2014 Philippine FIBA Basketball World Cup team
| Head coach | Chot Reyes | ||
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| Preliminary round | 6th in group 21st place overall | ||
| Biggest win | 81–79 (OT)  Senegal (4 September 2014) | ||
| Biggest defeat | 70–82  Greece (31 August 2014) | ||
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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.
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
the final.[4]
| Qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup |
| Rank | Team | Record | FIBA World Rankings
| ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | Change | |||
 |
 Iran |
9–0 | 20 | 20 | 0 |
 |
 Philippines |
7–2 | 45 | 34 | +11 |
 |
 South Korea |
7–2 | 33 | 31 | +2 |
| 4th |  Chinese Taipei |
6–3 | 42 | 44 | −2 |
| 5th |  China |
6–3 | 11 | 12 | −1 |
| 6th |  Qatar |
5–3 | 36 | 42 | −6 |
| 7th |  Jordan |
4–5 | 30 | 30 | 0 |
| 8th |  Kazakhstan |
3–6 | 47 | 52 | −5 |
| 9th |  Japan |
3–4 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| 10th |  Hong Kong |
1–6 | 71 | 69 | +2 |
| 11th |  India |
2–6 | 58 | 61 | −3 |
| 12th |  Bahrain |
2–6 | 75 | 73 | +2 |
| 13th |  Saudi Arabia |
1–3 | 69 | 76 | −7 |
| 14th |  Thailand |
1–4 | 85 | 79 | +6 |
| 15th |  Malaysia |
0–4 | 69 | 71 | −2 |
Exhibition games
On July 25, 2014, the Philippine national team left for the United States for a training camp in
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
- Antibes International Basketball Tournament
15 August
20:30 ( UTC+2 ) |
France  |
75–68 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 13–19, 17–16, 23–13 | ||
| 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 |
75–97 |  Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 25–27, 21–26, 12–24 | ||
| 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  |
114–64 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 40–19, 22–13, 31–16 | ||
| 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  |
59–89 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–27, 11–17, 8–22 | ||
Pts: Gomez 12 |
Pts: Blatche 18 | |
19 August
20:30 ( UTC+2 ) |
Basque Country  |
75–66 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 20–12, 14–15, 18–27 | ||
| : Cortareberria 4 | Pts: Blatche 19 Rebs: Pingris 9 Asts: Alapag 2 | |
San Sebastián Referees: Antonio Sacristán, Rubén Sánchez, Paul Urbano |
21 August
|
| Philippines |
74–83 |  Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 17–26, 16–21, 24–19 | ||
Pts: Blatche 33 |
Pts: Cipriano 29 | |
San Sebastián |
26 August
|
| Philippines |
79–86 |  Dominican Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 23–27, 9–9, 26–29 | ||
Pts: Norwood 17 |
Pts: Feldeine 15 | |
Roster
In January 2014, the
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]
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Uniform
- Supplier: Nike[28]
- Main sponsor: Smart Communications
Preliminary round
| Qualified for the final round | |
| Eliminated |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greece
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 414 | 349 | +65 | 10 | Round of 16 |
| 2 |  Croatia
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 414 | 398 | +16 | 8[a] | |
| 3 |  Argentina
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 420 | 371 | +49 | 8[a] | |
| 4 | Senegal
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 348 | 399 | −51 | 7 | |
| 5 |  Puerto Rico
|
5 | 1 | 4 | 388 | 446 | −58 | 6[b] | |
| 6 | Philippines
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5 | 1 | 4 | 383 | 404 | −21 | 6[b] |
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:
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:
All times are local to Spain, UTC+2.
Croatia
30 August 2014
12:30 |
| Croatia |
81–78 (OT) | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–9, 14–22, 20–18, 14–22, Overtime: 10–7 | ||
| 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 |
70–82 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 17–17, 18–21, 25–24 | ||
| 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 |
85–81 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 21–13, 28–23, 14–20 | ||
| 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 |
73–77 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 19–26, 13–22, 16–16 | ||
| 3 | Pts: 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 |
79–81 (OT) | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 5–24, 20–12, 20–15, Overtime: 15–17 | ||
| 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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External links
- 2014 PHL team at FIBA.com
