Gilas Women suits up for Jones Cup

Gilas Women's next step following FIBA U18 Asia Cup win

The Gilas Pilipinas Women's under-18 basketball team was successful in earning a promotion to the FIBA U18 Women's Division A.

The Nationals did so after they dominated the 2024 Women's Asia Cup Division B and swept all of their four games from the Group Stage until the Finals.

After the feats in the Asia Cup, program director Pat Aquino said the senior members of Gilas Women will take over when they see action in the Jones Cup in Taiwan set July 13-21 and the pre-qualifiers for the next FIBA World Cup set in Rwanda scheduled August 19-25.

“Then there’s the next SEA Games (2025). We need to get that gold again in SEA Games," Aquino told the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum Tuesday at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

Aquino and head coach Julie Amos graced the forum along with members of the U18 team that swept Division B of the Asia Cup and earned a spot in Division A for 2026.

The development was welcome news for the Gilas program after its senior team, the Gilas women, previously made it to Division A as well as the U16 team in the Asia Cup.

The group will be flying to New Taipei on Friday for the tournament which will start on July 6.