Powerade Team Pilipinas schedule and TV listings for the Jones Cup

Posted by Jaemark Tordecilla on July 15, 2009 at 22:47 | Comments (0)

The Powerade Team Pilipinas is off to Taipei tomorrow to compete in the 31st William Jones Cup, the team’s final stop before starting their campaign in the Fiba-Asia tournament in August, where they will aim to qualify for next year’s World Basketball Championships.

The tournament has attracted a lot of marquee teams especially in recent years, as its Taiwanese organizers usually shoulder the travel cost for the various competing teams – often Asian national teams looking for high-quality tune-ups before Fiba-Asia. In the 2007 edition of the Jones Cup, our national team had several impressive outings, including a victory over the Iranian national team coached by Rajko Toroman that ended up winning that year's Fiba-Asia championship and qualifying for the Olympics.

Starring in that victory was James Yap, who ended up injuring his ankle later in the tournament and was among the last people cut from the team. Ironically, Iran beat the Philippines in the Fiba-Asia tournament, and that apparently impressed our basketball officials enough to hire Toroman to coach the Smart Gilas National Basketball Developmental team looking to compete in the Fiba-Asia Olympic qualifier in 2011.

Anyhoo, here’s the competition schedule for the team, and the ESPN broadcast times:

Philippines vs. Jordan
Tipoff: Saturday, July 18, 5 PM
ESPN Broadcast: Sunday, July 19, 1 PM

Philippines vs. Chinese Taipei – A
Tipoff: Sunday, July 19, 7 PM
ESPN Broadcast: Monday, July 20, 10 AM

Philippines vs. Kazakhstan
Tipoff: Monday, July 20, 3 PM
ESPN Broadcast: Live!

Philippines vs. Japan
Tipoff: Tuesday, July 21, 3PM
ESPN Broadcast: Live!

Philippines vs. Lebanon
Tipoff: Wednesday, July 22, 7PM
ESPN Broadcast: Live!

Philippines vs. South Korea
Tipoff: Thursday, July 23, 5 PM
ESPN Broadcast: Live!

Philippines vs. Chinese Taipei – B
Tipoff: Saturday, July 25, 3 PM
ESPN Broadcast: Live!

Philippines vs. Iran
Tipoff: Sunday, July 26, 1 PM
ESPN Broadcast: Live!

This weekend’s games won’t air live because ESPN is broadcasting the (British) Open golf championship.

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