ThePhilippines men's national basketball team (Filipino:Pambansang koponan ng basketbol ng Pilipinas), commonly known asGilas Pilipinas, is thebasketball team representing thePhilippines. The team is managed by theSamahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (Basketball Federation of the Philippines or simply SBP).
The team won a bronze medal in the1954 FIBA World Championship, the best finish by any team outside the Americas and Europe. In the Olympics, the team took a fifth-place finish at the1936 Summer Olympics, the best finish by a men's team outside the Americas, Europe and Oceania. The Philippines holds the record formost games won at 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 fiveFIBA Asia Cups (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship), fiveAsian Games men's basketball gold medals, eightSEABA Championships, all but threeSoutheast Asian Games men's basketball gold medals, and has the most titles inSoutheast Asia Basketball Association men's championship, being considered the powerhouse team inSoutheast Asia and one ofAsia's elite basketball teams. The country has also participated in sevenFIBA World Cups and sevenOlympic Basketball Tournaments.
The Philippines first participated in international basketball in theFar Eastern Championship Games in 1913. The Philippines defeatedChina in what was the first international game in Asia. The Philippines won all but one (1921) championship until 1934. The games were not under the supervision ofFIBA as the organization was founded in 1932.
TheBasketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) 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 firstOlympic 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 theUnited 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 Philippines returned to the1948 Olympics in London. The team finished fourth of six teams in their group to be eliminated. The team wound up in twelfth place.
In the 1950s–1960s, the Philippines was among the best in the world, producing world-class players likeCarlos Loyzaga,Lauro Mumar, Mariano Tolentino, Francisco Rabat andEdgardo Ocampo. In 1951, team won the inauguralAsian Gamesbasketball 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 (Taiwan), Japan and South Korea in the final round.
In1954 FIBA World Championship in Brazil, Loyzaga was a part of the Mythical Team selection, where the Philippines won the bronze medal. The Philippines finished second in their group behind Brazil and ahead ofParaguay to enter the final round, where the team lost against the US by only 13 points; only the loss against the US and two losses against Brazil were the Philippines' only losses in the world championship. To date, the Philippines' performance remains the best performance by an Asian team in the World Championship.
In the1956 Olympics, the Philippines finished seventh. 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 the1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, the Philippines won its third consecutive gold medal, finishing first in the final round.
The Philippines was grouped with Bulgaria, Puerto Rico and Uruguay in the1959 FIBA World Championship. The team finished third, losing against Bulgaria and Puerto Rico, to crash out of the final round. The Philippines won all of the games in the classification round against the United Arab Republic (Egypt) and Canada to meet Uruguay for the eighth-place game. The team defeated Uruguay again to finish eighth. This would be the last tournament of Loyzaga and company.
Starting in 1960, theAsian Basketball Championship was held to determine Asia's participants in the Olympics and the World Championships. Qualifying for the Asian Championship was by subzone, or by the ranking in the most recent tournament; in this case, with the Philippines being the strongest team in Southeast Asia, the country will qualify easily for the continental championship, even if they failed to qualify via rankings from the previous tournament. The inaugural Asian Championship was held inManila.
With an Asian Championship, the Philippines qualified for the1960 Olympics. In Rome, the Philippines did not qualify for the medal round, but did beatSpain in the preliminaries, ultimately finishing 11th out of 16 nations. The country was supposed to host the 1963 World Championship, but PresidentDiosdado Macapagal refused to allow players fromYugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the country. This caused the Philippines, despite winning the Asian Championships, to qualify via a pre-Olympic tournament, in which they were unsuccessful.[3]
In the fifth championship atBangkok, the Philippines finished third, after a one-point loss against Japan, and an 86–95 loss againstSouth Korea.
In 1975, after disputes with theBasketball Association of the Philippines (BAP), nine teams pulled out of BAP's jurisdiction and founded the professionalPhilippine Basketball Association (PBA), 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, withIndia 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 the1978 FIBA World Championship, losing all of the games via blowouts to finish last in the final round.
To offset the loss of players of the PBA, the BAP delegated to businessmanEduardo 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 theNorthern Cement basketball team coached by the AmericanRon Jacobs that had four naturalized players. In the 1982 Asian Games in New Delhi, the team finished fourth behind Korea, China and Japan. In the1983 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 the1985 Asian Championship inKuala Lumpur, to qualify for the1986 FIBA World Championship in Spain.
On February 22, 1986, thePeople Power Revolution erupted and forced presidentFerdinand Marcos into exile. Cojuangco, a known ally of Marcos, also left the country, causing the team not to participate in the World Championship. The team did participate in the 1986 Asian Games, finishing third behind China and Korea.
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 the1989 Southeast Asian Games, the BAP-sponsored team coached byDerrick Pumaren suffered a shock loss toMalaysia in the gold medal game, the only time the Philippines failed to win the gold medal at theSoutheast Asian Games in which basketball was played, until 2021 edition when they also settled again in silver medal.
In 1990, the Philippines sent an all-pro national team, coached byRobert Jaworski, to regain the country's basketball supremacy in theAsian Games but the team lost in the final againstChina and settled for a silver medal. The team includes 1990 PBA Most Valuable PlayerAllan Caidic andSamboy Lim, who were both selected in the Asian Games Mythical Five Selections.
In the1991 Asian Championship inKobe, Japan, the Philippines finished second in their preliminary round group behind China, but a loss against Japan caused their elimination, ending up in seventh place, whenJordan forfeited the game. In1993, the Philippines failed to qualify in the quarterfinal groups, suffering losses against Korea (five points) and theUAE (four points) en route to an 11th-place finish.
In the1994 Asian Games inHiroshima, the Philippines, coached by the AmericanNorman 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.
With no PBA players on the roster, the team on the1995 Asian Championship inSeoul finished last in the preliminary round, but managed to win two games in the classification round to finish 12th out of 19 teams. The team that went toRiyadh for theABC Championship 1997 did only marginally better; they still finished last in the preliminary round but topped the classification round group en route to a ninth-place finish.
In 1998, the PBA formed thePhilippine Centennial Team coached by the AmericanTim Cone that captured the 21st William Jones Cup championship but finished with the bronze medal in the1998 Asian Games held inBangkok. 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, againstKazakhstan.
In the1999 Asian Championship inFukuoka, Japan, the Philippines, with no PBA players on their roster, finished last in the preliminary round, and second in the classification round to finish 11th out of 15 teams. In Shanghai for the2001 Asian Championship, the Philippines was suspended by FIBA due to leadership disputes at the BAP. This caused the country to miss their first Asian championship. By 2002, a compromise was sorted out, and the Philippines was allowed to participate in the2002 Asian Games, coached byJong Uichico.
InBusan, South Korea, the Philippines easily qualified for the quarterfinals, in which they are grouped with China, Japan andChinese Taipei. The Philippines won by five points against Japan, and 14 points against Chinese Taipei. The game against China wasn't as close, with the Philippines losing by 41 points, but this assured that they won't have to face China in the semifinals. For the third consecutive time, the Filipinos and Koreans faced in the semifinals, with the same result: the Koreans won over the Philippines, this time by one point. Up by two points,Olsen Racela missed two free throws, that led to aLee Sang-min three-pointer at the buzzer to eliminate the Filipinos. The team would lose in the bronze medal game against Kazakhstan by 2 points as Korea defeated China in overtime by a basket to win Asian Games gold for the first time since 1970.
With no PBA players in the roster, the2003 Asian Championship inHarbin was the worst performance by the team in history: a 15th-place finish out of 16 teams. Unlike in 1997 and 1999, the Philippines had one win in the preliminary round (against Jordan). However, in the classification round, the Philippines emerged winless in a group containingSyria,Kuwait andHong Kong. Only a blowout win against Malaysia saved the Philippines from dropping to the cellar. After the championship, BAP was heavily criticized and took steps to strengthen the team. However, after a loss against the Parañaque Jets, a team composed of politicians, actors and amateurs, by the BAP-managed team, another leadership crisis in the BAP ensued which caused another suspension from FIBA. As a result, the Philippines was not able to participate in the2005 FIBA Asia Championship and the2006 Asian Games.
After the conclusion of the leadership struggle that saw theSamahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), an organization backed by the PBA among others, being recognized by both FIBA and thePhilippine Olympic Committee, the Philippines was reinstated by FIBA.San Miguel-Team Pilipinas was hastily assembled for the2007 FIBA Asia Championship inTokushima. The team defeated China, which didn't send its best team since they already qualified for the2008 Olympics, but lost toIran andJordan to bow out of contention. The Filipinos and Chinese met again for the ninth place game in which the Filipinos won by two points. The Philippines qualified for the2009 FIBA Asia Championship inTianjin. The Philippines advanced to the quarterfinals to meet Jordan. The Jordanians raced to an early lead where the Filipinos never recovered to win the game. The Filipinos and the Koreans played for seventh place, which saw the Koreans winning by two points.
Following the Northern Cement model of the 1980, the SBP established theSmart Gilas Pilipinas program, backed by SBP PresidentManuel V. Pangilinan, as a developmental team that aims to qualify in the2012 Olympics. In the2010 Asian Games, the Filipinos met the Korean team anew in the quarterfinals and was eliminated. In the2011 championship atWuhan, the SBP successfully petitioned the naturalization ofMarcus Douthit; the team progressed up to the semifinals for the first time since 1987. MeetingJordan, 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.
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 bySmart Communications. The national team played in the2013 FIBA Asia Championship which was hosted at home. After losing toChinese 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 theFIBA Basketball World Cup (new name of the FIBA World Championship) 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.
TheCongress of the Philippines naturalizedAndray Blatche in time for the2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup to beef-up its center position. With Blatche in tow, the Philippines nearly won four tightly fought games against higher ranked teams of Croatia, Greece, Argentina and Puerto Rico, before winning in overtime against Senegal to record its first victory at the World Cup in 40 years. In the2014 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.
On October 30, 2014, the SBP announced the formation of two selection committees to search and appoint the coach and players of future Philippine teams – for elite level and for youth level tournaments.[4][5][6][7] Chot Reyes remained coach until a replacement was decided.[8] The new roster aims to compete in the2015 FIBA Asia Championship inChina which will serve as the Asian qualifiers of the2016 Summer Olympics Basketball tournament inRio de Janeiro.
On December 23, 2014,Tab Baldwin was formally announced as the new coach of the Philippine national team.[9] Baldwin's four-year tenure as coach officially began on January 1, 2015.[10] The team captured the silver medal in the2015 William Jones Cup but fell short of the gold medal in the2015 FIBA Asia Championship. However, the Philippines qualified for the2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament but the team failed in their bid to Rio Olympics losing to France and New Zealand.
The team won gold during2016 SEABA Cup and a qualifying slot in the2016 FIBA Asia Challenge. However, as they were represented by the Gilas Cadets with no professional or naturalize players, the team suffered its worst performance placing 9th over-all, a very huge setback due to conflicting schedule with thenational league and mismanagement of the SBP.[11] In October 2016, Chot Reyes returned as head coach. In 2017, the Philippines hosted the2017 SEABA Championship and the team swept the competition for the gold medal and the lone spot in the sub-zone for the2017 FIBA Asia Cup.[12] During the2017 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.[13] The Philippines defended their gold medal for the 12th straight time in the2017 South East Asian Games beating Indonesia in the finals.[14]
FIBA introduced a qualification process which does not involve the continental tournaments for the2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The Philippines' qualification bid was marred by abrawl during the team's July 2018 tie againstAustralia in thefirst round of the Asian qualifiers.[15] The incident caused suspensions for some of the players and coaches as well as a fine for SBP.[16] 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 beatingKazakhstan, combined with aLebanon loss toSouth Korea.[17] The2019 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 the2019 South East Asia Games to re-establish its dominance. The national team swept the competition for their 18th Gold Medal in the tournament.[18][19]
The2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers saw the country win all of its six games, including two victories over South Korea. The team also played at one of the2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments inBelgrade,Serbia. In the2022 FIBA Asia Cup, the team finished third in its group, being defeated by Lebanon and New Zealand. The team was then eliminated in the first round by Japan, finishing the tournament in ninth place.
The country co-hosted the2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup with Japan and Indonesia. Despite being automatically qualified as co-hosts, the Philippines still took part in the tournament'sAsian Qualifiers by virtue of qualifying for the Asia Cup. In the World Cup, the country had a 1–4 record, with their win coming against China—their first tournament win on home soil as they were not able to win a game during their last hosting in1978.
In the2022 Asian Games, the Philippines clinched its first gold medal since the1962 edition, after defeating Iran and China by a single point each in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, and beating Jordan in the final.
Historic wins for the national team continued under head coach Tim Cone at the2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament as the Philippines stunned the world's sixth-rankedLatvia to take their first win in an Olympic qualifier since1964 and their first win against a European country in any FIBA competition since the1960 Summer Olympics.[20] This win extended the Philippines' international winning streak to seven games, excluding friendly matches.
In 1963, FIBA suspended thePhilippines for its failure to stage the1963 FIBA World Championship after Philippine presidentDiosdado Macapagal refused to allow players fromYugoslavia and other communist countries to enter the country. Later, the Philippines, despite being the Asian champion, was forced to play in a pre-Olympic tournament in order to qualify for the1964 Summer Olympics.[3]
The leadership crisis in the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) worsened after a lengthy feud between the group of Graham Lim and Tiny Literal and the group of Freddie Jalasco andLito Puyat which resulted in the suspension of the BAP. After a few months, FIBA intervened and ordered an election which resulted in Literal's victory as the president of the BAP. The suspension was quickly lifted and the Philippines was able to compete in theSoutheast Asian Games inMalaysia.[3]
The Philippines was again suspended in July 2005 after a long-standing feud between the BAP and thePhilippine Olympic Committee (POC).
The conflict began on April 10, 2005, when the BAP-sponsored Cebuana-Lhuillier Philippine National team (composed of little-known amateur players) lost to a lowly Parañaque Jets team (made up of showbiz personalities) in aNational Basketball Conference (NBC) pre-season tournament at theRizal Memorial Coliseum. Upon hearing the news, POC presidentJose Cojuangco, Jr. called for improvements in the national team, most notably, in the sending of a new team made up of players from thePhilippine Basketball Association (PBA).
The PBA, together with thePhilippine Basketball League (PBL), theUAAP and theNCAA, reportedly came to an agreement on the formation of a new national team. The POC, through a vote, first suspended, then in a later meeting, expelled the BAP as the official National Sports Association (NSA) for basketball and installed a new member in the Philippine Basketball Federation. The BAP, under new presidentJoey Lina, said that the expulsion was unconstitutional in the by-laws of the POC.
In hopes of securing a long-term solution, the FIBA ordered the PBA, PBL, UAAP, NCAA and Joey Lina (as an individual – or in Lina's claim, as a representative of the BAP) to form a new constitution or form of a new basketball body. By March 2006, the four stakeholders (PBA, PBL, UAAP and NCAA) signed an agreement to propose a new basketball body (Pilipinas Basketball). Lina refused to sign the memorandum, citing "unbalanced factors" that was put in the draft. After the four stakeholders met with Baumann in South Korea, the suspension was not lifted and the draft for a new body was not accepted since Lina was not in agreement. After several meetings between Baumann and the officials of the BAP and Pilipinas Basketball inGeneva andBangkok, a Unity Congress was held. The BAP and Pilipinas Basketball agreed to merge, creating theSamahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) as the new national basketball federation. The POC recognized the SBP as the new national governing body for basketball, after which the FIBA finally lifted the almost two-year-old suspension it imposed upon the country.
The first Philippine team that competed in the1936Olympic Games were known as "the Islanders". After the Philippines became a republic in 1946, the national team was simply referred to by the press as the "RP 5" or "RP team" ("RP" standing for "Republic of the Philippines").
When theNorthern Cement basketball team represented the Philippines from 1983 to 1985, the team was referred to as the "NCC" team. After the disbandment of the NCC team in 1986, the national team was referred to as "RP 5" or "RP team" once again.
In the 1990 Asian Games, following the example of the firstU.S. Dream Team, the Philippine team was referred to the "Philippines Dream Team", as this was the first national team with PBA players. Later, it was referred to as "Team Philippines". Eventually, "Team Philippines" became the name used to refer to the entire Philippine contingent in multi-sports events such as the Asian and Olympic Games.
During thePhilippine Centennial in 1998, the team became known as thePhilippine Centennial Team.
From 2005 to 2009, Team Pilipinas represented the men's basketball team. Team Pilipinas was the initiative of the PBA and sponsored bySan Miguel Corporation (2005–2007, named "San Miguel-Team Pilipinas") andCoca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (2009, named "Powerade-Team Pilipinas").
In 2010, theSmart Gilas Pilipinas and Sinag Pilipinas programs replaced the Team Pilipinas program. Sinag Pilipinas represents the country in regional competitions such as theSoutheast Asian Games andSEABA Championship.Smart Communications is the main sponsor of both programs.Gilas is a Filipino word that loosely translates into English as "prowess", andsinag translates as "ray" (sunlight). The name Gilas was adopted from the mascot of the 2005 Southeast Asian Games held in Manila, Philippines which is an eagle. The mascot was designed by Filipino sports journalist Danny Simon.
In 2013, the Smart brand was dropped from the branding of both programs, although Smart Communications remained as the main sponsor. In 2015, the Sinag Pilipinas program was renamed into as the "Gilas Cadets".
In December 2016, the Gilas Pilipinas program got a big boost as a new backer in Chooks-to-Go to form partnership with Smart Communications in the united effort in supporting the Pinoy cagers in their quest for international glory. The team carry that name when participated in 2017 international games.
The squad that participated in the 2018 Asian Games was referred to as Rain or Shine-Philippines (RoS-Philippines), Gilastopainters or simply Team Pilipinas due to the core of the team being composed ofRain or Shine Elasto Painters players instead of the Gilas. The squad stood-in for the Gilas Pilipinas roster which had many of its players as well as Reyes himself suspended due to their involvement in thePhilippines-Australia brawl.[21]
Gilas Pilipinas continued the name of the men's national team. In May 2019, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas formally adopted the Gilas Pilipinas name for the all teams (men's, women's, youth, and 3x3) as part of a larger rebrand and restructuring.[22]
    2002 Asian Games red uniform |
The national colors of blue, white and red have been used in national team uniforms throughout history. Most teams used a blue uniform as the dark-colored uniform, and a white uniform for light-colored uniform. Red was occasionally used as a tertiary color. In the2002 Asian Games, the dark-colored uniform was a red one. It has consistently used the blue and white uniform as dark and light uniforms, respectively.
The national team under theSamahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) initially had Accel as its official outfitter.Nike was the official outfitter of the national team from 2007 to 2024.[23][24] The SBP has entered a new deal with an undisclosed 'global brand' to replace Nike in February 2025.[25]Adidas was announced to be the national team outfitter in May 2025.[26] The first Adidas uniforms were unveiled in July 2025.[27]
In the 2013 Asian Championship, the color white has been used to identify the team with the fans.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Score | Venue | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 14 |  Qatar | W | 74–71 | Qatar University Sports and Events Complex,Doha,Qatar | Doha International Cup |
| February 15 |  Lebanon | L | 54–75 | Qatar University Sports and Events Complex,Doha,Qatar | Doha International Cup |
| February 15 |  Egypt | L | 55–86 | Qatar University Sports and Events Complex,Doha,Qatar | Doha International Cup |
| February 20 |  Chinese Taipei | L | 84–91 |  Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium,Taipei,Taiwan | FIBA Asia Cup qualification |
| February 23 |  New Zealand | L | 70–87 | Spark Arena,Auckland,New Zealand | FIBA Asia Cup qualification |
| July 28 |  Macau Black Bears | W | 103–98 |  Araneta Coliseum,Quezon City,Philippines | Exhibition game |
| August 2 |  Jordan | W | 75–61 |  Al Ahli Sports Club,Jeddah,Saudi Arabia | Exhibition |
| August 5 | Chinese Taipei | L | 87–95 | Jeddah,Saudi Arabia | FIBA Asia Cup |
| August 7 | New Zealand | L | 86–94 | Jeddah,Saudi Arabia | FIBA Asia Cup |
| August 9 |  Iraq | W | 66–57 | Jeddah,Saudi Arabia | FIBA Asia Cup |
| August 11 | Saudi Arabia | W | 95–88 | Jeddah,Saudi Arabia | FIBA Asia Cup |
| August 13 |  Australia | L | 60–84 | Jeddah,Saudi Arabia | FIBA Asia Cup |
| November 28 |  Guam | TBD | TBD | UOG Calvo Field House,Mangilao,Guam | 2027 FIBA World Cup qualification R1 |
| December 1 | Guam | TBD | TBD | Blue Eagle Gym,Quezon City,Philippines | 2027 FIBA World Cup qualification R1 |
| Summer Olympic Games Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
 1936 | 5th place | 5 | 4 | 1 |
 1948 | 12th place | 8 | 4 | 4 |
 1952 | 9th place | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1956 | 7th place | 8 | 4 | 4 |
 1960 | 11th place | 8 | 4 | 4 |
 1964 | did not qualify | |||
 1968 | 13th place | 9 | 3 | 6 |
 1972 | 13th place | 9 | 3 | 6 |
 1976 | did not qualify | |||
 1980 | did not participate | |||
 1984 | did not qualify | |||
 1988 | ||||
 1992 | ||||
| 1996 | ||||
| 2000 | ||||
 2004 | ||||
 2008 | ||||
| 2012 | ||||
 2016 | ||||
 2020 | ||||
 2024 | ||||
| 2028 | to be determined | |||
| 2032 | ||||
| Total | 7/20 | 52 | 25 | 27 |
| FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | |||||
| 1960 | Automatic Olympic qualifier | ||||||||
| 1964 | 6th place | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||||
| 1968 | Automatic Olympic qualifier | ||||||||
| 1972 | |||||||||
| 1976 | did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1992 | |||||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||
 2012 | |||||||||
| 2016 | 6th place | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
 2020 | 5th place | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||
 2024 | 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Total | 16 | 5 | 11 | ||||||
| FIBA World Cup Record | Qualification | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
 1950 | did not participate | |||||||
 1954 | 3rd place | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||
 1959 | 8th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
 1963 | Suspended | |||||||
 1967 | did not qualify | |||||||
 1970 | ||||||||
 1974 | 13th place | 7 | 2 | 5 | See1973 ABC Championship | |||
 1978 | 8th place | 8 | 0 | 8 | Qualified as hosts | |||
 1982 | did not qualify | See ABC/FIBA Asia Championship records | ||||||
| 1986 | Qualified (withdrew) | See1985 ABC Championship | ||||||
 1990 | did not qualify | See ABC/FIBA Asia Championship records | ||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 2006 | Suspended | |||||||
 2010 | did not qualify | |||||||
| 2014 | 21st place | 5 | 1 | 4 | See2013 FIBA Asia Championship | |||
| 2019 | 32nd place | 5 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 5 | |
 2023 | 24th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2027 | to be determined | |||||||
| Total | 7/20 | 45 | 14 | 31 | 22 | 13 | 9 | |
| FIBA Asia Cup Record | Qualification | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
| 1960 | Champions | 9 | 9 | 0 | Qualified as hosts | |||
| 1963 | Champions | 11 | 9 | 2 | ||||
 1965 | Runners-up | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||||
 1967 | Champions | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||||
 1969 | 3rd place | 8 | 6 | 2 | ||||
| 1971 | Runners-up | 8 | 7 | 1 | ||||
| 1973 | Champions | 10 | 10 | 0 | Qualified as hosts | |||
| 1975 | 5th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 1977 | 5th place | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 1979 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
 1981 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
 1983 | 9th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 1985 | Champions | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 1987 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 1989 | 8th place | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 1991 | 7th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 1993 | 11th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 1995 | 12th place | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 1997 | 9th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 1999 | 11th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 2001 | Suspended | |||||||
| 2003 | 15th place | 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 2005 | Suspended | |||||||
| 2007 | 9th place | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 2009 | 8th place | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 2011 | 4th place | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||
| 2013 | Runners-up | 9 | 7 | 2 | Qualified as hosts | |||
| 2015 | Runners-up | 9 | 7 | 2 | See 2015 SEABA Championship | |||
| 2017 | 7th place | 6 | 4 | 2 | See 2017 SEABA Championship | |||
| 2022 | 9th place | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 7th place | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 29/31 | 220 | 143 | 77 | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
| FIBA Asia Challenge Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 2004 | 8th place | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
 2008 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 2010 | 4th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 2012 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 2014 | 3rd place | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
 2016 | 9th place | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 5/6 | 30 | 13 | 17 | ||||
| Asian Games Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 1951 | 1st place | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1954 | 1st place | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 1958 | 1st place | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| 1962 | 1st place | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 1966 | 6th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 1970 | 5th place | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
 1974 | 4th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| 1978 | 5th place | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 1982 | 4th place | 10 | 6 | 4 | ||||
| 1986 | 3rd place | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 1990 | 2nd place | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 1994 | 4th place | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 1998 | 3rd place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 2002 | 4th place | 7 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 2006 | Suspended | |||||||
| 2010 | 6th place | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| 2014 | 7th place | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 2018 | 5th place | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2022 | 1st place | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 18/19 | 122 | 77 | 45 | ||||
| Southeast Asian Games Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 1977 | 1st place | – | – | – | ||||
| 1979 | 2nd place | – | – | – | ||||
| 1981 | 1st place | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
 1983 | 1st place | – | – | – | ||||
| 1985 | 1st place | – | – | – | ||||
| 1987 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1989 | 2nd place | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1991 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1993 | 1st place | – | – | – | ||||
| 1995 | 1st place | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||||
| 1997 | 1st place | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||
 1999 | 1st place | – | – | – | ||||
| 2001 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
 2003 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2005 | Suspended | |||||||
| 2007 | 1st place | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
 2009 | Not held | |||||||
| 2011 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
 2013 | 1st place | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2015 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2021 | 2nd place | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||||
 2023 | 1st place | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 2025 | To be determined | |||||||
| Total | 22/22 | 80 | 75 | 5 | ||||
| SEABA Championship Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 1994 | 4th place | – | – | – | ||||
| 1996 | 2nd place | 5 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 1998 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2001 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2003 | 1st place | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2005 | Suspended | |||||||
| 2007 | 1st place | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2009 | 1st place | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2011 | 1st place | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2013 | did not participate | |||||||
| 2015 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 2017 | 1st place | 6 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10/12 | 40 – 1 (excl. 1994) | ||||||
| SEABA Cup Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
| 2012 | 1st place | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2014 | did not participate | |||||||
| 2016 | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2/3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Far Eastern Championship Games Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | ||||
 1913 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
 1915 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1917 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
 1919 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1921 | 2nd place | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1923 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1925 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1927 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1930 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 1934 | 1st place | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 10/10 | 20 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| Records at minor tournaments | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Tournament | Position | Pld | W | L | |||
| 2007 | Manila Invitational Basketball Cup | 1st place | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2008 | China-ASEAN CBO Basketball Invitational Tournament | 1st place | No information | |||||
| 2010 | MVP Invitational Champions' Cup | 1st place | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
 2013 | Super Keung Sheung Cup | 1st place | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 2014 | Antibes International Basketball Tournament | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
 2015 | Toyota Four Nations Cup | 4th place | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 2015 | MVP Cup | 1st place | 3 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2016 | Imperial Basketball City Tournament | 3rd place | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2019 | Málaga Tournament | 3rd place | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 2021 | King Abdullah Cup | 4th place | 6 | 2 | 4 | |||
| 2023 | Heyuan WUS International Basketball Tournament | 1st place | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2025 | Doha International Cup | 3rd place | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| William Jones Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1998 | 1st place | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 2005 | 3rd place | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 2007 | 3rd place | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6th place | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4th place | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3rd place | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1st place | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2nd place | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4th place | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Total | 2 golds 1 silver 3 bronze | 70 | 46 | 24 |
Note: This does not include records by theNorthern Cement basketball team.
| Season | Conference | Competing as | Elimination round | Playoffs | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | Pld | W | L | PCT | Pld | W | L | Results | |||
| 1986 | All-Filipino | Philippine national team | 7th/7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Lost to Alaska in the quarterfinal berth playoff |
| 1987 | Open | 7th/7 | 12 | 2 | 10 | .167 | Eliminated | ||||
| 1988 | All-Filipino | 7th/7 | 12 | 3 | 9 | .250 | Eliminated | ||||
| 1989 | All-Filipino | n/a | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | Barred from playoffs | ||||
| 1998 | Centennial | Philippine Centennial Team | 8th/9 | 8 | 1 | 7 | .125 | Eliminated | |||
| 2002 | Governors' | RP-Hapee Toothpaste | 9th/12 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | Eliminated | |||
| RP-Selecta Ice Cream | 10th/12 | 11 | 4 | 7 | .364 | Eliminated | |||||
| Commissioner's | 9th/11 | 10 | 3 | 7 | .300 | Eliminated | |||||
| 2003 | Invitational | Cebuana Lhuillier | 4th/5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .250 | Eliminated | |||
| 2009–10 | Philippine | Smart Gilas | n/a | 9 | 3 | 6 | .333 | Barred from playoffs | |||
| 2010–11 | Commissioner's | 2nd/10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 4 | 1 | 3 | Lost to Barangay Ginebra in semifinals | |
| Totals | 98 | 29 | 69 | .296 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 PBA championships | |||
Competition:2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
Opposition:Guam (November 28, 2025)
Venue:UOG Calvo Field House,Mangilao[28]
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