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Thursday, September 22, 2011

PostHeaderIcon Basketball Rivalry: Philippines and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei)

Tomorrow (September 23), the Philippines (Smart Gilas Pilipinas) will face traditional rival Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) in a do-or-die quarter-final game of 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. The winner will earn a spot in the semi-finals and a chance to win a medal in the Olympic-qualifying tournament.


The Philippines-Taiwan basketball rivalry goes back to as early as the 1950s and the Philippines played against them more than 20 times in several tournaments and friendlies. Taiwan was the first Asian team to upset the Philippines in the post-war period, they ended the country's 37 years (1921-1958) unbeaten run in Asia during the 1958 Asian Games.

Below are the results between the Philippines and Taiwan in the Asian Games, the Asian Championships, and the William Jones Cup. Records between the Philippines and Taiwan in other major and minor tournaments, exhibition games, and friendlies are excluded for the time being and it will be add later to the list below.

Asian Games (Philippines vs. Taiwan):
1954: PHILIPPINES 34 - Taiwan 27
1958: TAIWAN 98 - Philippines 88
1966: TAIWAN 74 - Philippines 72
1970: TAIWAN 75 - Philippines 64
2002: PHILIPPINES 83 - Taiwan 69
2010: PHILIPPINES 82 - Taiwan 73

FIBA Asia Championship/Asian Basketball Confederation (Philippines vs. Taiwan):
1960: PHILIPPINES 96 - Taiwan 83 / PHILIPPINES 99 - Taiwan 78
1963: PHILIPPINES 70 - Taiwan 65 / TAIWAN 96 - Philippines 81 / PHILIPPINES 91 - Taiwan 77
1965: PHILIPPINES 92 - Taiwan 80
1967: PHILIPPINES 83 - Taiwan 79
1969: PHILIPPINES 97 - Taiwan 78
1971: PHILIPPINES 77 - Taiwan 75
1973: PHILIPPINES 88 - Taiwan 81 / PHILIPPINES 101 - Taiwan 64
1989: TAIWAN 97 - Philippines 74
2009: PHILIPPINES 77 - Taiwan 70
2011: TBD

Williams Jones Cup (Philippines vs. Taiwan)*:
1998: PHILIPPINES** 82 - Taiwan 72
1999: Game Stopped due to Unsportsmandship
2000: TAIWAN 102 - Philippines 85 / TAIWAN 83 - Philippines 73
2001: TAIWAN 84 - Philippines 79
2002: TAIWAN 79 - Philippines 70
2004: TAIWAN (White) 114 - Philippines 83 / TAIWAN (Blue) 88 - Philippines 68
2005: TAIWAN 82 - Philippines 76
2006: TAIWAN 77 - Philippines (B) 72
2007: PHILIPPINES 82 - Taiwan 64
2009: TAIWAN 86 - Philippines 77 / PHILIPPINES 94 - Taiwan (B) 90
2010: PHILIPPINES 96 - Taiwan 93
2011: PHILIPPINES 90 - Taiwan 78 / PHILIPPINES 82 - Taiwan 72

[*] Prior to the 1998 William Jones Cup edition, I've only known that the Philippines competed in the 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987 editions and I'm still researching the match results between Taiwan and the Philippines from 1977 to 1997.
[**] The PBA-backed Philippine Centennial Team.


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