24th FIBA-Asia Championship [Jul 28-Aug 5 Japan]

[WIZARD]

No it was in Qatar iam sure..it was Qatar tournemnt EGYPT,qatar,jordan,philippine....Jordan won philippine by 10 pts as i remember
then we beat qatar by 14 pts then we played the final game against egypt which is one of strongest arab countries in Bball also in africa they get the bronze medal every time in african cup..any way we beat them by 13 pts as i remember not sure thu..in 2005 they didn organize this tournemnt..in 2006 angola won it.

[anti_morales]

Hey Wizard!Did you say we? So you are not Yugoslavian but from Qatar. I remember that. RP was beaten, but sorry to disappoint you, the core of that team was selected from league called UAAP which is Division 3 here in the Philippines and only reinforced by 5 not so very good players from the PBA. Qatar will never defeat a real NT of Philippines.

In the past 5 years in 3 games Qatar NT has played against Philippine Division 1 clubs, RP won 3 times. Once by Selecta (2002), Once by Happe (2002), One by the NT (2005).

There's nothing to be proud of in defeating a team made up of amateur college players.

No it was in Qatar iam sure..it was Qatar tournemnt EGYPT,qatar,jordan,philippine....Jordan won philippine by 10 pts as i remember
then we beat qatar by 14 pts then we played the final game against egypt which is one of strongest arab countries in Bball also in africa they get the bronze medal every time in african cup..any way we beat them by 13 pts as i remember not sure thu..in 2005 they didn organize this tournemnt..in 2006 angola won it.

[mikepogi]

No it was in Qatar iam sure..it was Qatar tournemnt EGYPT,qatar,jordan,philippine....Jordan won philippine by 10 pts as i remember
then we beat qatar by 14 pts then we played the final game against egypt which is one of strongest arab countries in Bball also in africa they get the bronze medal every time in african cup..any way we beat them by 13 pts as i remember not sure thu..in 2005 they didn organize this tournemnt..in 2006 angola won it.

Its really easy to keep track of the tournaments that the RP Team A or RP Team national pool from the PBA (our country's professional league) joined since 2002. Theres only a handful of them since we were suspended for two years. And I don't recall any team that was sent to Qatar. Maybe its a second-tier team made up of amateurs. And besides if it was really was our A-team then it this would have been thoroughly discussed in this forum since posters here are predominantly Filipinos.

[WIZARD]

Hey Wizard!Did you say we? So you are not Yugoslavian but from Qatar. I remember that. RP was beaten, but sorry to disappoint you, the core of that team was selected from league called UAAP which is Division 3 here in the Philippines and only reinforced by 5 not so very good players from the PBA. Qatar will never defeat a real NT of Philippines.

In the past 5 years in 3 games Qatar NT has played against Philippine Division 1 clubs, RP won 3 times. Once by Selecta (2002), Once by Happe (2002), One by the NT (2005).

There's nothing to be proud of in defeating a team made up of amateur college players.

Doest it make any difference if i was A Serb or not???any way iam a half serb from my mothers side and i live here in Serbia.

now about ur NT team..it was made up by 3rd divisio league and few other players from the top league..well even if it was ur A team nothing will change
jordan NT can still beat u...u make it sound as if u played with ur a league players might win World cup!! Man frankly i dont see your Team as a scary 1...as i said before other than China ..there is no competition..not Korea not taiwan ..maybe Japan since they play home..but still as i said east asian teams still play the old fashion way Run and gun..with good diffence u cant do thing

[flipball]

Doest it make any difference if i was A Serb or not???any way iam a half serb from my mothers side and i live here in Serbia.

now about ur NT team..it was made up by 3rd divisio league and few other players from the top league..well even if it was ur A team nothing will change
jordan NT can still beat u...u make it sound as if u played with ur a league players might win World cup!! Man frankly i dont see your Team as a scary 1...as i said before other than China ..there is no competition..not Korea not taiwan ..maybe Japan since they play home..but still as i said east asian teams still play the old fashion way Run and gun..with good diffence u cant do thing

Wizard, i hope you give justice to your name i'm sure our NT team(Div 1) still needs to make some adjustments to match other world class teams. but, surely, the NT team of Jordan will have a fat chance of beating us on any given day. unless, of course, they field in two or four imports.

but i must say i agree in what you said that defense will still be the most potent arsenal any ball club should have. and i truly hope our NT is striving to gain perfection of the said art.

[lrangels]

Wizard, i hope you give justice to your name i'm sure our NT team(Div 1) still needs to make some adjustments to match other world class teams. but, surely, the NT team of Jordan will have a fat chance of beating us on any given day. unless, of course, they field in two or four imports.

but i must say i agree in what you said that defense will still be the most potent arsenal any ball club should have. and i truly hope our NT is striving to gain perfection of the said art.

Absolutely any team would like to have a very good defense. This is because having it's easier to be consistent with your defense than with your offense.

[bsgermany]

i'm sure our NT team(Div 1) still needs to make some adjustments to match other world class teams

It will not only take adjustments, it will take miracles to successfully match worldclassteams. There is a long long way from the top of Asia to the top of the world like Argentina, USA, Spain, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Germany etc. etc.

[pachador]

results of 2005 Asia-Club championships at Araneta coliseum:

http://www.asia-basket.com/events/aclubc/aclubc05.asp

[pachador]

This was the last time the Philippines played against a European team I think. How is Latvia as a basketball country??

NATIONALS PUSH LATVIA TO THE HILT

Friday, 04 August 2006

DOHA, Qatar – The board had the team at the shorter end of the scores. Still, all players and coaches moved out of the Al-Gharafa Sports Club Hall with heads up high and smiling from ear to ear.

Latvia fashioned out a 73-65 victory over SMC-Pilipinas, but only after being pushed to the hilt by the smaller Filipinos in the Al-Emadi International Basketball Championship here Thursday.

The win gave Latvia an unblemished 3-0 card and top seeding in the semifinals of this four-nation tourney. SMC-Pilipinas, for its part, absorbed its second setback in as many assignments.

National coach Chot Reyes, however, couldn’t be happier with the way his wards battled the taller and heftier Latvians on both ends of the floor.

“I’m very, very happy and very proud of the guys. They did a great, great job out there,” Reyes said after the game. “We were getting our shots and not turning the ball over and that’s what we wanted.”

Like in their opening game against Qatar, the Filipinos, also backed by Accel, got off to a good start. Arwind Santos and Kerby Raymundo hit their stride early and SMC-Pilipinas took the first quarter, 18-14.

Latvia got its rhythm late in the second quarter, unloading an 8-0 bomb in the last minute that gave the league leaders a 42-33 lead at the half.

Kristaps Valters presided over another big tear in the third to make it 54-37. But just as Latvia appeared headed for a blowout, SMC-Pilipinas stepped on the gas. Larry Fonacier, Willie Miller and Joseph Yeo teamed up in a searing rally that had the Nationals breathing down the Latvians’ necks, 56-60, early in the final period.

SMC-Pilipinas engaged Latvia toe-to-toe but clutch baskets by big man Uvis Helmanis kept the Filipinos at bay in the closing minutes.

“We’re definitely achieving our goals,” Reyes said. “For both the players and coaches, this is the kind of teams we really want to play. And for the players, they can only get better playing teams like Latvia.

“Also, we’re actually using this tournament as some sort of a tryout to see kung sino talaga ang puwede just in case the FIBA suspension is lifted. All of the people we’ve talked to here are saying it’s already lifted, so we might as well be ready for that eventuality.”

After the disappointing loss to Qatar, the gallant stand of the Filipinos against Latvia was certainly a boost.

“We were a lot better today than we were last night against Qatar. The challenge is how we can still be better in our next game,” said Reyes.

SMC-Pilipinas takes on African champion Angola Friday to close its elimination round schedule.

The scores:

Latvia 73 – S. Valters, 15, Helmanis 12, Janicenoks 11, K. Valters 9, Ciprus 7, Jahovics 5, Vecelous 4, Timermanis 4, Buskevics 3, Blums 3.

SMC-Pil 65 – Raymundo 12, Miller 11, Fonacier 8, Santos 7, Yeo 7, Pennisi 7, Reavis 5, Tenorio 3, Canaleta 3, Pena 2, Mamaril 0, Miranda 0.

Quarters: 14-18, 42-33, 59-54, 73-65.

It will not only take adjustments, it will take miracles to successfully match worldclassteams. There is a long long way from the top of Asia to the top of the world like Argentina, USA, Spain, Italy, Greece, Serbia, Germany etc. etc.

[bsgermany]

The result looks pretty good for the Philippines, but first of all, Latvia is not the top of Europe, and certainly far from the above mentioned worldclass - and there were a fiew guys missing on team Latvia, that would surely have made a difference like Biedrins, Kambala, Stelmahers and possibly Ostler.

Nevertheless it must have been a pretty good game by team Philiipines (or a lousy one from Latvia ).

[pachador]

and only 2 members on the RP team last year are in this year's team. The team last year was not the best team thats for sure. For example, taulava, Seigle and Caguioa were not on that team

The result looks pretty good for the Philippines, but first of all, Latvia is not the top of Europe, and certainly far from the above mentioned worldclass - and there were a fiew guys missing on team Latvia, that would surely have made a difference like Biedrins, Kambala, Stelmahers and possibly Ostler.

Nevertheless it must have been a pretty good game by team Philiipines (or a lousy one from Latvia ).

[kei_choi]

Draw event for FIBA Asia Championship for Men

Drawing selection meeting of the Asian championship is scheduled　June 6th　at THE GRANDPALACE Tokushima.
16 countries are going to divide into 4 each groups of 4 teams.

sorry, my English is bad

[TechSupport]

The result looks pretty good for the Philippines, but first of all, Latvia is not the top of Europe, and certainly far from the above mentioned worldclass - and there were a fiew guys missing on team Latvia, that would surely have made a difference like Biedrins, Kambala, Stelmahers and possibly Ostler.

Nevertheless it must have been a pretty good game by team Philiipines (or a lousy one from Latvia ).

4 guys not in the latvia lineup? philippines sent their Team B/C with 10 guys from the current team not in the lineup and all that during a tryout and the result 73-65.

funny stuffs. it boils down to loving your own. ciao!

[rocks_24]

fiba asia champions cup

Rp Won!!!(again)

Rp team -95 fyi: played without an import (minus 1 player due to injuy)
Lebanon-81 fyi: played with 2 import

Final Score

[bsgermany]

4 guys not in the latvia lineup? philippines sent their Team B/C with 10 guys from the current team not in the lineup and all that during a tryout and the result 73-65.

funny stuffs. it boils down to loving your own. ciao!

First of all never overestimate a friendly match, since things there are completely different than facing Latvia in an important tournament, where you don't test things and possibly play with more intensity - and thee who watched the Golden State Warriors in the NBA playoffs may know what kind of a difference only 6'11 Biedrins would have made.