2021 Philippines men's national basketball team results explained

Club:2021 Philippines men's national basketball team results
Manager:Tab Baldwin
Largest Win:
(Amman, Jordan; July 28)
Largest Loss:
(Belgrade, Serbia; July 1)
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022

The Philippines national basketball team was led by head coach Tab Baldwin in 2021.

The Philippines continued their campaign to qualify for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup. The COVID-19 pandemic caused disruption to the hosting of the third window of the qualifiers which was originally scheduled to be held in February 2021. The Philippines was scheduled to host games but Qatar took over the hosting duties. The hosting duties was reverted back to the Philippines after Qatar begged off.[1] The qualifiers was later postponed but was later successfully held in June 2021 with host Philippines managing to qualify for the tournament proper and sweeping all of their three games in the third window.[2]

After initially failing to secure a berth in the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) by virtue of FIBA rankings in September 2019,[3] the Philippines was given a new chance to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in February 2021. The team was given a berth in the OQT in Belgrade, Serbia after New Zealand's withdrawal.[4] However the Philippines failed to qualify for the Olympics, losing games to Serbia and the Dominican Republic.[5]

The team also participated at the 2021 King Abdullah Cup in Jordan as part of their preparations for the FIBA Asia Cup.[6] [7] However the FIBA Asia Cup was postponed by a year. Similarly the Philippines plans to field a basketball team at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, but the multi-sporting event was likewise postponed to 2022.[8]

Tournaments

King Abdullah Cup

Third place game

Rosters

FIBA Asia Cup qualification

The following was the roster of the Philippines national team for the third window of the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification.[9]

2020 FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournament

The following was the roster of the Philippines national team for the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: Lozada . Bong . Philippines steps up to host Fiba Asia qualifiers again. 15 August 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 13 February 2021.
  2. News: Bacnis . Justine . Ramos, Gilas survive Korea to sweep FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers . 16 August 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 20 June 2021.
  3. News: Lozada . Bong . Philippines gets Olympic qualifying berth after New Zealand pullout . 16 August 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 26 February 2021 . en.
  4. News: Lozada . Bong . Philippines gets Olympic qualifying berth after New Zealand pullout . 16 August 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 26 February 2021 . en.
  5. News: Bacnis . Justine . Young Gilas not coming home empty-handed: 'There are so many lessons' . 16 August 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 2 July 2021.
  6. News: Galvez . Waylon . Gilas Pilipinas to play in Jordan tournament . 15 August 2021 . 21 July 2021.
  7. News: Bacnis . Justine . Gilas got what it wanted in Abdullah Cup, says Baldwin . 16 August 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 15 August 2021.
  8. News: Bacnis . Justine . Baldwin wants one Gilas team to play in all of 2022 tourneys . 16 August 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 15 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Philippines at the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers. FIBA.basketball.
  10. Web site: Philippines at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2020. FIBA.basketball.