{"id":56682,"date":"2015-07-22T21:30:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T13:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=56682"},"modified":"2025-01-10T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:16:54","slug":"ph-will-join-bidding-to-host-fiba-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/22\/ph-will-join-bidding-to-host-fiba-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"PH will join bidding to host FIBA 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_56683\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56683\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10418980_10152468816341271_870412350344361480_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56683\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10418980_10152468816341271_870412350344361480_n.png\" alt=\"FIBA logo \" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10418980_10152468816341271_870412350344361480_n.png 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10418980_10152468816341271_870412350344361480_n-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10418980_10152468816341271_870412350344361480_n-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/10418980_10152468816341271_870412350344361480_n-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56683\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">FIBA<\/a> logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 According to several reports, the Philippines\u2019 basketball federation will be joining the bidding to host the 2019 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe hard work begins to perfect our bid offer\u2026 [Basketball Federation of the Philippines president Manny V. Pangilinan] considers it a big challenge. He wants us not only to work hard but also to work together as a team. That means mobilizing the resources of the MVP Group, TV5, Octagon and DDB,\u201d SBP executive director Sonny Barrios earlier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis early, he wants us to prioritize marketing, how to generate advertisers and sponsors for the event. In a way, FIBA\u2019s selection of the Philippines as a finalist is a breakthrough.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy clomiphene online <a href=\"https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/clomiphene.html\">https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/clomiphene.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> It\u2019s become clear that we\u2019re definitely in the running,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Boxing champ Manny \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao is rumored to be backing the Philippines in the bidding and will be persuading the FIBA to choose our country as host to the 2019 tournament.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy super kamagra online <a href=\"https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/super-kamagra.html\">https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/super-kamagra.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Not known to many, Pacquiao also plays basketball and even instructs a professional basketball team as its head coach.<\/p>\n<p>Former Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes will also be backing the bid, hoping to be awarded with the hosting.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy valtrex online <a href=\"https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/valtrex.html\">https:\/\/rxbio.com\/css\/css\/valtrex.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the World Cup 2019, we are not only able to show the world what the sport means to the Philippines, but the opportunity to host a world-class competition like this will further inspire Filipinos both in the Philippines and the 10 million across the globe to chase their dreams,\u201d Reyes said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also believe that it will offer similar inspiration to other players right across Asia,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bids to host the tournament will be presented in Japan next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 According to several reports, the Philippines\u2019 basketball federation will be joining the bidding to host the 2019 World &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":56683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,44],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-56682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-sports","tag-rewrite","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282368,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682\/revisions\/282368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}