| Head coach | Yeng Guiao | ||
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| 2009 FIBA Asia Championship | 8th Place | ||
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2009 Philippines men's FIBA Asia Championship team, also known as Powerade-Team Pilipinas was the basketball team that represented the Philippines in international competitions from 2008 to 2009. The team was organized by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) sponsored by Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines. The team succeeded San Miguel-Team Pilipinas.
After Yeng Guiao's appointed as head coach of the new Philippine team (Team Pilipinas), he started to form a national team for the 2009 SEABA Championship, selecting Asi Taulava, Kerby Raymundo, Mick Pennisi, Gabe Norwood, Jayjay Helterbrand, James Yap, Cyrus Baguio, Ryan Reyes, Willie Miller, Jared Dillinger, Ranidel de Ocampo at Arwind Santos. Sonny Thoss and Kelly Williams are both assigned to be reserves due to medical issues. [1]
In the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship, [2] some players like de Ocampo, and Ryan Reyes were replaced by Japeth Aguilar, and Thoss. In the tournament, they only lost to South Korea in the first round, and won the majority of games in the second round. But they lost to Jordan in the quarterfinals and relegated to classification round, losing to Qatar and South Korea. [3]
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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 South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 286 | 184 | +102 | 6 |
 Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 249 | 169 | +80 | 5 |
 Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 291 | 218 | +73 | 4 |
 Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 385 | −255 | 3 |
August 6 9:00 |
| Philippines | 115–31 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 16–8, 42–9, 29–5 | ||
| Pts: Dillinger 21 Rebs: Taulava 13 Asts: Miller, Baguio 5 | Pts: Rajapakshe, Fernando 8 Rebs: Randima, Fernando 4 Asts: Rajapakshe 2 | |
August 7 21:00 |
| Japan | 69–78 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–18, 12–21, 16–22 | ||
| Pts: Yamada 16 Rebs: Takeuchi 13 Asts: Kashiwagi 2 | Pts: Thoss 15 Rebs: Taulava, Thoss 8 Asts: Helterbrand, Miller 4 | |
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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 Iran | 5 | 5 | 0 | 436 | 328 | +108 | 10 |
| South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 380 | 340 | +40 | 9 |
| Philippines | 5 | 3 | 2 | 374 | 367 | +7 | 8 |
 Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 3 | 379 | 350 | +29 | 7 |
| Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 371 | 424 | −53 | 6 |
 Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 5 | 277 | 408 | −131 | 5 |
August 10 16:00 |
| Philippines | 77–70 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 17–14, 29–19, 15–16 | ||
| Pts: Yap 23 Rebs:Five players 5 Asts: Helterbrand 5 | Pts: Tseng W.T. 21 Rebs: Lin C.C. 9 Asts: Tseng W.T. 2 | |
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| August 14 | ||||||||||
 Qatar | 65 | |||||||||
| August 15 | ||||||||||
| Iran | 75 | |||||||||
| Iran | 77 | |||||||||
| August 14 | ||||||||||
 Jordan | 75 | |||||||||
| Jordan | 81 | |||||||||
| August 16 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 70 | |||||||||
| Iran | 70 | |||||||||
| August 14 | ||||||||||
 China | 52 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 83 | |||||||||
| August 15 | ||||||||||
| China | 101 | |||||||||
| China | 72 | |||||||||
| August 14 | ||||||||||
 Lebanon | 68 | 3rd place | ||||||||
| South Korea | 65 | |||||||||
| August 16 | ||||||||||
| Lebanon | 68 | |||||||||
| Jordan | 80 | |||||||||
| Lebanon | 66 | |||||||||
| Semifinals | 5th place | |||||
| August 15 | ||||||
| Philippines | 65 | |||||
| August 16 | ||||||
| Qatar | 83 | |||||
| Qatar | 79 | |||||
| August 15 | ||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 87 | |||||
| South Korea | 65 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 70 | |||||
| 7th place | ||||||
| August 16 | ||||||
| Philippines | 80 | |||||
| South Korea | 82 | |||||
August 15 14:00 |
| Philippines | 65–83 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 16–26, 8–17, 25–17 | ||
| Pts: Raymundo 12 Rebs: Pennisi 6 Asts: Helterbrand 3 | Pts: Abdulrahman 23 Rebs: El-Sayad 12 Asts: Ali 2 | |
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