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| History: | Northern Cement (1984–1985) San Miguel Philippines (2005) San Miguel-Magnolia (2007) Smart Gilas (2009–2011) Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas (2017) |
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| Sponsor: | Northern Cement (1984–1985) San Miguel (2005–2007) Smart Communications (2009–2011) Chooks-to-Go (2017) |
| Coach: | Chot Reyes |
| Ownership: | Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas |
| Championships: | 1984 Asian Basketball Club Championship |
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The Philippines men's national basketball team has competed in FIBA competitions for basketball clubs such as the FIBA Asia Champions Cup. In such cases the national team competed, they played under a club name, usually after a sponsor.
At the FIBA Asia Champions Cup in particular, privately sponsored national teams has competed in the tournament. In other cases the Philippines competed in the tournament, the country was represented by teams from the now defunct Philippine Basketball League and Metropolitan Basketball Association. No Philippine Basketball Association team has competed in the tournament[1] until the 2018 edition when Meralco Bolts entered the continental club tournament.[2]
The team also competed one time at the 1985 FIBA Club World Cup.
The article scope excludes other basketball clubs or teams which competed in FIBA club tournaments such as Hapee Toothpaste of the defunct Philippine Basketball League.
See also: Northern Cement basketball team. The Northern Cement Corporation-sponsored national team participated in the 1984 Asian Basketball Club Championship which it won.
See also: San Miguel-Team Pilipinas. The national team sponsored by the San Miguel Corporation competed at the 2005 and 2007 FIBA Asia Champions Cups.[1]
The Philippine national team under the Smart Gilas program competed under the name Smart Gilas at the FIBA Asia Champions Cup.
On September 5, 2017, Philippine national team head coach, Chot Reyes announced that the country was to participate at the 2017 FIBA Asia Champions Cup.[8] The team competed under the name Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas.[9] After Japan withdrew from the tournament, FIBA requested the participation of the Philippines. Players from the national team extended pool and not Philippine Basketball Association players formed part of the team which competed in the tournament.[10]
The national team did not saw the service of naturalized player, Andray Blatche who played for his basketball club, China Kashgar.[11] However, Blatche did not play when the Kashgar met Chooks-to-Go in the knockout rounds.[12]
The national team under the Northern Cement banner competed at the 1985 FIBA Club World Cup. It was the sole Asian team in the competition.
| Edition | National team club name | Result |
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| 1984 | Northern Cement | 1st place |
| 2005 | San Miguel Philippines | 5th place |
| 2007 | San Miguel-Magnolia | 4th place |
| 2009 | Smart Gilas | 5th place |
| 2010 | 7th place | |
| 2011 | 4th place | |
| 2017 | Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas | 5th place |