FIBA Asia Championship: India seal historic quarterfinals berth BENGALURU/CHANGSHA, 29 September 2015: For the first time since 2003, India has qualified to the quarterfinals of the 28th FIBA Asia Championship for Men that is underway in Changsha, China. This will provide solace to the team, which lost to a hot Philippines side, 99-65, earlier this afternoon. Prior to today’;s game against India, Philippines is coming off 4 straight victories and its first ever win against Asian giant Iran yesterday. Despite the loss, India progressed to the knockouts based on its two wins in the last three games, the biggest over Palestine on Sunday morning. While both teams finished with the same Group record of 2-3, India won their only head-to-head matchup and will move on to face the Pool F topper, who will be determined by the winner of the China-Qatar matchup later in the evening. Commenting on the achievement, veteran forward Yadwinder Singh said, “We are ecstatic to have qualified