List of Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League champions

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The MPBL Finals, or the MPBL National Finals, is the championship series of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League held at the conclusion of the league's postseason. Since its inception, the National Finals is a best-of-five series. Since the 2019 edition, it is contested between the champions of the North Division and the South Division.

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The team with the higher regular season record is given homecourt advantage in the series. The format currently being used is 2-2-1, where the team with homecourt advantage hosts games 1, 2, and 5.

Five different teams have won the national championship with neither winning more than once. Since the introduction of divisions, three teams did so as a member of the North Division, while one did so as a member of the South Division.

Champions

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of times that team has appeared in the MPBL Finals, as well as each respective teams' MPBL Finals record up to date.

National Finals

North Division championSouth Division champion
YearWinning teamCoachSeriesLosing teamCoachRef.
2019
Rajah Cup
Batangas City
(1, 1–0)
Mac Tan3–1 Muntinlupa
(1, 0–1)
Aldrin Morante [1] [2]
2019
Datu Cup
San Juan
(1, 1–0)
Randy Alcantara3–2 Davao Occidental
(1, 0–1)
Don Dulay [3]
2021 [lower-alpha 1]
Lakan Cup
Davao Occidental
(2, 1–1)
Don Dulay 3–1 San Juan
(2, 1–1)
Randy Alcantara [4]
2022 Nueva Ecija
(1, 1–0)
Jerson Cabiltes3–1 Zamboanga
(1, 0–1)
Vic Ycasiano [5]
2023 Pampanga
(1, 1–0)
Dennis Pineda 3–0 Bacoor City
(1, 0–1)
Alex Angeles [6]
Notes
  1. Postponed from 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Invitational Finals

YearWinning teamCoachScoreLosing teamCoachRef.
2021 Basilan
(1, 1–0)
Jerson Cabiltes83–80 Nueva Ecija
(1, 0–1)
Carlo Tan [7]
2023 Zamboanga
(1, 1–0)
Vic Ycasiano88–80 Nueva Ecija
(2, 0–2)
Jerson Cabiltes [8]
2024 Pampanga
(1, 1–0)
Dennis Pineda 93–75 South Cotabato
(1, 0–1)
Elvis Tolentino [9]

Junior MPBL Finals

North Division championSouth Division champion
Year14-Under Division16-Under Division18-Under Division
Winning teamSeriesLosing teamWinning teamSeriesLosing teamWinning teamSeriesLosing team
2023Cavite City
(1, 1–0)
2–0 Mindoro
(1, 0–1)
Davao
(1, 1–0)
2–0Quezon City
(1, 0–1)
Mandaluyong
(1, 1–0)
2–1Davao
(1, 0–1)

Results by franchise

National Finals

TeamWLApps.PCTYear(s) wonYear(s) lost
Davao Occidental 112.500 2021 2019
San Juan 112.500 2019 2021
Batangas City 1011.000 2018
Nueva Ecija 1011.000 2022
Pampanga 1011.000 2023
Muntinlupa 011.000 2018
Zamboanga 011.000 2022
Bacoor City 011.000 2023

Invitational Finals

TeamWLApps.PCTYear(s) wonYear(s) lost
Basilan 1011.000 2021
Zamboanga 1011.000 2023
Pampanga 1011.000 2024
Nueva Ecija 022.000 2021, 2023
South Cotabato 011.000 2024

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