As the FIBA Basketball World Cup sweeps the Philippines in the next few weeks, Smart Communications Inc. is giving Filipino basketball fans the chance to witness and experience this historic sports event, live and exclusive.

Smart, the FIBA global partner and mobile services provider, vows to go all out in giving fans the experience of watching the World Cup from 25 August to 10 September at the Philippine Arena, Smart Araneta Coliseum and Mall of Asia Arena.

Gilas Pilipinas will battle the Dominican Republic at the Philippine Arena on 25 August at 8 p.m. and Smart joins the rally to gather all passionate Filipino basketball fans to set the attendance record for the biggest World Cup, a record currently held by the match between the United States and Russia in Toronto in 1994.

After facing the Dominican Republic, Gilas will square off against Angola on 27 August before wrapping up the first round of the group phase versus Italy on 29 August. After these, Gilas will play at least two more games to conclude the group phase.

Smart is making it easier for fans to secure seats to the games by offering tickets at select Smart Stores located at SM and Robinsons Malls.

Single game tickets are now available on Ticketnet (www.ticketnet.com.ph) and SM Tickets (www.smtickets.com) for as low as P499.

Smart, in partnership with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas and the local organizing committee for FIBAWC 2023 will be deploying 400 buses across Metro Manila and Clark, Pampanga to bring fans to the Philippine Arena and back for the 25 August game.

Smart subscribers can make the most of the Smart LiveStream App by topping up with GILAS POWER 399, which is packed with 78GB of data good for 30 days, including 1GB per day to access all World Cup Games on the Smart LiveStream App. Subscribers can avail of this prepaid offer exclusively via the GigaLife App or Maya.

Fans can also get the chance to win premium tickets to the games with every purchase of the limited-edition FIBA Basketball World Cup Load Cards featuring Gilas artwork by Filipino basketball artist and advocate Mike Swift, who did the massive art tribute to Kobe and Gianna Bryant at the Tenement Court in Taguig City.