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Formation | December 2019 |
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Founders | Alex Cabagnot Cris Gopez |
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Region served | Australia, North America, Europe, United Arab Emirates |
Parent organization | Fil-Foreign Nation Select |
Affiliations | Fil-Can Nation Select (Canada) |
Fil-Am Nation Select is a sports agency based in the United States. It also maintains a basketball team which plays in the Philippine-based NBTC League.
Fil-Am Nation Select was established by former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player Alex Cabagnot along with his cousin Cris Gopez in December 2019. It was set up as a means to provide a platform for United States-based players with Filipino lineage, male or female, to showcase their skills so they could be scouted by leagues or possibly play for the Philippine national team. [1] [2]
Fil-Am Nation in partnership with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the Philippines' national basketball federation, has been scouting players for the Philippine women's national team via try-outs since 2020. [3] [4] [5]
They also recruit players for baseball, ice hockey, and volleyball. [6] [7] [8] The organization also do consultancy services for players as well as assistance in Philippine passport acquisition-related processes. [9]
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League | NBTC League |
Head coach | Byron Scott (men's) |
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The Fil-Am Nation Select women's team won the 2023 Smart-NBTC Girls Have Next title at the expense of NU Nazareth School. [10]
The Fil-Am Nation Select men's team lost the 2022–23 NBTC League season finals against NU Nazareth School. [11] However in the 2023–24 NBTC League season, they won the title defeating Adamson Baby Falcons in the finals. [12]
The 2025 squad coached by Byron Scott, [13] retained the title. [14]
A bigger organization, the Fil-Foreign Nation Select is meant to serve Filipinos of foreign descent. As of 2020, there are two subsidiary organizations; Fil-Am Nation Select and a Fil-Can Nation Select with the latter catering to Filipino Canadians. [1]