Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas reveals OQT pool

The FIBA 3x3 pool

With the 2020 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifiers less than a couple of months away in India, Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas recently unveiled its pool of prospects that would likely comprise most, if not all of the national team set to participate in the tournament.

FIBA 3x3 rules mandate that at least four of the six players that will be participating in the OQT and the Olympics should be in the top 10 of the country's rankings. As such, Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas announced the composition of its pool based from said rankings, all of which were involved in the Chooks 3x3 tourneys that took place in 2019.

Leading the cast of ten are the country's two best Pinoy players in Joshua Munzon and Alvin Pasaol.

The remaining members of the pool is Munzon's teammate in Pasig in Dylan Ababou, and Pasaol's teammates in Bataan in Karl Dehesa and Leonard Santillan, as well as the likes of Chris De Chavez, Gab Banal, Jaypee Belencion, Leo De Vera, and Ryan Monteclaro.

Preparation for the tournament has been continuous ever since the announcement that the Philippines made the qualifiers, with league commissioner Eric Altamirano and the Serbian duo of Stefan Stojacic and Darko Krsman overseeing the sessions, with fellow Chooks 3x3 participants Troy Rike and Franky Johnson pitching in.

League owner Ronald Mascariñas shares, "This is our last shot at the Olympics that is why we are going all out for this." He adds, "Our players have been training non-stop since November, giving just a few days of break during the holidays."

Set to take place on March 18-22, the OQT seeks to complete the Olympic field in 3x3, filling the remaining three slots available.