Play in the much-anticipated 34th William Jones Cup International Basketball Tournament is scheduled to start at the Taipei Physical Education College Gymnasium in Tianmu on Saturday, with three-time defending champions Iran taking on Team Lebanon at 1pm.The annual mid-summer basketball classic, which began in Taipei 33 years ago in an effort to improve the local level of play in the sport, features two local teams, the Taiwanese national team and Team Kuang-hua, which is made up mostly of college all-stars, as well as Iran, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, the Philippines, South Korea and the US. The nine-day competition is to be played in a round-robin format .. Continue reading at taipeitimes
The Philippines will be represented by Jayson Castro, Ranidel De Ocampo, Larry Fonacier, Sonny Thoss, LA Tenorio, Mac Baracael, Jeff Chan, Gabe Norwood, Enrico Villanueva, Gary David, and Sol Mercado, Marcus Douthit, Garvo Lanete, and Matthew Rosser.
AKTV will air the games live at the following schedules:
- Philippines versus Jordan
Saturday, August 18, 8 p.m.
- Philippines versus Guanghua (Chinese-Taipei B)
Sunday, August 19, 3 p.m. LIVE
- South Korea versus USA
Monday, August 20, 8 p.m.
- Philippines versus South Korea
Tuesday, August 21, 3 p.m. LIVE
- Japan versus Jordan
Tuesday, August 21, 5 p.m. LIVE
- Philippines versus Japan
Wednesday, August 22, 5 p.m. LIVE
- Philippines versus Lebanon
Thursday, August 23, 8 p.m.
- Philippines versus Iran
- Friday, August 24, 3 p.m. LIVE
- Japan versus South Korea
Friday, August 24, 5 p.m. LIVE
- Philippines versus Zhonghua (Chinese-Taipei A)
Saturday, August 25, 10 p.m.
- Philippines versus USA
Sunday, August 26, 5 p.m. LIVE
