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The Pasay Voyagers are a Filipino professional
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team based in
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. The team competes in the
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(MPBL) as a member of the league's
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. The team plays its home games at
Cuneta Astrodome Cuneta Astrodome, also known as Pasay Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is an indoor arena located in Pasay, Philippines. The arena has hosted Philippine Basketball Association games from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2001 onwards, and also cur ...
. The team began play in the
2018–19 MPBL season The 2018–19 MPBL season, also known as the MPBL Datu Cup, was the second season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. The regular season began on June 12, 2018 with the opening ceremonies Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, and end ...
. The team has also played in the
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. The Voyagers are one of three teams based in the Southern Manila District of
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, alongside the Muntinlupa Cagers and
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.


History

As part of the
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's national expansion, the league awarded Pasay with an expansion team for the 2018–19 season. In their inaugural season, despite having eventual all-star Jaypee Belencion, the Voyagers only managed to win eight out of 25 games, tied with
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. The team ranked 12th in the
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. In the 2019–20 season, Pasay acquired Dhon Reverente, who would lead the Voyagers to a 17–13 record and an 8th-place finish, clinching them a playoff spot. In the playoffs, the team would be swept by the defending champion
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. Reverente would be declared an all-star and be placed onto the All-MPBL Second Team that season. Pasay then opted out of the 2021 Invitational and later the entire 2022 season, but would return in
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, with both Belencion and Reverente returning to the team. In their returning season, they managed to improve on previous performance. Yet again, they faced another defending champion in the playoffs, this time being the Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards. The team was once again swept out of the First Round.


Home venues

The
Cuneta Astrodome Cuneta Astrodome, also known as Pasay Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is an indoor arena located in Pasay, Philippines. The arena has hosted Philippine Basketball Association games from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2001 onwards, and also cur ...
has been the Voyagers' only home venue to date. Outside of neutral-site venues, it is tied with Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum as the highest-capacity MPBL venue.


Current roster


Head coaches


Notable players


Individual award winners

All-MPBL Second Team * Dhon Reverente –
2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
MPBL Most Improved Player * Laurenz Victoria –
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...


MPBL All-Star Day

All-Star selections * Jaypee Belencion –
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
* Dhon Reverente –
2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
* Warren Bonifacio –
2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...
* Laurenz Victoria – 2024


PBA players

Ex-PBA players *
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Season-by-season records

''Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the
2024 MPBL season The 2024 MPBL season was the sixth season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and its third under professional status. The regular season began on April 6, 2024 with the opening ceremonies at the Calasiao Sports Complex in Calas ...
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References

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