San Miguel-Philippines
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| Colours | Blue, White and Red | |||
| Other names | San Miguel Beer - Philippines Northern Consolidated Cement Team Philippines / Team Pilipinas |
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| Coach | Chot Reyes | |||
| FIBA Affiliation | - | |||
| FIBA Ranking | - | |||
- This article is about the basketball team representing the Philippines. For the Philippine corporation, see San Miguel Corporation. For the Philippine Basketball Association team, see San Miguel Beermen.
San Miguel-Philippines (1981-present) is a special Philippine select team formed to represent the country as a club team or as a national team to compete internationally. San Miguel-Philippines also carried the names "Northern Consolidated Cement team" (NCC), "San Miguel Beer - Philippines" (SMB-Philippines). When playing as a national team, the team is simply called Team Philippines / Team Pilipinas. The Philippine national basketball team competes under the San Miguel - Philippines name when it participates in non-FIBA or FIBA Club tournaments.
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[edit] History
[edit] NCC Era
The first San Miguel-Philippines team was set up in the 1980's under the guidance of American coach Ron Jacobs and with the support of Filipino businessman and sports fanatic Eduardo "Danding" Cojuangco and the San Miguel Corporation.
The first San Miguel-Philippines team was mainly made up of American imports and Filipino Americans which include Willie Pearson, Dennis Still, Jeff Moore and National Basketball Association draftee Ricardo Brown. The team easily won the 4th William Jones Cup championship in 1981 but failed to gain support among the Filipinos, due to most players in the squad were not Filipino players.
Cojuangco, appointed basketball project director by the government, then set up a basketball program to promote Philippine basketball in the Asian region and in world basketball. In 1982, Jacobs led the San Miguel-Philippines, under-19 national team, to the Asian Youth Basketball Championships which include players like Leo Austria, Jong Uichico, Hector Calma and Samboy Lim. The team beat China in the final at the Araneta Coliseum in Manila.
In 1984, Jacobs formed the second San Miguel-Philippines team to compete in the Philippine Basketball Association. Jacobs retained Jeff Moore and Dennis Still from the first San Miguel-Philippines team, Hector Calma and Samboy Lim from the under-19 team. The team now include American shooting maestro Arthur Engelland and Filipino hotshot Allan Caidic, who joined the team in 1983.
The team, known as the all-amateur Northern Consolidated Cement (NCC) guest team, competed in the 1984-1985 PBA season and eventually winning the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference championship. The team went on to represent the Philippines and capturing the 1984 Asian Club Basketball Champions' Cup, the 1985 William Jones Cup championship and represent the Asian region in the 1985 World Club Basketball Championship at Gerona, Spain.
In 1985, San Miguel-Philippines, as a national team, also won the the 1985 South East Asian Games and the 1985-1986 FIBA Asia Championship. The team qualified for the 1986 FIBA World Championship, but the team disbanded, due to the political crisis that led to the Philippine People Power Revolution. The team failed to compete in the World Championship.
[edit] 1994 Asian Games
In 1994, San Miguel Beermen, coached by Norman Black, won the 1994 PBA All-Filipino Cup championship and earned the right to represent the country in the up coming Asian Games, held at Hiroshima, Japan. The national team composed of San Miguel players (the core of the team), loan PBA players (notably Alvin Patrimonio and Johnny Abarrientos) and amateur standouts (notably Marlou Aquino). The team, led by NCC veterans Allan Caidic and Hector Calma, went on to finished fourth with Caidic finishing as the Asian Games basketball tournament top scorer.
[edit] Team Pilipinas
In 2005, the PBA appointed Vincent "Chot" Reyes to formed a national team, supported by the San Miguel Corporation, to represent the country in future international events. San Miguel-Philippines, went on to represent the country in the Asian Club Basketball Champions' Cup (finished Fifth), the Las Vegas Global Hoop Summit (most exciting performing team), the William Jones Cup (finished Third), and the 2005 Shell Rimula-Sultan Cup of Brunei (Champion). The team was bannered by Asi Taulava, Rommel Adducul, and Ren-Ren Ritualo. Unfortunately, the Philippines was suspended by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) due to political conflict between leaders of the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP).
In 2006, San Miguel-Philippines finished sixth in the William Jones Cup and fourth in the Al-Emadi International Basketball Tournament, held at Doha, Qatar. The team is has recently played in a goodwill series against Lebanon and won the Shell Rimula-Sultan Cup title in Brunei for the second year in a row.
[edit] Notable players
- Allan Caidic
- Arthur Engelland
- Hector Calma
- Samboy Lim
- Jeff Moore
- Dennis Still
- Ricardo Brown
- Asi Taulava
- Ren-Ren Ritualo
- Romel Adducul
[edit] See also
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