipinas have packed a lot for their trip to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the Asia Cup of the Fiba 2025.
They also assured that they brought their state of mind without die with them.
Gilas Pilipinas may have abandoned two of his first three games in the continental competition, but even in losses, the team posted their mentality without a question.


Gilas Pilipinas attacking Justin Brownlee in a match against Iraq in the Fiba Asia Cup 2025 – FIBA Photo
Manila, Philippines – The Gilas Pilipinas lived to fight another day in the FIBA Asia 2025 Cup on Saturday evening, and that only fired Justin Brownlee’s desire to keep the Philippines in the running in the continental competition.
After two defeats to open the tournament, Gilas won his revolutionary victory against Iraq, 66-57, to obtain a place in the qualification of the quarterfinals.
“It’s great to move forward. We are certainly not satisfied,” said Brownlee. “We know that we have much more work to do and we have difficult teams to come, but whatever the challenges awaiting us, we are just ready to face them.”


Gilas Pilipinas in a match against Iraq in the Fiba Asia Cup 2025 – Fiba Photo
Manila, Philippines – Gilas Pilipinas will face Saudi Arabia during the qualifying match for the Fiba Asia Cup finals after the Romp of India of the host nation on Saturday in Djeddah.
Saudi Arabia retired halfway in the second quarter on the way to obtain a rout of 84-59 in King Abdullah Sports City to obtain a second place in group C at 2-1.
This cemented a playing with the Philippines, which finished third in group D at 1-2 after its 66-57 victory against Iraq a few hours earlier.
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