The Philippines national basketball team in 2014 led by head coach Chot Reyes first tournament was the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup where they managed to finish third. [1] The team had a series training camps in Miami in the United States, in Antibes, France where they participated in a pocket tournament, and Spain the host country of the FIBA World Cup. They returned to the FIBA World Cup after 36 years last participating in the 1978 edition. [2] The national team did not get past the group stage with only a lone win against Senegal. The win against Senegal was the Philippines first win at the FIBA World Cup since 1974. [3] However the national team did not meet expectations at the Asian Games and failed to reach the medal round. [4] Head Chot Reyes is later replaced by Tab Baldwin who assumed Reyes' former post the next year.
Competition | GP | W | L |
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2014 FIBA World Cup | 5 | 1 | 4 |
2014 FIBA Asia Cup | 6 | 5 | 1 |
2014 Asian Games | 7 | 3 | 4 |
2014 Antibes International Basketball Tournament | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Exhibition games | 8 | 5 | 3 |
Total | 29 | 14 | 15 |
Philippines 1st Uniform | Philippines 2nd Uniform |
July 12 14:45 (UTC+8) |
Philippines | 78–64 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by quarter:20–10, 16–16, 11–24, 31–14 | ||
Pts: Lee 18 Rebs: Douthit 16 Asts: Lee, Tenorio 4 | Pts: Hu L.M. 15 Rebs: Davis 9 Asts: Peng C.Y. 8 |
Wuhan Sprts Center Gymnasium, Wuhan Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Haryanto Sutaryo (INA), Ceciline Michael Vino (IND) |
July 14 14:45 (UTC+8) |
Philippines | 74–57 | Singapore |
Scoring by quarter:25–14, 18–17, 13–8, 18–18 | ||
Pts: David, Lee 10 Rebs: Belga 7 Asts: Alas, Lee 3 | Pts: Ng H.B. 17 Rebs: Lim, Ng H.B. 8 Asts:5 players 1 |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan Referees: Zhu Duan (CHN), Amirhossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Ceciline Michael Vino (IND) |
July 15 17:15 (UTC+8) |
Jordan | 70–71 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 18–13, 22–19, 18–22 | ||
Pts: Al-Sous 14 Rebs: Al Dwairi 13 Asts: Al Hamarsheh, Eid 3 | Pts: Lee 16 Rebs: Douthit 9 Asts: De Ocampo 2 |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan Referees: Marwan Egho (LIB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Mei Wang (CHN) |
July 17 17:15 (UTC+8) |
Philippines | 70–66 | India |
Scoring by quarter:20–17, 25–16, 15–14, 10–19 | ||
Pts: Lee 15 Rebs: Douthit 12 Asts: Lee 3 | Pts: Singh Amr. 20 Rebs: Singh Amr., Singh Amj. 10 Asts: Singh P. 4 |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan Referees: Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Ying-Cheng Chen (TPE), Zhu Duan (CHN) |
July 18 17:15 (UTC+8) |
Philippines | 55–76 | Iran |
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 15–19, 16–22, 11–15 | ||
Pts: David, De Ocampo, Tenorio 11 Rebs: De Ocampo, Douthit 8 Asts: Aguilar, Belga, David, Douthit, Lee 1 | Pts: Jamshidi 19 Rebs: Sahakian 9 Asts: Haddadi 9 |
Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan Referees: Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Naser Mohammad Ramadan Abu Rashed (JOR), Naohiko Uchihara (JPN) |
August 15 20:30 (UTC+2) |
France | 75–68 | 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) |
August 16 18:00 (UTC+2) |
Philippines | 75–97 | 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) |
August 30 12:30 (UTC+2) |
Croatia | 81–78 (OT) | 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) |
August 31 20:00 (UTC+2) |
Philippines | 70–82 | 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) |
September 1 17:30 (UTC+2) |
Argentina | 85–81 | 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) |
September 3 13:30 (UTC+2) |
Philippines | 73–77 | 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) |
September 4 14:00 (UTC+2) |
Senegal | 79–81 (OT) | 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) |
September 23 14:00 |
Philippines | 85–76 | India |
Scoring by quarter:24–16, 26–21, 20–16, 15–23 | ||
Pts: Douthit, Chan 14 Rebs: Douthit 10 Asts: Alapag, Norwood 3 | Pts: Amr. Singh 16 Rebs: Bhriguvanshi 6 Asts: Bhriguvanshi 5 |
Hwaseong Sports Complex, Hwaseong Referees: Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Kijun Sung (KOR), Hsieh Wen Wei (TPE) |
September 25 14:00 |
Iran | 68–63 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter:29–17, 7–17, 14–19, 18–10 | ||
Pts: Nikkhah Bahrami 21 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Nikkhah Bahrami 5 | Pts: Lee 11 Rebs: Douthit 10 Asts: Tenorio 2 |
Hwaseong Sports Complex, Hwaseong Referees: Mansour Saeed Alahmari (KSA), Hwang Intae (KOR), Hsieh Wen Wei (TPE) |
September 26 18:30 |
Philippines | 68–77 | Qatar |
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 20–17, 12–20, 17–21 | ||
Pts: Alapag 15 Rebs: Pingris 8 Asts: Alapag, De Ocampo 3 | Pts: M.Y. Mohamed 19 Rebs: M.Y. Mohamed 8 Asts: Watson, El Hadary 3 |
Hwaseong Sports Complex, Hwaseong Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Man Lei Si (MAC), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI) |
September 27 14:00 |
South Korea | 97–95 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–29, 27–21, 26–23 | ||
Pts: Moon T.J. 38 Rebs: Oh S.K. 8 Asts: Kim T.S. 5 | Pts: Alapag 25 Rebs: Fajardo 10 Asts: Norwood 5 |
Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Yang Hongfeng (CHN), Mohammad Reza Salehian (IRI) |
September 28 15:15 |
Philippines | 67–65 | Kazakhstan |
Scoring by quarter:14–8, 21–13, 17–18, 15–26 | ||
Pts: Douthit 18 Rebs: Douthit 14 Asts:three players 2 | Pts: Ilin 21 Rebs: Kolesnikov, Ponomarev 10 Asts: Ilin 4 |
Hwaseong Sports Complex, Hwaseong Referees: Yuji Higashi (JPN), Girok Shin (KOR), Reza Azarafza (IRI) |
September 29 16:15 |
China | 78–71 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter:21–17, 21–17, 23–19, 13–18 | ||
Pts: Liu 16 Rebs: Zhou Q. 9 Asts: Liu 5 | Pts: Douthit 24 Rebs: Tenorio 10 Asts: Tenorio 3 |
Hwaseong Sports Complex, Hwaseong Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Jongkuk Kim (KOR), Mohammadreza Salehian (IRI) |
October 1 15:15 |
Mongolia | 68–84 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter:21–18, 9–20, 25–25, 13–21 | ||
Pts: Battuvshin 18 Rebs: Davaasambuu 7 Asts: Otgonbaatar 4 | Pts: De Ocampo 25 Rebs: Fajardo 12 Asts: De Ocampo 7 |
Hwaseong Sports Complex, Hwaseong Referees: Reza Azarafza (IRI), Seungmu Lee (KOR), Kyoungjin Park (KOR) |
August 10 |
Liga ACB Selection | 59–89 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–27, 11–17, 8–22 | ||
Pts: Hernangomez 12 | Pts: Blatche 18 |
August 19 20:30 (UTC+2) |
Basque Country | 75–66 | 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 |
August 21 |
Philippines | 74–83 | Angola |
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–26, 16–21, 24–19 | ||
Pts: Blatche 33 | Pts: Cipriano 29 |
August 26 |
Philippines | 79–86 | Dominican Republic |
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–27, 9–9, 26–29 | ||
Pts: Norwood 17 | Pts: Feldeine 15 |
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