2014 Philippine FIBA Basketball World Cup team

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.

Philippines
Head coachChot Reyes
Preliminary round6th in group
21st place overall
Biggest win81–79 (OT)  Senegal
(4 September 2014)
Biggest defeat70–82  Greece
(31 August 2014)

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
Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship

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
Rank Team Record FIBA World Rankings
Before After Change
 Iran9–02020 0
 Philippines7–24534 +11
 South Korea7–23331 +2
4th Chinese Taipei6–34244 −2
5th China6–31112 −1
6th Qatar5–33642 −6
7th Jordan4–53030 0
8th Kazakhstan3–64752 −5
9th Japan3–43535 0
10th Hong Kong1–67169 +2
11th India2–65861 −3
12th Bahrain2–67573 +2
13th Saudi Arabia1–36976 −7
14th Thailand1–48579 +6
15th Malaysia0–46971 −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 74–95  Philippines
3 August
Elev8 Sports Institute 84–93  Philippines
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
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  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)
17 August
18:00(UTC+2)
Ukraine  114–64  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 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
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  74–83  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 17-17, 17-26, 16-21, 24-19
Pts: Blatche 33 Pts: Cipriano 29
San Sebastián
24 August
Philippines  74–65  Egypt
Pts: Chan 20
26 August
Philippines  79–86  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 21-21, 23-27; 44-48;, 9-9, 26-29
Pts: Norwood 17 Pts: 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. 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.[23]

Larry Fonacier backed up at the training pool because of being injury-plagued,[24] his two-year-old problem. The 17-man squad was decreased to 16 as Chot Reyes announced the 16-man squad.[25]

On August 18, 2014, the final 12-man roster was announced.[26]

Philippines men's national basketball team - 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 4 Alapag, Jimmy (C) 36 – (1977-12-30)30 December 1977 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
G 5 Tenorio, LA 30 – (1984-07-09)9 July 1984 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
G 6 Chan, Jeffrei 30 – (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
G 7 William, Jayson 28 – (1986-06-30)30 June 1986 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
G 8 David, Gary 36 – (1978-07-13)13 July 1978 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Meralco Bolts
F 9 de Ocampo, Ranidel 32 – (1981-12-08)8 December 1981 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters
G/F 10 Norwood, Gabe 29 – (1985-02-09)9 February 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
C 11 Blatche, Andray 28 – (1986-08-22)22 August 1986 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Brooklyn Nets
C 12 Fajardo, June Mar 24 – (1989-11-17)17 November 1989 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) San Miguel Beermen
G 13 Lee, Paul 25 – (1989-02-14)14 February 1989 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters
C 14 Aguilar, Japeth 27 – (1987-01-25)25 January 1987 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
F/C 15 Pingris, Marc 32 – (1981-10-16)16 October 1981 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) San Mig Super Coffee Mixers
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
Further information: 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup Group B
Qualified for the final round
Eliminated
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Greece 5 5 0 414 349+65 10  
 Croatia 5 3 2 414 398+16 8 1–0
 Argentina 5 3 2 420 371+49 8 0–1
 Senegal 5 2 3 348 399−51 7  
 Puerto Rico 5 1 4 388 446−58 6 1–0
 Philippines 5 1 4 383 404−21 6 0–1

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
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  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)

Argentina
1 September 2014
17:30
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)

Puerto Rico
3 September 2014
13:30
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)

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
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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