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2002 Philippines Asian Games basketball team

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2002 Philippines Asian Games basketball team
Head coachJong Uichico
2002 Asian Games4th Place
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The 2002 Philippines men's Asian Games basketball team, was a Filipino Asian Games team assembled for the basketball competition on 2002 Asian Games.

Forming the team

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The formation of the team was started after FIBA lifted suspension on the Philippine basketball on 2001.[1][2]

Ron Jacobs was re-hired as head coach. His first task was to form a blueprint of a team that can win the gold medal. He form two pool teams coached by his assistants (RP-Selecta, coached by Jong Uichico; and RP-Hapee, coached Allan Caidic).[3]

Jong Uichico coaching Philippines vs South Korea in 2002 Asiad

Unfortunately, Jacobs suffered stroke in December 22, 2001.[4] But due to slow recovery, and inability to coach, lead assistant Uichico was tasked to coach the team.[3]

Roster

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2002 Asian Games

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Pos No. Player Height PBA Team
PG 4 Noy Castillo 6ft 0in Purefoods Hotdogs
PG 5 Olsen Racela 6ft 0in San Miguel Beermen
SG/SF 6 Dondon Hontiveros 6ft 2in San Miguel Beermen
PF 7 Dennis Espino 6ft 6in Sta. Lucia Realtors
C/PF 8 Mick Pennisi 6ft 9in Red Bull Barako
PF 9 Eric Menk 6ft 6in Barangay Ginebra Kings
PF 10 Danny Ildefonso 6ft 6in San Miguel Beermen
C 11 Andy Seigle 6ft 9in Purefoods Hotdogs
SF/SG 12 Jeffrey Cariaso 6ft 2in Coca-Cola Tigers
SF/PF 13 Rudy Hatfield 6ft 3in Coca-Cola Tigers
C 14 Asi Taulava 6ft 9in Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
SG/SF 15 Kenneth Duremdes 6ft 3in Alaska Aces

Head coach: Jong Uichico

Assistant coach(es): Allan Caidic, Eric Altamirano, Binky Favis

Asian Games results

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All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Preliminary round

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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 2 2 0 170 119 +51 4 Quarterfinals
2  North Korea 2 1 1 148 153 −5 3
3  United Arab Emirates 2 0 2 120 166 −46 2 9~12 placing
Source: Results
28 September
15:00
Philippines  81–56  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 28–9, 16–13, 18–15
Pts: Castillo 14
Rebs: Taulava 14
Asts: Hontiveros, Cariaso 2
Pts: I. Mohamed 12
Rebs: Ahmed 6
Asts: J. Salem 2

30 September
17:00
North Korea  63–89  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 16–30, 15–13, 17–27
Pts: Pak C.J. 20
Rebs: Ri M.H. 9
Asts: Pak C.J. 3
Pts: Duremdes 21
Rebs: Taulava 15
Asts: Racela 5

Quarterfinals

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Group I

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 309 160 +149 6 Semifinals
2  Philippines 3 2 1 213 235 −22 5
3  Japan 3 1 2 220 260 −40 4 5/6 placing
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 196 283 −87 3 7/8 placing
Source: Results

2 October
17:00
Philippines  79–74  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 17–27, 18–18, 27–16
Pts: Taulava 27
Rebs: Taulava 12
Asts: Ildefonso, Cariaso 1
Pts: Orimo 33
Rebs: Takahashi 9
Asts: Setsumasa, Orimo 2

4 October
13:00
Chinese Taipei  69–83  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–22, 8–19, 27–21
Pts: Chiu C.Y. 19
Rebs: Tien L. 11
Asts: four players 1
Pts: Taulava 18
Rebs: Menk 11
Asts: Duremdes 3

8 October
19:00
China  92–51  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 19–11, 33–12, 21–18
Pts: Hu W.D. 20
Rebs: Gong X.B., Liu Y.D., Mengke B. 6
Asts: Liu W., Hu W.D. 2
Pts: Espino 7
Rebs: Ildefonso 5
Asts: Hatfield 2

Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
12 October
 
 
 South Korea69
 
14 October
 
 Philippines68
 
 South Korea (OT)102
 
12 October
 
 China100
 
 China131
 
 
 Kazakhstan62
 
3/4 placing
 
 
13 October
 
 
 Philippines66
 
 
 Kazakhstan68

Semifinals

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Due to a Lee Sang-min three point-shot, the Philippines lost the chance to enter Gold Medal game/Finals.[3][5]

12 October
15:00
South Korea  69–68  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 21–11, 22–18, 11–16
Pts: Moon K.E. 18
Rebs: Seo J.H. 8
Asts: Lee S.M. 4
Pts: Racela 14
Rebs: Menk 12
Asts: Hontiveros 2

Bronze Medal game

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13 October
17:00
Philippines  66–68  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 15–21, 15–17, 14–14
Pts: Cariaso 18
Rebs: Taulava 17
Asts: Racela 3
Pts: Strebkov 30
Rebs: Vdovin 10
Asts: Issakov, Vdovin 1

Aftermath

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The team was considered as the worst sports disappointment in the history of the Philippine sports, as the team didn't won any medal.[6][5] The Philippines suffered another suspension from 2005 to 2007, so the result was the team unable to field player for 2006 Doha Asian Games.[2]

The Philippines only won again a basketball medal in 2022 Asian Games (which is a gold).[7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Cordero, Abac. "FIBA suspends BAP". The Philippine Star.
  2. ^ a b Cordero, Abac. "FIBA suspends RP". The Philippine Star.
  3. ^ a b c "Loss at Busan Asian Games in 2002 still lingers with Jong Uichico". ESPN.com. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  4. ^ "Big blow as Jacobs suffers a stroke". Arab News. 2002-01-11. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  5. ^ a b "KOREANOVELA: As heartbreaking as Gilas loss to Korea was, it wasn't even the worst". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  6. ^ "Asi looks back at horror 2002 Asiad. Now he's hoping third time's the charm". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  7. ^ "Gilas exact revenge on Jordan to end 61-year wait to be crowned Asian Games champions". ESPN.com. 2023-10-06. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  8. ^ "Philippines win 1st gold in basketball at Asian Games since 1962". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

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