Philippines national basketball team

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Philippines Pilipinas
FIBA ranking	63
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Asia
National federation	BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas
Coach	Chot Reyes
Nickname(s)	Team Pilipinas
Olympic Games
Appearances	7
Medals	0 Best finish: 5th (1936)
World Championships
Appearances	4
Medals	Bronze: 1954
Asian Championships
Appearances	22
Medals	Gold: 1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1985 Silver: 1965, 1971 Bronze: 1969
Uniforms
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The national basketball team of the Philippines is one of the best-performing Asian teams in international tournaments, winning a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship for men and a fifth-place finish in the 1936 Summer Olympics, the two best finishes of any Asian team in the history of the top two international basketball tournaments. Its national basketball federation is the BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP).

The current national team, nicknamed "Team Pilipinas" (Team Philippines), is sponsored by the San Miguel Corporation, the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, the Philippine Basketball Association, and the Philippine Basketball League. The coach of the team is Vincent "Chot" Reyes.

Aside from the bronze medal at the World Championships and the fifth-place Olympic finish, the Philippines has won five FIBA Asian Championships for Men, four Asian Games Men's Basketball gold medals and a consistent winner at the Southeast Asian Games and at the Southeast Asia Basketball Association. The country has also participated in four FIBA World Championships and seven Olympic Basketball Tournaments.

[edit] History

The Philippine national team is one of the most dominant basketball teams in Asia since the 1920s. The Philippines dominated the Far Eastern Games and the Southeast Asian Games but only partially dominate the Asian Games and FIBA Asia Championship with rivals like Israel, South Korea, Lebanon, Japan and especially China. In the 1950s-1960s, the Philippines was among the best in the world, producing world-class players like Carlos Loyzaga, Lauro Mumar, Mariano Tolentino and Edgardo Ocampo. Loyzaga was even a part of the 1954 FIBA World Championship Mythical Team selection, where the Philippines won the Bronze medal.

Carlos Loyzaga

After 1975, the Philippines only managed to win the 1986 Asian Basketball Confederation (the national team qualified to the 1986 FIBA World Championship in Spain but the team disbanded and failed to participate due to the political crisis in the Philippines) and a bronze medal in the 1986 Asian Games. Both teams were bannered by future PBA stars Allan Caidic, Samboy Lim and Hector Calma. In 1990, the Philippines sent and all-pro national team, coached by Robert Jaworski, to regain the country's basketball supremacy in the Asian Games but the team lost in the final against China and settled for a silver medal. The team includes 1990 PBA Most Valuable Player Allan Caidic, Alvin Patrimonio and Samboy Lim (who was selected for the Asian Games Mythical Team selection).

In 1998, the PBA formed the celebrated Philippine Centennial Team that captured the 21st William Jones Cup championship but finished with the bronze medal in the Asian Games. While in 1994 and 2002, the PBA-backed national team only managed fourth placed finishes.

[edit] FIBA suspensions

[edit] 1963

In 1963, FIBA suspended the Philippines for its failure to stage the 1963 FIBA World Championship after President Diosdado Macapagal refused to allow players from Yugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the country. Later, the Philippines, despite being the Asian champion, was forced to play in a pre-Olympic tournament in order to qualify in the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[1]

[edit] 2001

The Basketball Association of the Philippines leadership crisis worsened after a lengthy feud between the group of Graham Lim and Tiny Literal and the group of Freddie Jalasco and Lito Puyat which resulted in FIBA's suspension of the basketball NSA.

However, a few months after, FIBA stepped-in and ordered an election that resulted in Literal's victory as the President of the BAP. The suspension was quickly lifted and the Philippines was able to compete in the Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia.^[1]

[edit] 2005-2007

The Philippines was suspended by the International Basketball Federation on July 2005 after a long standing feud between the Philippine Olympic Committee and the BAP.

The story began on April 10, 2005, when the BAP-sponsored Cebuana-Lhuillier Philippine National team (composed of little-known amateur players) lost to a lowly Parañaque Jets team (made up of showbiz personalities) in an NBC Preseason tournament at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. After hearing the news, POC President Jose "Peping" Cojuangco called for improvements on the national team, most notably, the sending of a new team made up of professionals from the Philippine Basketball Association.

While both parties, with the involvement of the Philippine Basketball Association, the Philippine Basketball League, the UAAP and the NCAA, reportedly agreed on an agreement on the formation of a new national team, things soon returned to the usual verbal war. The POC, through a vote, first suspended, then in a later meeting, expelled the BAP as the official National Sports Association (NSA) member and installed a new member in the Philippine Basketball Federation. The BAP, under new President Joey Lina, said that the expulsion was unconstitutional in the by-laws of the POC.

The situation worsened when both parties still could not agree on who will banner the national team for the Southeast Asian Basketball Association tournament, a qualifier for the FIBA-Asia tournament in Doha, Qatar. FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann, then handed the suspension of the RP team from any FIBA-sanctioned tournament.

In hopes of securing a long-term solution, FIBA, in a memorandum, ordered the PBA, PBL, UAAP, NCAA and Joey Lina (as a person or in Lina's claim, as a representative of the BAP) to form a new constitution or a formation of a new basketball body.

By March 2006, four stakeholders have signed into the propose new basketball body, which later named as Pilipinas Basketball. Lina, however, has refused to sign on the memorandum, citing unbalanced factors that was put in the draft for a new body. After the four stakeholders met with Baumann in South Korea, the suspension was not even lifted nor was the draft for a new body was even accepted since Lina has not signed it.

However, in a significant move by both Pilipinas Basketball and the BAP at the FIBA Congress in Japan, both parties signed an agreement that will pave the way for the formation of a new cage body on or before September 30. The deadline lapsed and no significant moves had been made until February 5, 2007.^[1]

After several meetings between FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann, PB, and BAP officials in Geneva and Bangkok, a Unity Congress was held in which BAP, PB and Baumann attended. The BAP and PB agreed to merge to create the BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) as the new national federation. The Philippine Olympic Committee recognized the group as the new national governing body for basketball, after which the FIBA finally lifted the almost two-year-old suspension it imposed upon the country.

[edit] Current roster

Philippines roster at the FIBA Asia Championship 2007:

Pos. No. Player Club G 4 Mark Caguioa Barangay Ginebra Kings C 5 Danny Seigle Magnolia Beverage Masters G 6 Jimmy Alapag Talk 'N Text Phone Pals G 7 Dondon Hontiveros Magnolia Beverage Masters C 8 Asi Taulava Coca-Cola Tigers C 9 Kelly Williams Sta. Lucia Realtors F 10 Gabe Norwood Hapee Toothpaste Complete Protectors C 11 Mick Pennisi Red Bull Barako F 12 Kerby Raymundo Purefoods TJ Giants G 13 Jayjay Helterbrand Barangay Ginebra Kings G 14 Ren-Ren Ritualo Talk 'N Text Phone Pals F 15 Eric Menk Barangay Ginebra Kings Position Name/s Head coach:  Chot Reyes Assistants: Aboy Castro, Nash Racela Consultants: Scout: Tim Cone, Norman Black, Jong Uichico Binky Favis Manager: Robert Non  Philippines

Philippines roster at the Southeast Asian Games 2007:

Pos. No. Player Club SG 4 Al Vergara Harbour Centre Batang Pier PG 5 Boyet Bautista Harbour Centre Batang Pier SF 6 Jeffrei Chan Harbour Centre Batang Pier C 7 Beau Belga Harbour Centre Batang Pier PF 8 Frederick Rodriguez Toyota-Otis Sparks PG 9 Eugene Tan Toyota-Otis Sparks SF 10 Chad Alonzo Harbour Centre Batang Pier SG/PG 11 Jason Castro Harbour Centre Batang Pier SF 12 Jonathan Fernandez Harbour Centre Batang Pier SF/SG 13 Gabe Norwood Hapee Toothpaste Complete Protectors C 14 Jervy Cruz Hapee Toothpaste Complete Protectors PF/C 15 Allan Salansang (C) Welcoat Dragons Position Name/s Head coach:  Junel Baculi Assistants: Louie Alas C = Captain  Philippines

[edit] Men's team past records

[edit] World tournaments

FIBA World Championship Year Round Position GP W L PF PA 1950 Did not participate 1954 Final 3/12 9 6 3 565 557 1959 Classification 8/12 6 4 2 415 420 1963 Withdrew-suspended 1967 Did not qualify 1970 Did not qualify 1974 Classification 13/14 7 2 5 644 769 1978 Final 8/14 8 0 8 595 846 1982 Did not qualify 1986 Withdrew 1990 Did not qualify 1994 Did not qualify 1998 Did not qualify 2002 Did not participate 2006 Did not participate-suspended Total 4/15 1 bronze 30 12 18 2,219 2,592

Olympic Basketball Year Round Position GP W L PF PA 1936 5/8 Classification 5/23 5 4 1 159 145 1948 9/12 Classification 12/23 8 4 4 370 321 1952 Preliminary round T-9/23 5 3 2 297 303 1956 Quarterfinals 7/15 8 4 4 533 599 1960 Did not qualify 1964 Did not qualify 1968 13/16 Classification 13/16 9 3 6 677 756 1972 13/16 Classification 13/16 9 3 6 610 729 1976 Did not qualify 1980 Did not qualify 1984 Did not qualify 1988 Did not qualify 1992 Did not qualify 1996 Did not qualify 2000 Did not qualify 2004 Did not qualify 2008 Did not qualify Total 6/17 0 medals 43 21 22 2,646 2,853

[edit] Asian tournaments

FIBA Asia Championships Year Position Record Manila 1960 1st 9-0 Taipei 1963 1st 9-2 Kuala Lumpur 1965 2nd 4-1 Seoul 1967 1st 9-0 Bangkok 1969 3rd 7-2 Tokyo 1971 2nd 7-1 Manila 1973 1st 9-0 Bangkok 1975 5th 5-4 Kuala Lumpur 1977 5th 4-5 Nagoya 1979 4th 4-3 Calcutta 1981 4th 4-3 Hong Kong 1983 9th 3-2 Kuala Lumpur 1986 1st 6-0 Bangkok 1987 4th 4-3 Beijing 1989 8th 2-5 Kobe 1991 7th 5-4 Jakarta 1993 11th 3-3 Seoul 1995 12th 2-5 Riyadh 1997 9th 3-3 Fukuoka 1999 11th 2-4 Shanghai 2001 Did not participate Harbin 2003 15th 3-4 Doha 2005 Did not participate Tokushima 2007 9th 5-2 Total 5 titles 109-56

Asian Games Year Position Record New Delhi 1951 1st 4-0 Manila 1954 1st 6-0 Tokyo 1958 1st 6-1 Jakarta 1962 1st 7-0 Bangkok 1966 6th 4-3 Bangkok 1970 5th 4-4 Tehran 1974 4th Bangkok 1978 5th New Delhi 1982 4th Seoul 1986 3rd 2-2 Beijing 1990 2nd 4-2 Hiroshima 1994 4th 3-3 Bangkok 1998 3rd 5-2 Busan 2002 4th 4-3 Doha 2006 Did not participate Guangzhou 2010 Total 4 golds 49-20 (inc.)

Far Eastern Games Year Position Manila 1913 1st Shanghai 1915 1st Tokyo 1917 1st Manila 1919 1st Shanghai 1921 2nd Osaka 1923 1st Manila 1925 1st Shanghai 1927 1st Tokyo 1930 1st Manila 1934 1st Total 9 golds

[edit] Southeast Asian tournaments

Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championships Year Position Record Segamat 1994 4th Manila 1998 1st 5-0 Manila 1999 1st 5-0 Manila 2001 1st 5-0 Kuala Lumpur 2003 1st 3-0 Kuala Lumpur 2005 Did not participate Ratchaburi 2007 1st 4-0 Total 5 titles 23-0 (excl. 1994)

Southeast Asian Games Year Position Year Position Kuala Lumpur 1977 1st Singapore 1993 1st Jakarta 1979 1st Chiang Mai 1995 1st Manila 1981 1st Jakarta 1997 1st Singapore 1983 1st Brunei 1999 1st Bangkok 1985 1st Kuala Lumpur 2001 1st Jakarta 1987 1st Ho Chi Minh City 2003 1st Kuala Lumpur 1989 2nd Manila 2005 Not held Manila 1991 1st Nakhon Ratchasima 2007 1st Total 14 golds

[edit] Notable coaches

[edit] Notable players

(Past and Present)

(Alphabetical Order by Surnames)

Johnny Abarrientos: Philippine basketball's and Asia's best point guard of the 1990s. Abarrientos played for the Philippines in the 1991 Southeast Asian Games and the 1994 Asian Games. He was later selected to play for the Philippine Centennial Team to represent the country in the 1998 Asian Games and the 21st William Jones Cup. Abarrientos was named Most Valuable Player in an exhibition game against the FIBA Asia All-Stars team led by compatriot Romel Adducul.

Allan Caidic: Asia's most feared three-point shooter and arguably one of the greatest players ever to play for the Philippines internationally. He is a four-time veteran of the Asian Games (1986, 1990, 1994, 1998) and a two-time William Jones Cup champion (1985, 1998). Early in his career, Caidic played a major role for the Philippines in capturing the 1985 Southeast Asian Games and the 1985-1986 FIBA Asia Championship. In 1990, he and Samboy Lim were named at the Asian Games Mythical Five Selection after leading the Philippines to a silver medal finished. In 1994, he was the Asian Games basketball tournament's leading scorer and was named, for the second time, to the all-tournament Mythical Five selection. In 1998, he represented the country for the final time with the celebrated Philippine Centennial Team.

Robert Jaworski: The world's oldest professional basketball player and arguably the Philippines' most popular basketball player of all time. He represented the country in numerous international tournaments and is one of the last surviving Filipino basketball players to play in the FIBA World Championship and the Summer Olympics.

Samboy Lim: One of the best players ever to play for the Philippine national team. A prolific scorer, he represented the Philippines in the 1982 Asian Youth Championship and in the 1985-1986 FIBA Asia Championship. He was later named alongside Allan Caidic into the 1990 Asian Games Mythical Five selection after leading the national team to the finals.

Carlos Loyzaga: Probably the greatest Filipino international basketball player of all time. He led the Philippines to four consecutive Asian Games gold medals and three Asian championship titles. His biggest achievement was leading the country to a third place finish and the bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship, the best finish by an Asian country in the history of the quadrennial tournament. He was later named into the all-tournament Mythical Five selection after finishing third leading scorer of that year's tournament. In 1960, he and Carlos Badion were named at the Asian Basketball Confederation Mythical Five Selection after leading the Philippines to the first ever Asian championship crown.

Ambrosio Padilla: One of the greatest Filipino basketball players of the pre-World War II era. He played for the Philippines in the Far Eastern Games before leading the country to a fifth place finish in the 1936 Summer Olympics, the best finish by an Asian country in the history of the Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament.

Luis "Lou" Salvador: One of the most prolific offensive players in Philippine basketball history. Salvador played for the Philippines in several Far Eastern Games tournaments where, in 1923, he set an all-time record for the most points scored by a Filipino in a single international game with 116 points against China to lead the Philippines to the gold medal. That record remains unbroken to this day.

[edit] Latest scores

[edit] Basketball at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games

December 13 3:00 p.m. THA

Philippines

94 – 53

Thailand

Keelapirom Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima

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December 12 5:00 p.m. THA

Philippines

108 – 60

Malaysia

Keelapirom Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima

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December 9 3:00 p.m. THA

Philippines

75 – 49

Indonesia

Keelapirom Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima

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December 7 3:00 p.m. THA

Philippines

136 – 82

Cambodia

Keelapirom Stadium, Nakhon Ratchasima

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[edit] FIBA Asia Championship 2007

August 4 11:15 AM JST	9th place	Philippines	78 – 76	China	Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
		Scoring by quarter: 19-22, 17-16, 23-23, 19-15

August 2 9:00 AM JST	Consol.	Philippines	89 – 58	Kuwait	Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
		Scoring by quarter: 23-10, 23-10, 27-27, 16-11

August 1 9:00 AM JST	Consol.	Philippines	104 – 69	India	Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium, Tokushima
		Scoring by quarter: 25-18, 22-23, 35-14, 22-14

July 31 9:00 AM JST	Consol.	Philippines	107 – 100 (OT)	Syria	Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
		Scoring by quarter: 18-24, 17-14, 30-27, 24-24. Overtime/s: 18-11

July 30 6:00 PM JST	Prelims.	Philippines	76 – 84	Jordan	Asty Tokushima, Tokushima	RPN, BTV
		Scoring by quarter: 18-13, 17-20, 16-21, 25-30

July 29 6:00 PM JST	Prelims.	Philippines	79 – 74	China	Asty Tokushima, Tokushima	RPN, BTV
		Scoring by quarter: 19-25, 19-24, 18-8, 23-17

July 28 6:00 PM JST	Prelims.	Philippines	69 – 75	Iran	Asty Tokushima, Tokushima	RPN, BTV
		Scoring by quarter: 14-19, 11-11, 11-21, 33-24

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Team Pilipinas website (TeamPilipinas.com)
• SBP official website
• Philippine team section at PBA.ph
• NGETS Studio PBA Home
• Philippine Olympic Committee Website

Preceded by (start) Asian Games Champions 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962 Succeeded by Israel  Preceded by (start) Southeast Asian Games Champions 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 Succeeded by Malaysia  Preceded by  Malaysia Southeast Asian Games Champions 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 Succeeded by (sport not held) Preceded by (sport not held) Southeast Asian Games Champions 2007 Succeeded by (incumbent)

Preceded by (start) ABC Champions 1960, 1963 Succeeded by Japan  Preceded by  Japan ABC Champions 1967 Succeeded by Korea  Preceded by  Japan ABC Champions 1973 Succeeded by China  Preceded by  China ABC Champions 1986 Succeeded by China  Preceded by  Malaysia SEABA Champions 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003 Succeeded by Malaysia  Preceded by  Malaysia SEABA Champions 2007 Succeeded by (incumbent)

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1936 Olympic basketball tournament  Ambrosio Padilla •  Charles Borck •  Amador Obordo •  Fortunato Yambao •  Jesus Marzan •  Bibiano Ouano •  Jacinto Ciria Cruz •  Primitivo Martinez • Franco Marquicias • John Worrell  • Coach: Dionisio Calvo

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1948 Olympic basketball tournament  Manuel Araneta, Jr. •  Ramon Campos, Jr. •  Eduardo Decena •  Andres dela Cruz •  Fely Fajardo •  Gabby Fajardo •  Edgardo Fulgencio •  Antonio Martinez • Lauro Mumar • Francisco Vestil  • Coach: Dionisio Calvo

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1952 Olympic basketball tournament  Florentino Bautista •  Ramon Campos, Jr. •  Antonio Genato •  Jose Gochangco •  Rafael Hechanova, Sr. •  Eduardo Lim •  Carlos Loyzaga •  Antonio Martinez • Ponciano Saldaña • Meliton Santos • Antonio Tantay • Mariano Tolentino  • Coach: Dionisio Calvo

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1954 FIBA World Championship - Bronze medal  Ambrosio Padilla •  Antonio Genato •  Mariano Tolentino •  Carlos Loyzaga •  Napoleon Flores •  Francisco Rabat •  Florentino Bautista Jr. •  Rafael Barretto • Lauro Mumar • Benjamin Francisco • Ponciano Saldana • Bayani Amador • Ramon Manulat • Jose Maria Cacho • Rafael Hechanova • Eduardo Lim • Ignacio Ramos  • Coach: Herminio Silva

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1956 Olympic basketball tournament  Carlos Badion •  Rafael Baretto •  Ramon Campos, Jr. •  Loreto Carbonell •  Antonio Genato •  Eduardo Lim •  Carlos Loyzaga •  Ramon Manulat • Leonardo Marquicias • Mariano Tolentino • Martin Urra • Antonio Villamor  • Coach: Leo Prieto

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1959 FIBA World Championship  Kurt Bachman •  Carlos Badion •  Loreto Carbonell •  Gerry Cruz •  Baby Dalupan •  Eduardo Lim •  Alfonso Marquez •  Mariano Tolentino

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1960 Olympic basketball tournament  Emilio Achacoso •  Kurt Bachmann •  Carlos Badion •  Narciso Bernardo •  Geromino Cruz •  Felix Flores •  Alfonso Marquez •  Edgardo Ocampo • Constancio Ortiz • Edgardo Pacheco • Cristobal Ramos • Edgardo Roque • Roberto Yburan

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1968 Olympic basketball tournament  Orlando Bauzon •  Danny Florencio •  Robert Jaworski •  Jimmy Mariano •  Alfonso Marquez •  Rogelio Melencio •  Edgardo Ocampo •  Adriano Papa, Jr. • Alberto Reynoso • Joaquin Rojas • Elias Tolentino • Freddie Webb • Roehl Nadurata  • Coach: Carlos Loyzaga

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1972 Olympic basketball tournament  Bogs Adornado •  Narciso Bernardo •  Ricardo Cleofas •  Danny Florencio •  Jimmy Mariano •  Yoyong Martinez •  Rogelio Melencio •  Edgardo Ocampo • Manny Paner • Adriano Papa, Jr. • Marte Samson • Freddie Webb  • Coach: Ignacio Ramos

v • d • e Philippines squad - 1978 FIBA World Championship  Bernardo Carpio •  Nathaniel Castillo •  Alex Clarino •  Ramon Cruz •  Gregorio Gozum •  Leopoldo Herrera •  Federico Israel •  Federico Lauchengco • Edward Merced • Cesar Teodoro • Steve Watson • Cesar Yabut  • Coach: Nic Jorge

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