- Philippines men's national basketball team
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*col-breakcol-endNotable coaches
*Pedro Villanueva (1930)
*Alfredo del Rosario (1934)
*Dionisio Calvo (1936, 1948, 1952)
*Felicisimo Fajardo (1952-1966)
*Herminio Silva (1954)
*Leo Prieto (1956)
*Valentin "Tito" Eduque (1958, 1973-1974)
* Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan (1959, 1970)
*Arturo Rius (1960)
*Enrique Crame (1962)
*Carlos Loyzaga (1967-1968)*
Lauro Mumar (1969)
*Ignacio Ramos (1971-1972)
*Nicanor Jorge (1978)
*Ron Jacobs (1981-1986)
*Joe Lipa (1986-2000)
*Robert Jaworski (1990)
*Norman Black (1994, 2006)
*Tim Cone (1998)
*Jong Uichico (2002)
*Chot Reyes (2005-2008)
*Yeng Guiao (2008-present) [ [http://sports.inquirer.net/inquirersports/inquirersports/view/20080926-162986/Guiao-is-RP-five-head-coach-at-last sports.inquirer.net, Guiao is RP five head coach at last] ] [ [http://www.gmanews.tv/story/122991/PBA-names-Yeng-Guiao-as-national-team-coach gmanews.tv, PBA names Yeng Guiao as national team coach] ]Notable players
(Past and Present)
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Johnny Abarrientos (MVP, 2000 Philippines versus FIBA Asia All-Star Exhibition Game)
*Rommel Adducul (FIBA Asia All-Star, 1997-2000)
*Kurt Bachmann
*Carlos Badion (MVP, Mythical Five, 1960 Asian Basketball Confederation)
*Charles Borck
*Allan Caidic (Mythical 5, 1994 Asian Games and 1990 Asian Games)
*Hector Calma
*Jacinto Ciria Cruz
*Geronimo Cruz (MVP, Mythical 5, 1963 Australian Pan Pacific Games)
*Mariano Felomino
*Danny Florencio
*Jovito Gonzales
*Robert Jaworski
*Avelino "Samboy" Lim (Mythical 5, 1990 Asian Games)*
Eduardo Lim
*Carlos Loyzaga (Mythical 5, 1954 World Basketball Championship and 1960 Asian Basketball Confederation)
*Ramon Manulat
*Jaime "Jimmy" Mariano
* Alfonso Marquez
*Lauro Mumar
*Edgardo Ocampo
*Ambrosio Padilla
*Adriano "Jun" Papa, Jr.
*Alvin Patrimonio
*Alberto "Big Boy" Reynoso
*Ponciano Saldana
*Luis "Lou" Salvador
*Asi Taulava
*Mariano Tolentino 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 1994Asian Games . He was later selected to play for thePhilippine Centennial Team to represent the country in the1998 Asian Games and the 21stWilliam Jones Cup . Abarrientos was named Most Valuable Player in an exhibition game against the FIBA Asia All-Stars team led by compatriotRomel 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 1985-1986FIBA Asia Championship . In 1990, he andSamboy 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 celebratedPhilippine 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 theSummer 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 the1990 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 andCarlos 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 the1936 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.
Latest scores
Basketball at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games basketballbox|date=
December 13 |place=Keelapirom Stadium ,Nakhon Ratchasima |time=3:00 p.m. THA|recTV=NBN
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=94
teamB=bk|THA |scoreB=53basketballbox|date=December 12 |place=Keelapirom Stadium,Nakhon Ratchasima |bg=#eee|time=5:00 p.m. THA|rec
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI|scoreA=108
teamB=bk|MAS |scoreB=60basketballbox|date=December 9 |place=Keelapirom Stadium,Nakhon Ratchasima |time=3:00 p.m. THA|rec
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI|scoreA=75
teamB=bk|INA |scoreB=49basketballbox|date=December 7 |place=Keelapirom Stadium,Nakhon Ratchasima |bg=#eee|time=3:00 p.m. THA|rec
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=136
teamB=bk|CAM |scoreB=82FIBA Asia Championship 2007 basketballbox |date=August 4|bg=#eee |place=
Asty Tokushima ,Tokushima |time=11:15 AM JST |report=9th place |TV=
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=78
teamB=bk|CHN |scoreB=76
Q1=19-22 |Q2=17-16 |Q3=23-23 |Q4=19-15basketballbox |date=August 2 |place=Asty Tokushima, Tokushima |time= 9:00 AM JST |report=Consol. |TV=
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=89
teamB=bk|KUW|scoreB=58
Q1=23-10 |Q2=23-10 |Q3=27-27 |Q4=16-11basketballbox |date=August 1|bg=#eee |place=Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium , Tokushima |time=9:00 AM JST |report=Consol.|TV=
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=104
teamB=bk|IND|scoreB=69
Q1=25-18 |Q2=22-23 |Q3=35-14 |Q4=22-14basketballbox |date=July 31 |place=Asty Tokushima, Tokushima |time=9:00 AM JST |report=Consol.|TV=
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=107
teamB=bk|SYR |scoreB= 100 (OT)
Q1=18-24 |Q2=17-14 |Q3=30-27 |Q4=24-24 |OT=18-11basketballbox |date=July 30 |bg=#eee |place=Asty Tokushima, Tokushima |time=6:00 PM JST |report=Prelims. |TV=RPN, BTV
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=76
teamB=bk|JOR |scoreB=84
Q1=18-13 |Q2=17-20 |Q3=16-21 |Q4=25-30basketballbox |date=July 29 |place=Asty Tokushima, Tokushima |time=6:00 PM JST |TV=RPN, BTV |report=Prelims.
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=79
teamB=bk|CHN |scoreB=74
Q1=19-25 |Q2=19-24 |Q3=18-8 |Q4=23-17basketballbox |date=July 28 |bg=#eee |place=Asty Tokushima, Tokushima |time=6:00 PM JST |TV=RPN, BTV |report=Prelims.
teamA=Philippines flagicon|PHI |scoreA=69|teamB=bk|IRI |scoreB=75
Q1=14-19 |Q2=11-11 |Q3=11-21 |Q4=33-24References
External links
* [http://www.teampilipinas.com/ Team Pilipinas website (TeamPilipinas.com)]
* [http://www.sbp.com.ph/ SBP official website]
* [http://www.pba.ph/content/category/1/76/59/ Philippine team section at PBA.ph]
* [http://www.surfshop.net.ph/pba2/ NGETS Studio PBA Home]
* [http://www.olympic.ph Philippine Olympic Committee Website]
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