2002 Philippines Asian Games basketball team

2002 Philippines Asian Games basketball team

Head coach	Jong Uichico
2002 Asian Games	4th Place

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

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] 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

2002 Asian Games

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

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

Preliminary round

Group C

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

Geumjeong Gymnasium, Busan

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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

Geumjeong Gymnasium, Busan

Quarterfinals

Group I

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

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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

Geumjeong Gymnasium, Busan

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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

Geumjeong Gymnasium, Busan

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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

Geumjeong Gymnasium, Busan

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	12 October
	South Korea	69
					14 October
	Philippines	68
					South Korea (OT)	102
	12 October
					China	100
	China	131
	Kazakhstan	62
					3/4 placing
					13 October
					Philippines	66
					Kazakhstan	68

Semifinals

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

Sajik Arena, Busan

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Bronze Medal game

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

Sajik Arena, Busan

Aftermath

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

1. Cordero, Abac. "FIBA suspends BAP". The Philippine Star.
2. Cordero, Abac. "FIBA suspends RP". The Philippine Star.
3. "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. "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.

Results