The Fiba World Cup is one of the most prestigious basketball tournaments, and here is how you can watch it. The tournament will be broadcasted on various free TV channels around the world, so fans can enjoy the games without any subscription. Streaming services like Kayo, ESPN, and DAZN will also provide live coverage of the matches, allowing viewers to watch online from anywhere. Having free TV options and streaming services available ensures that basketball enthusiasts won’t miss out on the exhilarating action of the Fiba World Cup..
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)
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.
For the August 25 games, the opening match between Angola and Italy at 4pm will air on One 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 at 6:30pm.
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.
–– free TV schedule on this article will be updated daily.
Where can you watch online?
Online streaming of the games will also be locally available on the Smart Livestream App and Pilipinas Live App.
The Smart Livestream App is offering free live stream access to all the Fiba World Cup Games–including the offerings in Jakarta and Indonesia–exclusive to all Smart subscribers via Smart mobile data, TNT or PLDT wifi connections.
Pilipinas Live App will likewise stream all the games on its platform for a monthly subscription fee available to all network users. The service includes multi-cam viewing setup and pre and post-game coverages.
Fiba also has the Courtside 1891 digital platform, which will air the 92 World Cup games online on selected territories in the world, but not including the Philippines. The NBA app and NBA.com will also carry the Courtside 1891 games.
Are there viewing parties?
Viewing parties are a fun way to experience the live crowd atmposhere for the Fiba World Cup.
Just like in the Filipinas’ Fifa Women’s World Cup games, malls are offering watch parties for Gilas Pilipinas’ games for free at selected mall branches acorss the country.
SM Malls will hold the viewing event for Gilas Pilipinas’ first round group games at the activity centers in the following malls:
Participating SM Malls of the Fiba World Cup viewing parties.
Selected Robinsons Malls are also showing the Philippine teams games live for free:
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San Miguel Corporation, which signed on as a Fiba World Cup partner in April, is also hosting watch parties for all of Gilas Pilipinas’ games in several covered courts in Metro Manila.
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The Fiba World Cup is set to begin in Manila, Jakarta, and Okinawa on Friday. Manila will serve as the main host, with 16 teams, including the Philippines’ Gilas Pilipinas and Team USA, playing in various venues. While fans cannot attend the games, they can watch them on free TV channels like TV5 and One Sports, as well as on Cignal TV’s pay-per-view option. Online streaming is also available on the Smart Livestream App and Pilipinas Live App. Additionally, there are viewing parties being held at malls and covered courts for fans to experience the live atmosphere.
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