Liga Pilipinas
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Liga Pilipinas is a regional basketball
league in the Philippines
. It is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc.
The league is currently headed by President/CEO Noli Eala
.
and the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association
, along with Third Force Inc., were merged to officially form the league. The league's launch was on May 31, 2008, and games started on June 18, 2008.
In 2010, a merger between Liga Pilipinas and the Philippine Basketball League
was proposed. The professional Philippine Basketball Association
had hoped to form a "developmental league" from the two leagues, similar to the NBA Development League
of the National Basketball Association
. Through an agreement between Liga Pilipinas and the PBL, a joint tournament was held starting in June 2010. The joint tournament was held as a dry-run of the proposed developmental league. The tournament was named the Tournament of the Philippines.
Tournament of the Philippines used Liga Pilipinas' home-and-away leg format where 9 teams were involved, 3 from the Philippine Basketball League and 6 from Liga Pilipinas. The tournament started on June 9, 2010 and ended on September 13, 2010 when the M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Niños became the TOP Champions by defeating the Misamis Oriental Meteors in a best-of-five final, 3-2.
After the tournament, merger talks between the 2 leagues went sour and was put off for good.
After the failure of the merger, the Philippine Basketball Association decided to independently form their own developmental league, called the PBA Developmental League
.
Liga Pilipinas then resumed its regular tournament schedule.
2nd Leg: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men
3rd Leg: Treston-Laguna Stallions
4th Leg: Misamis Oriental Meteors
5th Leg: Taguig-Hobe Bihon
6th Leg: M. Lhuillier-Niños
7th Leg: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men
8th Leg: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños
9th Leg: Taguig-Hobe Bihon
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
league in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc.
The league is currently headed by President/CEO Noli Eala
Noli Eala
Jose Emmanuel M. Eala, better known as Noli Eala, was the sixth commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association from 2003 to 2007. Before he became the commissioner of the league, he was a play-by-play commentator of Viva-Vintage Sports, which broadcasts the PBA Games, from the early 1990s...
.
History
The National Basketball ConferenceNational Basketball Conference
The National Basketball Conference was a regional-based basketball league in the Philippines formed in 2004. The league is sanctioned by the Philippine national sport association for basketball, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Teams are also sponsored by the local government and sponsors.In...
and the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association
Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association
The Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association is a community-based amateur commercial basketball league in Southern Philippines sanctioned by the country's National Sports Association for basketball, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas . The league is made up of teams from the Visayas and Mindanao...
, along with Third Force Inc., were merged to officially form the league. The league's launch was on May 31, 2008, and games started on June 18, 2008.
In 2010, a merger between Liga Pilipinas and the Philippine Basketball League
Philippine Basketball League
The Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
was proposed. The professional Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
had hoped to form a "developmental league" from the two leagues, similar to the NBA Development League
NBA Development League
The NBA Development League, or NBA D-League, is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League , the NBA D-League started with eight teams in the fall of 2001...
of the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association
The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
. Through an agreement between Liga Pilipinas and the PBL, a joint tournament was held starting in June 2010. The joint tournament was held as a dry-run of the proposed developmental league. The tournament was named the Tournament of the Philippines.
Tournament of the Philippines used Liga Pilipinas' home-and-away leg format where 9 teams were involved, 3 from the Philippine Basketball League and 6 from Liga Pilipinas. The tournament started on June 9, 2010 and ended on September 13, 2010 when the M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Niños became the TOP Champions by defeating the Misamis Oriental Meteors in a best-of-five final, 3-2.
After the tournament, merger talks between the 2 leagues went sour and was put off for good.
After the failure of the merger, the Philippine Basketball Association decided to independently form their own developmental league, called the PBA Developmental League
PBA Developmental league
The PBA Developmental League, or PBA D-League, is the Philippine Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization.- History :...
.
Liga Pilipinas then resumed its regular tournament schedule.
Teams
- Laguna Golden Lions
- Ilocos Sur-CS Tigers
- M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños
- Cebu Landmasters-RDAK/Mandaue
- Misamis Oriental MeteorsMisamis Oriental MeteorsThe Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno...
- MP-Gensan Warriors
Tournament of the Philippines teams
- M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños
- Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters
- Misamis Oriental MeteorsMisamis Oriental MeteorsThe Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno...
- MP-Gensan Warriors
- Treston-Laguna Stallions
- Taguig-Hobe Bihon
- Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA CultivatorsAgri Nurture Inc.-FCA CultivatorsThe Big Chill Super Chargers is a basketball team currently playing in the PBA Developmental League and is owned by Agri Nurture, Inc. The team also played for the Philippine Basketball League as the FCA Cultivators for the league's 2010 season....
(Philippine Basketball LeaguePhilippine Basketball LeagueThe Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
) - Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters (Philippine Basketball LeaguePhilippine Basketball LeagueThe Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
) - Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men (Philippine Basketball LeaguePhilippine Basketball LeagueThe Philippine Basketball League is a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league is composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.-History:...
)
2010 TOP Leg Winners
1st Leg: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños- Host Team: Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA
- Teams in Leg: Treston-Laguna Stallions, Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters, Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA, M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños
2nd Leg: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men
- Host Team: MP-Gensan Warriors
- Teams in Leg: Misamis Oriental Meteors, Treston-Laguna Stallions, Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, MP-Gensan Warriors
3rd Leg: Treston-Laguna Stallions
- Host Team: Treston-Laguna Stallions
- Teams in Leg: Treston-Laguna Stallions, Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters, Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters
4th Leg: Misamis Oriental Meteors
- Host Team: Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters
- Teams in Leg: Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters, Misamis Oriental Meteors, MP-Gensan Warriors, Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA
5th Leg: Taguig-Hobe Bihon
- Host Team: Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters
- Teams in Leg: Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters, Taguig-Hobe Bihon, Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, MP-Gensan Warriors
6th Leg: M. Lhuillier-Niños
- Host Team: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños
- Teams in Leg: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños, Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters, Taguig-Hobe Bihon, Misamis Oriental Meteors
7th Leg: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men
- Host Team: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men
- Teams in Leg: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, M.Lhuillier-Cebu Niños, Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA, MP-Gensan Warriors
8th Leg: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños
- Host Team: Misamis Oriental Meteors
- Teams in Leg: Misamis Oriental Meteors, M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños, Taguig-Hobe Bihon, Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters
9th Leg: Taguig-Hobe Bihon
- Host Team: Taguig-Hobe Bihon
- Teams in Leg: Taguig-Hobe Bihon, Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA, Treston-Laguna Stallions, Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters
2010 TOP Rankings
- M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños
- Misamis Oriental Meteors
- Taguig-Hobe Bihon
- Treston-Laguna Stallions
- Cobra Energy Drink Ironmen
- Ascof Lagundi Cough Busters
- Agri Nurture-FCA Cultivators
- MP-Gensan Warriors
- Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters (eliminated)
Champions
| Season | Conference | Champion | Format | Series | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Conference I | Cebu Niños | 3-of-5 | 3-0 | Taguig Batang Global |
| 2009 | Conference II | Misamis Oriental Meteors Misamis Oriental Meteors The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno... |
3-of-5 | 3-2 | Cebu Niños |
| 2009 | Conference III | Cebu Niños | Super Leg Final | 89-54 | Misamis Oriental Meteors Misamis Oriental Meteors The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno... |
| 2010 | Conference IV - Tournament of the Philippines | Cebu Niños | 3-of-5 | 3-2 | Misamis Oriental Meteors Misamis Oriental Meteors The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno... |
| 2011 | Conference V | Misamis Oriental Meteors Misamis Oriental Meteors The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is the provincial governor, Gov. Oscar Moreno... |
Super Leg Final | 66-60 | Cebu Niños |
| 2012 | Conference VI |
Defunct/Inactive Teams
- Pagadian Explorers
- Manila Capitals
- Iloilo Mang Inasals
- Toyota-Bacolod Turbos
- Lipa-Batangas Barakos
- Tagaytay-Cavite Heroes
- Baguio Victory
- Zanorte Babami
- Taguig Batang Global
- Zamboanga Uno Latinos
- EKB-Apayao Rapids
- Trace-Laguna Stallions
- Smart-Pampanga Buddies