2014 Philippine FIBA Basketball World Cup team

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Philippines
Head coach Chot Reyes
Preliminary round 6th in group
21st place overall
Biggest win81–79 (OT) Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
(4 September 2014)
Biggest defeat70–82 Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
(31 August 2014)
2019  

The Philippines men's national basketball team played at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup held in Spain. The 24-team tournament began on August 30, and the winner automatically qualifies for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] The Philippines qualified for the World Cup by virtue of the silver medal won by their 2013 FIBA Asia Championship squad.

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Team Philippines were eliminated on the preliminary round with a 1-4 standing, but almost all of their losses were close games and was won by a small margin. [2] This was the first time in 40 years since the Philippine national squad made an appearance and won a game in the World Cup. [3]

Qualification

The Philippines qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup through their finish in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship which was hosted at home. [4] They secured their place in the world cup by winning 86–79 over South Korea in the semifinal [5] despite failing to clinch the title losing 71–85 to Iran in the final. [4]

Qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
RankTeamRecord FIBA World Rankings
BeforeAfterChange
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 9–020200
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 7–24534+11
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7–23331+2
4thFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 6–34244−2
5thFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6–31112−1
6thFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 5–33642−6
7thFlag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 4–530300
8thFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3–64752−5
9thFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 3–435350
10thFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1–67169+2
11thFlag of India.svg  India 2–65861−3
12thFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 2–67573+2
13thFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 1–36976−7
14thFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1–48579+6
15thFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0–46971−2

Exhibition games

On July 25, 2014, the Philippine national team left for the United States for a training camp in Miami. [6] They had two tune up games in Miami, winning 95–74 over a Miami Pro-Am selection [7] and 93–84 over the Elev8 Sports Institute team which included players from the NBA D-League in its lineup. [8]

In Spain, the national team played against a selection team consisting of players from the Liga ACB. They secured a 89–59 win in that game. [9]

The Philippines participated in the Antibes International Basketball Tournament which was held in Antibes, France. Their opener against France ended in a 68–75 defeat, [10] and loss their two succeeding games against Australia (75–97) [11] and the Ukraine (64–114). [12]

They returned to Spain to play against the Basque Country. They loss 75–66 in their tune up against the Spanish autonomous region. [13] The Philippines had three more tune up games against three national teams; 74–83 loss to Angola, [14] 74–65 win over Egypt, [15] and a 79–86 defeat to the Dominican Republic. [16] A planned game against Mexico was cancelled. [17]

Summary

Miami training camp
3 August
Miami Pro-Am Selection Flag of the United States.svg 7495Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
3 August
Elev8 Sports Institute Flag of the United States.svg 8493Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Antibes International Basketball Tournament
15 August
20:30 (UTC+2)
France  Flag of France.svg7568Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:22–20, 13–19, 17–16, 23–13
Pts: Batum 16
Rebs: Batum 11
Asts: Diot 6
Pts: Blatche, Lee 12
Rebs: Blatche 7
Asts: Blatche, Norwood, Tenorio 2
Azur Arena, Antibes, France
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Fernando Rocha (POR), Milija Vojinovic (SRB)
16 August
18:00 (UTC+2)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7597Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 25–27, 21–26, 12–24
Pts: Blatche 20
Rebs: Blatche 10
Asts: Alapag, Tenorio 3
Pts: Baynes 15
Rebs: Motum 12
Asts: Exum 6
Azur Arena, Antibes, France
Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), David Chambon (FRA), Abdel Hamzaoui (FRA)
17 August
18:00 (UTC+2)
Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svg11464Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:21–16, 40–19, 22–13, 31–16
Pts: Lypovyy 16
Rebs: Lypovyy 8
Asts: Mishula 9
Pts: de Ocampo 11
Rebs: Douthit 8
Asts: Norwood 3
Azur Arena, Antibes, France
Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), David Chambon (FRA), Abdel Hamzaoui (FRA)
Spain training camp
10 August
Liga ACB Selection Flag of Spain.svg 5989Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–27, 11–17, 8–22
Pts: Gomez 12Pts: Blatche 18
19 August
20:30 (UTC+2)
Basque Country Flag of the Basque Country.svg 7566Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:23–12, 20–12, 14–15, 18–27
Pts: Cortaberria 14
Rebs: M.Uriz 7
Asts: Cortareberria 4
Pts: Blatche 19
Rebs: Pingris 9
Asts: Alapag 2
Polideportivo Municipal J.A. Gasca, San Sebastián
Referees: Antonio Sacristán, Rubén Sánchez, Paul Urbano
21 August
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7483Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–26, 16–21, 24–19
Pts: Blatche 33Pts: Cipriano 29
24 August
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7465Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Pts: Chan 20
Palacio Multiusos, [18] Guadalajara
Attendance: 3,500+ [19]
26 August
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7986Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–27, 9–9, 26–29
Pts: Norwood 17Pts: Feldeine 15

Roster

In January 2014, the Philippines reportedly want JaVale McGee and Andray Blatche to be naturalized as a Filipino for them to be able to represent the country in the upcoming World Cup. [20] Gilas Pilipinas coach Chot Reyes confirmed the development. Antipolo representative Robbie Puno filed House Bills 3784 and 3783, the naturalization bills of JaVale McGee and Andray Blatche. [21] On June 11, 2014, Blatche officially became a Filipino citizen with President Benigno Aquino III signing the relevant legislation. Under FIBA eligibility rules, Blatche became eligible to play for the national squad as a naturalized player with only one player designated as such only allowed to be a part of any national team. [22]

Greg Slaughter, Jared Dillinger, Marcio Lassiter and Paul Lee were invited to join the training pool of the national squad and to be part of the 18-man pool, Lassiter and Slaughter expressed gratitude for the decision but declined the invitation because they think that the 12-man roster that played on the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship are the ones who are deserving to play because they worked hard and helped the team to advance to the World Cup. [23] The 18-man squad was decreased to a 16-man squad but they later on added Jay Washington to the pool, to form a 17-man squad. [24]

Larry Fonacier backed out of the training pool because of being injury-plagued, [25] his two-year-old problem. The 17-man squad was decreased to 16 as Chot Reyes announced the 16-man squad. [26]

On August 18, 2014, the final 12-man roster was announced. [27]

PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 4 Jimmy Alapag  (C)36 – (1977-12-30)30 December 19771.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Flag of the Philippines.svg
G 5 LA Tenorio 30 – (1984-07-09)9 July 19841.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Flag of the Philippines.svg
G 6 Jeff Chan 30 – (1984-02-11)11 February 19841.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of the Philippines.svg
G 7 Jayson William 28 – (1986-06-30)30 June 19861.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Flag of the Philippines.svg
G 8 Gary David 36 – (1978-07-13)13 July 19781.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Meralco Bolts Flag of the Philippines.svg
F 9 Ranidel de Ocampo 32 – (1981-12-08)8 December 19811.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Flag of the Philippines.svg
G/F 10 Gabe Norwood 29 – (1985-02-09)9 February 19851.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of the Philippines.svg
C 11 Andray Blatche 28 – (1986-08-22)22 August 19862.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Brooklyn Nets Flag of the United States.svg
C 12 June Mar Fajardo 24 – (1989-11-17)17 November 19892.09 m (6 ft 10 in) San Miguel Beermen Flag of the Philippines.svg
G 13 Paul Lee 25 – (1989-02-14)14 February 19891.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Flag of the Philippines.svg
C 14 Japeth Aguilar 27 – (1987-01-25)25 January 19872.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Flag of the Philippines.svg
F/C 15 Marc Pingris 32 – (1981-10-16)16 October 19811.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Mig Super Coffee Mixers Flag of the Philippines.svg
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Consultants
Team manager
  • Butch Antonio
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 30 August 2014

Uniform

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round
Eliminated
PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 550414349+6510 Round of 16
2Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 532414398+168 [lower-alpha 1]
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 532420371+498 [lower-alpha 1]
4Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 523348399517
5Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 514388446586 [lower-alpha 2]
6Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 514383404216 [lower-alpha 2]
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Croatia 1–0 Argentina
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Puerto Rico 1–0 Philippines

All times are local to Spain, UTC+2.

Croatia

30 August 2014
12:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg8178 (OT)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:23–9, 14–22, 20–18, 14–22,  Overtime:10–7
Pts: Bogdanović 26
Rebs: Tomić 11
Asts: Tomić, Šarić 4
Pts: Blatche 28
Rebs: Blatche 12
Asts: Alapag 6
Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Fernando Rocha (POR)

Greece

31 August 2014
20:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7082Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 17–17, 18–21, 25–24
Pts: Blatche 21
Rebs: Blatche 14
Asts: Alapag 3
Pts: Printezis 25
Rebs: Bourousis 10
Asts: Papanikolaou 4
Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 5,554
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Stephen Seibel (CAN)

Argentina

1 September 2014
17:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg8581Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 21–13, 28–23, 14–20
Pts: Scola 19
Rebs: Mata 9
Asts: Scola, Campazzo 4
Pts: de Ocampo 18
Rebs: Blatche 15
Asts: Castro, Alapag 2
Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 6,071
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Juan González (ESP), Carlos Julio (ANG)

Puerto Rico

3 September 2014
13:30
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7377Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:25–13, 19–26, 13–22, 16–16
Pts: Blatche 25
Rebs: Blatche 14
Asts: de Ocampo 3
Pts: Barea 30
Rebs: Franklin 9
Asts: Rivera 3
Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 4,998
Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Juan González (ESP), Carlos Julio (ANG)

Senegal

4 September 2014
14:00
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg7981 (OT)Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter:19–13, 5–24, 20–12, 20–15,  Overtime: 15–17
Pts: Faye 20
Rebs: Dieng 14
Asts: D'Almeida 13
Pts: Blatche, Alapag 18
Rebs: Blatche 14
Asts: Alapag 4
Palacio Municipal de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
Attendance: 5,132
Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Fernando Rocha (POR), Carlos Julio (ANG)

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