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===1950-1970===
'''1950''' –* The first [[FIBA World Championship|FIBA World Basketball Championship]] was held at [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] but Asian countries like the Philippines, Japan and China did not send their national basketball teams.
'''1951''' –* The Philippines won the first ever [[Asian Games]] basketball gold medal with a 4-0 record. The first [[1951 Asian Games|Asian Games]] was held at [[New Delhi]], [[India]].
'''1952''' –* The Philippines finished 9th with a 3-2 record in the Olympic Games basketball tournament held at [[Helsinki]], [[Sweden]].
'''1954'''
* The Philippines finished third and captured the bronze medal in the second [[1954 FIBA World Championship|FIBA World Championship]] held at [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]. The Philippines finished with a 6-3 win-loss record, and was the best finished by an Asian country in the world championships.
[[Image:CarlosLoyzaga.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Carlos Loyzaga]], the Philippines most popular basketball player.]]
-* Carlos “Caloy” Loyzaga regarded by many as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time, finished as the third leading scorer of the tournament (148 points and 16.4 points per game), and was named in the FIBA World Championship all-tournament mythical five selections.
'''1956''' –* The Philippines finished 7th with a 4-4 record in the Olympic Games basketball tournament held at [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]].
'''1958'''
* [[Mariano Tolentino]] won his third consecutive Asian Games gold medal. Tolentino was one of the very few players to play several times for the national team.
'''1959'''
'''1959''' –* The Philippines finished 8th with a 4-2 record in the FIBA World Championship held at [[Santiago, Chile]].
-* The [[Araneta Coliseum]] was completed in [[Quezon City]] and was during that time the largest covered-entertainment center in the world, and one of the biggest basketball coliseums in the world.
'''1960''':
* [[Carlos Badion]] was named the first ever FIBA Asia Most Valuable Player of the tournament and was named in the Mythical five selection.
-* The Philippines finished 11th with a 4-4 record in the Olympic Games basketball tournament held at [[Rome]], [[Italy]].
'''1962'''
'''1962''' –* The Philippines won its fourth consecutive [[1962 Asian Games|Asian Games]] basketball gold medal with a 7-0 record held at [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]].
-* [[Carlos Loyzaga]] won his fourth consecutive Asian Games basketball gold medal and sets the Filipino all-time record for the most appearances by a Filipino in the Asian Games basketball tournament.
-* The Philippines was suspended by the basketball governing body, [[FIBA]], after then President [[Diosdado Macapagal]] refused to issue visas to players from communist countries ([[Yugoslavia]]). In addition, the Philippines lost the right to host the third [[FIBA World Championship]].
'''1963'''
'''1963''' –* The Philippines won its second consecutive FIBA Asia Championship title with a 9-2 record held at [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]].
-* Carlos Loyzaga ended his career for the Philippine national team ,and ends his career as the most successful Filipino player ever to play for the Philippine national team. He later coached the national team to the Asian Championship, and the Olympic Games.
'''1964''' –* The Philippines finished 6th with a 3-6 record in a 10-nation pre-Olympic qualifying tournament held at [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]. The Philippines, despite being the Asian champion, has to play a qualifying tournament due to its early suspension in 1962.
'''1965''' –* The Philippines finished 2nd with a 4-1 record, and captured the silver medal in the FIBA Asia Championship held at [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Federation of Malaya|Malaya]] (now [[Malaysia]]).
'''1966''' –* The Philippines finished 6th with a 4-3 record in the [[1966 Asian Games|Asian Games]] basketball tournament held at [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
'''1967'''
'''1967''' –* The Philippines won its third FIBA Asia Championships with a 9-0 record held at [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]].
-* The Philippines finished fifth in the [[Basketball at the 1967 Summer Universiade|World University Games]] held at [[Tokyo]], Japan.
-* The Philippines finished 3rd and captured the bronze medal in the first ever Intercontinental Basketball Tournament for players under 5-11 held at [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]. The Philippines finished behind the [[United States]], and host [[Spain]] but beat [[South American]] giant, [[Brazil]], and [[Europe]]an representative, [[France]].
'''1968''' –* The Philippines finished 13th with a 3-6 record in the Olympic Games basketball tournament held at [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]].
'''1969''' –* The Philippines finished 3rd with a 7-2 record and captured the bronze medal in the FIBA Asia Championship held at Bangkok, Thailand.
===1970s===
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