THE new-look Cebu Chooks! is one of eight teams that will compete in the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) 3×3 Dubai Expo Super Quest on Thursday.
The Super Quest is a level eight—out of a possible 10 tournament—and will serve as a qualifier for a World Tour stop that has yet to be revealed by Fiba 3×3.
“Fiba 3×3’s invitation came as a surprise as it only reached us last weekend,” Chooks-to-Go president Ronald Mascariñas said. “But we never turn down any challenge that’s why we accepted it.”
“And of course, we are at crunch time in racking up valuable Fiba 3×3 points in order to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics,” said Mascariñas, whose company Chooks-to-Go is a global partner.”
Some of the world’s top teams will compete in the tournament—world No. 2 Antwerp (Belgium), No. 3 Liman (Serbia), No. 4 Riga (Latvia), No. 9 San Juan (Puerto Rico), No. 10 Lausanne (Switzerland), Chicago (USA) and a team from Dubai.
Composing the Aldin Ayo-coached Cebu Chooks are Mac Tallo, Zach Huang, Brandon Ramirez and Cameroonian Mike Nzeusseu.
The eight teams will be divided into two pools of four with the top two teams advancing to the knockout semifinals on the same day.
Cebu Chooks is pooled with Riga (7:25 p.m. Manila time), Chicago (9:30 p.m.) and Antwerp (11:35 p.m.).