Kiefer Alas played the best game of his career with helping the Philippines to defeat Japan with 69-59 and got the ticket to the semifinals.
More importantly, this game also helped the Philippines to be qualified to the U17 World Cup in Türkiye next year.
This is the 3rd time for the Philippines to join the U17 World Cup after 2014 and 2018.
Kiefer Alas came to rescue the team when the Philippines were 10 points behind.
He scored 14 points out of 29 points by himself by the end of the game.
In this game, he scored 14 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and blocked shot.
The main player of Janan team, 高田翔吾 scored 12 points. But he was ejected due to the technical foul in the third quarter, which led to Japan lacking offense and being beaten by the Philippines with 5 points.
