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The country has also participated in seven FIBA World Cups and seven Olympic Basketball Tournaments. Gilas Pilipinas and the Gilas Cadets represent the current men's national team while Batang Gilas Pilipinas Under-19 and Under-17 represent the current junior's national team.
The Smart Gilas Pilipinas program was renamed Gilas Pilipinas in 2013, still sponsored by Smart Communications. The national team played in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship which was hosted at home. After losing to Chinese Taipei in the last game of the preliminary round to finish second, the team won four consecutive games to set up a semifinal ...
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]
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 take part at the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers (later postponed as to 2022). Led by interim coach Mark Dickel, They opened their campaign with a win over Indonesia in February 2020, before the qualifiers was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [2] Qualifiers would eventually resume in November 2020.
2023 FIBA World Cup qualification R1: July 3 India: W 79–63 SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City, Philippines: 2023 FIBA World Cup qualification R1: July 13 Lebanon: L 80–95 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia: 2022 FIBA Asia Cup Group Phase: July 15 India: W 101–59 Istora Gelora Bung Karno, Jakarta, Indonesia: 2022 FIBA Asia Cup ...
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.
The Philippines ended their 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup campaign without a win after playing five games, finishing dead last as a result of their poor performance. They also didn't manage to clinch the single outright Asian berth for the 2020 Summer Olympics by failing to finish as the best performing team from FIBA Asia with Iran, the ...