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The tradition of basketball in Filipinos help represent many regional, national and even religious affiliations. [6] Basketball has even been considered a "Filipino past-time", as that is the sport learned by most fathers in the Philippines and passed on the lifestyle to their Filipino American children.
Played NCAA soccer for Skyline College, Notre Dame de Namur University, and Philippine national football team. Natasha Kai – American soccer player and member of the United States women's national soccer team. Nick Rimando – Filipino, Mexican American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer. [30]
The Philippine basketball team dominated the Asian Games until 1962. [3] After missing the first FIBA Basketball World Cup (known through 2010 as the FIBA World Championship) that was held in 1950 in Argentina, the Philippines participated in the 1954 FIBA World Championship held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Philippines finished with a 5–2 ...
Kuwait finished the Philippines' World Cup qualification campaign after winning over them twice in the second round. [83] The Filipinos grabbed their best finish in the cup when they were ranked third in the 2012 edition, with a loss from Turkmenistan in the semi-finals, and a victory against Palestine in the third place playoff. [84]
This is a list of foreign-born football players who played for the Philippines national football team.Players born in countries other than the Philippines including those born in diaspora may qualify for the Philippines team through Filipino parents or grandparents, or through naturalization as Philippine citizens.
The following is a list of naturalized basketball players who have represented their naturalized country at a FIBA international tournament. [1] The list includes players both past and present after they have represented their new nation at least once.
The country also has a women's basketball team which has competed at the FIBA Asia Women's Championship, as well as men youth team's and 3x3 national teams. The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines) is the national sport association of basketball in the Philippines.
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.