MANILA, Philippines – The world basketball circle believes the Philippines, Egypt, Mexico and Ukraine still have bright future ahead of them after making rousing runs in their respective FIBA zones in 2013 and thus becoming surprise entrants in the 2014 FIBA World Cup set Aug. 30 to Sept. 14 in six cities in Spain.
In welcoming the new year, the FIBA, through its website www.fiba.com, looked back at the 2013 FIBA zone championships and hailed the Philippines, Egypt, Mexico and Ukraine as the “surprise packages” gate-crashing the Spain party.
They noted not many people predicted before the summer's qualifying events that the four would make it to the sport's biggest event, but they did.
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