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Basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines, played on both the amateur and professional levels. Basketball, which was invented at a YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts, was introduced to the Philippines by the YMCA early in the American colonial period (1898-1946). The Philippines won several medals in various pan-Asian competitions over the next few decades. ==International competition== The Philippines played basketball in the Olympic Games beginning in 1936, after the Commonwealth of the Philippines was established. The Philippines became an independent country in 1946, and in the 1950s, the Philippines men's national basketball team did well in international tournaments. The Philippine team won the gold medal at the Asian Games in 1951, the first-time basketball was played.〔 The Philippine basketball team dominated the Asian Games until 1962. In the 1954 FIBA World Championship the Philippines place third, winning the bronze medal, the best performance by an Asian team in the World Championship. Despite missing the first FIBA Basketball World Cup (known through 2010 as the FIBA World Championship), held in 1950 in Argentina, the Philippines participated in the 1954 FIBA World Championship held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Philippines finished with a 5-2 win-loss record in the Final Round games, and captured the bronze medal. The third place-finish is still currently the best finish by an Asian country in the World Cup. Carlos Loyzaga finished as the world tournament’s third leading scorer (148 points/16.4 points per game) and was named in the FIBA World Mythical Five Selection. In the 1960s, the first FIBA Asia Championship was won by the Philippines with Carlos Badion as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. Meanwhile, the Philippines won the right to host the third FIBA World Championship but were suspended after then President Diosdado Macapagal, father of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, refused to issue visa to players from communist countries (notably basketball powerhouse Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union). In the Asian Games, after Carlos Loyzaga’s retirement, the Philippines' dominance declined but the country continued to play competitively in the Asian, and World Championships. While in the Olympic Games, the Philippines played poorly, unable to reach the top 10. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basketball in the Philippines」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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