Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
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The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) is a defunct sports association which existed from 1938 to 1981. It is best known for its basketball
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 for amateur players.

The basketball league was first held in 1938 under the control of the Basketball Association of the Philippines
Basketball Association of the Philippines
The Basketball Association of the Philippines was the International Basketball Federation recognized national governing body for basketball in the Philippines...

, with players being ordinary employees holding day jobs, as the name of the league would imply. However, the league eventually turned into more of a semi-professional league, with the best players in the country participating. This became the first legitimate basketball league in the Philippines
Basketball in the Philippines
Basketball is the most popular sport in the Philippines, played on both the amateur and professional levels.-History:In the 1950s, the Philippine team was among the best basketball teams in the world after winning two consecutive Asian Games basketball gold medals .Despite missing the first FIBA...

 until 10 of its teams broke away to form the very first professional basketball league in Asia
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, the 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...

, in 1975. The MICAA would continue as a farm league of sorts for the PBA in the days before the creation of the PBA Rookie Draft
Philippine Basketball Association Draft
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 until it eventually closed down in 1981.

MICAA Champions

  • Old records says the pre-war MICAA champion in 1939 is the Manila Ports Terminal, that team won three straight MICAA crowns a decade later from 1948–1950, there was a PRSICO team that also won MICAA championships in 1953–54, from the mid 1950s up to the late 1960s, YCO Painters
    YCO Painters
    The YCO Painters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association Multi-titled basketball team that started somewhere in the late 1940s up to the 1970s and the Philippines' first cage dynasty, having won several championships in the 1950s and 1960s from the National Open...

     and Ysmael Steel Admirals
    Ysmael Steel Admirals
    The Ysmael Steel Admirals is a defunct franchise of the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , best known for its rivalry with the YCO Painters in the 1950s/1960s when both clubs dominated the Cage scene in the Philippines, winning numerous titles in the National Open and the...

     would dominate the MICAA scene, winning numerous titles between them, In 1968, Mariwasa would win the crown.
  • 1970s Era, the Crispa-Floro Redmanizers began a new rivalry with the Meralco Reddy Kilowatts, winning the All-Filipino Crown in 1970 against Meralco, and in 1971 against the San Miguel Braves, Meralco, on the other hand, defeated Crispa in the 1971 MICAA Open, while Mariwasa won the 1972 All-Filipino tournament over Crispa.
  • In 1973, the Toyota Comets, with reinstated Sonny Jaworski and Big boy Reynoso from the disbanded Meralco team, won the MICAA title over Concepcion Motorolas in a cinderella fashion, winning on its first year of participation, previously played as Komatsu Komets in the National Open. Crispa would win one more MICAA crown in 1974, a year before the PBA was born.
  • Teams winning MICAA titles when the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) opens shop in 1975, are Solid Mills, 1976–77, Frigidaire in 1978, and APCOR. the last MICAA Championship was in 1980, with APCOR winning over the YCO Red Painters.

MICAA Teams (1940s–1970s)

  • Seven-Up Marauders
  • PRSICO
  • CFC/Presto
    Great Taste Coffee Makers
    Great Taste Coffee was one of the Pioneer teams in the Philippine Basketball Association . The company was then known as the Consolidated Foods Corporation and their chief products included well known brands like Presto Ice Cream, N-Rich Coffee Cream, Jack & Jill Fun Snacks, Great Taste Coffee...

  • Chelsea
  • Crispa-Floro Redmanizers
  • Heacocks Speed Merchant
  • Komatsu/Toyota Comets
    Toyota Super Corollas
    The Toyota Super Corollas was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975-1983. The team had various monikers such as the Comets, the Silver Tamaraws, the Tamaraws, the Super Diesels, the Super Corollas and the Silver Coronas.Their nine PBA titles is the...

  • Manila Ports Terminal
  • Meralco Reddywatts/Reddy Kilowatts/Reddies
    Meralco Bolts
    The Meralco Bolts is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 2010 when the Manila Electric Company bought the Sta...

  • Philippine Airlines Skymasters/Viscounts
  • Puyat Steel
  • San Miguel Brewery
  • U/Tex Spinners/Weavers
  • YCO Painters
    YCO Painters
    The YCO Painters is a former Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association Multi-titled basketball team that started somewhere in the late 1940s up to the 1970s and the Philippines' first cage dynasty, having won several championships in the 1950s and 1960s from the National Open...

  • Ysmael Steel Admirals
    Ysmael Steel Admirals
    The Ysmael Steel Admirals is a defunct franchise of the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association , best known for its rivalry with the YCO Painters in the 1950s/1960s when both clubs dominated the Cage scene in the Philippines, winning numerous titles in the National Open and the...

  • Yutivo Opel Chevrolets
  • Concepcion Motorolas
  • Yellow Taxi
  • Grepa-Life Underwriters
  • Mariwasa AKAI
  • E.R. Squibb
  • Manilabank

Teams After the Creation of the PBA

  • APCOR
  • 7-Up Uncolas
  • Crispa Redmanizers
  • Delta Motors/Frigidaire/MAN Diesel (Toyota's farm team)
  • Imperial Textile Mills
  • Manila Bank Golden Bankers
  • Presto/CFC/Litton Jeans
  • San Miguel (Royal Tru-Orange's farm team)
  • Solid Mills (U-tex's farm team)
  • YCO Red Painters (Tanduay's farm team)
  • A&W Records

Notable players and their teams

  • Emilio "Jun" Achacoso (YCO)
  • Bogs Adornado
    Bogs Adornado
    William "Bogs" Adornado is a former Filipino athlete who played basketball in both the amateur and professional ranks. He made his mark playing in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975 to 1987...

  • Francis Arnaiz
    Francis Arnaiz
    Francis C. Arnaiz is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He played for Toyota and Ginebra San Miguel from 1975-1986...

     (Toyota)
  • Kurt Bachmann (YCO/Ysmael)
  • Carlos Badion
    Carlos Badion
    Carlos Velasco Badion is a former Filipino basketball player. Although born in Pampanga, he grew up in Antonio Rivera Tondo, Manila where he started his checkered career playing in sandlot tournaments and for Abad Santos High...

     (YCO)
  • Narciso Bernardo
    Narciso Bernardo
    Narciso C. Bernardo , also known as Ciso Bernardo, was a Filipino basketball player and coach. Bernardo was born in Manila, Philippines. He played for Mariwasa AC in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association. Bernardo also appeared at the Olympic Games as a member of the country's...

     (Ysmael)
  • Dionisio Calvo
    Dionisio Calvo
    Dionisio "Chito" Calvo was a Filipino basketball player, swimmer, and national team head coach. He was one of the greatest Filipino sportsmen in history and helped in the development of both Philippine and Asian basketball.Born in Manila, Philippines, he was a guard for the championship-winning...

  • Ramoncito Campos
  • Loreto Carbonell (YCO)
  • Orlando Castelo (YCO)
  • Philip Cezar
    Philip Cezar
    Philip "The Scholar" Cezar is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player award in 1980. He was also a many-time Philippine national team player in...

     (Crispa)
  • Jacinto Ciria Cruz
    Jacinto Ciria Cruz
    Jacinto "Jumping Jack" Ciria Cruz is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. Ciria Cruz played for the University of Santo Tomas men's basketball team, and also represented the Philippines at the 1936 Summer Olympics as a member of the country's national basketball team. He later ventured...

  • Atoy Co
    Atoy Co
    Fortunato Co, Jr., better known as Atoy Co, is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player and actor who was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983. He won the Most Valuable Player award, in 1979 and a 9-time Mythical First...

     (Crispa)
  • Geronimo Cruz (Ysmael)
  • Julito "Lito" Eguia
  • Bernie Fabiosa
    Bernie Fabiosa
    Bernard "Tough Job" Fabiosa is a Filipino athlete who played basketball for the Crispa Redmanizers in the Philippine Basketball Association.-Career:Fabiosa was a member of the 1974 RP Youth Team and a graduate of the University of the East...

     (Crispa)
  • Mario Felomino
  • Ramon Fernandez
    Ramón Fernández
    Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...

     (Toyota)
  • Danny Florencio
    Danny Florencio
    Danilo Zoleta Florencio , better known as Danny Florencio, is a pioneer of the Philippine Basketball Association having played in the PBA from 1975 to 1983. He played for different teams like the U/Tex Weavers, the 7-Up Uncolas, the Toyota Tamaraws, and the Galerie Dominique Artistas...

     (Crispa)
  • Jovito Gionales
  • Abet Guidaben
    Abet Guidaben
    Alberto "Abet" Guidaben is a former Philippine Basketball Association basketball player. He was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers ballclub that won two Grand Slams, in 1976 and 1983...

  • Freddie Hubalde
    Freddie Hubalde
    Alfredo Hubalde , also known as Freddie Hubalde, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Hubalde played college ball for the Mapúa Institute of Technology, before eventually moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association...

  • Robert Jaworski
    Robert Jaworski
    Robert Salazar Jaworski , also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski, Robert Jaworski, Sr. or simply Jawo, is a former Philippine senator, basketball coach and Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and PBA basketball player.Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend...

     (YCO/Meralco/Toyota)
  • Manuel Jocson (Ysmael)
  • Cesar Jota (Ysmael)
  • Antonio Lara
  • Eduardo Lim
    Eduardo Lim
    Eduardo C. Lim , also known as Eddie Lim, is a former basketball player like fellow San Beda Red Lions and Hall of Famers Carlos Loyzaga and Antonio Genato. He was a formidable guard who earned the moniker "Stonewall" from legendary sportscaster Willie Hernandez...

     (YCO)
  • Luis "Moro" Lorenzo
    Moro Lorenzo
    Luis Francisco "Chitong" Lorenzo , better known as "Moro" Lorenzo and also as Luis F. Lorenzo, Sr., was a former Filipino basketball player and corporate executive. Lorenzo played college ball for the Ateneo de Manila, before moving on to play for Philippine Airlines in the Manila Industrial and...

     (PAL)
  • Carlos Loyzaga
    Carlos Loyzaga
    Carlos M. Loyzaga is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. He led the Philippine National team to a Bronze Medal finish in the 1954 FIBA World Championship. The Philippines third place finish remains the highest rank of any Asian team in the history of the tournament...

     (YCO)
  • Ramon Manulat
  • Jaime "Jimmy" Mariano
    Jimmy Mariano
    Jaime L. Mariano , also known as Jimmy "Mr. Cool" Mariano, is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. Mariano was born in Malabon, Rizal, Philippines. Standing 6'4", he played the forward and center positions...

     (Meralco)
  • Alfonso "Boy" Marquez
    Alfonso Marquez (basketball)
    Alfonso R. Marquez , better known as Alfonso "Boy" Marquez, is a former Filipino basketball player. Marquez was born in Zamboanga City, Philippines. He played for Ysmael Steel and Mariwasa AC in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association. He won six championships as a part of the...

     (Ysmael)
  • Lauro Mumar
    Lauro Mumar
    Lauro "Larry" Mumar , is a former Filipino basketball player and later served as the national team head coach of India and the Philippines...

     (Meralco)
  • Edgardo "Ed" Ocampo
    Edgardo Ocampo
    Edgardo L. Ocampo, also known as Ed Ocampo and Eddie Ocampo, was a former Filipino basketball player and head coach. Ocampo was born in Pampanga, Philippines. He played college ball for the Ateneo de Manila University, where he led the team to two championships in 1957 and 1958...

     (YCO)
  • Constancio Ortiz Jr (Crispa)
  • Jose Oyson (7-UP)

  • Eduardo Pacheco (Ysmael)
  • Cecilio Delos Angeles Jr.
  • Ambrosio Padilla
    Ambrosio Padilla
    Ambrosio Bibby Padilla was a former Filipino basketball player and former elected member of the Senate of the Philippines. He was one of the most important figures in the Asian basketball development.Padilla was born as the eighth of eleven children of Dr. Nicanor Padilla and Ysabel Bibby...

  • Adriano "Jun" Papa, Jr.
    Jun Papa
    Adriano R. Papa, Jr. , better known as Jun Papa, was a former Filipino basketball player. Papa was born in Manila, Philippines. He played for Crispa Floro AC in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association. Papa also appeared at the Olympic Games as a member of the country's national...

     (Crispa)
  • Filomeno Pumaren (7-UP)
  • Elmer Remon
  • Alberto Reynoso
    Alberto Reynoso
    Alberto C. Reynoso , also known by his nickname "Big Boy" Reynoso was a retired professional basketball player from the Philippines....

     (Ysmael/Meralco)
  • Tino Reynoso
  • Joselino "Nonong" Roa
  • Edgardo Roque (Ysmael)
  • Rogelio Magale
  • Ponciano Saldaña
  • Luis "Lou" Salvador
    Lou Salvador
    Luis "Lou" Salvador was a Filipino basketball player, stage actor and talent manager. As a player for the Philippine national basketball team during the 1923 Far Eastern Games, he scored 116 points in a single game. He later became a leading figure in Philippine show business as a talent manager...

  • Mariano Tolentino (YCO)
  • Serafin Vida (Ysmael)
  • Freddie Webb
    Freddie Webb
    Freddie N. Webb is a retired Filipino basketball player and head coach, politician, radio personality, and actor. He also had been active in politics when he was elected as councilor of Pasay City, congressman for Parañaque, and senator...

     (YCO)
  • Rondell "Bay" Bollozos
  • Roberto Poblete
  • Bonifacio De Jesus
  • Mike Bilbao (YCO)
  • Nilo Cruz
    Nilo Cruz
    Nilo Cruz is an Cuban-American playwright and pedagogue. With his award of the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play, Anna in the Tropics, he became the first Latino so honored.-Early years:...

  • Rogelio "Tembong" Melencio
    Rogelio Melencio
    Rogelio C. Melencio , also known as Tembong Melencio, was a former Filipino basketball player and coach. Melencio was born in Tondo, Manila, Philippines. He played for Concepcion Industries in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association...

     (Yutivo)
  • Mario Uson (7-UP)
  • Roehl Nadurata (Ysmael/Crispa)
  • Antonio Arce (San Miguel)
  • Renato Reyes (San Miguel/YCO)
  • Antonio Villamor (PAL)
  • Agustin Salgado (PAL)
  • Eddie Marquicias (Heacocks)
  • Agapito de Castro (7-UP)
  • Manny Paner
    Manny Paner
    Manuel Paner , better known as Manny Paner, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. Paner was born in Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines. He played for San Miguel in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and also in the Philippine Basketball Association for Royal/San...

     (San Miguel)
  • Orlando Bauzon (Meralco)
  • Benjie Cleofas (YCO)
  • Johnny Revilla (Crispa)
  • Romeo Diaz
    Romeo Diaz
    Romeo Diaz is a Filipino music composer, record producer, music director. He was one of the members of the band Danny Diaz & The Checkmates in Hong Kong in the 1960s along with his two brothers, Danny Diaz and Rudy Diaz, and his brother-in-law, Michael Samson....

     (Crispa)
  • Arturo Valenzona (YCO)

  • Joaquin Roxas, Jr (Mariwasa)
  • Gregorio Dionisio (Concepcion)
  • Tomasito Tolentino (E.R.Squibb)
  • David Brodett (Crispa-Floro)
  • Jumbo Salvador (U/tex)
  • Ronald Acosta (Toyota)
  • Ernesto Morales (San Miguel)
  • Zito Bacon (Manilabank)
  • Loreto Tolentino (CFC)
  • Sixto Agbay (YCO)
  • Federico Lauchengco (Frigidaire)
  • Nazareno Batoon (SMB/A&W Records)


TV Coverage

Most games, including companion off-season tournaments like the National Seniors & Challenge-the Champion were covered by MBC Channel 11 with Willie Hernandez as chief anchor (usually solo). Other networks like ABS-CBN channel 9 (later – channel 4), ABC 5, RBS 7, KBS 9 and IBC 13 also handled coverage in some seasons.
Coverages in the earlier years were usually simulcast with radio, hence the play-by-play style was oriented towards "following the ball".

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