This is a list of defunct Philippine Basketball Association teams, both regular and guest.
* | Denotes team that won a championship |
Team | Company | Principal owner | Years active | Seasons played | Overall win–loss record | Win % | Championships | Acquired by |
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Carrier/Quasar/Fiberlite | Concepcion Industries, Inc. | José N. Concepcion Sr. | 1975–1976 | 2 | 26–44 | 37.1% | 0 | none |
7-Up (Syjuco group) | Seven-Up Bottling Company of the Philippines | Santiago Syjuco | 1975–1977 | 3 | 25–74 | 25.2% | 0 | Filmanbank |
Filmanbank | Filipinas Manufacturers Bank | Ricardo C. Silverio Sr. | 1978–1979 | 2 | 32–57 | 35.9% | 0 | Galleon Shipping/CDCP |
Galleon Shipping/CDCP | Galleon Shipping Corporation/ Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines | Rodolfo Cuenca | 1980–1981 | 2 | 32–28 | 53.3% | 0 | none |
Tefilin | Filipinas Synthetic Fiber Corporation | Patricio L. Lim Carlos Palanca Jr. | 1980–1981 | 2 | 29–33 | 46.7% | 0 | none |
U/Tex | Universal Textile Mills, Inc. | Patricio L. Lim Walter Euyang Sr. | 1975–1982 | 8 | 210–187 | 52.9% | 2 | Manhattan/Sunkist/Winston/Country Fair |
Mariwasa Noritake/Mariwasa Honda/Finance Inc./Galerie Dominique | Mariwasa/ Galerie Dominique | Emerson CoSeteng/ Nikki CoSeteng | 1975–1983 | 9 | 117–217 | 35.0% | 0 | none |
Toyota | Delta Motor Corporation | Ricardo C. Silverio Sr. | 1975–1983 | 9 | 338–178 | 65.5% | 9 | Beer Hausen/Manila Beer |
Crispa | P. Floro and Sons, Inc. | Pablo B. Floro | 1975–1984 | 10 | 403–186 | 68.4% | 13 | Shell |
Manhattan/Sunkist/Winston/Country Fair | Sanyu Group of Companies | 1983–1984 | 2 | 15–48 | 23.8% | 0 | none | |
Beer Hausen/Manila Beer | Asia Brewery | Lucio Tan | 1984–1986 | 3 | 79–76 | 50.9% | 0 | none |
Tanduay/Yco-Tanduay (Elizalde group) | Elizalde and Company, Inc. | Manolo Elizalde | 1975–1987 | 13 | 3 | Purefoods/Magnolia* | ||
Presto/N-Rich/Great Taste/Tivoli | CFC Corporation | John Gokongwei Jr. Ignacio Gotao | 1975–1992 | 18 | 6 | Sta. Lucia | ||
Pop Cola/Sarsi/Sunkist/Swift | RFM Corporation | Jose Ma. Concepcion III | 1990–2001 | 12 | 4 | Coca-Cola/Powerade | ||
Tanduay (Tan group) | Tanduay Distillers, Inc. | Lucio Tan | 1999–2001 | 3 | 0 | FedEx/Air21/Burger King/Barako Bull Energy | ||
Shell Helix/Shell Rimula X/Shell Azodrin/Pilipinas Shell Oilers/Formula Shell | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation | Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation | 1985–2005 | 21 | 4 | Welcoat/Rain or Shine* | ||
Sta. Lucia | Sta. Lucia Realty & Development Corporation | Exequiel Robles | 1993–2010 | 17 | 2 | Meralco* | ||
Red Bull/Barako Bull | Photokina Marketing Corporation | Tony Chua | 2000–2011 | 10 | 3 | Shopinas.com/Air21 | ||
Coca-Cola/Powerade | Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. | Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. | 2002–2012 | 11 | 2 | GlobalPort/NorthPort* | ||
FedEx/Air21/Burger King/Barako Bull Energy | Airfreight 2100, Inc. | Alberto Lina | 2002–2016 | 14 | 0 | Phoenix* | ||
Shopinas.com/Air21 | Lina Group of Companies | Alberto Lina | 2011–2014 | 3 | 0 | NLEX* | ||
Alaska/Hills Bros. Coffee | Alaska Milk Corporation | Wilfred Steven Uytengsu | 1986–2022 | 35 | 14 | Converge* | ||
*Acquiring team still active
These are the franchise lineage of present PBA teams (present to oldest):
These are the franchise lineage of defunct PBA teams (oldest to latest):
All records of a franchise cease after it is acquired by a new company, except for:
A unique situation regarding the Air21 Express' team records occurred before the start of the 2011–12 season when the Lina Group of Companies acquired the Red Bull/Barako Bull PBA franchise from Photokina Marketing Corporation (along with the "Barako Bull" brand). This team was renamed as the Shopinas.com Clickers. At the same time, the Fedex/Air21/Burger King franchise was renamed "Barako Bull Energy". After the dismal performance of Shopinas.com during the Philippine Cup, the Lina Group decided to rename the team as Air21 Express.
After the two franchises switched names in 2012, the Shopinas.com/Air21 team was now considered as a new team. The team records and transaction history of its predecessor, FedEx/Air21/Burger King, were transferred to the new Barako Bull team. The lineage, team records and championships of the Red Bull/Barako Bull team were not carried over to either of the two franchises, except for the transaction history involving trades which were carried over to the Shopinas.com/Air21 team, following several precedents (the franchise acquisitions between Shell-Welcoat, Sta. Lucia-Meralco and Powerade-GlobalPort).
To create a distinction between the two Air21 franchises, the original is abbreviated as "AIR21" and the second one as "AIR21X" in the official PBA annual, Hardcourt. In some instances, the team records of the original Air21 franchise is "shared" with the second Air21 franchise. An example would be during the jersey retirement of Vergel Meneses – although he played for the original Air21 franchise, his jersey was retired by the second Air21 franchise.
Key: Red = founding franchises; yellow = 1970s; blue = 1980s; orange = 1990s; green = 2000s; purple = 2010s; light purple = 2020s
The TNT Tropang Giga is a professional basketball team currently owned by Smart Communications, a subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), playing in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) since 1990.
The Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots, or simply known as the Magnolia Hotshots, are a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team is owned by San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc., a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation (SMC). The team is one of three PBA ball clubs currently owned by the SMC group of companies, along with Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and the San Miguel Beermen. They have 14 PBA championships, tied with the Alaska Aces for the third-most overall.
The Barako Bull Energy were a Philippine Basketball Association team that began in 2002 as the FedEx Express.
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The Barako Bull Energy Boosters were a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association owned by the Photokina Marketing Corporation. They entered the league in 2000 after a successful stint in the semi-professional Philippine Basketball League during the late 1990s under the name Agfa Color where the team won a championship in 1996. It was originally known as Red Bull Barako before the team announced its name change.
The Powerade Tigers were a professional basketball team that played in the Philippine Basketball Association from 2002 to 2012. The franchise was owned by Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI) when the company acquired Cosmos Bottling Corporation from RFM Corporation. From 2002 to 2010, the team played as the Coca-Cola Tigers. The franchise won two PBA championships.
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The 2008–09 PBA season was the 34th season of the Philippine Basketball Association. The season formally opened on October 4, 2008 and ended on July 17, 2009. This was the first time that the league will hold their opening ceremonies on a Saturday. The league started the season with the 2008-09 Philippine Cup, or the traditional All-Filipino Conference, while capping off the season with the import-laiden 2009 Fiesta Conference.
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The 2012 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) rookie draft was an event held at Robinson's Midtown Mall in Ermita, Manila on August 19, 2012 which allowed PBA teams to draft players from the amateur ranks.
The Gatorade 2014 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Rookie Draft was an event which allowed teams to draft players from the amateur ranks. The event was held at Midtown Atrium, Robinsons Place Manila on August 24, 2014.