2002 Philippines Asian Games basketball team

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The 2002 Philippines men's Asian Games basketball team, was a Filipino Asian Games team assembled for the basketball competition on 2002 Asian Games.

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Forming the team

The formation of the team was started after FIBA lifted suspension on the Philippine basketball on 2001. [1] [2]

Ron Jacobs was re-hired as head coach. His first task was to form a blueprint of a team that can win the gold medal. He form two pool teams coached by his assistants (RP-Selecta, coached by Jong Uichico; and RP-Hapee, coached Allan Caidic). [3]

Jong Uichico coaching Philippines vs South Korea in 2002 Asiad Uichico 2002 asiad vs korea.png
Jong Uichico coaching Philippines vs South Korea in 2002 Asiad

Unfortunately, Jacobs suffered stroke in December 22, 2001. [4] But due to slow recovery, and inability to coach, lead assistant Uichico was tasked to coach the team. [3]

Roster

2002 Asian Games

PosNo.PlayerHeightPBA Team
PG4 Noy Castillo 6ft 0in Purefoods Hotdogs
PG5 Olsen Racela 6ft 0in San Miguel Beermen
SG/SF6 Dondon Hontiveros 6ft 2in San Miguel Beermen
PF7 Dennis Espino 6ft 6in Sta. Lucia Realtors
C/PF8 Mick Pennisi 6ft 9in Red Bull Barako
PF9 Eric Menk 6ft 6in Barangay Ginebra Kings
PF10 Danny Ildefonso 6ft 6in San Miguel Beermen
C11 Andy Seigle 6ft 9in Purefoods Hotdogs
SF/SG12 Jeffrey Cariaso 6ft 2in Coca-Cola Tigers
SF/PF13 Rudy Hatfield 6ft 3in Coca-Cola Tigers
C14 Asi Taulava 6ft 9in Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
SG/SF15 Kenneth Duremdes 6ft 3in Alaska Aces

Head coach: Jong Uichico

Assistant coach(es): Allan Caidic, Eric Altamirano, Binky Favis

Asian Games results

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Preliminary round

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 220170119+514Quarterfinals
2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 211148153−53
3Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 202120166−4629~12 placing
Source: Results
28 September
15:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg81–56Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 28–9, 16–13, 18–15
Pts: Castillo 14
Rebs: Taulava 14
Asts: Hontiveros, Cariaso 2		Pts: I. Mohamed 12
Rebs: Ahmed 6
Asts: J. Salem 2
30 September
17:00
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg63–89Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 16–30, 15–13, 17–27
Pts: Pak C.J. 20
Rebs: Ri M.H. 9
Asts: Pak C.J. 3		Pts: Duremdes 21
Rebs: Taulava 15
Asts: Racela 5

Quarterfinals

Group I

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 330309160+1496Semifinals
2Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 321213235−225
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 312220260−4045/6 placing
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 303196283−8737/8 placing
Source: Results
2 October
17:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg79–74Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 17–27, 18–18, 27–16
Pts: Taulava 27
Rebs: Taulava 12
Asts: Ildefonso, Cariaso 1		Pts: Orimo 33
Rebs: Takahashi 9
Asts: Setsumasa, Orimo 2
4 October
13:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg69–83Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–22, 8–19, 27–21
Pts: Chiu C.Y. 19
Rebs: Tien L. 11
Asts:four players 1		Pts: Taulava 18
Rebs: Menk 11
Asts: Duremdes 3
8 October
19:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg92–51Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 19–11, 33–12, 21–18
Pts: Hu W.D. 20
Rebs: Gong X.B., Liu Y.D., Mengke B. 6
Asts: Liu W., Hu W.D. 2		Pts: Espino 7
Rebs: Ildefonso 5
Asts: Hatfield 2

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 October
 
 
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 69
 
14 October
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 68
 
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea (OT)102
 
12 October
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 100
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 131
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 62
 
3/4 placing
 
 
13 October
 
 
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 66
 
 
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 68

Semifinals

Due to a Lee Sang-min three point-shot, the Philippines lost the chance to enter Gold Medal game/Finals. [3] [5]

12 October
15:00
South Korea  Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg69–68Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 21–11, 22–18, 11–16
Pts: Moon K.E. 18
Rebs: Seo J.H. 8
Asts: Lee S.M. 4		Pts: Racela 14
Rebs: Menk 12
Asts: Hontiveros 2

Bronze Medal game

13 October
17:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg66–68Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 15–21, 15–17, 14–14
Pts: Cariaso 18
Rebs: Taulava 17
Asts: Racela 3		Pts: Strebkov 30
Rebs: Vdovin 10
Asts: Issakov, Vdovin 1

Aftermath

The team was considered as the worst sports disappointment in the history of the Philippine sports, as the team didn't won any medal. [6] [5] The Philippines suffered another suspension from 2005 to 2007, so the result was the team unable to field player for 2006 Doha Asian Games. [2]

The Philippines only won again a basketball medal in 2022 Asian Games (which is a gold). [7] [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Cordero, Abac. "FIBA suspends BAP". The Philippine Star .
  2. 1 2 Cordero, Abac. "FIBA suspends RP". The Philippine Star .
  3. 1 2 3 "Loss at Busan Asian Games in 2002 still lingers with Jong Uichico". ESPN.com. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  4. ↑ "Big blow as Jacobs suffers a stroke". Arab News. 2002-01-11. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  5. 1 2 "KOREANOVELA: As heartbreaking as Gilas loss to Korea was, it wasn't even the worst". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  6. ↑ "Asi looks back at horror 2002 Asiad. Now he's hoping third time's the charm". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  7. ↑ "Gilas exact revenge on Jordan to end 61-year wait to be crowned Asian Games champions". ESPN.com. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  8. ↑ "Philippines win 1st gold in basketball at Asian Games since 1962". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

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