The team won gold during 2016 SEABA Cup and a qualifying slot in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge. In 2017, the Philippines hosted the 2017 SEABA Championship and the team swept the competition for the gold medal and the lone spot in the sub-zone for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. During the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, the national team would sweep the group stage consisting of teams from China, Iraq and Qatar.
The team failed to advance in the quarterfinals however and finished the tournament in seventh place. The Philippines defended their gold medal for the 12th straight time in the 2017 South East Asian Games beating Indonesia in the finals. After failing to qualify for the Olympics, the SBP decided to form the next edition of Smart Gilas Pilipinas team (Smart Gilas Pilipinas 2.0) composed of PBA players. The Smart Gilas Pilipinas program was renamed Gilas Pilipinas in 2013, still sponsored by Smart Communications.
The national team played in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship which was hosted at home. After losing to Chinese Taipei in the last game of the preliminary round to finish second, the team won four consecutive games to set up a semifinal against the Koreans. In a close game, the Philippines pulled away late in the game to win 86–79. The win sent the team to the finals and guaranteed qualification to the FIBA Basketball World Cup for the first time since 1978.
The Philippines, appearing in the first FIBA Asia Championship final since the introduction of a championship game in 1987, lost by 14 points against undefeated Iran in the final to settle for a silver medal. The Basketball Association of the Philippines was founded in 1936, and became a part of FIBA later that year. Also in the same year, the BAP sent a team nicknamed "the Islanders" that participated in the first Olympic basketball tournament in Berlin.
With the tournament under a single-elimination round format from the third game onwards, the Philippines won their first three games only to face the United States in their fourth game. The USA doubled the Philippines' score as they advanced to the next round, and subsequently win the gold medal undefeated. The Philippines wound up fifth place, winning the rest of their games, in the best finish by a men's Asian team in Olympic basketball history.
Aside from silver medalists Canada, the Philippines was the only other team that only had one loss in the tournament. The United States men's basketball team has won the gold medal after defeating France, 87-82, avenging the loss Team USA suffered in the opening game of group play. In the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, the Philippines, coached by the American Norman Black, sent in a team composed of PBA players and selected amateurs. The team finish second in the preliminary round, losing to Korea.
The loss to Korea meant that the Philippines has to face China; despite losing, the Chinese had their slimmest winning margin in the tournament with nine points, en route to their gold medal. The Philippines were upended by the hosts Japan in the bronze medal game, losing by three points in overtime. In 1989, FIBA allowed professionals to play in their tournaments. This caused the BAP to have an agreement with the PBA in which the latter will form national teams for the Asian Games, while the former will do so in other tournaments. In the 1989 Southeast Asian Games, the BAP-sponsored team suffered a shock loss to Malaysia in the gold medal game, the only time the Philippines failed to win the gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games in which basketball was played.
Following the Northern Cement model of the 1980, the SBP established the Smart Gilas Pilipinas program, backed by SBP President Manuel V. Pangilinan, as a developmental team that aims to qualify in the 2012 Olympics. In the 2010 Asian Games, the Filipinos met the Korean team anew in the quarterfinals and was eliminated. In the 2011 championship at Wuhan, the SBP successfully petitioned the naturalization of Marcus Douthit; the team progressed up to the semifinals for the first time since 1987. Meeting Jordan, the team lost, never recovering after a third quarter run by the Jordanians.
In the bronze medal game against Korea with a berth to an Olympic qualifying tournament at stake, the team raced to an early lead, but the Koreans cut the lead and eventually won the game after the Filipinos missed free-throws at the end game. Despite missing an Olympic berth, Smart Gilas' performance was the best finish in the championship since 1987, and the best finish in any major Asian competition since 2002. The country has also participated in six FIBA World Cups and seven Olympic Basketball Tournaments. Team USA beat France in the gold-medal game, avenging a loss from earlier in the Olympics. Since the formation of USA Basketball's national team program in 2006, USA National Teams have compiled a spectacular 75-1 record and claimed top honors in five of six FIBA and FIBA Americas competitions. The streaks dates back to the bronze medal game (Sept. 2, 2006) of the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan.
The team qualified to the quarterfinals, with only loss against the USA. However, the team lost all of their games against France, Uruguay and Chile in the quarterfinals. The Philippines defeated Chile in the seventh-place game to finish with a 4–4 record. Two years later, in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, the Philippines won its third consecutive gold medal, finishing first in the final round. Olympic all-around champion Suni Lee of St. Paul, Minn., added a bronze medal to her collection from the Tokyo Games when she finished third in the uneven bars event final on Sunday at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre. In addition to her all-around gold medal, Lee also won a silver medal in the team competition.
The Congress of the Philippines naturalized Andray Blatche in time for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup to beef-up its center position. In the 2014 Asian Games, Blatche was not able to join the squad due to residency requirements by the Olympic Council of Asia and Douthit suit up as the national team's naturalized player instead. The Philippines finished seventh, its worst finish in the Asian Games. To offset the loss of players of the PBA, the BAP delegated to businessman Eduardo Cojuangco, Jr. the formation of a team that will train together for several months, in essence, a club team unaffiliated with any league.
The result was the Northern Cement basketball team coached by the American Ron Jacobs that had four naturalized players. In the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, the team finished fourth behind Korea, China and Japan. In the 1983 Asian Championship in Hong Kong, the Philippines forfeited their preliminary round games after a misunderstanding in the rules that caused the Philippines to play more than one naturalized player on the floor at the time.
The Philippines, without their naturalized players, made short work of the classification round to finish in ninth place. The Northern Cement team won the 1985 Asian Championship in Kuala Lumpur, to qualify for the 1986 FIBA World Championship in Spain. In the 1950s–1960s, the Philippines was among the best in the world, producing world-class players like Carlos Loyzaga, Lauro Mumar, Mariano Tolentino, Francisco Rabat and Edgardo Ocampo. In 1951, team won the inaugural Asian Games basketball tournament in New Delhi, India. The team finished ahead of Japan and four other teams to win the gold medal.
On the next Asian Games in 1954 in Manila that served as a qualifiers for the World Championship later that year, the team finished first anew, beating out the Republic of China , Japan and South Korea in the final round. People in the United States would have had a hard time locating Serbia and Montenegro on a globe in 1996. The team won a silver medal, although the gold medal game was never close. In FIBA play, the older Gasol brother has four gold medals and four silver medals under his belt.
What a moment it would be if Gasol's career ends in a few weeks with an Olympic gold medal, the one thing he doesn't have on his mantle yet. The USA basketball team has always been based on how their game is played nationally – where individual brilliance and skill takes precedence over teamwork and cohesion, qualities that are facets of the European game. It is no surprise that in 1992 the Dream Team, led by players like Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, and Larry Bird were considered the favourites and swatted aside every country on their path to the gold medal. FIBA introduced a qualification process which does not involve the continental tournaments for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.
The Philippines' qualification bid was marred by a brawl during the team's July 2018 tie against Australia in the first round of the Asian qualifiers. The incident caused suspensions for some of the players and coaches as well as a fine for SBP. Chot Reyes, who served suspension due to his involvement in the brawl was also replaced by Yeng Guiao. That game and incident started a slump in the standings that almost eliminated the Philippines from the World Cup, but under Guiao they managed to qualify in the last matchday by beating Kazakhstan, combined with a Lebanon loss to South Korea. The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup saw the Philippines with a 0-5 record, the country's worst performance since the 1978 edition, losing four of its five games in a blowout. This was due to lack of preparations and key players begging off from the team, as well as injuries.
Due to the disappointing results, the SBP sent an all-professional team for the 2019 South East Asia Games to re-establish its dominance. The national team swept the competition for their 18th Gold Medal in the tournament. Can the U.S. men's basketball team defend its gold medal in Tokyo?
United States' players celebrate after their win in the men's basketball gold medal game against France at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. The U.S. men have collected a medal in all 17 Olympics in which they have competed, including 14 gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals. The American men own an impressive (.963 winning percentage) all-time record in Olympic action, and since NBA players began representing the United States in 1992, the USA is 45-3 in six Olympics, capturing five gold medals and one bronze medal.
SAITAMA, Japan — In its final game before heading to Japan, the U.S. women's basketball team squandered a double-digit lead against the Australian national team before ultimately losing. The game came on the heels of a defeat to the WNBA All-Stars, the first time the U.S. women had lost back-to-back exhibitions since 2011. The Americans will next face the loser of Wednesday night's game between Japan and South Korea on Thursday for a chance to play in Saturday's gold medal game. The Dominicans will play for bronze Saturday against Thursday's loser. On December 23, 2014, Tab Baldwin was formally announced as the new coach of the Philippine national team. Baldwin's four-year tenure as coach officially began on January 1, 2015.
The team captured the silver medal in the 2015 William Jones Cup but fell short of the gold medal in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. However, the Philippines qualified for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament but the team failed in their bid to Rio Olympics losing to France and New Zealand. In 1998, the PBA formed the Philippine Centennial Team coached by the American Tim Cone that captured the 21st William Jones Cup championship but finished with the bronze medal in the 1998 Asian Games held in Bangkok. The Filipinos faced their old nemesis Korea in the quarterfinals and were blown out by twenty points, which led them to face China in the semifinals anew.
The result would be the same as four years earlier, with the Chinese winning by nine. The Filipinos won the bronze medal game though, against Kazakhstan. In 1990, the Philippines sent an all-pro national team, coached by Robert Jaworski, to regain the country's basketball supremacy in the Asian Games but the team lost in the final against China and settled for a silver medal.
The team includes 1990 PBA Most Valuable Player Allan Caidic and Samboy Lim, who were both selected in the Asian Games Mythical Five Selections. After being shut out of the medal count on Day 1, the Americans will look to secure gold in the pool, with their best shots at breaking onto the podium arriving in the men's and women's 400m individual medley finals. And there will be plenty of action elsewhere, including beach volleyball, diving and the first skateboarding medal events in Olympic history. A team headlined by the NBA's brightest stars may not have the cohesion and consistency to win the country's fourth consecutive gold medal.
Getty Images The USA men's basketball roster is now set for the Tokyo Olympics and while the Americans will be missing some big names, they will once again be the favorites to win their fourth straight gold medal. Thirteen years after falling to Japan in the gold medal game at the Beijing Olympics, the U.S. endured another frustrating finish here against its chief rival ahead of an uncertain future for its sport. Ledecky spearheaded the U.S. comeback in the final leg of the race, but was four-tenths of a second away from winning a seventh career Olympic gold medal. The road to the gold-medal game hasn't been easy, but the United States men's basketball team is one victory away from being the last team standing at the Tokyo Olympics.
In order to win its fourth straight gold, the U.S. will have to beat the only team that it was defeated by at this year's Summer Games. For results in FIBA-sanctioned club tournaments such as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, see Philippines men's national basketball team in FIBA club tournaments. Gilas Pilipinas continued to be used to refer to the men's national team. In May 2019, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas formally adopted the Gilas Pilipinas name for the country's women's, youth, and 3x3 national teams as well as part of a larger rebrand and restructuring. In 1975, after disputes with the Basketball Association of the Philippines , nine teams pulled out of BAP's jurisdiction and founded the professional Philippine Basketball Association , taking along all the best players with them.
This caused the BAP to send weakened teams in the subsequent international tournaments, as professionals are not allowed to play. The Filipinos fail to defend their Asian championship in 1975, with India earning a shock blowout win to deny the Philippines a top-4 finish. The Chinese won the championship, beginning their unbeaten championship run that will last into 1983. The nationals were denied of a top 4 finish in the 1977 Asian Championship, losing this time to Malaysia. The Philippines then hosted the 1978 FIBA World Championship, losing all of the games via blowouts to finish last in the final round.
This time the score was in what amounted to a stallfest on both sides of the ball. The gold medalists from the U.S. women's basketball team celebrate at Carioca Arena 1 in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. The U.S. Olympic women's basketball team should unequivocally be included in that conversation — even more so if Team USA, winners of six consecutive gold medals, makes it seven straight in Tokyo this summer. His feistiness defensively and creative playmaking help him thrive in the international setting.
Bulut remains unknown to a vast majority of sports fans around the world, and the notion of three-on-three basketball as an organized, international competition still prompts a chorus of skeptics. But a big stage, a flashy performance and a gold medal could change things. The 20-year-old Shaner scored a 10.5 or above in 13 of his 24 shots in the final, including a 10.1 on his penultimate shot to capture U.S. shooting's first gold medal in the event.
His final score of 251.6 points set an Olympic record and was 1.2 points away from a world record. Yukiko Ueno, the gutsy Japanese ace who outdueled Cat Osterman in 2008, did so again Tuesday night at Yokohama Baseball Stadium, pitching six strong innings during a 2-0 victory in the gold medal game at the Tokyo Olympics. Members of Japan's softball team celebrate after defeating the U.S. 2-0 in the gold medal game Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics. The Dominican Republic finished with the silver medal and the Americans took bronze.
There was some thought Felix might be on the track for the relay with a chance to win her record 10th Olympic medal. TOKYO — Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica set a new Olympic record in the women's 100 meters and won her second straight gold medal in the event Saturday night at Olympic Stadium. Svitolina married men's tour player Gael Monfils of France on July 16 and the couple traveled to Japan three days later for the Olympic tournament.
Bencic, seeded ninth in the Tokyo women's tournament, held off former doubles partner Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic to pull off a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3 victory that took 2½ hours to complete at Ariake Tennis Park. Bencic needed medical treatment after she took a 4-3 lead in the third set, and the trainer put tape around Bencic's right big toe. She was able to continue, and she clinched the gold medal on her second chance, when Vondrousova hit a return into the net.
