Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational

Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational

Sport	Basketball
Founded	2011
Ceased	2015
Country	Philippines
Last champion(s)	Philippines (3rd title)
Most titles	Philippines (3 titles)

The Discovery Women's Basketball Invitational is an international basketball tournament in the Philippines.

History

In 2011, the inaugural invitational was contested by the women's national teams of the Philippines and Qatar along with Bangkok Bank of Thailand and a selection team from Fujian of China. The tournament hosted by Bacolod took place at the West Negros University Gym from September 28-October 1. ^{[1] [2]}

In 2013, the Discovery Invitational was known as "Jesse Robredo Memorial Cup" to commemorate the first death anniversary of former Department of the Interior and Local Government secretary Jesse Robredo, was an invitational basketball team which was contested by the women's national teams of the Philippines and Singapore, along with a Gold Coast All Stars team assembled by Gold Coast Basketball of Australia. India was also invited to partake at the tournament but did not send its team due to a ban imposed on its National Olympic Committee by the International Olympic Committee at that time which took effect in December 2012. The tournament was held in Naga City from August 22–25, 2013 at the Jesse Robredo Coliseum. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

In 2015, the invitational was held once again and was contested by the women's national teams of the Philippines, Turkmenistan, and Team A and B of Papua New Guinea. The games took place in Davao City at the Almendras Gym Davao City Recreation Center. ^{[7] [8]}

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third place game
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2011 Details	Bacolod		Philippines	65–54	Bangkok Bank		Fujian	105-40	Qatar
2013 Details	Naga		Philippines	No playoffs	Singapore		Gold Coast	No playoffs
2015 Details	Davao City		Philippines	78–58	Papua New Guinea A		Turkmenistan	72-34	Papua New Guinea B
2017 Details	Taguig		Shoot It Dragon Thailand	W–L	Discovery Perlas		Nepal Ho Chi Minh Vietnam B	Co-third place

Medal tally

By country

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Philippines	3	1	0	4
Thailand	0	2	0	2
Papua New Guinea	0	1	0	1
Singapore	0	1	0	1
Australia	0	0	1	1
China	0	0	1	1
Nepal	0	0	1	1
Turkmenistan	0	0	1	1
Vietnam	0	0	1	1

By club/team

Club/Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Philippines	3	0	0	3
Bangkok Bank	0	1	0	1
Papua New Guinea A	0	1	0	1
Singapore	0	1	0	1
Fujian	0	0	1	1
Gold Coast	0	0	1	1
Turkmenistan	0	0	1	1

Participation details

Team	BAC 2011	NAG 2013	DAV 2015
Bangkok Bank	2nd	-	-
Fujian	3rd	-	-
Gold Coast	-	3rd	-
Papua New Guinea A	-	-	2nd
Papua New Guinea B	-	-	4th
Philippines	1st	1st	1st
Qatar	4th	-	-
Singapore	-	2nd	-
Turkmenistan	-	-	3rd

References

1. "Phl five battles Qatar tonight in Women's Invitational Cup". The Visayan Daily Star. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
2. "RP cagebelles in tuneup series". Tempo. 21 September 2011. Archived from the original on 23 January 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
3. Flores, Celes (15 August 2013). "Women's hoops team excited to get tested in Discovery Hoops invitational". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
4. "2nd District Women's Basketball Invitational". RTVM. 18 August 2013.
5. "Gold Coast Women's Invitational All Stars Set for Philippines International Tournament". Basketball Queensland. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
6. Atencio, Peter (15 August 2013). "Perlas Pilipinas tests mettle of Australia, Singapore fives". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
7. "Papua, PH women's teams hold sports clinics". Sun Star Davao. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
8. Pates, Karlo Paolo (22 February 2015). "Perlas Pilipinas grabs third win". Sun Star Davao. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.