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MPBL Preseason Invitational
The MPBL Preseason Invitational is the preseason pocket tournament of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). The tournament was established in 2021, ahead of the 2022 MPBL season. The first edition of the tournament was simply called the MPBL Invitational. History The COVID-19 pandemic forced the league to temporarily suspend league play on March 12, 2020, in the midst of its 2020–21 MPBL playoffs, 2020 playoffs. The league also cancelled its plans to start its fourth season in June of that year and instead aimed for a return in June 2021, which also didn't push through. As the league began its transition to professional status, it also looked to start an invitational tournament in December. On November 16, 2021, during the online Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum, league commissioner Kenneth Duremdes formally announced the Invitational as the league settled on starting its fourth season in 2022 MPBL season, 2022. The tournament would also be supervise ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 MPBL Invitational
The 2021 MPBL Invitational, officially known as the Chooks-to-Go MPBL Invitational powered by TM for sponsorship reasons, was an invitational tournament that serves as the prelude to the 2022–23 MPBL season. It commenced on December 11, 2021 and ended on December 23, 2021. The tournament was also the first for the MPBL since it was granted professional status by the Games and Amusements Board. The Invitational was also the first professional sports event in the Philippines to allow live audiences since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, with the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, the venue for the tournament, only allowed to be at 50 percent capacity. Format The format for this tournament is as follows: * All teams will be divided into four groups playing in a single round-robin. * The top two teams in each group will advance to the single elimination-style playoffs. Prize money The champion of this tournament will receive PHP2 million. The runner-up will also recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Single-elimination
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makati OKBet Kings
The Makati OKBet Kings are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Makati. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of 11 active teams based in Metro Manila. Makati is also one of four teams based in the Southern Manila District, playing their home games at Makati Coliseum. The team began play in the 2018–19 season as the Makati Skyscrapers and has since gone under multiple names. The team also competed in Filbasket as the AFP–FSD Makati Cavaliers, and in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3. Since the 2023 season, the team is owned and sponsored by sports betting platform OKBet. History The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League has announced on April 10, 2018, that the government of Makati will enter a team in the league. The team was initially known as the Makati Skyscrapers but later changed their name to the Makati Super Crunch in November 2018 after it secured a sponsorship with Cebu-based Prifood Corporation, which o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imus SV Squad
The Imus SV Squad is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Imus, Cavite. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of six active teams based in the Calabarzon region. Imus is also one of two teams based in the province of Cavite, the other team being the Bacoor City Strikers, playing their home games at Imus Sports Complex. The team joined in 2018 as a charter team of the MPBL. For a majority of their history, the team was known as the Imus Bandera, a reference to Imus being known as the "Flag Capital of the Philippines". History 2018–2022: Imus Bandera / Imus Khaleb Shawarma The team began play in 2018 as one of the ten founding teams of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. The team lost a tiebreaker to the Bataan Defenders that would have given it the final playoff spot. In the 2018–19 season, Imus would make its first playoff appearance, but lost to the Batangas City Athletics in the First Round. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iloilo United Royals
The Iloilo United Royals are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Iloilo. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of three active teams based in Western Visayas, playing their home games at Passi City Arena in Passi, Iloilo, Passi. The team joined the league in the 2019–20 MPBL season, 2019–20 season. History JJ Javelosa, who would later own the team, and basketball coach Nash Racela conceived of an idea for an Iloilo team in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional sports, professional basketball league in the Philippines. History Manny Pacquiao launched the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League on August 29, 2017, starting off as a ... (MPBL) while playing golf. Racela brought in his co-coach Eric Gonzales to the nascent team. Javelosa, would have tapped his son Jay, who was then playing college basketball for the Ateneo Blue Eagles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caloocan Batang Kankaloo
The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo, also shortened as the Batang Kankaloo, are a Filipino professional basketball team based in Caloocan. The team primarily competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as one of 11 active teams based in Metro Manila. Caloocan is also one of two teams based in the Northern Manila District, also known as Camanava, the other team being Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc., playing their home games at Caloocan Sports Complex. The team began play in the 2018 MPBL season as one of the MPBL's charter teams. The team has also participated in the Pilipinas Super League (PSL) since the 2022–23 DUMPER Cup and currently go by the Caloocan Supremos, the team's original name. Since its founding, the team is owned by the City Government of Caloocan. History Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League 2018–2020: Caloocan Supremos In 2017, the Caloocan Supremos joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as one of the ten charter teams in its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulacan Kuyas
Koponang Lakan ng Bulacan is a professional basketball currently playing in the Pilipinas Super League, and formerly in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3. It was first owned by the Provincial Government of Bulacan, backed by former Bulacan First District Representative Jose Antonio Sy-Alvarado, also known as "Kuya". History The Bulacan Kuyas which is owned by Bulacan Congressman Jonathan Sy-Alvarado was among the teams which featured in the inaugural competition of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, the 2018 MPBL Anta Rajah Cup. They were also the champions of the pre-season tournament of the MPBL held prior to the tournament. The team inked a partnership with the Ligo Sardines, a canned sardines brand, for the duration of the 2018 MPBL Anta Rajah Cup. Entering the 2018 MPBL Datu Cup, the team changed its sponsor and signed a deal with Mighty Sports to become the team's new major sponsor. Roster Head coaches *Ogie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biñan Tatak Gel
The Biñan Tatak Gel is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Biñan, Laguna (province), Laguna. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division (MPBL), South Division. They are one of five teams based in the Calabarzon region and play their home games at Alonte Sports Arena. The team began play during the 2018–19 MPBL season, 2018–19 season as the Laguna Heroes. The original name references the national hero of the Philippines, José Rizal, Jose Rizal, who was born in Calamba, Laguna, Calamba. The team has also played in the Pilipinas Super League. ''Biñan Tatak Gel'' is a name that is shared with multiple Biñan-based teams in the grassroots level, including its Biñan Tatak Gel (volleyball), volleyball counterpart in the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association. The moniker itself is a nod to the city's vice mayor, Angelo "Gel" Alonte. The Laguna/Biñan-based franchise also holds the longest-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bicolandia Oragons
The Bicolandia Oragons, also known as Bicolandia Oragons– Shawarma Shack for sponsorship reasons, are a Filipino professional basketball team based in the Bicol Region. The team currently competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. They are the lone team in the Bicol Region and split their home games between the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and the Albay Astrodome, both located in Legazpi, Albay. Originally named the Bicol Volcanoes, the team was founded as one of six expansion teams for the league's 2019–20 season. History Founded in 2019, the Bicol franchise joined the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as an expansion team for its 2019–20 season. The franchise was originally going to named the Albay Volcanoes, but changed its location identifier to Bicol to represent the entire region. Led by ex-PBA cager Ronjay Buenafe, the Volcanoes finished with a 16–14 record, clinching the eighth seed in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters
Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and Laguna to the north, and Quezon to the east. Across the Verde Island Passages to the south is the island of Mindoro and to the west lies the South China Sea. Poetically, Batangas is often referred to by its ancient name Kumintáng. Batangas is one of the most popular tourist destinations near Metro Manila. It is home to the well-known Taal Volcano, one of the Decade Volcanoes, and Taal Heritage town, a small town that has ancestral houses and structures dating back to the 19th century. The province also has numerous beaches and diving spots including Anilao in Mabini, Sombrero Island in Tingloy, Ligpo Island and Sampaguita Beach in Bauan, Matabungkay in Lian, Punta Fuego in Nasugbu, Calatagan and Laiya in San Juan. All of the marine wate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bataan Risers
The Bataan Risers, also known as 1Bataan Risers-Camaya Coast, are a professional basketball team in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. It is owned by the provincial government of Bataan. They also fielded a team in 3x3 basketball. The Bataan Risers participated as the 1Bataan Risers in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 and has also participated in the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Tour as the Balanga Chooks. History They joined MPBL on the league's maiden season. Current roster Depth chart Head coaches All-time roster * Melvin Bangal (2018–present) * Arvie Bringas (2018–present) * Christian Capuli (2018–present) * JP Capuli (2018–present) * Al Carlos (2018–present) * Gary David (2018–present) * Francis Ebidag (2018–present) * Gio Espuelas (2018–present) * Dennis Ignacio (2018–present) * Edward Gallo (2018–present) * Glenn Macalinao (2018–present) * Niño Magno (2018–present) * Khiel Misa (2018–present) * Mark Montes (2018–present) * JC Peñafl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacoor City Strikers
The Bacoor City Strikers are a professional basketball team in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Current roster Depth chart Head coaches All-time roster * Marlou Aquino * Matthew Aquino * Gab Banal * Chris Sumalinog Season-by-season records :''Records from the 2022 MPBL season The 2022 MPBL season, known as the MPBL Mumbaki Season, was the fourth season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. This season the MPBL announced their partnership with OKBet as their official betting partner. Format * Just like in pr ...:'' References {{MPBL 2018 establishments in the Philippines Basketball teams established in 2018 Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League teams ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
