1954 Philippines FIBA World Championship team

October 2021 Philippines Herminio Silva Preliminary round Second place Final round Third place Carlos Loyzaga 16.4 90–56 ISR (October 30, 1954) 62–99 BRA (October 24, 1954) 1959 The Philippines men's national basketball team won the bronze medal at the 1954 FIBA World Championship held in Brazil. Since the 2014, the event is known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup. This is also the Philippines' first appearance in the tournament.Ramos Pam Team Philippines' performance in past FIBA World Cups https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/multimedia/infographic/08/30/19/team-philippines-performance-in-past-fiba-world-cups 31 October 2021 ABS-CBN News 30 August 2019 To date, the Philippines' performance in the tournament is the best finish by an Asian country in the FIBA Basketball World Cup.Leongson Randolph Greatest moment in Philippine basketball happened 66 years ago https://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba/caloy-loyzaga-s-lore-looms-large-for-gilas-players-of-today-a2437-20201105 31 October 2021 Sports Interactive Network Philippines 5 November 2020 en The 1950s is often regarded as a "golden era" in Philippine basketball, with the Philippine team's feat in the 1954 championship a factor which contributed to the contemporary popularity of basketball in the country.Gilas and the Filipinos' love affair with basketball https://www.rappler.com/sports/gilas-pilipinas/67804-gilas-filipinos-love-basketball/ 31 October 2021 Rappler 1 September 2014 en The 1954 squad is also an inductee of the Philippine Sports Hall of Fame of the Philippine Sports Commission.Previous Philippine Sports Hall of Fame - Philippine Sports Commission https://www.psc.gov.ph/en/about-psc/philippine-sports-hall-of-fame/philsports-hall-of-fame.html 31 October 2021 Philippine Sports Commission October 31, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211031081543/https://www.psc.gov.ph/en/about-psc/philippine-sports-hall-of-fame/philsports-hall-of-fame.html dead Roster The Philippine squad for the 1954 FIBA World Championship consisted of 12 players.Philippines - 1954 World Championship for Men FIBA https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2903/tid/346/_/1954_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100605042500/http://archive.fiba.com:80/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2903/tid/346/_/1954_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html June 5, 2010 The roster was led by Lauro Mumar and Carlos Loyzaga,Iñigo Manolo How PH five became the world's No. 3 https://sports.inquirer.net/44771/how-ph-five-became-the-world%E2%80%99s-no-3 31 October 2021 Philippine Daily Inquirer 24 May 2012 en the latter being named to the 1954 World Championship's All-Tournament Team. The team had six players who had previously competed in the Summer Olympics: Loyzaga, Florentino Bautista, Antonio Genato, Ponciano Saldaña, and Mariano Tolentino (1952 Helsinki) and team captain Mumar (1948 London). Some of the players had plied their trade in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) or were part of collegiate teams playing in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP).Alinea Eddie The PH bags bronze in FIBA 1954 WC https://www.manilatimes.net/2019/08/21/sports/sports-top/the-ph-bags-bronze-in-fiba-1954-wc/603378 31 October 2021 The Manila Times 21 August 2019 en The team had an average height of 6 ft 0 in cm on and had the average age of 23, Mumar was the eldest at 29 years old while Francisco Rabat was the youngest at 18 years old. The team was led by head coach Herminio Silva. The squad was formed from a 24-man pool of players. The initial candidates were determined by a special basketball committee. The final squad formed by Silva is mostly same as the Philippine team which participated in the 1954 Asian Games. Asian Games captain Rafael Hechanova begged off having been recently married at the time. Jose Maria Cacho, Eduardo Lim and Ignacio Ramos also forego from participating in the 1954 championship. Mumar was named skipper in Hechanova's stead, while Rafael Barredo and Ben Francisco were named to the roster. Francis Wilson and Alfredo Sagarbarria were named alternates. Former basketball player and government official Ambrosio Padilla also headed the 1954 squad.The Philippine Officials Review 1967 M & M Publications 83 https://books.google.com/books?id=rzhvAAAAMAAJ&dq=1954+fiba+philippines&pg=PA83 en Hon. Ambrosio Padilla #NameTeam3 Lauro Mumar Letran Knights4 Francisco Rabat Ateneo Blue Eagles5 Napoleon Flores UST Glowing Goldies6 Mariano Tolentino JRC Heavy Bombers7 Benjamin Francisco PAL Skymasters8 Rafael Barretto San Miguel–San Beda9 Ponciano Saldaña San Beda Red Lions10 Florentino Bautista Letran Knights11 Ramon Manulat UST Glowing Goldies12 Bayani Amador FEU Tamaraws13 Antonio Genato San Beda Red Lions14 Carlos Loyzaga San Beda Red LionsCoach: Philippines 1936 Herminio SilvaSource: Preliminary round The Philippines was drawn to Group A with Paraguay men's national basketball team and host Brazil in the preliminary round. The Philippines won over Paraguay despite trailing in the first half. Brazil defeated the Philippines but the host's win over Paraguay ensured that the Philippines progress to the final round. main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C BRA 1889 2 0 160 114 H PHI 1936 1 1 126 151 PAR 1954 0 2 104 125 FR FR CR CR 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. Q green1 Final round red1 Classification round #eee October 23 21:00 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Philippines 1936 64 Paraguay 1954 52 26–27 38–25 Loyzaga 15 Zapattini 22 October 24 21:45 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1889 99 Philippines 1936 62 44–22 55–40 Bonfietti 18 Mumar 22 Final round All teams play one game against each other for a total of seven games. The teams with the best records are awarded medals. main WL complete FIBA archive points A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H USA 1912 7 0 482 300 C BRA 1889 6 1 418 341 H PHI 1936 5 2 438 406 FRA 1830 3 4 371 392 ROC Formosa 2 5 345 405 Head-to-head record: Formosa 1–1 (1.06 GAvg), Uruguay 1–1 (1.03 GAvg), Canada 1–1 (0.91 GAvg) URU 2 5 422 446 E CAN 1921 2 5 433 498 E ISR 1 6 330 451 gold silver bronze 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored. gold silver #cc9966 The Philippines were tasked to face tournament favorites United States and expectedly lost to them. This was followed by wins over Israel, Formosa, Canada and a second lost to host Brazil. The Philippines were assured of a bronze medal after their 66–60 win over France.Pagpupugay 1954: Philippines clinches FIBA World bronze medal with heated win over France Tribute 1954: Philippines clinches FIBA World bronze medal with heated win over France https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/sports/basketball/386415/pagpupugay-1954-philippines-clinches-fiba-world-bronze-medal-with-heated-win-over-france/story/ 31 October 2021 GMA News 3 November 2014 en This is due to Uruguay, their final opponent, having an inferior win–loss record. Nevertheless, the Philippines capped their campaign with a victory over Uruguay to formalize their third place finish. October 27 18:00 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Philippines 1936 43 United States 1912 56 22–25 21–31 Mumar 14 Minter 15 Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Helio Louzada (BRA) October 29 19:00 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Republic of China Formosa 38 Philippines 1936 48 21–21 17–27 Wang Y.J. 12 Flores 12 Renato Righetto (BRA), Juan M. Rossini (URU) #eee October 30 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Israel 56 Philippines 1936 90 30–37 26–53 Schneor 14 Loyzaga, Saldaña 20 Earl Schlup (USA), Aladino Astuto (BRA) October 31 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1889 57 Philippines 1936 41 35–23 22–18 de Almeida 15 Loyzaga 15 Alberto Pedro (PAR), Juan M. Rossini (URU) #eee November 1 19:30 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Canada 1921 76 Philippines 1936 83 35–41 41–42 Ridd 37 Mumar 24 Earl Schlup (USA), Orlando Tabuso (BRA) November 3 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Philippines 1936 66 France 1830 60 25–23 41–37 Loyzaga 19 Haudegand 11 Eduardo Airaldi (PER), Noli Coutinho (BRA) #eee November 5 Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Philippines 1936 67 Uruguay 63 32–32 35–31 Loyzaga 31 Lombardo 14 Aladino Astuto (BRA), Angelo Benvenuto (CHI) References Sports 1954 team Category:1954 in Philippine basketball Philippines 1954-10-23