I think the 2007 team has a better success against Lebanon. If I am not mistaken, the Chot Reyes led team only lost to the Lebanese team once, and it was a lucky shot at the buzzer in the Jones Cup in Taipei in 2007.

However, the Philippines and Lebanon national teams had never faced each other at the FIBA-Asia Championships.

Iran appears last in 1948 before 2008.

There are basketball courts in the Middle East.
PBA teams haven’t beat the Qatar national team in about 4 years.

2007 and 2009 FIBA Asia, the All-PBA National team is unable to win againtst Jordan and Lebanon.

Lebanon (or was it Jordan) thrashed the All-PBA National team by 30 points in the last Jones Cup.

PBA better to adapt the FIBA rules.

Just like 3stars said, read some articles or go to Asian basketball websites like asia-basket.com. The middle eastern teams have not only caught with the traditional powerhouse, but they’re beating them soundly.

The ABL is aiming to promote basketball in Southeast Asia and develop local talents around the region as well. So far and as we all know, Philippines is the only country in the region that has a very long tradition when it come basketball. While the rest are more into football.

Philippines also has a rich history that can compete with teams outside Southeast Asia when it comes to Asian competitions either in the club or national level. Talent level wise, Filipinos are still superior (some say by ten years or so) in the ASEAN region.

Just look at the past national team tournaments in SEABA and SEA Games. The last two SEABA competitions, the Philippines, represented by PBA players, beat every team by a mile (at least 20) — this led to an uproar from fans, coaches, and officials that sending a PBA team is an “overkill.” While in the SEA Games in 2007, the Philippines beat (Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, and Thailand) by at least 40 points, and the team was bannered by future PBA players like Gabe Norwood.

In recent years, Indonesia, along with Satria Muda, had shown some sort of promise that they too can compete against the best in Asia — thanks to the IBL. They just need to sustain it.

No offense to our ASEAN friends, but as long as the ABL is here and have a huge faith, there’s certainly the likelihood of being competitive in the national level.

On a financial standpoint, it might not be feasible at this time. As most of us know, the Singapore Slingers opted out of the NBL (Australian pro-league) due to travel costs. Datu Sri Tony Fernandes and company are very careful when it comes to expanding the league outside the region because they wanted to make sure that financially it wouldn’t be a burden. Keep in mind, that travel cost isn’t the only reason. There are more overhead costs that we don’t know about, which needs to be considered. This is to make sure that it wouldn’t be a burden to the team owners.

For me, as long as those two points will be satisfied (talent development and financial capabilities), the expansion of the ABL outside Southeast Asia is possible. However, not in the next five years, may be more.

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