The University Athletic Association of the Philippines volleyball tournament is divided into four divisions, namely men's, women's, boys' and girls'. Volleyball is a mandatory sport in the women's division. The UAAP volleyball tournament was formerly held in the first semester of the school year. Then in Season 69, the UAAP Board decided that it be moved to the second semester. This decision was made so that the games can be televised to improve its popularity.
King Philip Regional High School is a regional high school in Massachusetts drawing students from three towns: Wrentham, Norfolk, and Plainville. The school is located at 201 Franklin Street in Wrentham.
The Ateneo Blue Eagles is the collegiate men's varsity basketball team of the Ateneo de Manila University that plays in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the premiere collegiate league in the Philippines. The collegiate women's varsity basketball team is called the Lady Eagles while the high school varsity basketball team is called the Blue Eaglets. The Ateneo collegiate men's varsity basketball team was not always called the Blue Eagles. It got the name Blue Eagles when Ateneo adopted the Eagle as its mascot in 1938. Prior to that, from 1914 it was known under different names.
The Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) was the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) recognized national governing body for basketball in the Philippines. It was recognized by the FIBA in 1936 until 2007 when the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas or SBP was recognized as the new governing body of basketball in the country.
Basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines, played on both the amateur and professional levels.
The women's national basketball team of the Philippines represents the country in women's FIBA tournaments.
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.
The Gilas Pilipinas program is a sporting program for the Philippines men's national basketball team since 2009. The team is under the aegis of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) and sponsored by Smart Communications.
The PBA Developmental League, or PBA D-League, is the Philippine Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization.
The 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 18th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament will be hosted in China and it will mark a new era for the competition as described. Rescheduled from 2018 to 2019, this edition will be the first FIBA Basketball World Cup since 1967 that will not occur in the same year as the FIFA World Cup, but a year following the latter. Also, the group stage will expand from 24 to 32 teams. The top 8 teams, including Japan as the host of the 2020 Summer Olympics in this competition will qualify for the men's basketball event in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
The 2013 Philippine Collegiate Championship was the sixth edition of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL), the postseason tournament to determine the national collegiate champions in basketball organized by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), the national basketball federation. The tournament was the sixth edition of the tournament in its current incarnation, and the eleventh edition overall.
Jordan Taylor Clarkson is a Filipino-American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for two seasons with Tulsa before transferring to Missouri, where he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). After foregoing his senior year in college to enter the 2014 NBA draft, Clarkson was selected by the Washington Wizards in the second round with the 46th overall pick and was immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. In his first year, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team, a rarity for a second-round pick. Clarkson was traded to the Cavaliers in 2018.
The national 3x3 team of the Philippines represents the country in international 3x3 basketball matches and is controlled by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas
The Philippine bid for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup was Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas' unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 16 March 2015, the bid became one of the only two formal candidates with the other bidding nation being China, as FIBA decided that the 2019 World Cup will be played in Asia.
The following is a list of notable events and developments that are related to Philippine sports in 2016.
The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a regional men's semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines.
Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 is a 3-on-3 basketball league in the Philippines and is organized by the country's national basketball federation, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP). It was formed in 2018 as a bid to get the Philippines qualify for the 3x3 basketball event in the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Manok ng Bayan-SBP 3X3 was a 3x3 basketball youth tournament organized for boys and girls in Cebu, Philippines held from January 12 to 13, 2019. It is organized by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the Cebu Provincial Sports Commission, and Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc., the company responsible for the Chook-to-Go roast chicken brand and is sanctioned by FIBA.
