The Greatest Philippine Basketball Team Ever? Part2

1960 Philippine Team
Played in:
1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy - 11th place (4W 4L)
1960 Asian Basketball Confederation* Championship in Manila, Philippines - Champions (9W 0L)
*-now FIBA Asia Championship

Lineup:
13 Emilio Achacoso, 6 Kurt Bachmann, 3 Carlos Badión (Captain), 4 Narciso Bernardo, 15 Cristobal Ramas, 9 Alfonso Márquez, 10 Edgardo Ocampo, 5 Constancio Ortíz, 7 Roberto Yburan, 8 Eduardo Pacheco, 11 Geronimo Cruz, 12 Edgardo Roque — Coach: Arturo Ríus

Reserve (played in the ABC Championship):
Loreto Carbonell, Nicolas Carranceja, Eduardo Lim, Carlos Loyzaga (Captain), Leonardo del Pilar, Mariano Tolentino

Carlos Loyzaga remained the skipper of the Philippine team, now powered by young and untested collegians, as the country hosted the inaugural ABC Championship. It bulldozed all opposition enroute to a gold medal finish with a whopping average winning margin of 30 points. Loyzaga wasn't able to suite up for the 1960 Olympics and the team stumbled into 11th place.

1962 Philippine Team
Played in:
1962 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia - Gold Medal (7W 0L)

Lineup: Carlos Loyzaga, Loreto Carbonell, Nicolas Carranceja, Mariano Tolentino, Narciso Bernardo, Kurt Bachmann, Edgardo Roque, Alfonso Marquez, Edgardo Ocampo, Emilio Achacoso, Eduardo Pacheco — Coach: Enrique Crame

The Philippines successfully defended their title and got their fourth straight Asian Games championship. Carlos Loyzaga sets the Filipino all-time record for the most appearances by a Filipino in the Asian Games basketball tournament.

1973 Philippine Team
Played in:
1973 ABC Championship in Manila, Philippines - Champions (9W 0L)

Lineup:
4 Alberto Reynoso, 5 Abet Guidaben, 6 Jimmy Mariano, 7 Robert Jaworski, 8 Francis Arnaiz, 9 Rogelio Melencio, 10 Ramon Fernandez, 11 Bogs Adornado, 12 Ricardo Cleofas, 13 Manny Paner, 14 Yoyong Martirez, 15 David Regullano — Coach: Valentin Eduque

This team was considered to be best amateur team the Philippines has produced prior to the inclusion of professional players into the national team. You can compare it to the amateur version of the Centennial Team that played in the 1991 SEA Games. Many of these players, who plied their wares in the MICAA, eventually found their own niches in the Philippine Basketball Association in 1975.

In action:

 
1986 Philippine Team
Played in:
1986 ABC Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Champions (6W 0L)
1985 William Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan - Champions (6W 0L)

1985 Intercontinental Cup* - 7th (1W 3L)
*-this defunct tournament was also known as the World Cup for Champion Clubs

Lineup:
4 Hector Calma, 5 Franz Pumaren, 6 Pido Jarencio, 7 Elmer Reyes, 8 Allan Caidic, 9 Samboy Lim, 10 Alfie Almario, 11 Tonichi Yturri, 12 Yves Dignadice, 13 Dennis Still, 14 Jerry Codiñera, 15 Jeff Moore — Coach: Ron Jacobs

Although there was another Philippine team that played in the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea, the other team under the corporate name of Northern Consolidated Cement is the most hyped about team. Coached by the legendary Ron Jacobs, the team took the region by storm by winning the prestigious Jones Cup in convincing fashion. Powered by naturalized Filipinos like Jeff Moore, Dennis Still, and Arthur "Chip" Engelland, the team won the 1986 ABC Championship against China thereby giving them to show their wares on that year's FIBA World Basketball Championship. It was not to be as the political conditions in the country deteriorated and the People Power revolution ended all hopes of sending a team to that tournament.

In action:

1990 Philippine Team
Played in:
1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China - Silver Medal (4W 2L)

Lineup:
4 Hector Calma, 5 Ronnie Magsanoc, 6 Alvin Patrimonio, 7 Benjie Paras, 8 Allan Caidic, 9 Samboy Lim, 10 Ramon Fernandez, 11 Dante Gonzalgo, 12 Yves Dignadice, 13 Zaldy Realubit, 14 Chito Loyzaga, 15 Rey Cuenco — Coach: Robert Jaworski

For the first time, the national team is composed of professional players. Since most of the players have already played for the national team in the amateur ranks so the team is expected to perform better than the previous national squads. A mixture of youthful athleticism and veteran smarts proved to be a powerful combination as the team almost captured the gold medal over the host country.

In action:

1998 Philippine "Centennial" Team
Played in:
1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand - Bronze Medal (4W 3L)
1998 William Jones Cup in Taipei, Taiwan - Champions (6W 0L)

Lineup:
4 Alvin Patrimonio, 5 Andy Seigle, 6 Jojo Lastimosa, 7 Dennis Espino, 8 Allan Caidic, 9 Jun Limpot, 10 Vergel Meneses, 11 E.J. Feihl, 12 Olsen Racela, 13 Marlou Aquino, 14 Johnny Abarrientos, 15 Kenneth Duremdes — Coach: Tim Cone

Considered as the Philippine's own "Dream Team," the Centennial Team (from the country's 100th independence anniversary) as it is called, is composed of the best PBA players of their prime. Led by the winningest coach of the decade, the team was put into even deeper scrutiny to perform the best basketball the country has had in a long, long time. Competing as a "guest team" in the PBA Centennial Cup, the team only won one game. Bad publicity marred their US tour as a solitary victory was only the lone bright spot capped with an ugly brawl with a US college team. The injury of the high-flying Danny Seigle in the run up to the Asian Games may be the biggest blow to the team's success. Although they won the first four games, close score defeats to traditional rivals China and South Korea relegated them to the bronze medal.

In my own opinion, this team has the best-looking jersey in Philippine national basketball team history.

In action:

These teams are definitely tough act to follow knowing that last time we played in a global level was in the 1972 Munich Olympics and 1978 FIBA World Championship that we hosted. The last time we won a major international basketball title was the 1986 FIBA Asia Championship (the only ticket to the world championship) and the 1962 Asian Games gold medal (we only settled for the silver in the 1990 Asian Games).

When can we regain Asian basketball supremacy? Only time will tell...

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