Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Powerade Team Pilipinas Schedule Jones Cup / Powerade vs Jordan

Powerade Team Pilipinas Jones Cup Schedule
July 18 (Saturday) 5PM vs Jordan
July 19 (Sunday) 7PM vs Chinese-Taipei A
July 20 (Monday) 3PM vs Kazakhstan
July 21 (Tuesday) 3PM vs Japan
July 22 (Wednesday) 7PM vs Lebanon
July 23 (Thursday) 5PM vs South Korea
July 24 (Friday) Rest Day
July 25 (Saturday) 3PM vs Chinese-Taipei B
July 26 (Sunday) 1PM vs Iran

2009 William Jones Cup Men’s Competition Schedule

Date
Time Match No. Teams Competition Format Remarks

7.18
Saturday
13:00 1 LIB~TWN-B Single Round- Robin
15:00 2 KOR~KAZ Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 3 JOR~PHI Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
19:00 Opening Ceremony ESPN LIVE
19:30 4 TWN~JPN Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE

7.19
Sunday
13:00 5 KAZ~IRI Single Round- Robin
15:00 6 JPN~LIB Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 7 TWN -B~KOR Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
19:00 8 PHI~TWN Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE

7.20
Monday
13:00 9 LIB~JOR Single Round- Robin
15:00 10 PHI~KAZ Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 11 IRI~KOR Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
19:00 12 TWN~TWN -B Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE

7.21
Tuesday
13:00 13 KAZ~LIB Single Round- Robin
15:00 14 JPN~PHI Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 15 TWN -B~IRI Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
19:00 16 JOR~TWN Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE

7.22
Wednesday
13:00 17 JPN~IRI Single Round- Robin
15:00 18 KOR~JOR Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 19 TWN -B~KAZ Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
19:00 20 LIB~PHI Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE

7.23
Thursday
13:00 21 KAZ~JPN Single Round- Robin
15:00 22 IRI~JOR Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 23 PHI~KOR Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
19:00 24 TWN~LIB Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE

7.24
Friday
13:00 25 JOR~TWN -B Single Round- Robin
15:00 26 KOR~JPN Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 27 IRI~LIB Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
19:00 28 TWN~KAZ Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE

7.25
Saturday
13:00 29 JPN~JOR Single Round- Robin
15:00 30 TWN -B~PHI Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 31 LIB~KOR Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
19:00 32 IRI~TWN Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE

7.26
Sunday
11:00 33 TWN -B~JPN Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
13:00 34 IRI~PHI Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
15:00 35 TWN~KOR Single Round- Robin ESPN LIVE
17:00 36 JOR~KAZ Single Round- Robin


Award Ceremony


Our first two games will not be seen on ESPN Philippines that irrelevant anglo-centric channel. This schedule is from ESPN Taiwan.

Powerade Team Pilipinas will face Jordan in the first game of this year's Jones Cup. Notable players in that team are Rashim Wright and Sam Daghlas. Jordan is known for its tough defense (limited us to single digit scoring in the first quarter back in 2007 Jones Cup). The West Asian team did beat us again in that year's Fiba-Asia Championship too.

Jordan is gunning for its third successive Jones Cup title. I do hope this team can solve the Jordanian's defensive puzzle. The Nationals' poor shooting also did us in. Unlike before height-wise, Powerade Team Pilipinas can match up well with big Jordanian guards. While Rashim Wright orchestrates the play, it was Sam Daghlas who did most of the damage.

Philippines did not play in the 2008 Jones Cup after the infantile Taiwanese organizers, frustrated with their failure to invite a Philippine Basketball Association-powered squad, told SBP
it should “keep discipline, as it happened before that your team had fight against other teams." In reality it is the Taiwanese team who instigate riots in that tournament. After the infamous 1999 brawl between Philippines and Taiwan, the home team followed it up with another war in 2000 against Korea.

Powerade Team Pilipinas vs Jordan Highlights / Video