Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL)

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 MPBL season
Sport	Basketball
Founded	August 29, 2017;6 years ago (2017-08-29)
Founder	Manny Pacquiao
First season	2018
COO	Zaldy Realubit
Commissioner	Kenneth Duremdes
Motto	Ang Liga Ng Bawat Pilipino (The League of Every Filipino)
No. of teams	29
Country	Philippines
Headquarters	Pasig
Continent	FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	Pampanga Giant Lanterns (1st title)
Most titles	5 teams (1 title each)
TV partner(s)	Cignal TV Media Pilipinas TV Pilipinas Live Facebook YouTube

The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines consisting of 29 teams.

Founded in 2017 by eight-division boxing world champion Manny Pacquiao, the MPBL is not intended to be a competitor to the top-flight Philippine Basketball Association, but rather to provide a gateway for local, homegrown talents to showcase their skills. The league uses a home-and-away format, similar to the defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association. ^[1] The MPBL started a semi-professional league before being granted professional status in 2021 by the Games and Amusements Board. ^[2]

Further developments include the youth-oriented Junior MPBL, which launched in July 2023, ^[3] and a volleyball counterpart called the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA), which launched in October 2023. ^[4]

The Pampanga Giant Lanterns are the current defending champions, beating the Bacoor City Strikers in three games during the 2023 MPBL Finals.

History

Founding

Pacquiao formally launched the MPBL on August 29, 2017, with the intent to feature both the commercial and barangay-level side, with teams on the commercial side to have a home locality in addition to a corporate sponsor. ^{[5] [6]} The plan was for the league to begin with Luzon-based teams only and then expand to Visayas and Mindanao later on. The expanded league would have two divisions, North and South, where one team from both divisions face in a finals series similar to the format of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in North America. ^[1] The league was planned to start as early as September 23, 2017 with at least six teams. ^[7] A preseason tournament was held with the Bulacan Kuyas finishing as champions. ^[8] Snow Badua was the league's inaugural commissioner, but he did not take on the role when the first season eventually began as six-time PBA champion Kenneth Duremdes succeeeded Badua as league commissioner on November 22, 2017.

Semi-professional era

The Smart Araneta Coliseum served as the venue for the league's inaugural gameday on January 25, 2018.

The MPBL began its inaugural season on January 25, 2018 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The inaugural season featured ten teams, all based in Luzon, with the requirement of each team having three homegrown players. ^{[9] [10]} In the opening game, the Parañaque Patriots scored a 70–60 victory over the Caloocan Supremos. ^[11] The playoffs only had eight teams due to the small size, concluding with the Batangas City Athletics winning the inaugural title in the 2018 Finals against the Muntinlupa Cagers

In the 2018–19 season, the league added sixteen expansion teams, bringing the total to 26 teams. Five of the sixteen expansions are based in Visayas and Mindanao, thus marking the league's national expansion. ^{[12] [13]} The North and South Divisions were introduced and the playoff pool doubled to sixteen teams, eight per division. ^[14] The league also placed roster restrictions on teams, only allowing one Filipino-foreigner and up to five ex-professional players, the former of which caused criticism from players and fans. ^[15] This season also saw the inaugural edition of the MPBL All-Star Game, which was held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. The San Juan Knights would win the title that season against the Davao Occidental Tigers in the 2019 National Finals, which is to date, the only series to go the full length of five games.

The following 2019–20 season featured 31 teams participating in the league, the most the league had in its history, adding six expansion teams but also saw its first departing team, the Mandaluyong El Tigre. Roster restrictions were also relaxed, allowing more Filipino-foreigners and ex-professional players to play in the league. ^[16] In December 2019, Chooks-to-Go of Bounty Agro Ventures became the title sponsor of the league under what was initially a five-year deal. ^[17]

COVID-19 disruption

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, the league suspended play on March 12, 2020. Nearly a year later, on March 6, 2021, the league announced the resumption of its playoffs. The remainder of the league's 2020 playoffs was held at a bubble at the Subic Bay Gymnasium. ^[18] In a rematch of the 2019 National Finals series, the Davao Occidental Tigers won the 2021 National Finals against the San Juan Knights.

Because of the restrictions imposed by the government due to the pandemic, the league's 2020–21 season would be cancelled. The league's fourth season would be postponed multiple times before it eventually began in 2022. ^{[19] [20]} In October 2021, Chooks-to-Go took over the league's basketball operations. ^[17]

Professional era

On November 9, 2021, it was announced that the MPBL would turn into a professional league. A month later, on December 9, 2021, the MPBL was granted professional status by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB). ^[2] This also allowed the league to feature collegiate players on team rosters, as long as the player itself is a Special Guest Licensee. The league's first professional event was the 2021 Invitational. During which, all roster restrictions were lifted. ^{[21] [22]}

The 2022 season would finally begin over a year after last season's conclusion, which featured 22 of the 31 teams from the previous season. The season marked a new sponsorship with sports betting platform OKBet, succeeding Chooks-to-Go as the title sponsor. ^[23] The Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards became the first team to achieve a regular season sweep and subsequently won the 2022 National Finals against the Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines. The succeeding 2023 season featured 29 teams, including two expansion teams and five returning teams. ^[24] The season culminated with the homegrown-laden Pampanga Giant Lanterns sweeping the Bacoor City Strikers in the 2023 National Finals.

During this time, a trend began of teams participating in other leagues during the MPBL offseason. This first occurred in FilBasket during the Subic 2021 and Summer 2022 championships, which saw multiple teams participate due to the long gap between the 2019–20 and 2022 seasons. ^{[25] [26]} In recent years, teams that were eliminated for the season would compete in the Pilipinas Super League (PSL) during the offseason. ^[27]

The upcoming 2024 season features29 teams, which includes the arrival of two expansion teams but also the departure of three teams. The ex-professional player limit will also be removed, allowing teams to sign any number of professional players onto their rosters. ^[28]

Further developments

Following the success of the MPBL, Pacquiao has made further developments in grassroots-based sports. On June 15, 2023, the Junior MPBL was unveiled in a press conference. The youth-oriented league's inaugural season began on July 9, 2023 with teams competing in 14-under, 16-under, and 18-under divisions. ^[29] The junior league will soon feature a 21-under division, billed as the "Junior MPBL D-League", which will commence in May 2024. In the same press conference announcing the junior league, Pacquiao also shared intent to create a volleyball counterpart similar to the MPBL that will cater to female players. ^[3] That league would be known as the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA) and began on October 22, 2023 with eight teams. ^{[4] [30]}

On November 7, 2023, the league launched its social arm, the MPBL Kalinga, with the goal of providing medical assistance to MPBL players, former and current, as well as league officials and staff. ^[31]

Teams

See also: Timeline of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League

The MPBL began with ten Luzon-based teams in 2018, which was then increased to 26 teams following the national expansion in 2018–19. As of 2024, the league currently has 29 active member teams.

The league divides the teams into two divisions based on geographic location: the North Division and the South Division. Metro Manila has the most teams out of any region with nine followed by Calabarzon with five and Central Luzon with four. In terms of island groups, most of the teams are located in Luzon, which has 22 teams. Meanwhile, Mindanao has four teams while Visayas has three.

Current

Caloocan Manila Marikina Muntinlupa Parañaque Pasay Quezon City San Juan Valenzuela class=notpageimage| Locations of teams based in Metro Manila

Abra Bataan Batangas City Bicolandia Bulacan Imus Biñan Nueva Ecija Mindoro Pampanga Pangasinan Quezon Rizal class=notpageimage| Locations of teams based in Luzon

Bacolod and Negros Iloilo class=notpageimage| Locations of teams based in Visayas

Davao Occidental Sarangani South Cotabato Zamboanga class=notpageimage| Locations of teams based in Mindanao

Overview of MPBL teams

Division	Team	Locality	Home venue(s)	Capacity	First season	Head coach
North Division	Abra Weavers	Abra	To be announced		2024	Jonathan Banal
	Bataan Risers	Bataan	Bataan People's Center	4,000	2018	Rene Baena
			Orion Sports Complex	N/A
	Bulacan Kuyas	Bulacan	Bulacan Capitol Gymnasium	5,000	2018	Jonathan Reyes
	Caloocan Batang Kankaloo	Caloocan	Caloocan Sports Complex	3,000	2018	Alexander Angeles
	Manila Batang Sampaloc	Sampaloc, Manila	San Andres Sports Complex (Malate)	3,000	2018–19	Gabby Severino
	Marikina Shoemasters	Marikina	Marikina Sports Center	7,000	2018–19	Rysal Castro
	Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards	Nueva Ecija	Nueva Ecija Coliseum	3,000	2019–20	Don Dulay
	Pampanga Giant Lanterns	Pampanga	Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center	3,000	2018–19	Dennis Pineda
	Pangasinan Heatwaves	Pangasinan	Calasiao Sports Complex	4,000	2024	Jerson Cabiltes
	Pasay Voyagers	Pasay	Cuneta Astrodome	12,000	2018–19	Marlon Martin
	Quezon City Toda Aksyon	Quezon City	Blue Eagle Gym	7,500	2018	Egay Macaraya
			JCSGO Christian Academy	1,000
	Rizal Golden Coolers	Rizal	Ynares Center	7,400	2018–19	Ralph Rivera
			One Arena	N/A
	San Juan Knights	San Juan	Filoil EcoOil Centre	5,500	2018–19	Randy Alcantara
	Valenzuela Classic	Valenzuela	WES Arena	N/A	2018	Aldrin Morante
South Division	Bacolod City of Smiles	Bacolod, Negros Occidental	La Salle Coliseum	8,000	2019–20	Alex Cabagnot
	Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters	Batangas City, Batangas	Batangas City Coliseum	4,000	2018	Cholo Villanueva
			Batangas State University	2,500
	Bicolandia Oragons	Bicol Region	Ibalong Centrum for Recreation	8,000	2019–20	Raymond Valenzona
			Albay Astrodome	8,000
	Biñan Tatak Gel	Biñan, Laguna	Alonte Sports Arena	6,500	2018–19 [lower-alpha 1]	Boyet Fernandez
	Davao Occidental Tigers	Davao Occidental [lower-alpha 2]	To be announced		2018–19	Manu Iñigo
	Iloilo United Royals	Iloilo	Passi City Arena	2,000	2019–20	MC Abolucion
	Imus Agimat	Imus, Cavite	Imus Sports Complex	1,000	2018 [lower-alpha 1]	Jun Da Jose
	Mindoro Tamaraws	Mindoro Island	Sentrong Pangkabataan	N/A	2019–20	JR Cawaling
	Muntinlupa Cagers	Muntinlupa	Muntinlupa Sports Center	3,000	2018	Mixson Ramos
	Negros Muscovados	Negros Island	La Salle Coliseum	8,000	2023 [lower-alpha 3]	Bonnie Garcia
	Parañaque Patriots	Parañaque	Olivarez College	3,500	2018	Michael Saguiguit
			Villar Coliseum (Las Piñas)	N/A
	Quezon Huskers	Quezon	Quezon Convention Center	7,000	2023	Eric Gonzales
	Sarangani Marlins	Sarangani	Sarangani Capitol Gymnasium	N/A	2019–20	John Kallos
	South Cotabato Warriors	South Cotabato	Lagao Gymnasium	6,000	2018–19	Elvis Tolentino
	Zamboanga Master Sardines	Zamboanga Peninsula	Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum	12,000	2018–19	Louie Alas

Inactive

Team	Locality	First season	Last season
Bacoor City Strikers	Bacoor, Cavite	2018–19	2023
Basilan Steel	Basilan	2018–19	2019–20 [lower-alpha 4]
Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol	Cebu	2018–19	2019–20
Makati OKBet Kings	Makati	2018–19	2023
Mandaluyong El Tigre	Mandaluyong	2018–19
Navotas Uni-Pak Sardines	Navotas	2018	2019–20
Pasig City MCW Sports	Pasig	2018–19	2023
Tarlac United Force	Tarlac	2024 [lower-alpha 5]

Notes

1. The Biñan Tatak Gel (previously known as Imus SV Squad until 2023) are considered a continuation of the Laguna/Biñan franchise, being an expansion team in 2018–19. The Imus Agimat are regarded as a charter team in 2018.
2. The Davao Occidental Tigers never played any home games within the province itself. Instead, the team plays its home games across the Davao Region.
3. The Negros Muscovados first competed in the 2021 Invitational.
4. The Basilan Steel also competed in the 2021 Invitational.
5. The Tarlac United Force withdrew before their first game of the 2024 season due to not being able to fulfill the league's financial obligations to join the following season.

Junior teams

Division	Team	Locality	First season	Professional side
North Division	Antipolo JY Titans	Antipolo, Rizal	Season 1 (2023)	—
	JT Bulacan Taipan	Bulacan	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Malabon Fisher Mall	Malabon	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Mandaluyong Junior Microsmith	Mandaluyong	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Manila Pirates	Manila	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Marikina Junior Shoemasters	Marikina	Season 1 (2023)	Marikina Shoemasters
	Mindoro Junior Disiplinados	Mindoro	Season 1 (2023)	Mindoro Disiplinados
	Pampanga Giant Lanterns	Pampanga	Season 1 (2023)	Pampanga Giant Lanterns
	Quezon City 828 Junior Giants	Quezon City	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Rizal Switch Fiber	Rizal	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Valenzuela Classic Jr.	Valenzuela	Season 1 (2023)	Valenzuela Classic
South Division	Batangas City Barakitos	Batangas City, Batangas	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Bauan Cafe Uno	Bauan, Batangas	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Cavite City Aces Solar	Cavite City, Cavite	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Dasmariñas Don Pacundo Hoops	Dasmariñas, Cavite	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Davao Red Cubs	Davao City, Davao del Sur	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Imus AJAA Ballers	Imus, Cavite	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Las Piñas Whitening Warriors	Las Piñas	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Leyte XUR Homes	Leyte	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Muntinlupa JKLV Emeralds	Muntinlupa	Season 1 (2023)	—
	Quezon Junior Huskers	Quezon	Season 1 (2023)	Quezon Huskers
	San Pedro Spartans	San Pedro, Laguna	Season 1 (2023)	—

Future

Team	Locality	First season
Biñan Junior MPBL Team	Biñan, Laguna	Season 2 (2024)
Makabagong San Juan Mighty Warriors	San Juan	Season 2 (2024)
Palawan Yurich Builders	Palawan	Season 2 (2024)
Team SiKat Zamboanga City	Zamboanga City	Season 2 (2024)

Roster regulations

There is no draft held during the off-season, instead, teams acquire their players through the signing of contracts. Teams must have a minimum of 15 players in their roster, with the maximum being 22. In each game, however, teams can only field a 15-man roster into the court. All local players are eligible, although teams can also sign up to two Filipino-foreigners. The league currently doesn't allow imports to join the league. ^[32]

Being based in the grassroots level, each team is required to have at least three homegrown players who come from the team's home locality. Since 2022, with the transition to professional status, the league has also allowed collegiate players to join as long as the player is granted a Special Guest License from the Games and Amusement Board. ^[33] (Starting June 1, 2024, the NCAA will no longer allow SGLs to play professionally.) ^{[34] [35]}

Prior to 2024, the league also had an ex-professional player limit, where teams are only allowed to sign a limited number of players with prior professional experience. This was replaced with an ex-PBA player limit in 2022, and in 2024, the limit was removed entirely. ^[28]

Season format

Preseason

Before the regular season begins, an invitational tournament is usually held as part of the preseason. The tournament is divided into two phases: the group stage and the playoffs. In the group stage, the participating teams are divided into multiple groups, where each team will play against their group opponents once. The top two teams of each group advance to a single-elimination playoffs.

Regular season

The regular season utilizes a single round-robin tournament format, where each team plays against all of the other teams once, regardless of division alignment. Two or three games are scheduled each day to be played in a single venue, thus a majority of the league's games are considered neutral-site games. The home team typically plays in the final game, although on some occasions, it may also be a neutral-site game. The league also schedules series of out-of-town games throughout the regular season, known as Invasion series, where consecutive gamedays take place in areas that league doesn't visit often, such as Visayas and Mindanao. Invasion series also covers the league's international games.

Near the end of the regular season, the league holds its seasonal All-Star Game. Two teams representing the North and South Divisions are composed of fifteen players from each division, all of whom are declared as the season's all-stars. Alongside the All-Star Game are the various festivities held at the same day, including the Executives' Game, Three-Point Shootout, and Slam Dunk Contest.

The league uses FIBA rules for all of its games. Since 2022, teams are ranked by number of wins instead of winning percentage.

Playoffs

Since the 2018–19 season, top eight teams in each division advance to the playoffs. Should there be any ties, the league uses the standard FIBA tiebreaker criteria.

In the First Round or the Division Quarterfinals, the first seed matches with the eighth seed, the second seed with the seventh seed, the third seed with the sixth seed, and the fourth seed with the fifth seed. The Division Semifinals will then have the winner of the 1–8 series match with the winner of the 4–5 series, and the winner of the 2–7 series with the winner of the 3–6 series. The winners of both series then meet in the Division Finals. All three divisional rounds are played in best-of-three series.

The champions of each division will then meet in the final round, dubbed as the MPBL Finals or the MPBL National Finals, where the two teams play in a best-of-five series to determine the series champion.

Homecourt advantage

During the first two rounds of the playoffs, two games from within the same division are played in the same gameday at the same venue. Because of this, a different system is used to determine homecourt advantage for those two rounds, shown in the table below. The Division Finals uses a 1–1–1 format, while the National Finals uses a 2–2–1 format.

Seed		Court
Div. Quarterfinals	Div. Semifinals	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3
1st	Highest	Home	Neutral	Home
2nd				Home or Neutral
3rd	Second-highest	Neutral	Home
4th
5th	Second-lowest	Neutral	Away	Away or Neutral
6th
7th	Lowest	Away	Neutral
8th				Away

Notes

• If one or two series feature a game 3, the highest-seeded remaining team hosts the games.
• If more than two series feature a game 3, the two highest-seeded remaining teams host the games.

Awards

The league also gives out its end-of-season awards during the National Finals, which includes the Most Valuable Player Award, which is awarded to the best performing player of the regular season.

Right after the National Finals, the league also gives out the Finals Most Valuable Player Award to the best performing player of the series as well as the Coach of the Year to the head coach of the winning team.

Championships

Main article: List of Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League champions

†	Team has since departed the league

Teams	Win	Loss	Total	Year(s) won	Year(s) lost
San Juan	1	1	2	2019	2021
Davao Occidental	1	1	2	2021	2019
Batangas City	1	0	1	2018	—
Nueva Ecija	1	0	1	2022	—
Pampanga	1	0	1	2023	—
Muntinlupa	0	1	1	—	2018
Zamboanga	0	1	1	—	2022
Bacoor City†	0	1	1	—	2023

Junior MPBL

Year	Season	Age group	Champion	Runner-up
2023	Season 1	14-Under	Cavite City Aces Solar	Mindoro Junior Disiplinados
		16-Under	Davao Red Cubs	Quezon City 828 Junior Giants
		18-Under	Mandaluyong Junior Microsmith	Davao Red Cubs

Media coverage

The MPBL employs its own broadcast team for all games, with the broadcast feed and commentary shared across all platforms.

Current

Since 2022, Cignal TV holds the television broadcast rights to the MPBL and all of its games. As of 2024, all games are aired live on Media Pilipinas TV (MPTV). The games are also streamed on Cignal's Pilipinas Live streaming service. The league broadcasts all of the games online via its official Facebook page and YouTube channel.

Former

Prior to Cignal's current deal, ABS-CBN held the broadcast rights of the league from 2018 until 2021. ^[36] Games during that time were broadcast on ABS-CBN, A2Z, S+A, Liga, and its various regional stations in local markets, The Filipino Channel broadcast the games for international markets, and iWantTFC streamed the games worldwide. These broadcast rights came to a halt due to the network's franchise renewal controversy, which forced the league to award the broadcast rights to a new network.

Other networks which broadcast the MPBL before Cignal's tenure include Fox Sports Asia, which held the broadcast rights for Monday games throughout the 2018–19 season. Afterwards, it was the IBC broadcasting all games during the 2021 Invitational, with TAP DMV's TAP Go service streaming the games.

Commissioners

Kenneth Duremdes, MPBL commissioner since November 2017.

No.	Commissioner	Tenure
		From	To
1	Snow Badua	August 29, 2017	November 22, 2017
2	Kenneth Duremdes	November 22, 2017	incumbent

See also

• Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association – the MPBL's volleyball counterpart
• List of MPBL champions
• List of MPBL records
• List of MPBL awards
• List of MPBL seasons

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External links

• Genius Sports – scores and statistics