The Philippines men's national wheelchair basketball team is the wheelchair basketball side that represents Philippines in international competitions for men as part of the International Wheelchair Basketball Federation.
History The Philippines has had a national wheelchair basketball team since at least the 2000s. The country's national team, under the auspices of the Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled–National Paralympic Committee (PHILSPADA-NPC), competed in the inaugural edition of the ASEAN Wheelchair Basketball Championship in 2003, finishing in second place.
The Philippines has also competed in the ASEAN Para Games on several occasions, winning a silver medal at the 2005 ASEAN Para Games and bronze medals in the 2014 and 2015 editions.
The Wheelchair Basketball Federation of the Philippines was established in 2019 as part of the Philippine Paralympic Committee's plan to create National Para-Sport Associations (NPSAs), the equivalent of the Philippine Olympic Committee's National Sport Associations (NSAs) for able-bodied sports. The national team participated in the Asia-Oceania qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Thailand, using wheelchairs acquired just days before the tournament. They had planned to compete in the 2020 ASEAN Para Games as hosts, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2022 edition, the team earned a silver medal.
In June 2025, the PHILSPADA entered into a partnership with the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), the national sports association for able-bodied basketball. The partnership will last until 2028.
Current roster The team's current roster as of the 2022 Asian Para Games
Competitions
The Philippines men team has not competed at the Wheelchair Basketball World Championship or at the Summer Paralympics.
Paralympics YearPositionWL 2016 Did not qualify 2020 2024
Asia-Oceania Championship YearPositionWL 2015 11th place 1 5 2017 Did not enter 2023 3rd place 4 2 2024 9th place 2 4 2025 9th place 3 2
Asian Para Games YearPositionWL 2010 Did not participate 2014 2018 Did not enter 2022 10th place 1 4
ASEAN Para Games YearPositionWL 2005 2nd 20143rd 2015 2 1 2017 2020Cancelled 2022 2nd 3 2
ASEAN Championship YearPositionWL 2003 2nd 3 1
Other YearPositionWL 2012 Kuwait International Invitational Tournament 5th place 2013 Kuwait International Invitational Tournament 3 2
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