The Philippine national basketball team for men is one of the most successful Asian teams in international tournaments. One of the greatest successes was a third place at the 1954 World Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro , in the game for third place France was defeated 66:60. The best result at the Olympic Games was a fifth place in 1936 in Berlin . The team has won the Asian Basketball Championship five times, most recently in 1986.
The team, nicknamed "Team Philipinas", competes in blue and white jerseys and therefore in the national colors (except red).