Philippines men's national basketball team

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Philippines Philippines Pilipinas
FIBA ranking 31 Increase 3[1]
Joined FIBA 1936
FIBA zone FIBA Asia
National federation Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas
Coach Tab Baldwin
Nickname(s) Gilas Pilipinas
Olympic Games
Appearances 7
Medals None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 5
Medals Bronze: 1954
FIBA Asia Championship
Appearances 25
Medals Gold: 1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1985
Silver: 1965, 1971, 2013
Bronze: 1969
Asian Games
Appearances 16
Medals Gold: 1951, 1954, 1958, 1962
Silver: 1990
Bronze: 1986, 1998
Uniforms
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Dark

The men's national basketball team of the Philippines represents the country in international basketball competitions. It is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines or simply SBP). The team won a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship for men, the best finish by any team outside the Americas and Europe. Also, the team took a fifth-place finish in 1936 Summer Olympics, the best finish by any team outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The Philippines has the most wins in the Olympics among teams outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania.

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, being considered the best team in Southeast Asia of all time. The country has also participated in five FIBA World Cups and seven Olympic Basketball Tournaments.

Gilas Pilipinas and Gilas Cadets represent the current men's national team.

History

Early years

The Philippines first participated in international basketball in the Far Eastern Championship Games in 1913. The Philippines defeated China in what was the first international game in Asia. The Philippines won all but one (1921) championship until 1934. The games were not under the supervision of FIBA at that time. The Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) was founded in 1936, and became a part of FIBA later that year. Also in the same year, the BAP sent a team nicknamed "the Islanders" that participated in the first Olympic basketball tournament in Berlin. With the tournament under a single-elimination round format from the third game onwards, the Philippines won their first three games only to face the United States in their fourth game. The USA doubled the Philippines' score as they advanced to the next round, and subsequently win the gold medal undefeated. The Philippines wound up fifth place, winning the rest of their games, in the best finish by an Asian team in Olympic basketball history. Aside from silver medalists Canada, the Philippines was the only other team that only had one loss in the tournament.

The Philippines returned to the 1948 Olympics in London. The team finished fourth of six teams in their group to be eliminated. The team wound up in tenth place.

Philippines vs Argentina at the 1952 Summer Olympics

In the 1950s–1960s, the Philippines was among the best in the world, producing world-class players like Carlos Loyzaga, Lauro Mumar, Mariano Tolentino, Francisco Rabat and Edgardo Ocampo. In 1951, team won the inaugural Asian Games basketball tournament in New Delhi, India. The team finished ahead of Japan and four other teams to win the gold medal. On the next Asian Games in 1954 in Manila that served as a qualifiers for the World Championship later that year, the team finished first anew, beating out the Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan and South Korea in the final round.

In 1954 FIBA World Championship in Brazil, Loyzaga was a part of the Mythical Team selection, where the Philippines won the bronze medal. The Philippines finished second in their group behind Brazil and ahead of Paraguay to enter the final round, where the team lost against the USA by only 13 points; only the loss against the USA and two losses against Brazil were the Philippines' only losses in the world championship .To date, the Philippines' performance remains the best performance by an Asian team in the World Championship.

In the 1956 Olympics, the Philippines finished seventh. The team qualified to the quarterfinals, with only loss against the USA. However, the team lost all of their games against France, Uruguay and Chile in the quarterfinals. The Philippines defeated Chile in the seventh-place game to finish with a 4−4 record. Two years later, in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, the Philippines won its third consecutive gold medal, finishing first in the final round.

The Philippines was grouped with Bulgaria, Puerto Rico and Uruguay in the 1959 FIBA World Championship. The team finished third, losing against Bulgaria and Puerto Rico, to crash out of the final round. The Philippines won all of the games in the classification round against the United Arab Republic (Egypt) and Canada to meet Uruguay for the eighth-place game. The team defeated Uruguay again to finish eighth. This would be the last tournament of Loyzaga and company.

Birth of the Asian championships

Starting in 1960, the Asian Basketball Championship was held to determine Asia's participants in the Olympics and the World Championships. Qualifying for the Asian Championship was by subzone, or by the ranking in the most recent tournament; in this case, with the Philippines being the strongest team in Southeast Asia, the country will qualify easily for the continental championship, even if they failed to qualify via rankings from the previous tournament. The inaugural Asian Championship was held in Manila.

With an Asian Championship, the Philippines qualified for the 1960 Olympics. In Rome, the Philippines did not qualify for the medal round, but did beat Spain in the preliminaries, ultimately finishing 11th out of 16 nations. The country was supposed to host the 1963 World Championship, but President Diosdado Macapagal refused to allow players from Yugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the country. This caused the Philippines, despite winning the Asian Championships, to qualify via a pre-Olympic tournament, in which they were unsuccessful.[2]

In the fifth championship at Bangkok, the Philippines finished third, after a one-point loss against Japan, and an 86–95 loss against (South) Korea.

Creation of the Philippine Basketball Association

In 1975, after disputes with the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP), nine teams pulled out of BAP's jurisdiction and founded the professional Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), taking along all the best players with them. This caused the BAP to send weakened teams in the subsequent international tournaments, as professionals are not allowed to play. The Filipinos to fail to defend their Asian championship in 1975, with India earning a shock blowout win to deny the Philippines a top-4 finish. The Chinese won the championship, beginning their unbeaten championship run that will last into 1983. The nationals were denied of a top 4 finish in the 1977 Asian Championship, losing this time to Malaysia. The Philippines then hosted the 1978 FIBA World Championship, losing all of the games via blowouts to finish last in the final round.

The NCC program (1980-1986)

To offset the loss of players to the PBA, the BAP delegated to businessman Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. the formation of a team that will train together for several months, in essence, a club team unaffiliated with any league. The result was the Northern Cement basketball team coached by the American Ron Jacobs that had four naturalized players. In the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, the team finished fourth behind Korea, China and Japan. In the 1983 Asian Championship in Hong Kong, the Philippines forfeited their preliminary round games after a misunderstanding in the rules that caused the Philippines to play more than one naturalized player on the floor at the time. The Philippines, without their naturalized players, made short work of the classification round to finish in ninth place. The Northern Cement team did win the 1985 Asian Championship in Kuala Lumpur, to qualify for the 1986 FIBA World Championship in Spain.

On February 22, 1986, the People Power Revolution erupted and forced president Ferdinand Marcos into exile. Cojuangco, a known ally of Marcos, also left the country, causing the team not to participate in the World Championship. The team did participate in the 1986 Asian Games, finishing third behind China and Korea.

Professional era

In 1989, FIBA allowed professionals to play in their tournaments. This caused the BAP to have an agreement with the PBA in which the latter will form national teams for the Asian Games, while the former will do so in other tournaments. In the 1989 Southeast Asian Games, the BAP-sponsored team suffered a shock loss to Malaysia in the gold medal game, the only time the Philippines failed to win the gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games in which basketball was played.

In 1990, the Philippines sent an 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 and Samboy Lim, who were both selected in the Asian Games Mythical Five Selections.

In the 1991 Asian Championship in Kobe, Japan, the Philippines finished second in their preliminary round group behind China, but a loss against Japan caused their elimination, ending up in seventh place, when Jordan forfeited the game. In 1993, the Philippines failed to qualify in the quarterfinal groups, suffering losses against Korea (five points) and the UAE (four points) en route to an 11th place finish.

In the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, the Philippines, coached by the American Norman Black, sent in a team composed of PBA players and selected amateurs. The team finish second in the preliminary round, losing to Korea. The loss to Korea meant that the Philippines has to face China; despite losing, the Chinese had their slimmest winning margin in the tournament with nine points, en route to their gold medal. The Philippines were upended by the hosts Japan in the bronze medal game, losing by three points in overtime.

With no PBA players on the roster, the team on the 1995 Asian Championship in Seoul finished last in the preliminary round, but managed to win two games in the classification round to finish 12th out of 19 teams. The team that went to Riyadh for the ABC Championship 1997 did only marginally better; they still finished last in the preliminary round but topped the classification round group en route to a ninth place finish.

In 1998, the PBA formed the Philippine Centennial Team coached by the American Tim Cone that captured the 21st William Jones Cup championship but finished with the bronze medal in the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok. The Filipinos faced their old nemesis Korea in the quarterfinals and were blown out by twenty points, which led them to face China in the semifinals anew. The result would be the same as four years earlier, with the Chinese winning by nine. The Filipinos won the bronze medal game though, against Kazakhstan.

In the 1999 Asian Championship in Fukuoka, Japan, the Philippines, with no PBA players on their roster, finished last in the preliminary round, and second in the classification round to finish 11th out of 15 teams. In Shanghai for the 2001 Asian Championship, the Philippines was suspended by FIBA due to leadership disputes at the BAP. This caused the country to miss their first Asian championship. By 2002, a compromise was sorted out, and the Philippines was allowed to participate in the 2002 Asian Games, coached by Jong Uichico.

In Busan, South Korea, the Philippines easily qualified for the quarterfinals, in which they are grouped with China, Japan and Chinese Taipei. The Philippines won by five points against Japan, and 14 points against Chinese Taipei. The game against China wasn't as close, with the Philippines losing by 41 points, but this assured that they won't have to face China in the semifinals. For the third consecutive time, the Filipinos and Koreans faced in the semifinals, with the same result: the Koreans won over the Philippines, this time by one point. Up by two points, Olsen Racela missed two free throws, that led to a Korean three-pointer at the buzzer to eliminate the Filipinos. The team would lose in the bronze medal game against Kazakhstan by 2 points as Korea defeated China in overtime by a basket to win Asian Games gold for the first time since 1970.

With no PBA players in the roster, the 2003 Asian Championship in Harbin will be the worst performance by the team in history: a 15th place finish out of 16 teams. Unlike in 1997 and 1999, the Philippines had one win in the preliminary round (against Jordan). However, in the classification round, the Philippines emerged winless in a group containing Syria, Kuwait and Hong Kong. Only a blow out win against Malaysia saved the Philippines from dropping to the cellar. After the championship, BAP was heavily criticized and took steps to strengthen the team. However, after a loss against the Parañaque Jets, a team composed of politicians, actors and amateurs, by the BAP-managed team, another leadership crisis in the BAP ensued which caused another suspension from FIBA. As a result, the Philippines was not able to participate in the FIBA Asia Championship 2005 and the 2006 Asian Games.

SBP era (2007-present)

Team Pilipinas (2007-2009)

After the conclusion of the leadership struggle that saw the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), an organization backed by the PBA among others, being recognized by both FIBA and the Philippine Olympic Committee, the Philippines was reinstated by FIBA. San Miguel-Team Pilipinas was hastily-assembled for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship in Tokushima. The team defeated China, which didn't send its best team since they already qualified for the 2008 Olympics, but lost to Iran and Jordan to bow out of contention. The Filipinos and Chinese met again for the ninth place game in which the Filipinos won by two points. The Philippines qualified for the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship in Tianjin. The Philippines advanced to the quarterfinals to meet Jordan. The Jordanians raced to any early lead where the Filipinos never recovered to win the game. The Philippines and the Koreans played for seventh place, which saw the Koreans winning by two points.

Gilas Pilipinas (2010-present)

Following the Northern Cement model of the 1980, the SBP established the Smart Gilas Pilipinas program, backed by SBP President Manuel V. Pangilinan, as a developmental team that aims to qualify in the 2012 Olympics. In the 2010 Asian Games, the Filipinos met the Korean team anew in the quarterfinals and was eliminated. In the 2011 championship at Wuhan, the SBP successfully petitioned the naturalization of Marcus Douthit; the team progressed up to the semifinals for the first time since 1987. Meeting Jordan, the team lost, never recovering after a third quarter run by the Jordanians. In the bronze medal game against Korea with a berth to an Olympic qualifying tournament at stake, the team raced to an early lead, but the Koreans cut the lead and eventually won the game after the Filipinos missed free-throws at the end game. Despite missing an Olympic berth, Smart Gilas' performance was the best finish in the championship since 1987, and the best finish in any major Asian competition since 2002.

After failing to qualify for the Olympics, the SBP decided to form the next edition of Smart Gilas Pilipinas team (Smart Gilas Pilipinas 2.0) composed of PBA players. The Smart Gilas Pilipinas program was renamed Gilas Pilipinas in 2013, still sponsored by Smart Communications. After FIBA Asia decided to transfer hosting duties of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship to the Philippines from Lebanon, the SBP decided to hold most of the games at the newly constructed Mall of Asia Arena. After losing to Chinese Taipei in the last game of the preliminary round to finish second, the team won four consecutive games to set up a semifinal against the Koreans. In a close game, the Philippines pulled away late in the game to win 86-79. The win sent the team to the finals and guaranteed qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup (new name of the FIBA World Championship) for the first time since 1978. The Philippines, appearing in the first FIBA Asia Championship final since the introduction of a championship game in 1987, lost by 14 points against undefeated Iran in the final to settle for a silver medal.

Philippines vs Croatia at the 2014 FIBA World Cup

The Congress of the Philippines naturalized Andray Blatche in time for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup to beefed-up its center position. With Blatche in tow, the Philippines nearly won four tightly-fought games against higher ranked teams of Croatia, Greece, Argentina and Puerto Rico, before winning in overtime against Senegal to record its first victory at the World Cup in 40 years. In the 2014 Asian Games, Blatche was not allowed by the Olympic Council of Asia to participate due to residency requirements. The SBP used Douthit anew as its naturalized player, but the Philippines finished seventh, its worst finish in the Asian Games.

On October 30, 2014, the SBP announced the formation of two selection committees to search and appoint the coach and players of future Philippine teams - for elite level and for youth level tournaments.[3][4][5][6] Chot Reyes remained coach until a replacement was decided.[7] The new roster aims to compete in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in China which will serve as the Asian qualifiers of the 2016 Summer Olympics Basketball tournament in Rio de Janeiro.

Before game three of the PBA Philippine Cup Final Four duel between Talk 'N Text and San Miguel Beer on December 23, 2014, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas formally announced Tab Baldwin as the new coach of the Philippine national team.[8] Baldwin's 4-year tenure as coach officially begun in January 1, 2015.[9]

FIBA suspensions

1963

In 1963, FIBA suspended the Philippines for its failure to stage the 1963 FIBA World Championship after Philippine 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.[2]

2001

The leadership crisis in the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) 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 the suspension of the BAP. After a few months, FIBA intervened and ordered an election which 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.[2]

2005-2007

The Philippines was again suspended on July 2005 after a long standing feud between the BAP and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).

The conflict 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 a National Basketball Conference (NBC) pre-season tournament at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. Upon hearing the news, POC president Jose Cojuangco, Jr. called for improvements in the national team, most notably, in the sending of a new team made up of players from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

The PBA, together with the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), the UAAP and the NCAA, reportedly came to an agreement on the formation of a new national team. The POC, through a vote, first suspended, then in a later meeting, expelled the BAP as the official National Sports Association (NSA) for basketball 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.

In hopes of securing a long-term solution, the FIBA ordered the PBA, PBL, UAAP, NCAA and Joey Lina (as an individual - or in Lina's claim, as a representative of the BAP) to form a new constitution or form of a new basketball body. By March 2006, the four stakeholders (PBA, PBL, UAAP and NCAA) signed an agreement to propose a new basketball body (Pilipinas Basketball). Lina refused to sign the memorandum, citing "unbalanced factors" that was put in the draft. After the four stakeholders met with Baumann in South Korea, the suspension was not lifted and the draft for a new body was not accepted since Lina was not in agreement. After several meetings between Baumann and the officials of the BAP and Pilipinas Basketball in Geneva and Bangkok, a Unity Congress was held. The BAP and Pilipinas Basketball agreed to merge, creating the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) as the new national basketball federation. The POC recognized the SBP 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.

Nickname

National team logo used in broadcasts

The first Philippine team that competed in the 1936 Olympic Games were known as "the Islanders". After the Philippines became a republic in 1946, the national team was simply referred to by the press as the "RP 5" or "RP team" ("RP" standing for "Republic of the Philippines").

When the Northern Cement basketball team represented the Philippines from 1983 to 1985, the team was referred to as the "NCC" team. After the disbandment of the NCC team in 1986, the national team referred to as "RP 5" or "RP team" once again.

In the 1992 Asian Games, following the example of the first U.S. Dream Team, the Philippine team was referred to the "Philippines Dream Team", as this was the first national team with PBA players. Later, it was referred to as "Team Philippines". Eventually, "Team Philippines" became the name used to refer to the entire Philippine contingent in multi-sports events such as the Asian and Olympic Games.

During the Philippine Centennial in 1998, the team was officially known as the Philippine Centennial Team.

From 2005 to 2009, Team Pilipinas represented the men's basketball team - the team was initiative of the PBA and sponsored by San Miguel Corporation (2005-2007, named "San Miguel-Team Pilipinas") and Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (2009, named "Powerade-Team Pilipinas").

In 2010, the Smart Gilas Pilipinas and Smart Sinag Pilipinas programs replaced the Team Pilipinas program. Smart Communications is the main sponsor of both programs. Gilas is a Tagalog word that loosely translates into English as "prowess", and sinag translates as "ray" (sunlight). In 2013, the Smart brand was dropped from the branding of both programs, although Smart Communications remained as the main sponsor.

Uniform

2002 Asian Games red uniform

The national colors of blue, white and red have been used in national team uniforms throughout history. Most teams used a blue uniform as the dark-colored uniform, and a white uniform for light-colored uniform. Red was occasionally used as a tertiary color. In the 2002 Asian Games, the dark-colored uniform was a red one. The SBP has consistently used the blue and white uniform as dark and light uniforms, respectively. Nike has been the official outfitter of the national team ever since the SBP took over. In the 2013 Asian Championship, the color white has been used to identify the team with the fans.

It usually uses a distinct coat of arms, as seen above, distinct from the SBP (or BAP) logo, or the official coat of arms.

Fixtures and results

Competitions

FIBA World Cup

FIBA World Cup Record
Year Round Position Pld W L
Argentina 1950 Did not participate
Brazil 1954 Final 3/12 9 6 3
Chile 1959 Classification 8/12 6 4 2
Brazil 1963 Qualified, but was disqualified due to suspension
1967 to 1970 Did not qualify
Puerto Rico 1974 Classification 13/14 7 2 5
Philippines 1978 Final 8/14 8 0 8
Colombia 1982 Did not qualify
Spain 1986 Qualified, but withdrew
1990 to 1998 Did not qualify
2002 to 2006 Did not participate due to suspension
Turkey 2010 Did not qualify
Spain 2014 Preliminary Round 21/24 5 1 4
Total 4/15 1 bronze 35 13 22

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games Record
Year Round Position Pld W L
Germany 1936 5/8 5/23 5 4 1
United Kingdom 1948 9/12 12/23 8 4 4
Finland 1952 Preliminary round T-9/16 5 3 2
Australia 1956 Quarterfinals 7/15 8 4 4
Italy 1960 9/12 11/16 8 4 4
Japan 1964 Did not qualify
Mexico 1968 13/16 13/16 9 3 6
Germany 1972 13/16 13/16 9 3 6
1976 to 2012Did not qualify
Brazil 2016To be determined
Total 7/17 0 medals 52 25 27

FIBA Asia Championship

FIBA Asia Championship Record
Year Position Pld W L
Philippines 1960 1st place 9 9 0
Taiwan 1963 1st place 11 9 2
Malaysia 1965 2nd place 5 4 1
South Korea 1967 1st place 9 9 0
Thailand 1969 3rd place 9 7 2
Japan 1971 2nd place 8 7 1
Philippines 1973 1st place 9 9 0
Thailand 1975 5th place 9 5 4
Malaysia 1977 5th place 9 5 4
Japan 1979 4th place 7 4 3
India 1981 4th place 7 4 3
Hong Kong 1983 9th place 5 3 2
Malaysia 1985 1st place 6 6 0
Thailand 1987 4th place 7 4 3
China 1989 8th place 7 2 5
Japan 1991 7th place 9 5 4
Indonesia 1993 11th place 6 3 3
South Korea 1995 12th place 7 2 5
Saudi Arabia 1997 9th place 6 3 3
Japan 1999 11th place 6 2 4
China 2001 Suspended
China 2003 15th place 7 3 4
Qatar 2005 Suspended
Japan 2007 9th place 7 5 2
China 2009 8th place 9 4 5
China 2011 4th place 9 6 3
Philippines 2013 2nd place 9 7 2
China 2015Qualified
Total9 medals 192 127 65

Asian Games

Asian Games Record
Year Position Pld W L
India 1951 1st place 4 4 0
Philippines 1954 1st place 6 6 0
Japan 1958 1st place 7 6 1
Indonesia 1962 1st place 7 7 0
Thailand 1966 6th place 7 4 3
Thailand 1970 5th place 8 4 4
Iran 1974 4th place 6 2 4
Thailand 1978 5th place 9 4 5
India 1982 4th place 10 6 4
South Korea 1986 3rd place 4 2 2
China 1990 2nd place 6 4 2
Japan 1994 4th place 6 3 3
Thailand 1998 3rd place 7 4 3
South Korea 2002 4th place 7 4 3
Qatar 2006 Suspended
China 2010 6th place 9 5 4
South Korea 2014 7th place 7 3 4
Total4 golds 110 68 42

SEABA Championship

SEABA Championship Record
Year Position Pld W L
Malaysia 1994 4th place
Indonesia 1996 2nd place
Philippines 1998 1st place 5 5 0
Philippines 1999 1st place 5 5 0
Philippines 2001 1st place 5 5 0
Malaysia 2003 1st place 3 3 0
Malaysia 2005 Suspended
Thailand 2007 1st place 4 4 0
Indonesia 2009 1st place 4 4 0
Indonesia 2011 1st place 4 4 0
Indonesia 2013 Did not participate
Singapore 2015 1st place 5 5 0
Total 8 golds 1 silver35 – 0 (excl. 1994 and 1996)

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games Record
Year Position Pld W L
Malaysia 1977 1st place – – –
Indonesia 1979 1st place – – –
Philippines 1981 1st place – – –
Singapore 1983 1st place – – –
Thailand 1985 1st place – – –
Indonesia 1987 1st place – – –
Malaysia 1989 2nd place – – –
Philippines 1991 1st place 5 5 0
Singapore 1993 1st place – – –
Thailand 1995 1st place – – –
Indonesia 1997 1st place – – –
Brunei 1999 1st place – – –
Malaysia 2001 1st place 5 5 0
Vietnam 2003 1st place – – –
Philippines 2005 Suspended
Thailand 2007 1st place 4 4 0
Laos 2009 Not held
Indonesia 2011 1st place 5 5 0
Burma 2013 1st place 6 6 0
Singapore 2015 TBD
Total 16 golds 1 silver

FIBA Asia Cup

FIBA Asia Stanković Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Taiwan 2004 8th place 5 0 5
Kuwait 2008 Did not participate
Lebanon 2010 4th place 7 3 4
Japan 2012 4th place 7 4 3
China 2014 3rd place 6 5 1
Total 4 appearances 24 12 13

William Jones Cup

William Jones Cup Record
Year Position Pld W L
Chinese Taipei 1979 Not held
Chinese Taipei 1981 1st place
Chinese Taipei 1985 1st place 6 6 0
Chinese Taipei 1989 Not held
Chinese Taipei 1998 1st place 6 6 0
Chinese Taipei 2000 4th place 6 3 3
Chinese Taipei 2001 4th place 7 4 3
Chinese Taipei 2002 6th place 5 2 3
Chinese Taipei 2003 Not held
Chinese Taipei 2005 3rd place 9 6 3
Chinese Taipei 2007 3rd place 9 5 4
Chinese Taipei 2008 Did not participate
Chinese Taipei 2009 6th place 8 2 6
Chinese Taipei 2010 4th place 6 3 3
Chinese Taipei 2011 3rd place 7 5 2
Chinese Taipei 2012 1st place 8 7 1
Chinese Taipei 2013 Not invited
Chinese Taipei 2014 Did not participate
Total4 golds, 3 bronze

Far Eastern Championship Games

Far Eastern Games Record
Year Position Pld W L
Philippines 1913 1st place 2 2 0
Republic of China (1912–49) 1915 1st place 2 2 0
Japan 1917 1st place 2 2 0
Philippines 1919 1st place 2 2 0
Republic of China (1912–49) 1921 2nd place 2 1 1
Japan 1923 1st place 2 2 0
Philippines 1925 1st place 2 2 0
Republic of China (1912–49) 1927 1st place 2 2 0
Japan 1930 1st place 2 2 0
Philippines 1934 1st place 2 2 0
Total9 golds 20 19 1

Other International Tournaments

Other Tournaments
Year Position Pld W L
Philippines 2010 MVP Invitational Champions' Cup 1st 4 3 1
France 2014 Antibes International Tournament 4th 3 0 3

Roster

SEABA/ SEA Games roster

Philippines men's national basketball team - 2015 SEABA Championship roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club
G 4 Ravena, Kiefer (C) 21 – 27 October 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Ateneo Blue Eagles Philippines
G 5 Vosotros, Almond 25 – 26 January 1990 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Cebuana Lhuillier Gems Philippines
PF 8 Khobuntin, Glenn 22 – 19 February 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants Philippines
G 6 Jalalon, Jiovani – 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) KeraMix Mixers Philippines
G 9 Thompson, Earl Scottie – 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Hapee Fresh Fighters Philippines
C 10 Torres, Norbert 25 – 20 January 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Cebuana Lhuillier Gems Philippines
PF 12 Belo, Mark – 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Hapee Fresh Fighters Philippines
C 13 Douthit, Marcus 35 – 15 April 1980 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Blackwater Elite Philippines
F 14 Ferrer, Kevin 22 – 26 March 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Cebuana Lhuillier Gems Philippines
C 15 Escoto, Russel – 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) FEU Tamaraws Philippines
PF 16 Rosario, Troy 23 – 20 January 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Hapee Fresh Fighters Philippines
F 17 Parks, Jr., Bobby Ray 22 – 19 February 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Hapee Fresh Fighters Philippines
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament

FIBA roster

Philippines men's national basketball team - 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club
G 4 Alapag, Jim (C) 36 – 30 December 1977 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Philippines
G 5 Tenorio, LA 30 – 9 July 1984 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Philippines
G 6 Chan, Jeff 31 – 11 February 1983 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Philippines
G 7 William, Jayson 28 – 30 June 1986 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Philippines
G 8 David, Gary 36 – 13 July 1978 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Meralco Bolts Philippines
G/F 9 de Ocampo, Ranidel 32 – 8 December 1981 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Philippines
G/F 10 Norwood, Gabe 29 – 9 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Philippines
C 11 Blatche, Andray 28 – 22 August 1986 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Brooklyn Nets United States
F/C 12 Fajardo, June Mar 24 – 17 November 1989 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) San Miguel Beermen Philippines
G 13 Lee, Paul 25 – 14 February 1989 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Philippines
F 14 Aguilar, Japeth 27 – 25 January 1987 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Philippines
F 15 Pingris, Marc 32 – 16 October 1981 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) San Mig Super Coffee Mixers Philippines
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Consultants
Team manager
  • Butch Antonio
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 August 2014

Coaches

Notable players

(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: One of Asia's most feared three-point shooters 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 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: 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 best 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.

Past rosters

Honors

World

Continental

Regional

Other

¹ – SBP Invitational Competition is still not officially sanctioned by FIBA.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA World Ranking, men". FIBA.com. September 14, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The politicization of Philippine basketball. Retrieved on November 6, 2006.
  3. ↑ http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/gilas-pilipinas/73562-chot-reyes-out-gilas-disbanded-revamped
  4. ↑ http://www.philstar.com/sports/2014/10/30/1386236/sbp-not-closing-door-chot-gilas-core-return
  5. ↑ http://www.spin.ph/basketball/pba/news/is-there-a-chance-chot-reyes-will-be-reappointed-gilas-coach-sbp-sonny-barrios-responds
  6. ↑ http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/gilas-program-not-discontinued-has-full-support-of-pba-says-commissioner-chito-salud
  7. ↑ http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/basketball-philippines-national-team-seeks-new-coach
  8. ↑ Beltran, Nelson (23 December 2014). "Tab Baldwin eyes FIBA Asia gold, Rio Olympics stint for Gilas". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  9. ↑ Bracher, Jane (29 December 2014). "Baldwin observes PH has ‘deeper’ basketball talent pool". Rappler. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Philippine Basketball Team, Jaworski Player Profile
  11. ↑ sports.inquirer.net, Guiao is RP five head coach at last
  12. ↑ gmanews.tv, PBA names Yeng Guiao as national team coach
  13. ↑ "RP launches Olympic quest". Philippine Star. Mar 8, 2009. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
  14. ↑ Fiba Asia Cup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_Asia_Cup''. Missing or empty |title= (help);

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