Filbasket

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Filbasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Sports current event.svg Filbasket International Championship
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Sport Basketball
Founded2021;2 years ago (2021)
FounderJai Reyes
Buddy Encarnado
Inaugural season Subic Championship (2021)
No. of teams 10
CountryPhilippines
Indonesia
Malaysia
Brunei
Continent FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Harimau Malaysia
(Filbasket International Championship)
Most titlesAICC Manila
Harimau Malaysia
Nueva Ecija Capitals
(1 title each)

The Filipino Basketball League, also known as Filbasket, is a professional basketball league founded in 2021 in the Philippines. Its first season was launched on October 28, 2021, featured eleven teams and ran for a period of 26 days. AICC Manila clinched the league title.

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History

The Filipino Basketball League (Filbasket) was established by former UAAP college player Jai Reyes and Buddy Encarnado of the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors in 2021. [1] [2] It was founded as a means to provide a platform for basketball players whose careers were disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic community quarantine measures. This includes players of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) which saw its 2019–20 season delayed due to COVID-19 measures. Hence many teams from the MPBL have joined the FilBasket, while not leaving the former, in a bid to play more competitive games. [2]

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) of the Philippine government contends that Filbasket is a professional league and not an amateur league as the league organizers believe, hence the league falls under its jurisdiction. [3] The FilBasket organizers admitted that the long-term plan is for the league to become a professional league although it maintains that it will be an amateur league initially. [4] The dispute was reportedly resolved in October 2021, with FilBasket pushing through with its first tournament, the FilBasket Subic Championship. [3] Filbasket secured approval from SBMA and the IATF for a bubble tournament at the Subic Bay Gymnasium, in accordance to regulations for amateur leagues. [5]

The Filbasket Subic Championship concluded with AICC Manila being the winners. However the GAB issued a cease and desist order insisting that Filbasket is a professional league [6] and declared the tournament held last year as unlawful although it did not impose any further sanctions. [7]

Filbasket started the process of turning into a professional league recognized by the GAB on February 22, 2022. [8] By March 1, 2022, the league was already granted professional status by the GAB. [9] The league would hold its first professional tournament, the Filbasket Summer Championship, in early 2022. [10] It would also hold its first international tournament, the Filbasket International Championship in the latter part of the same year in Malaysia. [11]

Teams

Teams competed at the Filbasket International Championship (2022):

NameLocalityCountry
Pegasus Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei
Bumi Borneo Pontianak, West Kalimantan Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Elang Pacific Caesar Surabaya
KL Aseel Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Harimau Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
MBC Basketball Club Malacca City
BGC Builders Taguig City Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Pilipinas Aguilas
Shawarma Shack–Makabayan Warriors Quezon City
Singapore Adroit Woodlands Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore


NameLocalityMain sponsorFirst tournamentLast tournament
7A Primus—7A Sports Management Subic (2021)
AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers /
FSD Makati ARMY		 Makati FSD Auto Insurance Subic (2021) Summer (2022)
All-Star Bacolod Ballers Bacolod Bingo Plus Summer (2022)
AICC Manila Manila Almeria International Construction Corporation Subic (2021)
AMA Online Education Titans Quezon City AMA University Summer (2022)
Burlington EOG Sports /
Muntinlupa Angelis Resort – EOG Sports		 Manila Burlington Industries Philippines Subic (2021) Summer (2022)
Muntinlupa Angelis Resort
Danao City MJAS Zenith /
Medical Depot		 Danao, Cebu MJAS Zenith Trading Subic (2021) Summer (2022)
Davao Occidental Tigers Davao Occidental United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation Subic (2021)
Immaculada Concepcion College Blue Hawks Caloocan — Summer (2022)
Muntinlupa Defenders Muntinlupa — Subic (2021)
Nueva Ecija Bespren Nueva Ecija — Subic (2021)
Nueva Ecija Capitals Nueva Ecija — Summer (2022)
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors Pasig Sta. Lucia Land Inc. Subic (2021) Summer (2022)
San Juan Knights - Go For Gold San Juan Powerball Marketing & Logistics Corporation (Go For Gold) Subic (2021) Summer (2022)
MTrans Buracai de Laiya /
Tanduay Rum Masters 		Batangas City MTrans / Buracai De Laiya Hotel & Resort Subic (2021) Summer (2022)
Tanduay Distillers
Zamboanga Family's Atami Brand Sardines Zamboanga City Universal Canning Inc. Summer (2022)

Venues

YearTournamentArenaLocation
2021 Filbasket Subic Championship Subic Bay Gymnasium Olongapo, Zambales
2022 Filbasket Summer Championship San Jose Del Monte City Sports Complex
Muntinlupa Sports Center
SGS Stadium		 San Jose del Monte, Bulacan
Muntinlupa
Quezon City
Filbasket International Championship MABA Stadium Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Champions

TeamsWinLossTotalEdition(s) wonEdition(s) lost
AICC Manila101 Subic (2021) —
Nueva Ecija Capitals 101 Summer (2022) —
Harimau Malaysia 101 International (2022) —
San Juan Knights 022— Subic (2021), Summer (2022)
KL Aseel011— International (2022)

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