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2022 Philippines Asian Games basketball team

The 2022 Philippines men's Asian Games basketball team, was a Filipino Asian Games team assembled for the basketball competition on 2022 Asian Games.

The Asian Games was rescheduled by 2023 because of COVID-19 pandemic.

Forming the team

The formation of the team was started after the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Tim Cone (notably coached the 1998 team) was appointed as head coach. The team roster composition have problems, as majority of the players from the World Cup (coached by Chot Reyes) was unable to commit due to their another commitments (mostly due to their B-League teams).

Roster

2022 Asian Games

The following was the roster of the Philippines national team for the 2022 Asian Games in China.

Asian Games competition

Group phase

Qualification for quarterfinals

Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Gold medal game

Legacy

The team won the first gold medal since 1962, first medal since 1998 (also a Cone-coached team who won bronze), and finals appearance since 1990 (Jaworski-coached team who won silver).

The success made Tim Cone to be appointed as head coach of the Philippine national basketball team.

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