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Philippines At The FIBA Basketball World Cup
The Philippines men's national basketball team ( fil, Pambansang koponan ng basketbol ng Pilipinas) represents the Philippines in international basketball competitions. It is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines or simply SBP). A 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Philippines is one of the oldest teams and has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions. The team won a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship for men, the best finish by any team outside the Americas and Europe. Also, the team took a fifth-place finish in Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics, 1936 Summer Olympics, the best finish by any team outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The Philippines has the Basketball at the Summer Olympics#Men's tournament, most wins in the Olympics among teams outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania. Aside from the bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup and the fifth-place Olympic finish, the Philippines has won five FIBA A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samahang Basketbol Ng Pilipinas
The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas () or the SBP is the national sport association for basketball in the Philippines, formed from the merging of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and Pilipinas Basketball (PB). It was formed in order to fix a long running feud in Philippine Basketball that resulted in FIBA suspending the country from participating in FIBA-sanctioned events. Both groups signed a joint communique during the FIBA Congress in Saitama, Japan in September 2006. Manuel V. Pangilinan, chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, and owner of the PBA teams TNT Tropang Giga, Meralco Bolts and NLEX Road Warriors was named as the first president of the organization on February 5, 2007, up until August 8, 2016. He was succeeded by Al Panlilio, who served as the PBA team governor of the Meralco Bolts. Formation FIBA suspension In 2005, the BAP-formed Cebuana-Lhuillier Philippine National Team, made up of little-known amateur players, los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smart Gilas
The Philippines men's national basketball team ( fil, Pambansang koponan ng basketbol ng Pilipinas), commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas, is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines or simply SBP). The team won a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship, the best finish by any team outside the Americas and Europe. Also, the team took a fifth-place finish in 1936 Summer Olympics, the best finish by a men's team outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The Philippines has the most wins in the Olympics among teams outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania. Aside from the bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup and the fifth-place Olympic finish, the Philippines has won five FIBA Asia Cups (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship), four Asian Games men's basketball gold medals, eight SEABA Championships, all but two Southeast Asian Games men's basketball gold meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 FIBA World Championship
The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the 10th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Spain and was held from 5 to 20 July 1986. The final phase of the tournament was held at the Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid. They were classified as the official men's basketball event of the 1986 Goodwill Games, held simultaneously in Moscow. This was the final tournament for West Germany, which did not participate in the next tournament prior to its unification with East Germany. Venues Competing nations Squads Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Group D Semifinal round Group 1 Group 2 9th–12th classification Semifinals Eleventh place playoff Ninth place playoff 5th–8th classification Semifinals Seventh place playoff Fifth place playoff Final round Semifinals Third place playoff ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 FIBA World Championship
The 1982 FIBA World Championship was the 9th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Colombia from 15 to 28 August 1982. Qualification Venues Competing nations Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Classification round Semifinal round Final round Third place playoff Final Final rankings Awards All-Tournament Team * Doc Rivers (USA) * Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) * Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) * Vladimir Tkachenko (USSR) * Anatoli Myshkin (USSR) Top 10 scorers (points per game) # Rolando Frazer (Panama) 24.4 # Ian Davies (Australia) 23.4 # Wilfredo Ruiz (Uruguay) 23.4 # Dié Drisa (Côte d'Ivoire) 21.6 # Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 21.1 # Oscar Schmidt (Brazil) 21.0 # Stanislav Kropilak (Czechoslovakia) 19.3 # Juan Antonio San Epifanio (Spain) 18.1 # Gustav Hraska (Czechoslovakia) 18.0 # Jay Triano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 FIBA World Championship
The 1978 FIBA World Championship was the 8th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by the Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978 in Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila and Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City (both cities in Metro Manila). It was the first FIBA World Championship (now called the FIBA Basketball World Cup) held in Asia. Host selection On July 11, 1974 at the FIBA Congress held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Philippines was unanimously chosen as host after Argentina and Spain withdrew their bids. Venues (*) Temporarily reduced to 10,000 for the finals due to safety reasons. Competing nations Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Classification round Semifinal round Final round Seventh place playoff Fifth place playoff Third place playoff Final Final rankings Awards All-Tournament Team * Krešimir Ćosić * Dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 FIBA World Championship
The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union. Venues Competing nations Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Classification round Final round Awards Final rankings All-Tournament Team * Alexander Belov * Vinko Jelovac * Wayne Brabender * Alejandro Urgelles * Alexander Salnikov Top scorers (ppg) # Arturo Guerrero (Mexico) 27.0 # Manuel Raga (Mexico) 26.1 # Eddie Palubinskas (Australia) 24.8 # Wayne Brabender (Spain) 23.0 # Ernesto Gehrmann (Argentina) 22.3 # Luther Burden (United States) 20.2 # John Lucas (United States) 20.2 # Dragan Kićanović (Yugoslavia) 19.8 # Alejandro Urgelles (Cuba) 19.3 # William Adornado (Philippines) 18.0 References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:FIBA 1974 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 FIBA World Championship
The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970. It was the first ever FIBA World Championship hosted outside South America. Competing nations Venues Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Classification round Final round Final rankings All-Tournament Team * Krešimir Ćosić (Yugoslavia) * Sergei Belov - (MVP) (Soviet Union) * Modestas Paulauskas (Soviet Union) * Ubiratan Pereira Maciel (Brazil) * Kenny Washington (U.S.) Top scorers (ppg) # Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea) 32.6 # Davis Peralta (Panama) 20 # Jiri Zidek Sr. (Czechoslovakia) 19.3 # Pedro Chappe Garcia (Cuba) 18.5 # Pedro Rivas (Panama) 18.5 # Lee In-Pyo (South Korea) 18 # Omar Arrestia (Uruguay) 17.7 # Luiz Cláudio Menon (Brazil) 17.3 # Bob Molinsk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1967 FIBA World Championship
The 1967 FIBA World Championship was the 5th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from 27 May to 11 June 1967. Venues Competing nations Competition format * Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round. * Classification round: All bottom two teams from preliminary round group play each other once. The team with the best record is ranked eighth; the worst is ranked 13th. * Final round: All top two teams from preliminary round group, the 1964 Olympic champion, and the host team play each other once. The team with the best record wins the championship. Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Classification round Final round Awards Final rankings All-Tournament Team * Radivoj Korać (Yugoslavia) * Ivo Daneu ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 FIBA World Championship
The 1963 FIBA World Championship was the 4th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil. The Philippines was originally supposed to host the tournament but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the country refused to grant visas to players from communist countries. Brazil being the defending Champion and a previous host, fairly managed to re-host the Championship from 12 to 25 May 1963 and won the 1st back to back title with just six (6) games by seeding the well-rested host team in the final round only. Background The Philippines was supposed to host the FIBA World Championship in 1962 but FIBA revoked hosting rights after the government of then President Diosdado Macapagal, refused to grant visas to players and officials of socialists countries including Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. The FIBA World Championship was held in 1963 in Brazil. Competing nations Suspension * FIBA suspended the orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 FIBA World Championship
The 1959 FIBA World Championship was the 3rd FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Chile from 16 to 31 January 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP. The hosting cities for the competition were Antofagasta, Concepción, Temuco, Valparaíso, with the final stages being held at the capital of Santiago. The final stages were supposed to be held at the newly constructed Metropolitan Indoor Stadium, but because the venue was not finished in time the games were postponed by a year from the original date and moved outdoors to the Estadio Nacional de Chile, configured in a way that the games were seen by a crowd of 16,000. Competing nations Competition format * Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams play each other once; top two teams progress to the final round, bottom two teams relegated to classification round. * Classification round: ** First round: Two groups of three teams (A1, B2, C1 and A2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950 FIBA World Championship
The 1950 FIBA World Championship, also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950, was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 22 October to 3 November 1950. Ten nations participated in the inaugural tournament. All competition was held at the Luna Park, Buenos Aires. Argentina claimed the gold medal, by beating the United States 64–50. Venues Competing nations FIBA determined the requirements to qualify for the World Championship as follows: the three best teams in the previous Olympic tournament (France, Brazil and the United States), the two best teams from South America (Uruguay and Chile, the top two teams in the 1949 South American Basketball Championship), Europe (Egypt, the winner of EuroBasket 1949) and Asia (South Korea), plus the host country (Argentina). As South Korea withdrew due to travel difficulties, and Uruguay withdrew after being refused visas to enter Argentin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport's global governing body. It is considered the flagship event of FIBA. The tournament structure is similar, but not identical, to that of the FIFA World Cup; both of these international competitions were played in the same year from 1970 through 2014. A parallel event for women's teams, now known as the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, is also held quadrennially. From 1986 through 2014, the men's and women's championships were held in the same year, though in different countries. The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation. The winning team receives the Naismith Trophy, first awarded i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
