In a report to the SBP Board, SBP president and business mogul Manuel V. Pangilinan cited the following among the SBP highlights for the year 2009, namely:
• Affirmation of status of SBP as the duly recognized, officially sanctioned and legally existing National Sports Association (Federation) for basketball in the Philippines by the Supreme Court and FIBA through its FIBA Special Commission.
• Improvement of FIBA world ranking of the Philippines in all categories in an 8-month period, namely, from 63rd to 53rd in the Men’s category, and 53rd to 50th in the Women’s side. Overall combined, the Philippines is ranked 57th in FIBA and obtained an increase of 2.7 FIBA ranking points, 2nd only to Korea among FIBA Asia countries.
• Continued growth of the constituency and membership base of the SBP highlighted by an increase in Active Members from 19 in June 2008 to 35 in November 2009.
• Successfully staged National Youth programs (SBP 33 and National Junior Championship Qualifiers) and accreditation of coaches and referees nationwide.
• Appearance and respectable showing in all major FIBA Asia tournaments.
• Philippines has been granted one of 20 slots to the 1st Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in 2010 as an acknowledgement of our youth development program and the good standing in FIBA.
• Provided more opportunities for growth for players, referees and coaches as shown by dynamic working tie up with FIBA Asia to supply manpower resources to the Asean Basketball League.
• Increased corporate and government funding and assistance with new and dynamic partnerships with industry leaders like Smart Communications, PLDT, Unilab, International Pharmaceutical Inc., and GMA-7 .
Source: Manila Bulletin
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