The Philippines is ranked 45th overall in FIBA world rankings with 10.8 points. So how are those points being calculated? Here’s how.
Countries receive points for each zonal and world championship they participate within the scope of 2 Olympic Games cycle.
Competition Ranking Scoring System
Teams will receive points based on the placement they got in each zonal and world championship they participate in. The tournaments that are taken into account are:
FIBA World Championships
Olympic Basketball Tournaments
FIBA Africa Championships
FIBA Americas Championships
FIBA Asia Championships
Eurobasket Championships
FIBA Oceania Championships
Olympic Basketball Tournaments
FIBA Africa Championships
FIBA Americas Championships
FIBA Asia Championships
Eurobasket Championships
FIBA Oceania Championships
Those points they got will then be multiplied by the tournament weighting factor set by FIBA.
Tournament Weighting Factor
FIBA World Championships - 5
Olympic Basketball Tournaments – 5
FIBA Africa Championships – 0.2
FIBA Americas Championships – 0.8
FIBA Asia Championships – 0.3
Eurobasket Championships - 1
FIBA Oceania Championships – 0.1
So in our case, we have not reached the World and Olympic championship for a couple of years now so all our points came from our participation in the FIBA Asia Championship.
In 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, the Philippines placed 9th. In the competition ranking scoring system, a team that placed 9th will be given 10 points which will then be multiplied to the tournament weighting factor set by FIBA to determine the final number of points earned by a country in a certain tournament. For FIBA Asia Championship, the points earned by a country will be multiplied to 0.3. So in that year, the Philippines gained 3 points (10*0.3).
In 2009 FIBA Asia Championship, the Philippines placed 8th. That gave us 11 points which when multiplied to 0.3 will result to 3.3 points.
Then two years ago in Wuhan the Philippines, under the mentorship of coach Rajko Toroman, finished 4th Place. That gave us 15 points which when multiplied to 0.3 will result to 4.5 points.
If you add the points we got in those 3 FIBA Asia Championships (3, 3.3, 4.5), the score will be 10.8 which is the current number of points the Philippines has now.
In 2009 FIBA Asia Championship, the Philippines placed 8th. That gave us 11 points which when multiplied to 0.3 will result to 3.3 points.
Then two years ago in Wuhan the Philippines, under the mentorship of coach Rajko Toroman, finished 4th Place. That gave us 15 points which when multiplied to 0.3 will result to 4.5 points.
If you add the points we got in those 3 FIBA Asia Championships (3, 3.3, 4.5), the score will be 10.8 which is the current number of points the Philippines has now.
If the Philippines, as what we all wish and pray, gets one of the top 3 spots in the upcoming FIBA Asia Championship, it will not only give us a slot in next year’s FIBA World Cup in Spain, but it will also greatly increase our FIBA World ranking.
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