Gilas Pilipinas Ends FIBA World Cup with Victory

 

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Gilas Pilipinas finally gets its victory in the FIBA World Cup after defeating Asian rival China in their final game at the Araneta Coliseum on Saturday night (September 2).  The match ended 96-75 in favor of the host with Jordan Clarkson scoring a big 34 points.

 

The win resulted to a second place finish in Group M for Team Philippines and qualifies them to play in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Paris Olympics in 2024.

 

Before winning over China, Team Philippines was winless in Group A Round 1 (preliminary) where they played against Dominican Republic (81-87), Angola (70-80) and Italy (83-90). They were relegated to 17th-32nd classification where they faced South Sudan (68-87) and China where they got their first win.

Gilas Pilipinas is set to compete in the upcoming Asian Games in Hangzhou, China this September but they will be guided by new coach as Coach Chot Reyes announced that he stepping aside as head coach of Gilas Pilipinas. The announcement was made after the Philippines-China game.

Philippines is bracketed in Group C in Asian Games along with teams from Jordan, Bahrain and Thailand.

 

 

 

SEA Teams are Ready for 2025 FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifier

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Four (4) Southeast Asian teams are ready to compete in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup Pre-Qualifier.

 

Team Singapore is in Group C while Thailand, Malaysia & Vietnam are in Group D.

 

The tournament will be held from November 10 to 14 in various host locations: Group A in Qatar, Group in Palestine, Group C in Guam & Group D in Mongolia. 

 

Schedules & Results

Group C

• November 10: Singapore 59-82 Guam
• November 11: Guam 67-64 Hong Kong
• November 12: Singapore 50-74 Hong Kong

Group D: 

• November 10: Tahiti 41-84 Vietnam
• November 10: Malaysia 78-103 Thailand
• November 11: Thailand 114-46 Tahiti
• November 11: Mongolia 94-92 Malaysia
• November 12: Vietnam 55-81 Thailand
• November 12: Tahiti 62-91 Mongolia
• November 13: Malaysia 70-62 Tahiti
• November 13: Mongolia 88-77 Vietnam
• November 14: Malaysia 73-56 Vietnam
• November 14: Thailand 109-105 Mongolia

 

Basketball | The FIBA Asia Cup 2022 Draw Results

The FIBA Asia Cup 2022 draw was held on Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia. Participating Southeast Asian countries are Indonesia and the Philippines.

 

The 2022 edition of the FIBA Asia Cup which will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia, the 16 participating teams were drawn into four groups of four teams each.

 

The results of the Draw are as follows:

 

 

 

 

FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers - Group A Concluded

Team Philippines topped the group with 6-0 win-loss record and now officially qualified for FIBA Asia Cup 2021 to be held in Indonesia. 

 

Team Philippines also known as Gilas Pilipinas fielded its young dribblers averaging 22 years of age, the youngest 18, won all its games in the Clark, Pampanga bubble.

 

Their first assignment was against their Korean rival on June 16 which ended in a thrilling win just by 3 points, 81-78. That 3-point was shot at buzzer with just 2.9 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter.

 

Their second win was against Indonesia with 76-51 score. And their third and last win was against Korea, 82-77. 

 

Despite losing twice to Philippines, Korea is qualified for FIBA Asia Cup as top 2 in the group.     

Meanwhile Indonesia is also qualified as host of FIBA Asia Cup despite placing 3rd in the group stage while Thailand bid goodbye to Asia Cup.

 

If 3rd placers of each group will play for the remaining slots for FIBA Asia Cup and Indonesia is qualified already as host, will Thailand be the replacement for 3rd placer Indonesia? That is the big question and it is FIBA who has the final say. 

 

FIBA Asia Cup 2021 is scheduled on August. 

 

 

 

 

 

FIBA World Cup 2019

Philippines is among the qualified teams from Asia-Oceania Zone and the lone representative from the Southeast Asian region. This is Philippines' second consecutive appearance at the World Cup of Basketball.

The tournament was held in China from August 31 to September 15 with 32 competing teams from around the world.

Below are the schedules and results of team Philippines (a.k.a. Gilas Pilipinas)

Preliminary | Group D

• August 31 | Philippines 62-108 Italy

• September 2 | Philippines 67-126 Serbia

• September 4 | Philippines 81-84 Angola

Classification | 17th-32nd Place

• September 06 | Group N | Philippines 67-86 Tunisia

• September 08 | Group N | Philippines 75-95 Iran

Team Pool
 

FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019 - Draw Results

The draw ceremony for the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019 took place in Heraklion, the capital of the Greek island of Crete last Wednesday.

GroupA: Senegal, USA, New Zealand and Lithuania

Group B: Mali, Australia, Canada and Latvia

Group C: Argentina, Greece, Philippines and Russia

Group D: China, Puerto Rico, France and Serbia

The FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019 will take place from June 29 to July 7.

🏀 Basketball Rankings - December 2018

Before the year ends, here is the Volleyball Rankings for Men & Women according to www.fiba.com (For Southeast Asian Nations only)

FIBA 3x3 U23 World Cup 2018

Location: Xian, China
Date: 3rd-7th October 2018
Participating SEA Nations: Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines

Men's Division

• October 3 | Pool A | Indonesia 8-22 Estonia
• October 3 | Pool A | Indonesia 7-22 Latvia
• October 5 | Pool A | Indonesia 13-22 Hungary
• October 5 | Pool A | Indonesia 21-17 Mongolia

• October 3 | Pool C | Philippines 14-21 Slovenia
• October 3 | Pool C | Philippines 16-21 Serbia
• October 5 | Pool C | Philippines 21-8 Turkmenistan
• October 5 | Pool C | Philippines 21-15 China

Women's Division

• October 3 | Pool B | Indonesia 15-12 Kazakhstan
• October 3 | Pool B | Indonesia 15-19 Belarus
• October 5 | Pool B | Indonesia 9-14 Netherlands
• October 5 | Pool B | Indonesia 9-21 Ukraine

• October 3 | Pool D | Malaysia 12-21 Russia
• October 3 | Pool D | Malaysia 21-3 Sri Lanka
• October 5 | Pool D | Malaysia 12-13 Iran
• October 5 | Pool D | Malaysia 19-20 Andorra

27th FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018

Two club teams from Southeast Asia are currently competing at the 27th edition of FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2018 which is happening in Nonthaburi, Thailand from September 20 to October 2.

Below are the schedules and results of Mono Vampires BC (Thailand) and Meralco Bolts (Philippines) which are grouped in Pool B.

Group B

• September 27 | Mono Vampires BC (Thailand) 100-92 Meralco Bolts (Philippines)
• September 28 | Mono Vampires BC (Thailand) 100-106 Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon)
• September 28 | Meralco Bolts (Philippines) 73-84 Alvark Tokyo (Japan) 
• September 29 | Mono Vampires BC (Thailand) 100-108 Alvark Tokyo (Japan)
• September 29 | Meralco Bolts (Philippines) 96-63 Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon)

Classification

• 5th-8th Places | October 1 | Mono Vampires BC (Thailand) 95-71 Liaoning Flying Leopards (China)

• Semi Finals | October 1 | Meralco Bolts (Philippines) 74-79 Petrochimi (Iran)

• 5th-6th Places | October 2 | Mono Vampires BC (Thailand) 97-96 Pauian (Taiwan)

• Bronze/ 3rd Place Match | October 2 | Meralco Bolts (Philippines) 87-91 SK Knights (Korea)

Final Standings

1st - | 2nd - | 3rd - SK Knights (Korea)

4th - Meralco Bolts (Philippines) | 5th - Mono Vampires BC (Thailand) | 6th - Pauian (Taiwan)

7th - Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) | 8th - Liaoning Flying Leopards (China)

Team ASEAN

Team Philippines

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🏀 FIBA U18 Asia Championship 2018

Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand are competing at the 2018 FIBA U18 Asia Championship 2018 in Nonthaburi, Thailand from August 5 to 11. 

The three SEA teams are up against 13 other teams from Asia and Oceania.

Below are the schedules and results of our SEA teams at this tournament.

Preliminary

Group A

• August 5 | End of Game: Indonesia 50-80 Iran [Watch Here]
• August 6 | End of Game: Indonesia 53-86 Japan [Watch Here]
• August 7 | End of Game: Indonesia 79-64 Kazakhstan [Watch Here]

Group B

• August 5 | End of Game: Philippines 75-53 Lebanon [Watch Here]
• August 6 | End of Game: Philippines 92-49  UAE [Watch Here]
• August 7 | End of Game: Philippines 73-63 China [Watch Here]

Group C

• August 5 | End of Game: Thailand 44-119 Australia [Watch Here]
• August 6 | End of Game: Thailand 47-89 New Zealand [Watch Here]
• August 7 | End of Game: Thailand 71-87 Bahrain [Watch Here]

Group D | Korea, Syria, Taipei, India

Classification Round

Qualification to Quarter Finals

• August 8 | Game 25 | End of Game: Japan 85-67 Lebanon
• August 8 | Game 26 | End of Game: Indonesia 45-105 China
• August 8 | Game 27 | End of Game: New Zealand 109-76 India
• August 8 | Game 28 | End of Game: Chinese Taipei 65-76 Bahrain

Quarter Finals

• August 9 | QF1 | End of Game: Iran 72-87 New Zealand
• August 9 | QF2 | End of Game: Philippines 67-52 Bahrain
• August 9 | QF3 | End of Game: Australia 88-52 Japan
• August 9 | QF4 | End of Game: Korea 85-90 China

Semi Finals

• August 10 | End of Game: New Zealand 87-82 China
• August 10 | End of Game: Philippines 43-77 Australia

5th-8thPlaces

• August 10 | End of Game: Iran 89-81 Korea
• August 10 | End of Game: Bahrain 85-92 Japan

Final Games

• August 11 | 7th-8th Places | End of Game: Korea 93-100 Bahrain
• August 11 | 5th-6th Places | End of Game: Iran 58-60 Japan
• August 11 | 3rd-4th Places | End of Game: Philippines 57-76 China
• August 11 | 1st-2nd Places | Australia vs New Zealand

Southeast Asian Teams at this tournament

Team Indonesia

Team Philippines

Team Thailand

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🏀 FIBA Boys' U17 Basketball World Cup 2018

The Philippines is the sole representative from Southeast Asia that will compete at the 2018 FIBA Boys' U17 Basketball World Cup to be held in Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina from June 30 to July 8.

Below are the schedules of team Philippines which in Group D together with Croatia, France and host Argentina.

Preliminary - Group D

• June 30 | Philippines 75-97 Croatia
• July 1 | Philippines 54-95 France
• July 2 | Philippines 71-74 Argentina

Final Round - Knockout 

• July 4 | Round of 16 | Philippines 62-102 Canada [Watch here]

9th-16th Places

• July 7 | Philippines 59-95 Mali

13th-16th Places

• July 8 | Philippines 70-69 Egypt

13th-14th Places

• July 9 | Philippines 73-51 New Zealand

Photo credit | via FIBA.com

🏀 FIBA 3X3 Basketball Ranking for SEA Nations

SENIOR DIVISIONS

UNDER-23 DIVISIONS

UNDER-18 DIVISIONS

 

🏀 FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2018

Three Southeast Asian countries are ccompeting at the 2018 FIBA 3x3 World Cup being held in Manila, Philippines from June 8 to 12.

Indonesia is competing in men's event while Malaysia battles in the women's side. Host Philippines enters in the men's and women's divisions.

But in the last minute, Indonesian women's team was invited to compete in replace of team Venezuela.

Unfortunately, no SEA teams qualify to the quarter finals. But the Philippines won the gold medal in the Shoot-Out contest.

Below are the schedules of our SEA teams in this competition.

Preliminary Round

Men - Pool B

• June 08 | Indonesia 6-22 Poland
• June 08 | Indonesia 10-22 Estonia
• June 10 | Indonesia 11-18 Japan
• June 10 | Indonesia 7-21 Slovenia

Men - Pool C

• June 09 | Philippines 15-7 Brazil
• June 09 | Philippines 17-21 Mongolia
• June 11 | Philippines 19-20 Canada
• June 11 | Philippines 19-12 Russia

Women - Pool A

• June 09 | Malaysia 9-22 Italy
• June 09 | Malaysia 21-14 Indonesia
• June 11 | Malaysia 14-18 Turkmenistan
• June 11 | Malaysia 22-18 Czech Republic

Women - Pool A

• June 09 | Indonesia 11-22 Czech Republic
• June 09 | Indonesia 14-21 Malaysia
• June 11 | Indonesia 5-19 Italy
• June 11 | Indonesia 11-20 Turkmenistan

Women - Pool D

• June 08 | Philippines 11-21 Netherlands
• June 08 | Philippines 10-12 Germany
• June 10 | Philippines 17-21 Spain
• June 10 | Philippines 15-18 Hungary

🏀 Philippine Players at the FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2018

• Rafael GO | 193cm (6'4") | 08/01/2001
• Raven Angelo CORTEZ | 201cm (6'7") | 23/10/2002
• Mclaude GUADANA | 211cm (6'11") | 29/04/2001
• Jorick Kyle BAUTISTA | 180cm (5'11") | 29/07/2001
• Terrence John FORTEA | 180cm (5'11") | 03/07/2001
• Kai zachary SOTTO | 216cm (7'1") | 11/05/2002
• Recaredo Christian CALIMAG | 185cm (6'1") | 30/01/2001
• Joshua Rafael LAZARO | 193cm (6'4") | 11/06/2002
• Rence Keith Sean PADRIGAO | 180cm (5'11") | 11/03/2002
• Yukien ANDRADA | 196cm (6'5") | 21/04/2001
• King BALAGA | 180cm (5'11") | 23/01/2001
• Shaun Geoffrey CHIU | 203cm (6'8") | 18/05/2001

 

🏀 Malaysian Players at the FIBA U16 Asian Championships 2018

• Yi Kang TEOH | 170cm (5'7") | 16/11/2001
• Run Sam YAP | 178cm (5'10") | 05/05/2001
• Thiam Mun WONG | 181cm (5'11") | 16/02/2001
• Wei Han TEOH | 187cm (6'2") | 10/04/2001
• Yong Ted, Wilson LEE | 189cm (6'2") | 09/02/2002
• Hao Wen, Jason KHOR | 180cm (5'11") | 02/06/2001
• Adrie Adlan ABDUL RASHID | 180cm (5'11") | 29/01/2001
• Jing Hung LEE | 190cm (6'3") | 29/01/2001
• Ee Wan TAN | 185cm (6'1") | 06/03/2001
• Jun Xian FOO | 178cm (5'10") | 11/04/2001
• Jun Kai, John TANG | 184cm (6'0") | 19/05/2001
• Chee Wey TAN | 186cm (6'1") | 27/01/2001

🏀 FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2018

The FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2018 is being held in Foshan, China from April 2 to 8 with 13 teams. 

Two Southeast Asian teams are competing at this tournament. These are Malaysia and the Philippines which are in the same group in the Preliminary.

Below are the schedules and results of the matches.

Preliminary Round

Group A | China, New Zealand & Hong Kong

• April 02 | New Zealand 124-61 Hong Kong
• April 03 | China 124-46 Hong Kong
• April 04 | China 83-47 New Zealand

Group B | Australia, Philippines & Malaysia

• April 02 | Philippines 62-57 Malaysia [Watch here]
• April 03 | Malaysia 47-110 Australia  [Watch here]
• April 04 | Philippines 52-82 Australia [Watch here]

Group C | Iran, Chinese Taipei, Macau

• April 02 | Chinese Taipei 122-47 Macau
• April 03 | Iran 148-45 Macau
• April 04 | Chinese Taipei 84-93 Iran

Group D | Korea, Japan, Lebanon, India

• April 02 | Japan 94-68 Lebanon
• April 02 | South Korea 92-71 India
• April 03 | Japan 109-57 India
• April 03 | South Korea 124-94 Lebanon
• April 04 | Lebanon 88-81 India
• April 04 | South Korea 73-76 Japan

Knock-out Round / Play-Offs

• April 05 | Lebanon 82-78 Chinese Taipei
• April 05 | Philippines 103-61 Hong Kong [Watch here]
• April 05 | New Zealand 79-42 Malaysia [Watch here]
• April 05 | South Korea 116-43 Macau

Quarter Finals

• April 06 | 11:00 (GMT +8) |  Iran 69-73 New Zealand
• April 06 | 13:00 (GMT +8) |  Australia 69-60 South Korea
• April 06 | 15:00 (GMT +8) |  Japan 70-72 Philippines [Watch here]
• April 06 | 18:00 (GMT +8) |  China 80-71 Lebanon

Semi Finals

• April 07 | China  60-54  Philippines [Watch here]
• April 07 | Australia  86-61  New Zealand

5th-8th Places

• April 07 | Japan 88-79 Lebanon
• April 07 | Iran 84-90 South Korea

Finals | April 08

• 7th-8th Places | Iran  95-82  Lebanon

• 5th-6th Places |  Japan  63-75  South Korea

• 3rd-4th/Bronze Medal Match |New Zealand 76-60 Philippines

• 1st-2nd/Gold Medal Match | Australia  91-67  China

Final Standings

• 1st - Australia *
• 2nd - China *
• 3rd - New Zealand *
• 4th - Philippines *
• 5th - South Korea
• 6th - Japan
• 7th - Iran
• 8th - Lebanon
• 9th - Chinese Taipei
• 9th - Malaysia
• 9th - Macau
• 9th - Hong Kong
• 10th - India
• * - Qualified at the 2018 FIBA U17 World Cup

🏀 FIBA Asia U16 Championships 2018

The FIBA Asia U16 Championships 2018 is to be held in Foshan, China from April 2 to 8.

Photo credited/via FIBA.com

2019 FIBA World Cup Qualification | Asia-Oceania Zone

Team Philippines is the only country from Southeast Asia who enters the next stage of qualification for the 2019 FIBA World Cup to be held in China.

The Philippines is in Group B in Round 1 together with Japan, Australia and Chinese Taipei. The top 3 will advance for the second round for Asia-Oceania qualification round while the bottom team is subject for elimination.

After the 2nd Round, top 3 of Group E (combined top 3 from Group A & Group C in Round 1) & Group F (combined top 3 from Group B & Group D in Round 1) qualify for the 2019 FIBA World Cup to be held in China while the 4th rank team of each group will battle for the final slot.

Below are the schedules and results of team Philippines.

Round 1 

1st Window 

• 24th November 2017 | Philippines 77-71 Japan
• 27th November 2017 | Philippines 90-83 Chinese Taipei

2nd Window

• 22nd February 2018 | Philippines 68-84 Australia
• 25th February 2018 | Philippines 89-84 Japan

3rd Window

• 29 June 2018 | Philippines 93-71 Chinese Taipei 
• 2nd July 2018 | Philippines 53-89 Australia (Game ended due to PH foul-outs)

Round 2

4th Window

• 13th September | Philippines 73-81 Iran
• 17th September | Philippines 92-81 Qatar

5th Window

• 30th November | Philippines 88-92 Kazakhstan
• 3rd December | Philippines 70-78 Iran

6th Window

• 21st February | Philippines vs Qatar
• 24th February | Philippines vs Kazakhstan

🏀 2017 FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Women

Thailand and Malaysia are the two Southeast Asian countries competing at the 2017 FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Women being held in India from October 22 to 28.

In separate paths, Thailand is competing in Division A where medalists and champion will be named. While Malaysia is in Division B where the top team will be promoted in Division A in the next edition of this championship.

Below are the schedules and results of our Southeast Asian teams. 

For Team Thailand

• October 22 | Division A | Group B | Thailand defeated by Japan, 37-115
• October 23 | Division A | Group B | Thailand defeated by China, 28-89
• October 24 | Division A | Group B | Thailand defeated Hong Kong, 93-64

• October 26 | Division A | Quarter Finals | Thailand defeated by New Zealand, 52-80

• October 27 | Division A | 5th - 8th Places | Thailand 69-74 Chinese Taipei

• October 28 | Division A | 7th - 8th Places | Thailand 83-59 Hong Kong

For Team Malaysia

• October 22 | Division B | Group B | Malaysia defeated Maldives, 130-14
• October 23 | Division B | Group B | Malaysia defeated Kazakhstan, 64-50

• October 26 | Division A Quarter Finals | Malaysia defeated Nepal, 88-34

• October 27 | Division B | Semi Finals | Malaysia 85-68 Iran

• October 28 | Division B | Finals | Malaysia 48-64 India / Kazakhstan

Photo via FIBA

🏀 FIBA Asia Cup 2017 .

The FIBA Asia Cup 2017 will be held at the Nouhad Nawfal Sports Complex in Lebanon from August 8 to August 20. This will be the 29th edition of the tournament dubbed before as FIBA Asia Championship.

With the new format and inclusion of teams from Oceania (Australia and New Zealand), the tournament will be a qualification to determine the composition of teams for FIBA World Cup 2019 in China. The top 5 teams will represent FIBA Asia-Oceania.

The Philippines will represent Southeast Asia at this tournament after capturing the lone ticket at the 2017 SEABA tournament held in Manila last May.

Below are the schedules of team Philippines which is in Group B and other teams in Group A, C and D.

Group B | August 09 | Philippines 96-87 China
Group B | August 09 | Qatar 66-75 Iraq
Group B | August 11 | Philippines 84-68 Iraq
Group B | August 11 | China 92-67 Qatar
Group B | August 13 | Philippines 80-74 Qatar
Group B | August 13 | China 61-60 Iraq 

Group A | August 09 | Iran 101-54 India
Group A | August 09 | Jordan 68-66 Syria
Group A | August 11 | Jordan 61-54 India
Group A | August 11 | Iran 87-63 Syria
Group A | August 13 | India vs Syria
Group A | August 13 | Iran vs Jordan

Group C | August 08 | New Zealand 70-49 Kazakhstan
Group C | August 08 | Korea 66-72 Lebanon
Group C | August 10 | Korea 116-55 Kazakhstan
Group C | August 10 | New Zealand 86-82 Lebanon
Group C | August 12 | Lebanon 96-74 Kazakhstan
Group C | August 12 | New Zealand 75-76 Korea

Group D | August 08 | Australia 84-68 Japan
Group D | August 08 | Chinese Taipei 77-62 Hong Kong
Group D | August 10 | Japan 87-49 Chinese Taipei
Group D | August 10 | Australia 99-58 Hong Kong
Group D | August 12 | Japan 92-56 Hong Kong
Group D | August 12 | Australia 90-50 Chinese Taipei

Schedules will updated