Philippines (Pilipinas) Basketball Team Roster, Schedule, Matches FIBA World Cup 2019

Philippines Basketball Team Roster & Schedule for FIBA World Cup 2019 China. Find Men’s Basketball Pilipinas world cup matches schedule, players & National basketball team squad for FIBA 2019.

The Philippines national basketball team also known as Pilipinas basketball team is one of the most favorite Team in FIBA World Cup. The Team is managed by Basketball Federation of the Philippines or Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.

This is a very old team with some strongest players. The Team won a bronze medal in the 1954 FIBA World Championship. They took 5th place in 1936 Summer Olympics. Philippines national basketball team is the only team that is outside of the USA, Africa, and Asia to qualify.

Philippines has won 5 FIBA Asia Cups, 4 Asian Games, 8 SEABA Championships that makes the Philippines national basketball team one of Asia’s elite basketball teams.

Philippines Basketball team is in the Group D of Fiba 2019 Championship in which total 6 matches is to be played & 3 matches will be played by each team in the group stages. The other 3 teams are Angola, Serbia & Italia team.

• Also Check: USA Basketball Team FIBA World Cup 2019

History of Philippines Basketball Team

In 1913, the Philippines took participated in international basketball. The Philippines defeated China in AsiaCup. The Philippines won all but one (1921) championship until 1934.

The Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) was founded in 1936 and they are among the most strongest Basketball Association at that time.

Medals

FIBA World Cup

• Bronze: (1954)

Asian Championships

• Gold: (1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1985)
• Silver: (1965, 1971, 2013, 2015)
• Bronze: (1969)

Asian Games

• Gold: (1951, 1954, 1958, 1962)
• Silver: (1990)
• Bronze: (1986, 1998)

Philippines Basketball Team Positions

Year	Position
1950	Did not participate
1954	3rd place
1959	8th place
1963	Suspended
1967	Did not qualify
1970	–
1974	13th place
1978	8th place
1982	Did not qualify
1986	Withdrew
1990	Did not qualify
1994	–
1998	–
2002	Suspended
2006	–
2010	Did not qualify
2014	21st place
2019	Qualified

Head coaches

Name	Year
Jong Uichico	2013
Tab Baldwin	2015-2016
Nash Racela	2016
Josh Reyes	2016
Chot Reyes	2018
Jong Uichico	2017
Yeng Guiao	2018 (Present)

Philippines Basketball Team Roster & Matches for Basketball World Cup 2019

*Updated Philippines Team Squad & Roster for FIBA Basketball World Championship 2019

Player	Position	Height(Feet-Inch)	Birthdate	NBA Draft
Calvin Abueva	F	6-2	Feb 4, 1988	–
Japeth Aguilar	FC	6-10	Jan 25, 1985	Western Kentucky
Kevin Alas	PG	6-0	Nov 13, 1991	–
Raymond Almazan	F	6-8	Aug 2, 1989	–
Mark Barroca	PG	5-10	Apr 25, 1986	–
Amer Baser	G	6-0	Sep 29, 1992	–
Beau Belga	SF	6-5	Nov 30, 1986	–
Rey Mark Belo	SG	6-3	Feb 12, 1993	–
Andray Blatche	PF	6-11	Aug 22, 1986	South Kent School (Connecticut)
Alex Cabagnot	PG	6-0	Dec 8, 1982	Hawaii Hilo
Jayson Castro William	G	5-10	Jun 30, 1986	–
Carl Bryan Cruz	PF	6-4	Aug 21, 1991	–
John Paul Erram	FC	6-8	Jul 7, 1989	–
Russell Escoto	F	6-6	Dec 4, 1992	–
June Mar Fajardo	C	6-10	Nov 27, 1989	–
Kevin Ferrer	G	6-4	Mar 26, 1993	–
Jiovani Jalalon	G	5-9	Aug 2, 1992	–
Marcio Lassiter	G	6-3	May 16, 1987	–
Paul Lee Dalistan	PG	6-0	Feb 14, 1989	Cal State Fullerton
Allein Maliksi	SG	6-3	Sep 18, 1987	–
Gabe Norwood	G	6-5	Feb 9, 1985	–
Von Pessumal	F	6-2	Feb 12, 1993	George Mason
Roger Ray Pogoy	G	6-2	Jun 16, 1992	–
Stanley Pringle	G	6-1	Mar 5, 1987	–
Aldrech Ramos	F	6-6	Apr 3, 1988	Penn State
Ferdinand Ravena	G	6-3	Dec 17, 1996	–
Kiefer Isaac Ravena	G	6-0	Oct 27, 1993	–
La Revilla	G	5-7	Nov 30, 1989	–
Terrence Romeo	G	6-0	Mar 16, 1992	–
Jeth Troy Rosario	F	6-7	Jan 20, 1992	–
Ian Paul Sangalang	F	6-7	Dec 20, 1991	–
Arwind Santos	SG	6-4	Jun 10, 1981	–
Gregory Slaughter	C	7-0	May 19, 1988	–
Christian Standhardinger	F	6-8	Jul 4, 1989	Ateneo de Manila University
Asi Taulava	C	6-10	Mar 2, 1973	Hawaii
L.A. Tenorio	PG	5-9	Jul 9, 1984	BYU-Hawaii
Earl Thompson	G	6-1	Jul 12, 1993	–
Michael Tolomia	G	6-0	Jan 6, 1993	–
Abu Jahal Tratter	PF	6-5	Jan 9, 1993	–
Matthew Wright	G	6-4	Feb 7, 1991	–

FIBA World Cup 2019 Philippines Basketball Team Matches within GROUP D

Match Date	Team
August 31, 2019 (Saturday)	(7:30PM)  Philippines vs. Italy
September 2, 2019 (Monday)	(7:30PM)  Philippines vs. Serbia
September 4, 2019 (Wednesday)	(3:30PM)  Philippines vs. Angola

• Venue: Foshan International Sports and Cultural Center, Foshan

31 August 2019
Angola		–		Serbia
Philippines		–		Italy
2 September 2019
Italy		–		Angola
Serbia		–		Philippines
4 September 2019
Angola		–		Philippines
Italy		–		Serbia

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