2009 Philippines men's FIBA Asia Championship team

2009 Philippines men's FIBA Asia Championship team, also known as Powerade-Team Pilipinas was the basketball team that represented the Philippines in international competitions from 2008 to 2009. The team was organized by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) sponsored by Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines. The team succeeded San Miguel-Team Pilipinas.

2009 Philippines men's FIBA Asia Championship team

Head coach	Yeng Guiao
2009 FIBA Asia Championship	8th Place
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Formation

After Yeng Guiao's appointed as head coach of the new Philippine team (Team Pilipinas), he started to form a national team for the 2009 SEABA Championship, selecting Asi Taulava, Kerby Raymundo, Mick Pennisi, Gabe Norwood, Jayjay Helterbrand, James Yap, Cyrus Baguio, Ryan Reyes, Willie Miller, Jared Dillinger, Ranidel de Ocampo at Arwind Santos. Sonny Thoss and Kelly Williams are both assigned to be reserves due to medical issues.^[1]

Performance

In the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship,^[2] some players like de Ocampo, and Ryan Reyes were replaced by Japeth Aguilar, and Thoss. In the tournament, they only lost to South Korea in the first round, and won the majority of games in the second round. But they lost to Jordan in the quarterfinals and relegated to classification round, losing to Qatar and South Korea.^[3]

Record

Preliminary round: Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	286	184	+102	6
Philippines	3	2	1	249	169	+80	5
Japan	3	1	2	291	218	+73	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	130	385	−255	3

August 6 9:00

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Philippines	115–31	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 16–8, 42–9, 29–5
Pts: Dillinger 21 Rebs: Taulava 13 Asts: Miller, Baguio 5		Pts: Rajapakshe, Fernando 8 Rebs: Randima, Fernando 4 Asts: Rajapakshe 2

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

August 7 21:00

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Japan	69–78	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–18, 12–21, 16–22
Pts: Yamada 16 Rebs: Takeuchi 13 Asts: Kashiwagi 2		Pts: Thoss 15 Rebs: Taulava, Thoss 8 Asts: Helterbrand, Miller 4

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

August 8 21:00

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Philippines	56–69	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 11–18, 19–16, 12–18
Pts: Baguio 16 Rebs: Miller 9 Asts: Norwood 2		Pts: Yang H.J. 14 Rebs: Kim J.S. 8 Asts: Yang D.G. 4

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

Second round: Group E

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Iran	5	5	0	436	328	+108	10
South Korea	5	4	1	380	340	+40	9
Philippines	5	3	2	374	367	+7	8
Chinese Taipei	5	2	3	379	350	+29	7
Japan	5	1	4	371	424	−53	6
Kuwait	5	0	5	277	408	−131	5

August 10 16:00

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Philippines	77–70	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 17–14, 29–19, 15–16
Pts: Yap 23 Rebs: Five players 5 Asts: Helterbrand 5		Pts: Tseng W.T. 21 Rebs: Lin C.C. 9 Asts: Tseng W.T. 2

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

August 11 11:00

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Iran	88–78	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 24–20, 23–24, 14–20
Pts: Nikkhah 25 Rebs: Haddadi 16 Asts: Haddadi 5		Pts: Yap, Miller 14 Rebs: Miller 9 Asts: Aguilar, Baguio 2

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

August 12 9:00

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Philippines	85–71	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 23–16, 20–22, 25–20
Pts: Baguio 14 Rebs: Taulava 10 Asts: Raymundo, Helterbrand 2		Pts: Al-Rabah, Ashkanani 20 Rebs: Ashkanani 8 Asts: Mohanna, Ashkanani 2

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	August 14
	Qatar	65
					August 15
	Iran	75
					Iran	77
	August 14
					Jordan	75
	Jordan	81
									August 16
	Philippines	70
									Iran	70
	August 14
									China	52
	Chinese Taipei	83
					August 15
	China	101
					China	72
	August 14
					Lebanon	68			3rd place
	South Korea	65
									August 16
	Lebanon	68
									Jordan	80
									Lebanon	66

Quarterfinals

August 14 14:00

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Jordan	81–70	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 23–16, 22–19, 14–18
Pts: Wright 21 Rebs: Z. Abbas 16 Asts: Daghlas 9		Pts: Norwood 11 Rebs: Yap 7 Asts: Miller 3

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

5th–8th Classification

	Semifinals				5th place
	August 15
	Philippines	65
					August 16
	Qatar	83
					Qatar	79
	August 15
					Chinese Taipei	87
	South Korea	65
	Chinese Taipei	70
					7th place
					August 16
					Philippines	80
					South Korea	82

Semifinals 5th–8th

August 15 14:00

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Philippines	65–83	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 16–26, 8–17, 25–17
Pts: Raymundo 12 Rebs: Pennisi 6 Asts: Helterbrand 3		Pts: Abdulrahman 23 Rebs: El-Sayad 12 Asts: Ali 2

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

Battle for 7th

August 16 14:00

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Philippines	80–82	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 24–16, 19–20, 18–20
Pts: Baguio 17 Rebs: Taulava 7 Asts: Norwood 3		Pts: Oh S.K. 31 Rebs: Oh S.K. 10 Asts: Lee J.S., Yang D.G., Yang H.J. 3

Tianjin Arena, Tianjin

Roster

Philippines national basketball team – 2009 FIBA Asia Championship roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G/F 4 Jared Dillinger 25 – (1984-01-06)January 6, 1984 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters PF 5 Kerby Raymundo 28 – (1981-01-19)January 19, 1981 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants SG 6 James Yap 27 – (1982-02-15)February 15, 1982 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants F/C 7 Sonny Thoss 27 – (1981-12-12)December 12, 1981 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Alaska Aces C 8 Asi Taulava 36 – (1973-03-02)March 2, 1973 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Coca-Cola Tigers F/C 9 Japeth Aguilar 22 – (1987-01-25)January 25, 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Western Kentucky G/F 10 Gabe Norwood 24 – (1985-02-09)February 9, 1985 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Rain or Shine Elasto Painters G 11 Willie Miller 32 – (1977-07-13)July 13, 1977 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Alaska Aces PF 12 Mick Pennisi 34 – (1975-03-13)March 13, 1975 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) San Miguel Beermen SG 13 Jayjay Helterbrand 32 – (1976-10-14)October 14, 1976 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Barangay Ginebra Kings SG 14 Cyrus Baguio 28 – (1980-08-19)August 19, 1980 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Barangay Ginebra Kings G/F 15 Arwind Santos 28 – (1981-06-10)June 10, 1981 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) San Miguel Beermen	Head coach Yeng Guiao Assistant coach(es) Rhoel Nadurata Gee Abanilla Kenneth Duremdes Legend (C) Team captain (NP) Naturalized player Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 6, 2013