Fiba Basketball World Cup tips off before record crowd of 38,115 in Manila

A record crowd of 38,115 filled Philippine Arena for Friday’s game between the host team and the Dominican Republic on day one of the Fiba World Cup

Hall of Famer Dirk Nowitzki, who is one of Fiba’s ambassadors for the World Cup. Marcos arrived and took his courtside seat just as his national team got the first basket of the game, and then posed with the squad at midcourt for a photo at halftime.

“This is something I’m never going to forget, right here,” Philippines forward AJ Edu said. “I mean, this was such a blessing to experience. I couldn’t hear anything every time we scored.” A record crowd of 38,115 filled Philippine Arena for Friday’s game between the Philippines and the Dominican Republic.Fans arrived early Friday, some several hours before the game. There was an opening game at the arena; Italy topped Angola in front of 21,214 fans in a matchup that started four hours before the Philippines-Dominican Republic contest.

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