{"id":32040,"date":"2026-11-11T10:59:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T02:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/?p=32040"},"modified":"2026-11-11T10:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T02:59:36","slug":"red-bull-half-court-world-finals-come-to-manila-this-december-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/red-bull-half-court-world-finals","title":{"rendered":"Red Bull Half Court World Finals Come to Manila This December 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Red Bull Half Court World Finals<\/strong> will make its Philippine debut on December 5<\/strong>, bringing national champions from 13 countries<\/strong> to Manila to compete in the global 3on3 basketball tournament at Fort Santiago and BGC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The competition will take place across two locations. The group phase will be held at Fort Santiago in Intramuros<\/strong>, where teams will compete for a place in the next stage. The tournament will then move to Bonifacio Global City (BGC) in Taguig<\/strong> for the Finals, where the remaining teams will compete for the championship.<\/p>\n

Red Bull Half Court follows a fast-paced 3on3 format<\/strong>, with games capped at 10 minutes<\/strong> and the first team to reach 21 points<\/strong> taking the win. During pool play, the team with the most accumulated scoring points receives the Own the Court Bonus<\/strong>, which helps them advance to the next stage. Two special three-point scoring circles behind the arc add another risk-reward element to the game.<\/p>\n

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Several personalities from the international basketball scene will also be in Manila, including streetball player Grayson \u201cThe Professor\u201d Boucher<\/strong>, shooting coach Chris \u201cLethal Shooter\u201d Matthews<\/strong>, Polish Red Bull athlete and dunker Piotr \u201cGrabo\u201d Grabowski<\/strong>, and Filipino dunker David \u201cAir David\u201d Carlos<\/strong>, a FIBA 3×3 World Tour Dunk Contest winner.<\/p>\n

Representing the Philippines are JSKILLS<\/strong>, which secured the men\u2019s national title, and Pilipinas Aguilas<\/strong>, which claimed the women\u2019s championship. Other confirmed teams include India\u2019s men\u2019s champion Team 911<\/strong>, North Macedonia\u2019s Team Sinatra<\/strong>, and Egypt\u2019s Team Hustlers and Bad Luck<\/strong>, with more national champions joining as qualifiers conclude.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of the tournament, Red Bull Half Court Design My Court<\/strong> gives local designers, street art enthusiasts, and basketball fans a chance to create their own basketball court design. Entries are open from September 28 to October 21<\/strong>, with the initiative connecting basketball with the art and street culture surrounding the World Finals.<\/p>\n

Since its launch in 2021<\/strong>, Red Bull Half Court has staged its World Finals in Rome, Cairo, Belgrade, New York City, and Dubai<\/strong>. Manila becomes the latest host city and the tournament\u2019s first World Finals destination in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

With national champions competing across two Manila locations, Red Bull Half Court World Finals brings international 3on3 basketball to the Philippines while highlighting the country\u2019s established streetball culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Red Bull Half Court World Finals make their Philippine debut on December 5, 2026, bringing national champions from 13 countries to Fort Santiago and BGC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":32041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,63,171,30,1625],"tags":[12175,12197,12010,12222,2797,12323,12324,12325],"class_list":["post-32040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-taguig","category-bonifacio-global-city","category-intramuros","category-sports","category-tournament","tag-3on3-basketball-philippines","tag-basketball-manila","tag-bgc-events","tag-december-2026-events","tag-fort-santiago","tag-red-bull-half-court","tag-red-bull-half-court-2026","tag-red-bull-half-court-world-finals"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32104,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32040\/revisions\/32104"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/event\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}