Philippine Collegiate Champions League

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Philippine Collegiate Champions League
Philippine Collegiate Champions League logo.png
Sport Basketball
Founded2002
No. of teams8 (Finals)
~250 (Qualifying)
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Most recent
champion(s)
Ateneo Blue Eagles (5)
Most titles Ateneo (5)
TV partner(s)none (via livestreaming through PCCL's Facebook and YouTube accounts)
Related
competitions
CESAFI, ISAA, ISSA, NAASCU, NCAA, NCAA South, NCRAA, NOPSSCEA, PRISAA, SCUAA, UAAP, UCAA, UCLAA, BBEAL, BBL, COSAA, DPSAA, DCIBL, LUSCAA, QPSBA
Official website CollegiateChampionsLeague.net

The Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) is a national collegiate basketball championship league in the Philippines. Its tournament, known as the "National Collegiate Championship" (NCC) is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation. The league's format varies every season with 250 teams coming from nine different regional areas nationwide. [1]

Contents

History

It was originally established in 2002 as the Collegiate Champions League (CCL). Reynaldo Gamboa, former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) chairman and team governor for the Shell Turbo Chargers was named as the chairman of the tournament, while former national coach Joe Lipa served as the tournament director and commissioner. In 2008, the national governing body of basketball in the Philippines, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) sanctioned the CCL and was renamed into the Philippine Collegiate Champions League in which the organizers of the old CCL were retained.

Teams from the UAAP had dominated the tournament, winning ten (10) out of the twelve (12) championships contested, with the remainder being won by teams from the NCAA. UAAP and NCAA teams are given four, and the CESAFI one, outright slots in the round of 16 berths. No UAAP champion vs. NCAA champion meeting took place in the finals, although a finals between the UAAP champion and the NCAA runner-up was contested in 2003 (FEU vs. San Sebastian), 2011 (Ateneo vs. San Sebastian)and 2019 (Ateneo vs. San Beda), UAAP and CESAFI champions contested the finals in 2018, and both finalists in the UAAP contested the 2008 and 2012 championship while NCAA finalists would later contested in 2018.

In 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Finals were played in a best-of-3 series; the others were one-off games (2004-2008); no third-place game was held on the first two tournaments. The contest was not held in 2005. In 2011, the single round robin Final Four match-up was introduced with the team with the most wins will have a twice-to-beat incentive in the Finals. However, in 2012, it was changed to whichever team to first get two (2) wins will automatically advanced to the Finals with the Finals without any incentives and with the Finals being played in a best-of-three series.

Due to time constraints, the championship of the 2015 tournament was cancelled. Instead, the winners of the semifinal round were declared as co-champions.

There was no tournament held in 2016 due to the changes adopted in the UAAP calendar.

The national championship returned in 2017 and adopted an elite-eight tournament format. The top two teams from UAAP and NCAA, together with the CESAFI champion were seeded automatically. The three remaining slots were given to the champions of the Luzon, NCR and Mindanao regional tournaments.

In 2018, changes in the tournament format were made to give provincial teams a fair chance to be in the championship round. The champions of UAAP and NCAA were placed in a separate group while the rest of the qualified teams, including the CESAFI champion will be placed in a separate tournament group that will first determine the champions for North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The eventual winner of this group will face-off with the winner of the UAAP/NCAA group to determine the national champion.

From 2017 to 2018, the PCCL held its 3x3 basketball tournament, in parallel to its regular national championship. The PCCL's version of its 3x3 tournament has similar rules with the BIG3 tournament. Regional 3x3 tournaments were held in North and South Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. In 2018, the official FIBA 3x3 rules were followed.

Tournament results

5-on-5

Per tournament

SeasonFinalsThird-place gameMost Valuable Player
ChampionScoresRunners-upThird placeScoresFourth place
2003 UE Red Warriors (UAAP)82–58
57–55
FEU Tamaraws (UAAP) UST Growling Tigers (UAAP)No third place gameNot awarded
2004 FEU Tamaraws (UAAP)81–77
89–81
San Sebastian Stags (NCAA) Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)
St. Francis Doves (NCRAA/UCAA)
2005 FEU Tamaraws (UAAP)69–49 UE Red Warriors (UAAP) UV Green Lancers (CESAFI)65–64 PCU Dolphins (NCAA)
2006 UE Red Warriors (UAAP)66–59 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) JRU Heavy Bombers (NCAA)76–72 [2] Mapúa Cardinals (NCAA)
2007 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)71–54 UV Green Lancers (CESAFI) STI Olympians (NAASCU)87–81 (OT) UST Growling Tigers (UAAP)
2008 De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP)71–62 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) Letran Knights (NCAA)75–67 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) JVee Casio  (La Salle)
2009 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)70–75
90–63
74–70
FEU Tamaraws (UAAP) San Beda Red Lions (NCAA)91–85 San Sebastian Stags (NCAA) Jai Reyes  (Ateneo)
2010 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)78–80
70–59
73–67
Adamson Soaring Falcons (UAAP) De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP)82–71 UC Webmasters (CESAFI) Nico Salva  (Ateneo)
2011 San Sebastian Stags (NCAA)51–56
73–67
Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) San Beda Red Lions (NCAA)82–69 UC Webmasters (CESAFI) Ian Sangalang  (San Sebastian)
2012 UST Growling Tigers (UAAP)82–76
69–70
81–76
Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) San Beda Red Lions (NCAA)64–56 SWU Cobras (CESAFI) Jeric Teng  (UST)
2013 De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP)64–54
70–61
SWU Cobras (CESAFI) FEU Tamaraws (UAAP) [lower-alpha 1] San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) Jeron Teng  (La Salle)
2014 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA)88–81
73–66
De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP) UV Green Lancers (CESAFI)63–60 USC Warriors (CESAFI)Ola Adeogun (San Beda)
2015 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA)
FEU Tamaraws (UAAP)
Co-champions [lower-alpha 2] Letran Knights (NCAA)
USC Warriors (CESAFI)
Joint runners-up [lower-alpha 2] Ken Holmqvist (FEU)
2016No tournament heldNo tournament heldNo tournament held
2017 Lyceum Pirates (NCAA)70–66 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA)No third placer Jaycee Marcelino  (Lyceum)
2018 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)95–71 UV Green Lancers (CESAFI) Isaac Go  (Ateneo)
2019 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)57–46 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) UV Green Lancers (CESAFI)93–63 UP Fighting Maroons (UAAP) SJ Belangel  (Ateneo)
2020CanceledCancelednone
2021No tournament heldNo tournament heldNo tournament held
2022No tournament heldNo tournament heldNo tournament held
Notes
  1. No third place game in 2013. FEU was declared as the second runner-up over SBC due to the win-over-the-other rule.
  2. 1 2 In 2015, it was announced that two winners of the semifinals matches will be the co-champions of the tournament. The supposed finals title match was cancelled due to Typhoon Nona. Both FEU and San Beda are co-champions for this tournament. [3] [4] [5]

Medal table

RankTeamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo Blue Eagles 5319
2FEU colors.svg  FEU Tamaraws 3216
3San Beda colors.svg  San Beda Red Lions 2338
4La Salle colors.svg  De La Salle Green Archers 2114
5UE colors.svg  UE Red Warriors 2103
6SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian Stags 1102
7UST colors.svg  UST Growling Tigers 1012
8Lyceum colors.svg  Lyceum Pirates 1001
9La Salle colors.svg UV Green Lancers 0235
10Adamson colors.svg  Adamson Soaring Falcons 0101
Mapua colors.svg SWU Cobras 0101
12Letran colors.svg  Letran Knights 0022
13JRU colors.svg  JRU Heavy Bombers 0011
JRU colors.svg STI Olympians 0011
San Beda colors.svg Saint Francis Doves 0011
FEU colors.svg USC Warriors 0011
Totals (16 entries)17151648

Per league

Regional champions

YearLuzonVisMin/Southern Islands
2010Letran Knights

Lyceum Pirates

NU Bulldogs

UE Red Warriors

USC Warriors

UI Wildcats

2011San Sebastian StagsUC Webmasters
2013FEU TamarawsSWU Cobras
2014De La Salle Green ArchersUV Green Lancers
YearNorth/Central LuzonNCRSouth Luzon/BicolVisayasMindanao
2011U-Pang FlamesDe La Salle Green Archers

NU Bulldogs

UB BrahmansAMA Ormoc TitansSTI-CDO Olympians
2017LNU DukesSan Sebastian StagsNCF Tigersn/aHTC GenSan Wildcats
2018DHVTSU WildcatsLetran KnightsNCF TigersCSAV TitansHTC GenSan Wildcats
2019DHVTSU WildcatsDiliman Blue DragonsAnnunciation PanthersAC LightningsHTC GenSan Wildcats

3x3

YearChampionScoreRunner-upThird place
2017 Arellano
(NCAA)
42–24 Fatima (NAASCU) UV (CESAFI)
2018Holy Child College of Davao2–0
(best-of-three)
La Finns Scholastica UNC

Results from 2004 to 2007

2004–05 CCL

The third season of the CCL began on February 11, 2005, with Philippine Basketball League's Chino Trinidad as the Commissioner.

Participating teams

Seeded atTeamLeagueNotesEliminated at
Semifinals Philippine Christian University Dolphins NCAA NCAA championSemifinals (Eliminated by UE)
Quarterfinals Far Eastern University Tamaraws UAAP UAAP champion [6] Champions (Finals vs. UE)
Quarterfinals University of the Visayas Green Lancers CESAFI CESAFI championSemifinals (Eliminated by FEU)
Quarterfinals University of Perpetual Help Rizal Altas NCAA NCAA runner-upQuarterfinals (Eliminated by UE)
Third Round Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles UAAP UAAP 3rd placeThird Round (Eliminated by UP)
Second Round Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights NCAA NCAA 3rd placeSecond Round (Eliminated by UP)
Second Round University of the East Red Warriors UAAP UAAP 4th placeFinals (Defeated by FEU)
Second Round University of San Jose - Recoletos Jaguars CESAFI CESAFI runner-upSecond Round (Eliminated by UC)
Unseeded University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons [7] UAAP UAAP 5th placeQuarterfinals (Eliminated by FEU)
Unseeded University of Southern Philippines Panthers CESAFI CESAFI 3rd placeFirst Round (Eliminated by UMindanao)
Unseeded West Negros College Mustangs NOPSSCEA NOPSSCEA championFirst Round (Eliminated by UC)
Unseeded San Beda College Red Lions NCAA NCAA 4th placeSecond Round (Eliminated by UE)
Unseeded Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals UCAA UCAA championFirst Round (Eliminated by UP)
Unseeded University of Mindanao WildcatsDavao PRISAA Davao PRISAA ChampionQuarterfinals (Eliminated by UV)
Unseeded University of Cebu Webmasters CESAFI CESAFI 4th placeThird Round (Eliminated by UP)
Unseeded University of Manila Hawks NAASCU NAASCU championFirst Round (Eliminated by San Beda)

Bracket

First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
                      
February 11/13
EAC colors.svg  EAC 55
February 15/17
UP colors.svg  UP 78
Letran colors.svg  Letran 41
UP colors.svg  UP 52
February 19
UP colors.svg  UP 77
Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo 55
February 15/22
UP colors.svg  UP 56
FEU colors.svg  FEU 78
February 24
FEU colors.svg  FEU 85
February 11/13
La Salle colors.svg UV 71
U of Mindanao 93
USP 74
February 15/22
U of Mindanao 74
La Salle colors.svg UV 84
February 27
FEU colors.svg  FEU 69
February 11/13
UE colors.svg  UE 49
UC 109
February 15/17
WNC 83
USJ-R colors.svg  USJR 70
UC 81
February 19
UC 69
UE colors.svg  UE 78
February 15/17
UE colors.svg  UE 70
February 11/13
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 55
UM 79
February 15/22
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 85
UE colors.svg  UE 71
UPHD colors.svg  Perpetual 59
February 24
UE colors.svg  UE 72
PCU colors.svg  PCU 67 Third place
February 27
La Salle colors.svg UV 65
PCU colors.svg  PCU 64
 2005 PCCL champions 
FEU Tamaraws
Second title

2006–07 CCL

The 4th Collegiate Champions League began on October 5, 2006

Participating teams

SeedTeamLeagueNotesEliminated at
1 Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles UAAP UAAP runner-upQuarterfinals (eliminated by Mapúa)
2 San Beda College Red Lions NCAA NCAA championFinals (defeated by UE)
3 University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers UAAP UAAP championRound of 16 (eliminated by JRU)
4 Philippine Christian University Dolphins NCAA NCAA runner-upQuarterfinals (eliminated by UE)
5 University of the East Red Warriors UAAP UAAP 3rd placeChampions (Finals vs. San Beda)
6 Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights NCAA NCAA 3rd placeQuarterfinals (eliminated by JRU)
7 Adamson University Soaring Falcons UAAP UAAP 4th placeRound of 16 (eliminated by UV)
8 Mapua Institute of Technology Cardinals NCAA NCAA 4th placeSemifinals (eliminated by UE)
9 Saint Francis of Assisi College System Doves NCRAA NCRAA championRound of 16 (eliminated by Mapúa)
10 University of the Visayas Green Lancers CESAFI Visayas-Mindanao qualifierQuarterfinals (eliminated by San Beda)
11 University of Cebu Webmasters CESAFI Visayas-Mindanao qualifierRound of 16 (eliminated by Letran)
12 Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals UCAA UCAA championRound of 16 (eliminated by UE)
13 AMA Computer University Titans NAASCU NAASCU championRound of 16 (eliminated by PCU)
14 José Rizal University Heavy Bombers NCAA NCAA 6th place - Wildcard Semifinals (eliminated by San Beda)
15 National University Bulldogs UAAP UAAP 7th place - Wildcard Round of 16 (eliminated by San Beda)
16 PMI Colleges Admirals CUSA CUSA champion - Wildcard Round of 16 (eliminated by Ateneo)

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
October 6 — Blue Eagle Gym
 
 
Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo 87
 
October 14 — Rizal Coliseum
 
Letran colors.svg PMI 73
 
Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo 66
 
October 5 — EAC Gym
 
Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa 70
 
Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa 77
 
October 19 — Rizal Coliseum
 
UE colors.svg St. Francis 60
 
Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa 73
 
October 10 — St. Placid's Gym
 
UE colors.svg  UE 84
 
PCU colors.svg  PCU 95
 
October 13 — Rizal Coliseum
 
JRU colors.svg AMACU 88
 
PCU colors.svg  PCU 55
 
October 5 — EAC Gym
 
UE colors.svg  UE 74
 
UE colors.svg  UE 84
 
October 22 — Rizal Coliseum
 
EAC colors.svg  EAC 60
 
UE colors.svg  UE 66
 
October 10 — St. Placid's Gym
 
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 59
 
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 75
 
October 13 — Rizal Coliseum
 
NU colors.svg  NU 72
 
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 84
 
October 9 — UST Gym
 
La Salle colors.svg UV 68
 
Adamson colors.svg  Adamson 67
 
October 19 — Rizal Coliseum
 
La Salle colors.svg UV 70
 
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 61
 
October 9 — UST Gym
 
JRU colors.svg  JRU 58 Third place
 
UST colors.svg  UST 63
 
October 14 — Rizal Coliseum October 22 — Rizal Coliseum
 
JRU colors.svg  JRU 65
 
JRU colors.svg  JRU 64Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa 72
 
October 6 — Blue Eagle Gym
 
Letran colors.svg  Letran 58 JRU colors.svg  JRU 76
 
Letran colors.svg  Letran 81
 
 
Ateneo colors.svg UC 71
 
 2006 PCCL champions 
UE Red Warriors
Second title
Visayas–Mindanao qualifying series

All games were held at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City.

Semi-finalsFinal
      
2
UC
93
1
USC
90
2
WNC
 ?
3
UC
 ?
Semi-finalsFinal
      
3
UMin
68
1
UV
83
2
USJR
 ?
3
UMin
 ?

2007–08 CCL

The 5th Collegiate Champions League started on November 10, 2007.

Participating teams

SeedTeamLeagueNotesEliminated at
1 De La Salle University-Manila Green Archers [8] UAAP UAAP championRound of 16 (Forfeit)
2 San Beda College Red Lions NCAA NCAA championQuarterfinals (Eliminated by UST)
3 Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles UAAP UAAP 3rd place
Unigames runner-up
Champions (Finals vs. UV)
4 University of the East Red Warriors [8] UAAP UAAP runner-upRound of 16 (Forfeit)
5 Far Eastern University Tamaraws UAAP UAAP 5th place
Unigames champion - Wildcard
Quarterfinals (Eliminated by STI)
6 José Rizal University Heavy Bombers NCAA NCAA 3rd placeQuarterfinals (Eliminated by Ateneo de Manila)
7 University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers UAAP UAAP 4th placeSemi-finals (Eliminated by Ateneo de Manila)
8 University of the Visayas Green Lancers CESAFI CESAFI championFinals (Defeated by Ateneo de Manila)
9 Lyceum of the Philippines University Pirates WNCAA WNCAA championRound of 16 (Eliminated by UV)
10 Mapúa Institute of Technology Cardinals NCAA NCAA 4th placeRound of 16 (Eliminated by UST)
11 West Negros College Mustangs NOPSSCEA NOPSSCEA champion
Unigames 3rd Place [9]
Round of 16 (Eliminated by JRU)
12 Manuel L. Quezon University Stallions CUSA CUSA championRound of 16 (Eliminated by FEU)
13 STI College Olympians NAASCU NAASCU championSemi-finals (Eliminated by UV)
14 San Sebastian College - Recoletos Stags NCAA NCAA 5th placeRound of 16 (Eliminated by Ateneo de Manila)
15 Sacred Heart College Stallions TCCL TCCL championRound of 16 (eliminated by San Beda)
16 University of Mindanao Wildcats DCAA DCAA championQuarterfinals (Eliminated by UV)

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
November 15 - The Arena
 
 
La Salle colors.svg  La Salle [8] Declined
 
November 19 - The Arena
 
UPHD colors.svg UMin Default
 
UPHD colors.svg UMin 58
 
November 17 - The Arena
 
La Salle colors.svg UV 78
 
La Salle colors.svg UV 101
 
November 26 - The Arena
 
Lyceum colors.svg Lyceum 80
 
La Salle colors.svg UV 80
 
November 14 - Blue Eagle Gym
 
NU colors.svg STI 71
 
UE colors.svg  UE [8] Forfeit
 
November 21 - The Arena
 
NU colors.svg STI Default
 
NU colors.svg STI 77
 
November 10 - The Arena
 
FEU colors.svg  FEU 72
 
FEU colors.svg  FEU 91
 
November 28 - The Arena
 
UPHD colors.svg MLQU 80
 
La Salle colors.svg UV 54
 
November 12 - St. Placid's Gym
 
Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo 71
 
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 105
 
November 19 - The Arena
 
San Beda colors.svg Sacred Heart 48
 
San Beda colors.svg  San Beda 84
 
November 12 - St. Placid's Gym
 
UST colors.svg  UST 88
 
UST colors.svg  UST 91
 
November 26 - The Arena
 
Mapua colors.svg  Mapúa 90
 
UST colors.svg  UST 66
 
November 14 - Blue Eagle Gym
 
Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo 92Third place
 
Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo 78
 
November 21 - The Arena November 28 - The Arena
 
SSC-R colors.svg  San Sebastian 51
 
Ateneo colors.svg  Ateneo 81 NU colors.svg STI 87
 
November 13 - N. Aquino Stadium
 
JRU colors.svg  JRU 71 UST colors.svg  UST (OT)81
 
JRU colors.svg  JRU 83
 
 
La Salle colors.svg WNC 61
 
2007 Champion
Ateneo
First title

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