Philippine Collegiate Champions League

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.[1]

Philippine Collegiate Champions League
SportBasketball
Founded2002
No. of teams8 (Finals)
~250 (Qualifying)
Country Philippines
Most recent
champion(s)		Ateneo Blue Eagles (5)
Most titlesAteneo (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 websiteCollegiateChampionsLeague.net

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.

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

Per tournament
SeasonFinalsThird-place gameMost Valuable Player
ChampionScoresRunners-upThird placeScoresFourth place
2003 UE Red Warriors (UAAP)82–58
57–55		FEU Tamaraws (UAAP) UST Growling Tigers (UAAP) No third place game Not awarded
2004 FEU Tamaraws (UAAP) 81–77
89–81		 San Sebastian Stags (NCAA) Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)
St. Francis Doves (NCRAA/UCAA)
2005FEU Tamaraws (UAAP)69–49UE Red Warriors (UAAP)UV Green Lancers (CESAFI)65–64PCU Dolphins (NCAA)
2006 UE Red Warriors (UAAP) 66–59 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) JRU Heavy Bombers (NCAA) 76–72[2] Mapúa Cardinals (NCAA)
2007 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) 71–54 UV Green Lancers (CESAFI) STI Olympians (NAASCU) 87–81 (OT)UST Growling Tigers (UAAP)
2008 De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP) 71–62 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) Letran Knights (NCAA) 75–67 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) JVee Casio (La Salle)
2009 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) 70–75
90–63
74–70		 FEU Tamaraws (UAAP) San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) 91–85 San Sebastian Stags (NCAA) Jai Reyes (Ateneo)
2010 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) 78–80
70–59
73–67		 Adamson Soaring Falcons (UAAP) De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP) 82–71 UC Webmasters (CESAFI) Nico Salva (Ateneo)
2011 San Sebastian Stags (NCAA) 51–56
73–67		 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) 82–69 UC Webmasters (CESAFI) Ian Sangalang (San Sebastian)
2012 UST Growling Tigers (UAAP) 82–76
69–70
81–76		 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) 64–56 SWU Cobras (CESAFI) Jeric Teng (UST)
2013 De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP) 64–54
70–61		 SWU Cobras (CESAFI) FEU Tamaraws (UAAP) [lower-alpha 1] San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) Jeron Teng (La Salle)
2014 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) 88–81
73–66		 De La Salle Green Archers (UAAP) UV Green Lancers (CESAFI) 63–60 USC Warriors (CESAFI) Ola Adeogun (San Beda)
2015 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA)
FEU Tamaraws (UAAP)		 Co-champions[lower-alpha 2] Letran Knights (NCAA)
USC Warriors (CESAFI)		 Joint runners-up[lower-alpha 2] Ken Holmqvist (FEU)
2016 No tournament held No tournament held No tournament held
2017 Lyceum Pirates (NCAA) 70–66 San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) No third placer Jaycee Marcelino (Lyceum)
2018 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP) 95–71 UV Green Lancers (CESAFI) Isaac Go (Ateneo)
2019 Ateneo Blue Eagles (UAAP)57–46San Beda Red Lions (NCAA) UV Green Lancers (CESAFI)93–63UP Fighting Maroons (UAAP) SJ Belangel (Ateneo)
2020 Canceled Canceled none
2021 No tournament held No tournament held No tournament held
2022 No tournament held No tournament held No tournament held
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.[3][4][5]

Medal table
RankTeamGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles5319
2FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws3216
3San Beda school colors San Beda Red Lions2338
4La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers2114
5UE school colors UE Red Warriors2103
6SSC-R school colors San Sebastian Stags1102
7UST school colors UST Growling Tigers1012
8Lyceum school colors Lyceum Pirates1001
9UV school colors UV Green Lancers0235
10Adamson school colors Adamson Soaring Falcons0101
SWU school colors SWU Cobras0101
12Letran school colors Letran Knights0022
13JRU school colors JRU Heavy Bombers0011
STI school colors STI Olympians0011
Saint Francis school colors Saint Francis Doves0011
USC school colors USC Warriors0011
Totals (16 entries)17151648

Per league

Regional champions
Year Luzon VisMin/Southern Islands
2010 Letran Knights

Lyceum Pirates

NU Bulldogs

UE Red Warriors

 USC Warriors

UI Wildcats

2011 San Sebastian Stags UC Webmasters
2013 FEU Tamaraws SWU Cobras
2014 De La Salle Green Archers UV Green Lancers
Year North/Central Luzon NCR South Luzon/Bicol Visayas Mindanao
2011 U-Pang Flames De La Salle Green Archers

NU Bulldogs

 UB Brahmans AMA Ormoc Titans STI-CDO Olympians
2017 LNU Dukes San Sebastian Stags NCF Tigers n/a HTC GenSan Wildcats
2018 DHVTSU Wildcats Letran Knights NCF Tigers CSAV Titans HTC GenSan Wildcats
2019 DHVTSU Wildcats Diliman Blue Dragons Annunciation Panthers AC Lightnings HTC GenSan Wildcats

3x3
Year Champion Score Runner-up Third place
2017 Arellano
(NCAA)		 42–24 Fatima (NAASCU) UV (CESAFI)
2018 Holy Child College of Davao 2–0
(best-of-three)		 La Finns Scholastica UNC

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
Seeded at Team League Notes Eliminated at
Semifinals Philippine Christian University Dolphins NCAA NCAA champion Semifinals (Eliminated by UE)
Quarterfinals Far Eastern University Tamaraws UAAP UAAP champion [6] Champions (Finals vs. UE)
Quarterfinals University of the Visayas Green Lancers CESAFI CESAFI champion Semifinals (Eliminated by FEU)
Quarterfinals University of Perpetual Help Rizal Altas NCAA NCAA runner-up Quarterfinals (Eliminated by UE)
Third Round Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles UAAP UAAP 3rd place Third Round (Eliminated by UP)
Second Round Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights NCAA NCAA 3rd place Second Round (Eliminated by UP)
Second Round University of the East Red Warriors UAAP UAAP 4th place Finals (Defeated by FEU)
Second Round University of San Jose - Recoletos Jaguars CESAFI CESAFI runner-up Second Round (Eliminated by UC)
Unseeded University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons[7] UAAP UAAP 5th place Quarterfinals (Eliminated by FEU)
Unseeded University of Southern Philippines Panthers CESAFI CESAFI 3rd place First Round (Eliminated by UMindanao)
Unseeded West Negros College Mustangs NOPSSCEA NOPSSCEA champion First Round (Eliminated by UC)
Unseeded San Beda College Red Lions NCAA NCAA 4th place Second Round (Eliminated by UE)
Unseeded Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals UCAA UCAA champion First Round (Eliminated by UP)
Unseeded University of Mindanao Wildcats Davao PRISAA Davao PRISAA Champion Quarterfinals (Eliminated by UV)
Unseeded University of Cebu Webmasters CESAFI CESAFI 4th place Third Round (Eliminated by UP)
Unseeded University of Manila Hawks NAASCU NAASCU champion First Round (Eliminated by San Beda)

Bracket
First roundSecond roundThird roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
                      
February 11/13
EAC school colors EAC 55
February 15/17
UP school colors UP 78
Letran school colors Letran 41
UP school colors UP 52
February 19
UP school colors UP 77
Ateneo school colors Ateneo 55
February 15/22
UP school colors UP 56
FEU school colors FEU 78
February 24
FEU school colors FEU 85
February 11/13
UV school colors UV 71
U of Mindanao 93
USP 74
February 15/22
U of Mindanao 74
UV school colors UV 84
February 27
FEU school colors FEU 69
February 11/13
UE school colors UE 49
UC 109
February 15/17
WNC 83
USJ-R school colors USJ–R 70
UC 81
February 19
UC 69
UE school colors UE 78
February 15/17
UE school colors UE 70
February 11/13
San Beda school colors San Beda 55
UM 79
February 15/22
San Beda school colors San Beda 85
UE school colors UE 71
UPHD school colors Perpetual 59
February 24
UE school colors UE 72
PCU school colors PCU 67 Third place
February 27
UV school colors UV 65
PCU school colors PCU 64
 2005 PCCL champions 
FEU Tamaraws
Second title

2006–07 CCL

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

Participating teams
Seed Team League Notes Eliminated at
1 Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles UAAP UAAP runner-up Quarterfinals (eliminated by Mapúa)
2 San Beda College Red Lions NCAA NCAA champion Finals (defeated by UE)
3 University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers UAAP UAAP champion Round of 16 (eliminated by JRU)
4 Philippine Christian University Dolphins NCAA NCAA runner-up Quarterfinals (eliminated by UE)
5 University of the East Red Warriors UAAP UAAP 3rd place Champions (Finals vs. San Beda)
6 Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights NCAA NCAA 3rd place Quarterfinals (eliminated by JRU)
7 Adamson University Soaring Falcons UAAP UAAP 4th place Round of 16 (eliminated by UV)
8 Mapua Institute of Technology Cardinals NCAA NCAA 4th place Semifinals (eliminated by UE)
9 Saint Francis of Assisi College System Doves NCRAA NCRAA champion Round of 16 (eliminated by Mapúa)
10 University of the Visayas Green Lancers CESAFI Visayas-Mindanao qualifier Quarterfinals (eliminated by San Beda)
11 University of Cebu Webmasters CESAFI Visayas-Mindanao qualifier Round of 16 (eliminated by Letran)
12 Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals UCAA UCAA champion Round of 16 (eliminated by UE)
13 AMA Computer University Titans NAASCU NAASCU champion Round of 16 (eliminated by PCU)
14 José Rizal University Heavy Bombers NCAA NCAA 6th place - Wildcard Semifinals (eliminated by San Beda)
15 National University Bulldogs UAAP UAAP 7th place - Wildcard Round of 16 (eliminated by San Beda)
16 PMI Colleges Admirals CUSA CUSA champion - Wildcard Round of 16 (eliminated by Ateneo)

Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
October 6 — Blue Eagle Gym
 
 
Ateneo school colors Ateneo87
 
October 14 — Rizal Coliseum
 
PMI school colors PMI73
 
Ateneo school colors Ateneo66
 
October 5 — EAC Gym
 
Mapua school colors Mapúa70
 
Mapua school colors Mapúa77
 
October 19 — Rizal Coliseum
 
St. Francis school colors St. Francis60
 
Mapua school colors Mapúa73
 
October 10 — St. Placid's Gym
 
UE school colors UE84
 
PCU school colors PCU95
 
October 13 — Rizal Coliseum
 
AMACU school colors AMACU88
 
PCU school colors PCU55
 
October 5 — EAC Gym
 
UE school colors UE74
 
UE school colors UE84
 
October 22 — Rizal Coliseum
 
EAC school colors EAC60
 
UE school colors UE66
 
October 10 — St. Placid's Gym
 
San Beda school colors San Beda59
 
San Beda school colors San Beda75
 
October 13 — Rizal Coliseum
 
NU school colors NU72
 
San Beda school colors San Beda84
 
October 9 — UST Gym
 
UV school colors UV68
 
Adamson school colors Adamson67
 
October 19 — Rizal Coliseum
 
UV school colors UV70
 
San Beda school colors San Beda61
 
October 9 — UST Gym
 
JRU school colors JRU58 Third place
 
UST school colors UST63
 
October 14 — Rizal ColiseumOctober 22 — Rizal Coliseum
 
JRU school colors JRU65
 
JRU school colors JRU64Mapua school colors Mapúa72
 
October 6 — Blue Eagle Gym
 
Letran school colors Letran58 JRU school colors JRU76
 
Letran school colors Letran81
 
 
UC school colors UC71
 
 2006 PCCL champions 
UE Red Warriors
Second title
Visayas–Mindanao qualifying series

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

Semi-finalsFinal
      
2
UC 		93
1
USC 		90
2
WNC 		 ?
3
UC 		 ?
Semi-finalsFinal
      
3
UMin 		68
1
UV 		83
2
USJ–R 		 ?
3
UMin 		 ?

2007–08 CCL

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

Participating teams
Seed Team League Notes Eliminated at
1 De La Salle University-Manila Green Archers[8] UAAP UAAP champion Round of 16 (Forfeit)
2 San Beda College Red Lions NCAA NCAA champion Quarterfinals (Eliminated by UST)
3 Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles UAAP UAAP 3rd place
Unigames runner-up		 Champions (Finals vs. UV)
4 University of the East Red Warriors[8] UAAP UAAP runner-up Round of 16 (Forfeit)
5 Far Eastern University Tamaraws UAAP UAAP 5th place
Unigames champion - Wildcard		 Quarterfinals (Eliminated by STI)
6 José Rizal University Heavy Bombers NCAA NCAA 3rd place Quarterfinals (Eliminated by Ateneo de Manila)
7 University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers UAAP UAAP 4th place Semi-finals (Eliminated by Ateneo de Manila)
8 University of the Visayas Green Lancers CESAFI CESAFI champion Finals (Defeated by Ateneo de Manila)
9 Lyceum of the Philippines University Pirates WNCAA WNCAA champion Round of 16 (Eliminated by UV)
10 Mapúa Institute of Technology Cardinals NCAA NCAA 4th place Round of 16 (Eliminated by UST)
11 West Negros College Mustangs NOPSSCEA NOPSSCEA champion
Unigames 3rd Place[9]		 Round of 16 (Eliminated by JRU)
12 Manuel L. Quezon University Stallions CUSA CUSA champion Round of 16 (Eliminated by FEU)
13 STI College Olympians NAASCU NAASCU champion Semi-finals (Eliminated by UV)
14 San Sebastian College - Recoletos Stags NCAA NCAA 5th place Round of 16 (Eliminated by Ateneo de Manila)
15 Sacred Heart College Stallions TCCL TCCL champion Round of 16 (eliminated by San Beda)
16 University of Mindanao Wildcats DCAA DCAA champion Quarterfinals (Eliminated by UV)

Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
November 15 - The Arena
 
 
La Salle school colors La Salle[8]Declined
 
November 19 - The Arena
 
 UMinDefault
 
 UMin58
 
November 17 - The Arena
 
 UV78
 
 UV101
 
November 26 - The Arena
 
 Lyceum80
 
 UV80
 
November 14 - Blue Eagle Gym
 
 STI71
 
UE school colors UE[8]Forfeit
 
November 21 - The Arena
 
 STIDefault
 
 STI77
 
November 10 - The Arena
 
FEU school colors FEU72
 
FEU school colors FEU91
 
November 28 - The Arena
 
 MLQU80
 
 UV54
 
November 12 - St. Placid's Gym
 
Ateneo school colors Ateneo71
 
San Beda school colors San Beda105
 
November 19 - The Arena
 
 Sacred Heart48
 
San Beda school colors San Beda84
 
November 12 - St. Placid's Gym
 
UST school colors UST88
 
UST school colors UST91
 
November 26 - The Arena
 
Mapua school colors Mapúa90
 
UST school colors UST66
 
November 14 - Blue Eagle Gym
 
Ateneo school colors Ateneo92 Third place
 
Ateneo school colors Ateneo78
 
November 21 - The ArenaNovember 28 - The Arena
 
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian51
 
Ateneo school colors Ateneo81 STI87
 
 November 13 - N. Aquino Stadium
 
JRU school colors JRU71 UST school colors UST (OT)81
 
JRU school colors JRU83
 
 
 WNC61
 
2007 Champion
Ateneo
First title

Media

Notes

    See also

    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:
    9. Tams clip Eagles for Unigames cage crown
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