Philippine University Games

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Philippine University Games
AbbreviationUNIGAMES
First event1996 (1996)
Occur everyAnnually
Last event2024 in Dipolog
Next event2025 in TBD
Headquarters Bacolod, Philippines
PresidentRoger A. Banzuela
Philippine University Games
AbbreviationUNIGAMES
Formation1996
Legal statusAssociation
Location
  • Bacolod
Region served
Philippines
MembershipOpen
President
Roger A. Banzuela
Main organ
UNIGAMES, Inc.

The Philippine University Games, abbreviated as the UNIGAMES, is a national collegiate sports competition in the Philippines organized by UNIGAMES, Incorporated. Founded in 1996, it was first held at the University of St. La Salle, the founding host, in Bacolod, Philippines.

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History

Founded in 1996 by then University of St. La Salle president Br. Rolando Dizon, FSC, and Visayas-based volleyball coach (and later president of the Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association) Roger Banzuela, the first UNIGAMES was held in Bacolod City with volleyball as the games's sole competition. [1]

In its early days, UNIGAMES hosted numerous editions in the western side of Visayas with both Bacolod and Dumaguete alternating hosting rights, until 2003 with its first UNIGAMES outside Visayas in the city of Dasmariñas, Cavite in the Luzon area. Since then, UNIGAMES have been held in cities on the western side of Visayas, even holding a few editions in Iloilo City and Roxas City. Roxas City created a first for the UNIGAMES as the Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion was the first college to host the games, a deviation from the usual selection of a local university. The games were interrupted between 2020 and 2023 due to the coronavirus disease pandemic, until 2024 when the city of Dipolog held its first UNIGAMES on the island of Mindanao marking the resumption of the games. [2]

Sports

The UNIGAMES is composed of fourteen (14) sports disciplines namely athletics, badminton, basketball, football, chess, karatedo, lawn tennis, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, and beach volleyball.

In the 2010 UNIGAMES held in Silliman University, Dumaguete, archery was also introduced. [3]

Editions

EditionYearHost LocalityHost InstitutionRef/Notes
1st1996 Bacolod University of St. La Salle
2nd1997BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
3rd1998BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
4th1999BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
5th2000 Dumaguete Foundation University
6th2001BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
7th2002DumagueteFoundation University
8th2003 Dasmariñas De La Salle University – Dasmariñas
9th2004BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
10th2005BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
11th2006BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
12th2007BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
13th2008DumagueteFoundation University
14th2009 Iloilo City Central Philippine University [4]
15th2010Dumaguete Silliman University
16th2011 Roxas City Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion [5]
17th2012BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle [6]
18th2013BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle
19th2014Iloilo City University of San Agustin [7]
20th2015BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle [8]
21st2016DumagueteFoundation University [9]
22nd2017DumagueteFoundation University
23rd2018DumagueteFoundation University
24th2019Iloilo CityUniversity of San Agustin [10]
2020-2023Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
25th2024 Dipolog Jose Rizal Memorial State University [2] [11]

List of hosts

By city/municipality
Host City/MunicipalityEvent Hosted
Bacolod 12
Dumaguete 8
Iloilo City 3
Dasmariñas 1
Roxas City 1
Dipolog 1
By province
Host ProvinceEvent Hosted
Negros Occidental (NIR) 12
Negros Oriental (NIR) 8
Iloilo (R-6) 3
Cavite (R-4A) 1
Zamboanga del Norte (R-9) 1
By region
Host RegionEvent Hosted
Negros Island Region (NIR) 20
Western Visayas (R-6) 3
Calabarzon (R-4A) 1
Zamboanga Peninsula (R-9) 1
By inter-island
Host Inter-IslandEvent Hosted
Luzon (NCR) 1
Visayas a23
Mindanao 1

2015 UNIGAMES Bacolod

The 20th edition of the Unigames was hosted by University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City. from October 24–30. 40 colleges and universities from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao participated in the 13 sporting disciplines of the games. [8]

These were the winners of the recently concluded games.

SportChampion
Men's AthleticsFar Eastern University
Women's AthleticsFar Eastern University
Men's BadmintonCollege of Saint Benilde
Men's BasketballCollege of Saint Benilde
Men's ChessFar Eastern University
Women's ChessUniversity of Mindanao
Men's FootballUniversity of the Philippines-Diliman
Women's FootballDe La Salle University
Men's KaratedoHoly Angel University
Women's KaratedoXavier University
Men's Lawn TennisCollege of Saint Benilde
Women's Lawn TennisCollege of Saint Benilde
Sepak TakrawRizal Technological University
Men's TaekwondoCollege of Saint Benilde
Women's TaekwondoCollege of Saint Benilde
Table TennisSan Beda College
Men's VolleyballDe La Salle University
Women's VolleyballFar Eastern University
Men's Beach VolleyballSouthwestern University
Women's Beach VolleyballSouthwestern University

Footnotes

  1. "The UniGames: A mix of everything". Metro Post. 24 October 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 Laput, Gualberto (22 January 2024). "Over 2 dozen schools compete in Dipolog games, defying Mindanao stereotypes". Rappler. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  3. "Profile: About the UNIGAMES". 2010 Philippine University Games. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  4. "CPU hosts Unigames". Philstar.com. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  5. "46 schools vie for 2011 UniGames crown in Capiz". SunStar. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  6. "Bacolod City to host 2012 UniGames". SunStar. 30 October 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  7. "All set for Unigames 2014". SunStar. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. 1 2 "40 schools joining 20th Unigames". SunStar. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  9. "2016 UniGames goes to Dumaguete". SunStar. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  10. Lena, Perla (3 October 2019). "24th UNIGAMES to boost Iloilo City's sports tourism". Philippine Information Agency. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  11. Fumero, Pamela Joyce (22 January 2024). "Dipolog City hosts 25th University Games". Philippine Information Agency. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.