The steady rise of Cebu and Manila Chooks as formidable FIBA 3×3 teams has not gone unnoticed. No less than the current top-ranked FIBA 3×3 player in the world, Serbia’s Strahinja Stojacic heaped praise particularly for Cebu Chooks, which gave his Ub Huishan NE squad some fits during the pool stages of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour 2022 Manila Masters.
As they say, iron sharpens iron — and for the top-ranked Filipino 3×3 player Mac Tallo, the only way the country can get better in the basketball discipline in general is through more experience in the highest level of competition.
Veteran Chico Lanete capped Day 1 of the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Manila Masters 2022 with a heroic performance to carry Manila Chooks to a 21-19 win over Zaisan MMC Energy of Mongolia on Saturday at the Ayala Malls Manila Bay.
Chooks Cebu will try to make it two FIBA 3×3 Super Quest titles in a row. Along with Chooks Manila, the two Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3×3 squads will be heading to Mongolia on Wednesday evening to compete in the FIBA 3×3 Ulaanbaatar Super Quest slated to begin on Friday, May 6.
Cebu Chooks outdueled Sansar MMC Energy in a thrilling finale, 17-15, to rule the 2022 Chooks-to-Go FIBA 3×3 Asia Pacific Super Quest, Saturday night at the Ayala Malls Solenad Activity Center in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
Cebu Chooks nipped Manila Chooks in an all-Filipino clash, 17-14, to reach the 2022 Chooks-to-Go FIBA 3×3 Asia Pacific Super Quest final, Saturday night at the Ayala Malls Solenad Activity Center in Santa Rosa, Laguna.
Three Filipino squads will try their best to gain 3×3 supremacy when the one-day 2022 Chooks-to-Go FIBA 3×3 Asia Pacific Super Quest tips off on Saturday, April 30, at the Ayala Malls Solenad in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.
When the eight participating teams plunge into action at the Ayala Malls Solenad 3 for the Chooks-to-Go Asia Pacific Super Quest on Saturday, April 30, fans will be witnessing world-class FIBA 3×3 action that features some of the best teams in this part of the world.
A year from now, the Philippines will co-host the 19th edition of the FIBA World Cup (formerly known as the World Basketball Championship before being renamed as such in 2014)) with Japan and Indonesia. With the hosting rights, the country is automatically seeded to the 32-nation quadrennial competitions.
Chooks-to-Go big boss Ronald Mascarinas bared that he is in talks with FIBA 3×3 to potentially hold Masters events in Manila and Cebu next year.
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