A vehicle passes a giant FIBA Basketball World Cup themed display near one of the venues at the Mall of Asia Arena Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, in Pasay city Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
By: Celest Flores-Colina - Online Sports Editor / @CFColinaINQ
The much-awaited Fiba World Cup kicks off on Friday in Manila, Jakarta and Okinawa with the Philippine capital serving as the main host of the games from the group stages up to the Final Phase from August 25 to September 10.
There are 16 teams–including the Philippines’ own Gilas Pilipinas and crowd-favorite Team USA–playing in Manila at several venues namely Philippine Arena, Mall of Asia Arena, and Smart Araneta Coliseium.
But fans can’t go to the games, they are multiple ways of watching the game live on various platforms.
Where can you watch on free TV?
The Fiba World Cup games will be aired on free TV channels like TV5 and One Sports with Cignal TV as Fiba World Cup’s official broadcaster in the Philippines.
Fiba World Cup in Manila: Schedule of games
For the August 25 games, the opening match between Angola and Italy at 4pm will air on Ine Sports while the Mexico-Montenegro clash, featuring Chicago Bulls’ Nikola Vucevic, at 4:45pm will be shown live on One Sports+, a cable TV channel on Cignal.
The match between Gilas Pilipinas and Karl-Anthony Towns’ Dominican Republic at 8pm will air on both One Sports and One Sports+ preceeded by the Fiba World Cup opening ceremony.
A delayed broadcast of the Philippines-Dominican Republic match will be aired on TV5 at 10:45pm.
All of Gilas Pilipinas’ games on August 25, 27 and 29 will be shown live on both ONE Sports and ONE Sports+ simultaneously.
One Sports will also be airing selected games from Okinawa and Jakarta.
Cignal TV is also offering a pay-per-view, no commercial access for all Fiba World Cup games for a subscription fee.
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