The Val City Magic is a Filipino professional

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team based in

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. The team competes in the

Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's regional professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 30 teams. Founded in 2017 by eight-division boxing world champion and then-Senator Manny Pacquiao, the MPBL is ...

(MPBL) as a member of the league's

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. The team plays its home games at WES Arena. The team joined as the Valenzuela Classic in

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as one of the league's charter teams and has gone under multiple names, mostly integrating the title sponsor. The team is currently owned by the local government of Valenzuela. The Valenzuela-based franchise also took part in the

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and also has a

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counterpart, the

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. The Valenzuela franchise is one of two teams based in the Northern Manila District of

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, the other team being the

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History

The Valenzuela Classic were one of the MPBL's ten charter teams, one of six based in

, and one of three Valenzuela finished as one of three teams with a 6-3 record, claiming the fourth seed in the

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. They beat the

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in the Quarterfinals before losing to the first-seeded

Batangas City Athletics The Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters are a professional basketball team based in Batangas City, Batangas. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team splits its h ...

. In the 2018–19 season, the team went 10-15, failing to make the playoffs as they ranked 10th in the North Division. In the following season, the team ranked at 10th once again with a record of 11-19. Valenzuela then participated in the 2021 Invitational and failed to make the playoffs, ranking third in Group C after finishing 2-2. In the 2022 season, the team began playing home games at the Bahayang Pag-asa Sports Complex. The team finished 10-11, one game short of a winning record. Despite the losing record, the team still made the

as the sixth seed, but were swept by the

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in the First Round.

Home venues

Through the history of the Valenzuela franchise, it has only used one venue per season. They first started at the Valenzuela Astrodome from 2018 to 2020, followed by the Bahayang Pag-asa Sports Complex in 2022, and currently the WES Arena since 2023.

Personnel

Current roster

Head coaches

Notable players

MPBL All-Star Day

All-Star selections *

Paulo Hubalde Dean Paulo Villegas Hubalde (born January 24, 1981) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Cebu Classic of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He is the son of PBA great, Freddie Hubalde. Hubalde plays the guard pos ...

–

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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 ...

* Lester Alvarez –

* Jaymar Gimpayan –

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* Carl Bryan Lacap –

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* JJ Gesalem –

PBA players

Ex-PBA players *

Val Acuña Hezy Val B. Acuña II (born August 8, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the GenSan Warriors franchise of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and Pilipinas Super League (PSL). Acuña is a six-time professional c ...

Chad Alonzo Richard Hernando Alonzo is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Rizal Golden Coolers of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was an undrafted player signed by the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants in 2008 before being ...

* Lester Alvarez *

Mark Andaya Mark Anthony Gozar Andaya (born March 22, 1981), also known as "Big Mac" or "Big Mak" is a Filipino professional basketball player and actor who last played for Pasig Pirates of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He was drafted ei ...

Cyrus Baguio Cyrus Marata Baguio (born August 19, 1980) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Valenzuela Classic of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). He also formerly played in the Philippine Basketball Associ ...

Ronjay Buenafe Ronald Jayson Buenafe (born May 27, 1983) is a Filipino professional basketball player who last played for the Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc. of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Professional career Being called as the "steal ...

* Alfonzo Gotladera *

Louie Vigil Louie Philippe Vicente Vigil (born September 26, 1991) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Val City Magic of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). PBA career statistics ''As of the end of 2022–23 season''< ...

* Lester Alvarez * Kyle Neypes

Season-by-season records

''Note: Statistics are correct as of the end of the

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References

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