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The Philippines men's national basketball team (Filipino: Pambansang koponan ng basketbol ng Pilipinas), commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas, is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines or simply SBP).
A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Philippines is one of the oldest teams and has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. 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.
The Philippines were grouped with host Cambodia, Malaysia, and Singapore in the group stage. They won their opener against Malaysia, [9] before figuring in a historic lost against the hosts who were laden by six naturalized players. [10] [11] They were still able to advance to the semifinals by winning their final group game against Singapore. [12]
This is a list of the Philippines men's national basketball team results. This list includes non-competitive matches against foreign teams. This list includes non-competitive matches against foreign teams.
This is a list of players who have played or currently playing in the Philippine Basketball Association. Denotes player who is still active in the PBA Denotes player who has been inducted to the PBA Hall of Fame .
The Philippines national basketball team is led by head coach Tim Cone. Cone was made permanent head coach in January 2024, after being named interim coach for the 2022 Asian Games in September 2024 following the resignation of Chot Reyes after the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup .
The Philippines national basketball team was led by head coach Chot Reyes in the early part of 2022 until the appointment of Nenad Vucinic in June.. The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas announced Reyes' appointment as head coach of the team on January 31 following Tab Baldwin's departure shortly prior to the February 2022 window of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers.
The Philippines men's national basketball team competed in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The tournament will be co-hosted by the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia from August 25 to September 10, 2023. This is the Philippines third straight appearance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup since its participation in the 2014 edition hosted in Spain.