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The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and the second-oldest in the world after the NBA. [1] [note 1]
Postcard of women playing basketball in Dagupan, 1910 The national team playing against China at the 1917 Far Eastern Games in Tokyo. Basketball was introduced in the Philippines during the American colonial period with the first American teachers teaching the sport along with baseball through the YMCA and the school system. [1]
The Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines consisting of 29 teams as of the 2024 season.. Founded in 2017 by eight-division boxing world champion Manny Pacquiao, the MPBL is not intended to be a competitor to the top-flight Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), but rather to provide a gateway for local, homegrown talents to ...
Philippines (Philippine basketball is not divided into a tier-like league system) The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) issues professional licenses for players playing in professional leagues. GAB had instructed amateur leagues that are paying its players to be under its belt.
Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League teams (31 C, 29 P) Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association teams (2 C, 6 P) Metropolitan Basketball Association teams (3 C, 12 P)
The league then subsequently held its first Pro Division tournament: the Pearl of the Orient Cup, which saw eight teams compete in venues across Mindanao. Among the teams were two that moved from the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL): the Basilan Peace Riders and Davao Occidental Tigers, the latter of which became the inaugural ...
Teams play a double round robin in a split season format. The winner of the first round play the winner of the second round in a 1-game championship to determine the champion. Ties for round winners are broken by knockout games. If a team wins both rounds, it is automatically declared the champion, regardless if it was a sweep or not.
Women's basketball teams in the Philippines (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Basketball teams in the Philippines" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.