Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup

The Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup (previously known as the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup) is a pre-season collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines. It is organized by Filoil EcoOil Sports. It gathers teams mainly from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), but also include some invited teams such as the RP Youth under-18 team and teams from other leagues, in a basketball tournament just before the start of the collegiate season.

Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup
Most recent season or competition:
16th Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup
SportBasketball
Founded2006
Country Philippines
Most recent
champion(s)		UP Fighting Maroons (Seniors)
NU Bullpups (Juniors)
TV partner(s)ABS-CBN Sports and Action (2007–2016)
ESPN5 (2018–2019)[1]
Solar Sports (2023–present)

History

The tournament was organized by the Filoil Flying V Sports team of the Villavicencio Group of Companies.[2] It was first held as a post-season tournament in 2006 where it was known as the Homegrown Invitational Cup. Starting in 2007, Filoil Flying V Sports decided to hold it every summer and it was subsequently renamed as the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup. The De La Salle Green Archers won the first two editions of the tournament.[3][4] The UE Red Warriors won the third edition of the tournament in 2008, followed by the FEU Tamaraws in 2009, and the San Sebastian Stags in 2010.[5] The tournament has been aired on television by coverage partner, ABS-CBN Sports, through ABS-CBN Sports+Action until 2016. Following a year without its coverage partner for the 2017 season, the tournament was returned to television this time on ESPN5 through The 5 Network and AksyonTV for the 2018 season.[1] The 2020 and 2021 seasons of the tournament were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7] Prior to the resumption of the tournament with its 15th season in 2022, it was rebranded as the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup.[8][9]

Tournament format

Its format consists of dividing the teams into two groups featuring single round robin elimination games among teams of the same group to determine the playoff teams. The playoffs feature a crossover format, with the top seeds of each group facing off against the fourth seed of their opposites and the second seeds slugging it out with the opposite side's third seeds until a champion is determined.

Tournament results

Per tournament
SeasonFinalsThird-place game
ChampionScoreFinal opponentThird placeScoreFourth place
1 (2006) La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 79–67 JRU school colors
JRU
(NCAA)		 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)		 72–63 San Beda school colors
UE
(UAAP)
2 (2007) La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 89–81 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 San Beda school colors
UE
(UAAP)		 95–77 NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)
3 (2008) San Beda school colors
UE
(UAAP)		 81–65 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 79–60 Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)
4 (2009) FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)		 84–78 San Beda school colors
UE
(UAAP)		 SSC-R school colors
San Sebastian
(NCAA)		 87–78 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
5 (2010) SSC-R school colors
San Sebastian
(NCAA)		 79–78 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)		 Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)		 57–55 JRU school colors
JRU
(NCAA)
6 (2011)[10] Ateneo school colors
Ateneo
(UAAP)		 75–56 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)		 65–57 Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)
7 (2012)[11] NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)		 64–54 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 Ateneo school colors
Ateneo
(UAAP)		 66–55 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
8 (2013)[12] San Beda school colors
UE
(UAAP)		 81–68 NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)		 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 74–70 UST school colors
UST
(UAAP)
9 (2014)[13] La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 71–66 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 CEU school colors
CEU
(NAASCU)		 73–58 SWU school colors
SWU
(CESAFI)
10 (2015)[14] San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 79–53 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 JRU school colors
JRU
(NCAA)		 71–69 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
11 (2016)[15] La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 86–74 Arellano school colors
Arellano
(NCAA)		 Ateneo school colors
Ateneo
(UAAP)		 66–54 NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)
12 (2017)[16] San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 75–72 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 Lyceum school colors
Lyceum
(NCAA)		 82–75 JRU school colors
JRU
(NCAA)
13 (2018)[17] Ateneo school colors
Ateneo
(UAAP)		 76–62 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)		 78–58 CSB school colors
CSB
(NCAA)
14 (2019)[18] San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)		 74–57 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)		 96–63 Lyceum school colors
Lyceum
(NCAA)
15 (2022)[19] NU school colors
NU
(UAAP) 		56–46 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)		 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 N/A[20] Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)
16 (2023)[21] UP school colors
UP
(UAAP)		 87–76 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)		 NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)		 85–77 UPHD school colors
Perpetual
(NCAA)

Per school
School1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Total
La Salle school colors De La Salle University452 11
San Beda school colors San Beda University351 9
FEU school colors Far Eastern University123 6
Ateneo school colors Ateneo de Manila University202 4
UE school colors University of the East211 4
NU school colors National University211 4
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian College–Recoletos101 2
JRU school colors Jose Rizal University011 2
Adamson school colors Adamson University002 2
UP school colors University of the Philippines100 1
Arellano school colors Arellano University010 1
CEU school colors Centro Escolar University001 1
Lyceum school colors Lyceum of the Philippines University001 1

See also

References
  1. "Premier Cup boasts 19 squads, returns to TV". Tiebreaker Times. April 9, 2018.
  2. "Ninong of collegiate basketball". The Philippine Star. April 11, 2008.
  3. "La Salle Homegrown champion". The Manila Times. December 18, 2006.
  4. "Archers, Blazers on target". The Philippine Star. March 25, 2011.
  5. "Seventh FilOil Flying V tourney launched". Inquirer. March 22, 2012.
  6. "With no preseason, Filoil to air old games on FB". Inquirer. May 10, 2020.
  7. "Filoil cancels plan to hold preseason tournament for UAAP teams". SPIN.ph. February 17, 2022.
  8. "Filoil preseason tourney seeks July return with 16 teams in tow". SPIN.ph. June 18, 2022.
  9. "Filoil preseason hoops tiff returns in July". The Philippine Star. June 18, 2022.
  10. "Ateneo snags first ever FilOil crown". The Guidon. June 13, 2011.
  11. "National U bags first Filoil Championship; Parks MVP". Inquirer. June 12, 2012.
  12. "UE stuns NU for Filoil crown; Sumang named MVP". Inquirer. June 12, 2013.
  13. "UAAP beats NCAA: La Salle downs San Beda to win FilOil title". Rappler. June 8, 2014.
  14. "San Beda Red Lions are Filoil Cup champs after hammering La Salle in final". SPIN.ph. June 14, 2015.
  15. "Mbala dominates as DLSU wins Filoil title". Rappler. June 12, 2016.
  16. "Bolick drains dagger vs DLSU as San Beda reclaims FilOil crown". GMA News. June 26, 2017.
  17. "Ateneo dominates San Beda, sweeps way to Filoil title". Inquirer. June 30, 2018.
  18. "Canlas, Nelle show way as San Beda rips La Salle to claim Filoil Flying V Cup". SPIN.ph. June 23, 2019.
  19. "NU completes perfect run, rules FilOil tiff with win vs FEU". GMA News. August 27, 2022.
  20. "Adamson begs off from Filoil bronze game, takes on UV in Surigao". Tiebreaker Times. August 25, 2022.
  21. "UP edges La Salle to cop Filoil Preseason title". GMA News. June 21, 2023.
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