Battle of Katipunan

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Locations of (1) Ateneo and (2) UP

Battle of Katipunan refers to the school rivalry between Ateneo de Manila University and the University of the Philippines Diliman (UP) began during games and meets that preceded the establishing of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the Philippines (NCAA), or which both schools were founding members, and continues in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) where both universities compete. After competing in the NCAA for several years, UP left the NCAA to co-found the UAAP. Ateneo joined the UAAP in 1978. ^[1]

As the main campuses of both schools are located along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City, games between Ateneo and UP are referred to as the "Battle of Katipunan". ^[2]

The Ateneo's teams are called the Ateneo Blue Eagles and the UP teams are called the UP Fighting Maroons.

History

Friendly basketball games between Ateneo and UP were held in the 1920s. The games saw the introduction of organized cheerleading in the Philippines by Ateneo to boost their teams. ^[3] In 1924, both schools co-founded the NCAA. UP left the NCAA in 1938 and co-founded the UAAP. Ateneo left the NCAA in 1978 due to violence in games, and joined the UAAP. ^[4] Ateneo–UP basketball games were originally held in Intramuros.

Basketball

Both schools have enjoyed success in basketball in both the NCAA and UAAP. In terms of total collegiate and high school basketball titles won in the NCAA and UAAP, Ateneo leads UP, 58–18. In men's basketball, Ateneo has a total of 26 championship titles whereas UP has seven. The Blue Eagles have 14 NCAA titles and 12 UAAP titles while the Fighting Maroons have four NCAA titles and three UAAP titles. In juniors' basketball, Ateneo has 11 NCAA titles and 19 UAAP titles, for a total of 30, whereas UP has three NCAA titles and one UAAP title, for four in total. In women's basketball, both schools have only won titles in the UAAP as the NCAA does not have a women's basketball tournament, where UP leads Ateneo, 7–2.

The Ateneo Blue Eagles and the UP Fighting Maroons have met in the championship of the UAAP three times. Ateneo won in Season 81 in 2018, ^{[5] [6]} and in Season 85 held in 2022, ^{[7] [8]} whereas UP won in Season 84 in 2022. ^{[9] [10]} Since 2002, Ateneo leads UP 40–11 in head-to-head matches. ^[2]

In the juniors' division, the UP Junior Fighting Maroons defeated the seeded Ateneo Blue Eaglets in 2002.

Men's basketball results

Pre-Final Four era

Ateneo victories

UP victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score	Ref.
1	1987		UP	83–79
2	1987		Ateneo	88–56
3	August 5, 1988	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Ateneo	88–58
4	September 4, 1988	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	UP	83–69	[11] [a]
5	August 20, 1989	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	UP	84–71
(*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Final Four era

Ateneo victories

UP victories

No. Date Location Winner Score Ref. 1 July 26, 1994 Loyola Center UP 76–74 2 September 10, 1994 Loyola Center UP 94–78 3 August 12, 1995 Araneta Coliseum UP 55–54 4 September 17, 1995 Loyola Center Ateneo 82–79 5 August 17, 1996 Araneta Coliseum UP 77–75 6 September 18, 1996 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UP 83–79 7 August 2, 1997 Ninoy Aquino Stadium Ateneo 70–66 8 September 11, 1997 Loyola Center Ateneo 73–62 9 August 9, 1998 Loyola Center UP 83–80 10 September 20, 1998 Ninoy Aquino Stadium Ateneo 81–78 11 August 7, 1999 PhilSports Arena Ateneo 64–54 12 September 7, 1999 Ninoy Aquino Stadium UP 74–71 13 August 3, 2000 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Ateneo 59–49 14 August 31, 2000 Rizal Memorial Coliseum Ateneo 72–68 15 August 4, 2001 Loyola Center Ateneo 63–50 [12] 16 September 13, 2001 Loyola Center UP 91–84 17 July 28, 2002 Makati Coliseum UP 53–49 [b] 18 September 5, 2002 Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 87–74 19 August 2, 2003 Loyola Center Ateneo 70–68 20 August 31, 2003 Loyola Center Ateneo 56–53 21 July 25, 2004 Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 72–63 [b] 22 September 2, 2004 PhilSports Arena UP 74–69 23 July 30, 2005 Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 71–63 24 August 25, 2005 Blue Eagle Gym Ateneo 67–57 25 July 16, 2006 Ninoy Aquino Stadium Ateneo 98–89 26 August 20, 2006 Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 98–88 [c] 27 July 12, 2007 Ninoy Aquino Stadium Ateneo 79–55 28 September 6, 2007 Ninoy Aquino Stadium Ateneo 93–59 29 July 19, 2008 PhilSports Arena Ateneo 83–66 [b] 30 August 24, 2008 Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 79–58 31 July 26, 2009 PhilSports Arena UP 68–58 [b] 32 September 6, 2009 Filoil Flying V Arena Ateneo 93–75 33 August 5, 2010 Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 78–53 34 August 14, 2010 Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 75–59 35 July 30, 2011 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 77–57 [d] 36 September 1, 2011 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 73–58 [e] No. Date Location Winner Score Ref. 37 August 2, 2012 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 76–70 38 August 25, 2012 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 73–66 39 July 21, 2013 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 72–64 40 August 15, 2013 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 67–59 41 July 22, 2014 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 86–75 [f] 42 September 3, 2014 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 70–69 43 September 30, 2015 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 56–43 44 November 4, 2015 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 74–65 45 September 28, 2016 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 79–64 46 October 8, 2016 Mall of Asia Arena UP 56–52 47 September 13, 2017 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 92–71 48 November 8, 2017 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 96–82 [g] 49 September 12, 2018 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 83–66 50 October 14, 2018 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 87–79 51 December 1, 2018* Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 88–79 52 December 5, 2018* Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 99–81 53 September 29, 2019 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 89–63 [h] 54 October 30, 2019 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 86–64 [i] 55 March 26, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 90–81 [j] 56 May 1, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena UP 84–83 [i] 57 May 8, 2022* Mall of Asia Arena UP 81–74OT 58 May 11, 2022* Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 69–66 59 May 13, 2022* Mall of Asia Arena UP 72–69OT 60 October 16, 2022 Mall of Asia Arena UP 76–71OT 61 November 26, 2022 Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 75–67 62 December 11, 2022* Mall of Asia Arena UP 72–66 63 December 14, 2022* Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 65–55 64 December 19, 2022* Smart Araneta Coliseum Ateneo 75–68 65 October 22, 2023 Mall of Asia Arena Ateneo 99–89OT [k] 66 October 29, 2023 Smart Araneta Coliseum UP 65–60 67 November 25, 2023^ Smart Araneta Coliseum UP 57–46 [l] 68 September 7, 2024 Smart Araneta Coliseum UP 77–61 [m] 69 October 30, 2024 Mall of Asia Arena UP 75–47 Series: Ateneo leads 48–21 (*) = finals games; (^) = semifinals; (≠) = seeding playoffs

Notes

1. Match was abandoned by Ateneo with 1:21 left in the game after a bench-clearing brawl.
2. Ateneo had a 3–0 record prior to the game.
3. Ateneo had a 7–0 record prior to the game.
4. Ateneo had a 4–0 record prior to the game.
5. Ateneo had an 11–0 record prior to the game.
6. Ateneo had a 2–0 record prior to the game.
7. Ateneo had a 12–0 record prior to the game.
8. Ateneo had a 6–0 record prior to the game.
9. Ateneo had a 13–0 record prior to the game.
10. Opening day game.
11. UP had a 6–0 record prior to the game.
12. UP had a 4–0 record prior to the game and dethroned defending champion Ateneo in the semifinals.
13. Opening day game.

Final Four Rankings

For comparison, these are the elimination round rankings of these two teams since the Final Four format was introduced.

Seniors' division

A.Y.	Ateneo	UP
1993–1994	6th	7th
1994–1995	6th	5th
1995–1996	7th	5th
1996–1997	5th	3rd
1997–1998	6th	4th
1998–1999	6th	5th
1999–2000	3rd	6th
2000–2001	2nd	6th
2001–2002	2nd	7th
2002–2003	3rd	6th
2003–2004	1st	7th
2004–2005	3rd	5th
2005–2006	3rd	5th
2006–2007	1st	6th
2007–2008	3rd	8th
2008–2009	1st	6th
2009–2010	1st	8th
2010–2011	2nd	8th
2011–2012	1st	8th
2012–2013	1st	8th
2013–2014	5th	8th
2014–2015	1st	7th
2015–2016	3rd	7th
2016–2017	2nd	6th
2017–2018	1st	5th
2018–2019	1st	2nd
2019–2020	1st	2nd
2021–2022	1st	2nd
2022–2023	1st	2nd
2023–2024	4th	1st
2024–2025	8th	2nd

Other sports

Football

UP leads Ateneo in total championships won, 20–19, with the lone women's title for the Fighting Maroons in UAAP Season 78 being the difference.

Ateneo has six NCAA men's titles, three NCAA boys' titles, and 10 UAAP men's titles. On the other hand, UP has 19 UAAP men's titles and one UAAP women's title.

Ateneo and UP have twice faced off in the UAAP men's football championship finals, with each school prevailing once.

Volleyball

Ateneo leads UP in terms of total championships won, 15–12. Ateneo has two NCAA men's titles, one NCAA women's title, and six NCAA boys' titles, as well as three UAAP men's titles and three UAAP women's titles. UP has four UAAP men's titles, and eight UAAP women's titles.

See also

• Ateneo–La Salle rivalry
• Battle of the East
• La Salle–UST rivalry
• UP–UST rivalry

References

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