Unilab supports FIBA World Cup 2023
UNILAB, Inc., the leading pharmaceutical healthcare company in the Philippines, has joined the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 by signing as a major local sponsor in the global event scheduled August 25 to Sept. 10.
As lead co-host, the Philippines will house 52 of the 92 games, including the final phase, in the 32-team quadrennial cage summit, considered the pinnacle of FIBA events.
The events will be housed in Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, and the 50,000 capacity Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan.
Ushering UNILAB into the FBWC23 fold are Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Chairman Emeritus Manny V. Pangilinan and SBP President Alfredo S. Panlilio.
“We welcome UNILAB to this prestigious event that will be followed by nations throughout the world,” said Pangilinan, a key member of the powerful FIBA Central Board and chairman and CEO of Metro Pacific Investments Corp.
“This partnership will go a long way in ensuring the success of our country’s efforts to co-host this grand event, a national endeavor if ever there was one since this marks only the second time in our history that we will be staging a world basketball championship.”
The Philippines played host to the 1978 FIBA World Championship, where the former Yugoslavia emerged as champion.
Alfredo Panlilio, a vital member of the FIBA Asia Board and President and CEO of PLDT and Smart Communications, meanwhile, paid tribute to UNILAB’S sense patriotism and generosity in coming to the aid of the national team and of the overall effort to promote the country to the whole world as a shining example of leadership, organization and hospitality.
“We thank UNILAB for agreeing to be part of this once in a lifetime experience, and to share in this global activity, this journey which in a sense is truly a merger of world caliber sports and big business,” Panlilio said.
“We at SBP stand proudly with UNILAB in declaring our steadfast commitment to the Filipino people and to our national players in forging one of the most successful FIBA World Cups ever.”