# 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.

## 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.

## Performance

In the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship, 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.

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

#### Quarterfinals

* August 14 14:00
* Report
| 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 | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| August 15 | August 15 |
| Philippines | 65 |
| Philippines | 65 | August 16 | August 16 |
| Qatar | 83 | August 16 | August 16 |
| Qatar | 83 | Qatar | 79 |
| August 15 | August 15 | | Qatar | 79 |
| August 15 | August 15 | Chinese Taipei | 87 |
| South Korea | 65 | Chinese Taipei | 87 |
| Chinese Taipei | 70 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 70 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | August 16 | August 16 |
| | | Philippines | 80 |
| | | South Korea | 82 |

#### Semifinals 5th–8th

* August 15 14:00
* Report
| 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
* Report
| 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