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The 1978 FIBA World Championship was the 8th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by the Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978 in Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila and Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City (both cities in Metro Manila).
Philippines: 1976 1977 1977 Southeast Asian Games: 1st 1977 ABC Championship: 5th Nicanor Jorge Philippines: 1978 1978 1978 FIBA World Championship: 8th 1978 Asian Games: 4th [6] Nat Canson Philippines: 1979 1979 Southeast Asian Games: 2nd Freddie Webb Philippines: 1979 1979 ABC Championship: 4th Filomeno "Pilo" Pumaren [7] Philippines: 1981 1981
October 1–14 – The 1978 FIBA World Championship is hosted by Philippines. Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila were the venues for the event. [8] The Philippines ranked seventh place in the event. December 9–20 – The Philippines participated in the 1978 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand ...
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 ...
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.
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Philippines portal; Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. P. ... 1978 FIBA World Championship; U. UAAP Season 41 men's basketball tournament
1978 FIBA World Championship (2 C, 1 P) 2013 FIBA Asia Championship (3 C, 12 P) M. ... Pages in category "International basketball competitions hosted by the Philippines"