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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.
Philippine Arena, Bocaue, Philippines: FIBA World Cup: August 27 Angola: L 70–80 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines: FIBA World Cup: August 29 Italy: L 83–90 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines: FIBA World Cup: August 31 South Sudan: L 68–87 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines: FIBA World Cup: September 2 China: W 96 ...
In February 2023, the Philippines took part in the final window of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian qualifiers. [3] The national team ended their participation in the qualifiers with a lost to Jordan. [4] As one of the hosts of the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the Philippines were already qualified regardless of their performance.
The Philippines national basketball team is led by head coach Tim Cone. Cone has been coach since September 2024. [1] The national team will finish their last two remaining games in the qualifiers of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup which they already qualified for. [2] They will take part at the Doha International Cup in February 2025 in Doha, Qatar. [2]
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 team also participated at the 2021 King Abdullah Cup in Jordan as part of their preparations for the FIBA Asia Cup. [6] [7] However the FIBA Asia Cup was postponed by a year. Similarly the Philippines plans to field a basketball team at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, but the multi-sporting event was likewise postponed to 2022. [8]
The Philippines finished second in their group behind Brazil and ahead of Paraguay to enter the final round, where the team lost against the US by only 13 points; only the loss against the US and two losses against Brazil were the Philippines' only losses in the world championship. To date, the Philippines' performance remains the best ...
2024 is marked by the scheduled participation of the Philippine national team in the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Riga in Latvia [2] and the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers. [3] Prior to their departure for Latvia for the Olympic qualifier, played a tune-up with the Taiwan Mustangs at home. [4]