History of Basketball in The Philippines

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SUMAYA, JOSE ENRICO M.

BMLS 2-2

HISTORY OF BASKETBALL IN THE PHILIPPINES


1910
- Basketball was first introduced to the Philippine public school system by the Americans as a women's
sport.
- The First Men’s National Basketball Team was organized.
1911
- Basketball was played in Interscholastic meets by women.
1913
- The first men's national team won the first Far Eastern Championship Games in 1913. In all but one of
the ten editions of the games, the national team won the gold medal.
1924
- The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of the Philippines was established. It included
basketball as its main sport.
1936
- The Philippines became part of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) through the Basketball
Association of the Philippines.
- The Philippines made their debut in Olympic Basketball. They finished fifth, the best result of an Asian
team in Olympic basketball history.
- The first basketball stamp in the world was released by the country. 
1938
- The first commercial league, basketball tournament of the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic
Association (MICAA) was established.
1951
- The Philippine Basketball Team won the gold medal in the 1951 Asian Games where the basketball
was first played. They dominated the game until 1962.
1954
- In the 1954 FIBA World Championship the Philippines placed third, winning the bronze medal, the best
performance by an Asian team in the World Championship.
1960s
- The first FIBA Asia Championship was won by the Philippines with Carlos Badion as the tournament's
Most Valuable Player (MVP).
- The Philippines won the right to host the third FIBA World Championship, but were suspended after
then-President Diosdado Macapagal, refused to issue visas to players from communist countries
(notably basketball powerhouse Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union).
- The Philippines' dominance in sport waned after Carlos Loyzaga's retirement, and had performed
poorly in the Olympic games where the national team was unable to break into top-10 positions.
However, the country continued to play competitively in the Asian and World Championships.
1975
- The commercial league model pioneered by the MICAA continued with the Philippine Basketball
Association (PBA) in 1975. 
- The PBA is the first professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after
the NBA. The league's regulations are a hybrid of rules from FIBA and the NBA.
1978
- The Philippines hosted the FIBA World Championship, marking the first time that the international
tournament was held in Asia.
1981
- The MICAA collapsed
1983
- The Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) was founded in 1983. 
- The Philippines was suspended by FIBA in 2005 due to a leadership crisis which affected the former
national basketball association of the country - the Basketball Association of the Philippines.
2007
- The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas became the newly-recognized national basketball body for the
Philippines by FIBA.

Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basketball_in_the_Philippines

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