Misplaced Pages

Philippine Collegiate Champions League

Sport	Basketball
Founded	2002
No. of teams	8 (Finals) ~250 (Qualifying)
Country	Philippines
Most recent champion(s)	Ateneo Blue Eagles (5)
Most titles	Ateneo (5)
TV partner(s)	none (via livestreaming through PCCL's Facebook and YouTube accounts)
Related competitions	CESAFI, ISAA, ISSA, NAASCU, NCAA, NCAA South, NCRAA, NOPSSCEA, PRISAA, SCUAA, UAAP, UCAA, UCLAA, BBEAL, BBL, COSAA, DPSAA, DCIBL, LUSCAA, QPSBA
Official website	CollegiateChampionsLeague.net

The Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) is a national collegiate basketball championship league in the Philippines. Its tournament, known as the "National Collegiate Championship" (NCC) is sanctioned by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation. The league's format varies every season with 250 teams coming from nine different regional areas nationwide.

History

It was originally established in 2002 as the Collegiate Champions League (CCL). Reynaldo Gamboa, former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) chairman and team governor for the Shell Turbo Chargers was named as the chairman of the tournament, while former national coach Joe Lipa served as the tournament director and commissioner. In 2008, the national governing body of basketball in the Philippines, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) sanctioned the CCL and was renamed into the Philippine Collegiate Champions League in which the organizers of the old CCL were retained.

So then, teams from the UAAP had dominated the tournament, winning ten (10) out of the twelve (12) championships contested, with the remainder being won by teams from the NCAA. UAAP and NCAA teams are given four, and the CESAFI one, outright slots in the round of 16 berths. No UAAP champion vs. NCAA champion meeting took place in the finals, although a finals between the UAAP champion and the NCAA runner-up was contested in 2003 (FEU vs. San Sebastian), 2011 (Ateneo vs. San Sebastian)and 2019 (Ateneo vs. San Beda), UAAP and CESAFI champions contested the finals in 2018, and both finalists in the UAAP contested the 2008 and 2012 championship while NCAA finalists would later contested in 2018.

In 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014, the Finals were played in a best-of-3 series; the others were one-off games (2004–2008); no third-place game was held on the first two tournaments. The contest was not held in 2005. In 2011, the single round robin Final Four match-up was introduced with the team with the most wins will have a twice-to-beat incentive in the Finals. However, in 2012, it was changed to whichever team to first get two (2) wins will automatically advanced to the Finals with the Finals without any incentives and with the Finals being played in a best-of-three series.

Due to time constraints, the championship of the 2015 tournament was cancelled. Instead, the winners of the semifinal round were declared as co-champions.

There was no tournament held in 2016 due to the changes adopted in the UAAP calendar.

The national championship returned in 2017 and adopted an elite-eight tournament format. The top two teams from UAAP and NCAA, together with the CESAFI champion were seeded automatically. The three remaining slots were given to the champions of the Luzon, NCR and Mindanao regional tournaments.

In 2018, changes in the tournament format were made to give provincial teams a fair chance to be in the championship round. The champions of UAAP and NCAA were placed in a separate group while the rest of the qualified teams, including the CESAFI champion will be placed in a separate tournament group that will first determine the champions for North Luzon, South Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The eventual winner of this group will face-off with the winner of the UAAP/NCAA group to determine the national champion.

From 2017 to 2018, the PCCL held its 3x3 basketball tournament, in parallel to its regular national championship. The PCCL's version of its 3x3 tournament has similar rules with the BIG3 tournament. Regional 3x3 tournaments were held in North and South Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. In 2018, the official FIBA 3x3 rules were followed.

Tournament results

5-on-5

Per tournament

Notes

1. No third place game in 2013. FEU was declared as the second runner-up over SBC due to the win-over-the-other rule.
2. ^ In 2015, it was announced that two winners of the semifinals matches will be the co-champions of the tournament. The supposed finals title match was cancelled due to Typhoon Nona. Both FEU and San Beda are co-champions for this tournament.

Medal table

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	5	3	1	9
2	FEU Tamaraws	3	2	1	6
3	San Beda Red Lions	2	3	3	8
4	De La Salle Green Archers	2	1	1	4
5	UE Red Warriors	2	1	0	3
6	San Sebastian Stags	1	1	0	2
7	UST Growling Tigers	1	0	1	2
8	Lyceum Pirates	1	0	0	1
9	UV Green Lancers	0	2	3	5
10	Adamson Soaring Falcons	0	1	0	1
	SWU Cobras	0	1	0	1
12	Letran Knights	0	0	2	2
13	JRU Heavy Bombers	0	0	1	1
	STI Olympians	0	0	1	1
	Saint Francis Doves	0	0	1	1
	USC Warriors	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		17	15	16	48

Per league

• UAAP — 13
• NCAA — 4

Regional champions

3x3

Results from 2004 to 2007

2004–05 CCL

The third season of the CCL began on February 11, 2005, with Philippine Basketball League's Chino Trinidad as the Commissioner.

Participating teams

Bracket

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

February 11/13

EAC

55

February 15/17

UP

78

Letran

41

UP

52

February 19

UP

77

Ateneo

55

February 15/22

UP

56

FEU

78

February 24

FEU

85

February 11/13

UV

71

U of Mindanao

93

USP

74

February 15/22

U of Mindanao

74

UV

84

February 27

FEU

69

February 11/13

UE

49

UC

109

February 15/17

WNC

83

USJ–R

70

UC

81

February 19

UC

69

UE

78

February 15/17

UE

70

February 11/13

San Beda

55

UM

79

February 15/22

San Beda

85

UE

71

Perpetual

59

February 24

UE

72

PCU

67

Third place

February 27

UV

65

PCU

64

2006–07 CCL

The 4th Collegiate Champions League began on October 5, 2006

Participating teams

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

October 6 — Blue Eagle Gym

Ateneo

87

October 14 — Rizal Coliseum

PMI

73

Ateneo

66

October 5 — EAC Gym

Mapúa

70

Mapúa

77

October 19 — Rizal Coliseum

St. Francis

60

Mapúa

73

October 10 — St. Placid's Gym

UE

84

PCU

95

October 13 — Rizal Coliseum

AMACU

88

PCU

55

October 5 — EAC Gym

UE

74

UE

84

October 22 — Rizal Coliseum

EAC

60

UE

66

October 10 — St. Placid's Gym

San Beda

59

San Beda

75

October 13 — Rizal Coliseum

NU

72

San Beda

84

October 9 — UST Gym

UV

68

Adamson

67

October 19 — Rizal Coliseum

UV

70

San Beda

61

October 9 — UST Gym

JRU

58

Third place

UST

63

October 14 — Rizal Coliseum

October 22 — Rizal Coliseum

JRU

65

JRU

64

Mapúa

72

October 6 — Blue Eagle Gym

Letran

58

JRU

76

Letran

81

UC

71

Visayas–Mindanao qualifying series

All games were held at the Cebu Coliseum in Cebu City.

2007–08 CCL

The 5th Collegiate Champions League started on November 10, 2007.

Participating teams

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

November 15 - The Arena

La Salle

Declined

November 19 - The Arena

UMin

Default

UMin

58

November 17 - The Arena

UV

78

UV

101

November 26 - The Arena

Lyceum

80

UV

80

November 14 - Blue Eagle Gym

STI

71

UE

Forfeit

November 21 - The Arena

STI

Default

STI

77

November 10 - The Arena

FEU

72

FEU

91

November 28 - The Arena

MLQU

80

UV

54

November 12 - St. Placid's Gym

Ateneo

71

San Beda

105

November 19 - The Arena

Sacred Heart

48

San Beda

84

November 12 - St. Placid's Gym

UST

88

UST

91

November 26 - The Arena

Mapúa

90

UST

66

November 14 - Blue Eagle Gym

Ateneo

92

Third place

Ateneo

78

November 21 - The Arena

November 28 - The Arena

San Sebastian

51

Ateneo

81

STI

87

November 13 - N. Aquino Stadium

JRU

71

UST (OT)

81

JRU

83

WNC

61

Media

• National Broadcasting Network (2002–2003)
• Solar Sports (2004–2008)
• ABS-CBN Sports (2009–2015)
  • Studio 23 (2009–2013)
  • ABS-CBN Sports and Action (2014–2015)
• Basketball TV (2017)
• ESPN 5 (5 Plus) (2018)
• Livestreaming through PCCL's official Facebook and YouTube accounts (2019–present)

Notes

See also

• College basketball in the Philippines
• List of Philippine men's collegiate basketball champions
• National Students' Basketball Championship, similar tournament held by the Basketball Association of the Philippines

References

1. SBP launches the Philippine Collegiate Championship - March 12, 2008
2. "JRU ends Champions League at 3rd place". GMA News. October 22, 2006. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
3. "PCCL cancels title match due to typhoon, will declare semifinal winners as co-champions". Spin.ph. December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
4. "2015 PCCL Championship". Retrieved October 12, 2016.
5. "PCCL honors co-champs San Beda, FEU". Retrieved January 31, 2016.
6. La Salle's 2004 championship was forfeited to FEU after La Salle was discovered to have unknowingly fielded ineligible players.
7. replacement for the La Salle Green Archers who backed out of the tournament.
8. ^ UAAP champion La Salle and UAAP runner-up UE chose not to participate in this tournament, and therefore, forfeited their respective games. La Salle reasoned that it needed a break from competition while UE protested its surprisingly low seeding. Other teams that were also invited, but declined were:
   • Letran (NCAA runner-up)
   • Arellano (NCRAA champion)
   • Saint Francis (UCAA champion)
9. Tams clip Eagles for Unigames cage crown

External links

• Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas
• Philippine Collegiate Championship

• Philippine Collegiate Champions League
• Sports leagues established in 2002
• College men's basketball competitions in the Philippines
• 2002 establishments in the Philippines