By Ivan Stewart Saldajeno/Philippine News Agency
MANILA – Gilas Pilipinas Women will get an early acid test right on the first game of the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup Division A.
Gilas Women will take on Australia in the curtain-raiser of Day 1 of the event at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium in Bengaluru, India on September 24.
The main event of Day 1 will see host country India taking on defending champion Japan.
The tournament will also see China, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, and New Zealand in action.
While the complete schedule has yet to be released publicly as of posting, FIBA said in a statement that the fixtures “have been finalized and confirmed ahead of the event to be held from September 24-29.”
Joining Gilas women and Australia in Group B are China and Chinese Taipei, while South Korea and New Zealand join India and Japan in Group A.
China and Chinese Taipei lock horns in the other Group B game on September 24, while the South Korea-New Zealand clash completes the Day 1 schedule.
The top teams from each group will get outright semifinal seats.
The second seed of one group will then face the third seed of the other group in the quarterfinals to determine the other two semifinalists.
The bottom teams will then figure out in a seventh-place battle, where the winner stays in the top flight and the loser going down to Division B.
The Top 7 of Division A will join the champion of Division B, which will be promoted to Division A in the process for the 2021 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup, in a pre-qualifying Olympic tournament.
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