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List of UAAP Final Four results

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) men's basketball Final Four is the postseason of the men's tournament of the UAAP Basketball Championship. Other divisions of UAAP basketball, the women's and juniors', also have their own versions of the Final Four.

The all-tournament team for the 2007 men's basketball tournament: Jervy Cruz, JV Casio, Chris Tiu (represented by his brother Charles), Mark Borboran and Rico Maierhofer, awarded in Game 2 of the 2007 Finals.

Since the UAAP is not a home-and-away league, the position of season host rotates among member universities, and the host pays for the arena rental and other facilities. Most Final Four games are held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, the Philippines' largest indoor arena. Other venues were the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay, Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City, Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, and the PhilSports Arena in Pasig. Since 2012, several Final Four and championship games are now also played at the Mall of Asia Arena.

The league uses a modified Shaughnessy playoff system: the top four teams enter the playoffs, while the top two seeds are given the "twice-to-beat" advantage. This advantage for the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds is that for them to be eliminated in the semifinals, they have to be beaten twice by the No. 4 and No. 3 seeds respectively; however, they need to win only once to advance. The winners in the semifinals dispute the championship trophy in a best-of-three series.

Winning percentage by the teams in the elimination round since 2000; La Salle's forfeited wins were not taken into account.

In its institution in 1993, if a team wins all of its elimination round games (the "sweep"), the sweeping team wins the championship outright. In that same year, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) won all fourteen games and were awarded the championship trophy, scrapping the postseason.[1] As a result, the "stepladder" format was used from 1994 to 2007 if a team sweeps the elimination round – the sweeping team advances outright to the best-of-three finals, while the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds face off in a playoff to face the No. 2 seed still possessing the twice-to-beat advantage. After University of the East (UE) swept the elimination round in 2007 (the first since UST's sweep in 1993),[2] they were beaten by De La Salle University 2–0 in the finals series after a 21-day layoff. As a result, the league modified the "sweeper clause" by instituting the "bonus rule" – the sweeping team has to be beaten thrice in the finals, while its opponent has to be beaten only twice.[3] The "bonus rule" was later repealed in 2016 for most UAAP sports. In the new rule, a team which finishes the elimination round has a bye to the finals and the championship is a best-of-3 series only, while the other three teams will play in a stepladder semifinals round with the number 2 seed getting a twice-to-beat advantage. The stepladder round winner advances to the finals against the sweeping team.[4]

Until 2009, ties among teams that qualified for the playoffs, including those tied for the fourth seed, were resolved by playing a game. If there were three teams tied, two games were to be played to break the tie. By 2009, it was instituted that "common sense" will be used to break ties to avoid "senseless" games.[5]

This list includes men's basketball games played under the Final Four format since the 1994 season, a year after the format was instituted, and one-game playoffs in which teams tied after the elimination round for a Final Four berth played an extra game to determine which team clinches the higher seed in the playoffs.

Results edit

For the semifinal columns, the No. 1 vs. No. 4 matchup is given first.

Legend
  Adamson Adamson University
  Ateneo Ateneo de Manila University
  La Salle De La Salle University
  FEU Far Eastern University
  NU National University
  UE University of the East
  UP University of the Philippines Diliman
  UST University of Santo Tomas
(OT) Game went into overtime.
strikethrough Game was forfeited.
Season Finals Semifinals One-game playoff
Higher seed Scores Lower seed Higher seed Score/s Lower seed Winner Score Loser Seed
1993
(details) 		UST   – UST named automatic champions after 14–0 elimination round record.
1994
(details)[6] 		La Salle   77–74
75–89
76–77 		  UST La Salle   65–63   FEU None
UE   81–87
74–83 		  UST
1995
(details)[7] 		UST   78–88
66–62
67–64 		  La Salle UST   65–76
74–68 		  FEU
La Salle   86–79   UE
1996
(details)[8] 		La Salle   60–65
54–57 		  UST La Salle   67–55   UE
UST   63–56   UP
1997
(details)[9] 		FEU   62–60
65–64 		  La Salle FEU   69–70
70–69 		  UP
UST   73–82
72–74 		  La Salle
1998
(details)[10] 		La Salle   72–47
63–59 		  FEU La Salle   51–55
56–51[11] 		  UST UST   80–72   UP 4th
FEU   68–81
83–61 		  UE
1999
(details)[12] 		La Salle   60–62
81–74
78–75 (OT) 		  UST La Salle   91–69   FEU La Salle   84–79   UST 1st
UST   75–74   Ateneo
2000
(details)[13] 		La Salle   67–64
74–65 		  FEU La Salle   65–62   UST UST   65–61   UE 4th
Ateneo   60–61
67–75 		  FEU
2001[nb 1]
(details)[14] 		La Salle   74–68
72–76
93–88 		  Ateneo La Salle   111–85   NU NU   108–102 (2OT)   UE 4th
Ateneo   67–63   FEU
2002
(details)[15] 		La Salle   70–72
85–77
70–77 		  Ateneo La Salle   97–84   UST None
UE   78–84
70–72 		  Ateneo
2003
(details)[16] 		Ateneo   65–83
53–69 		  FEU Ateneo   72–76 (OT)[nb 2]
74–68 		  La Salle FEU   80–75   UE 2nd
FEU   67–63   UE
2004
(details)[17] 		FEU   51–58[nb 2]
67–57
65–68[nb 2] 		  La Salle FEU   71–64   UE La Salle   82–69[nb 2]   Ateneo 2nd
La Salle returned their trophy.[nb 2] La Salle   69–55[nb 2]   Ateneo
2005
(details)[19] 		FEU   75–73
73–71 		  La Salle FEU   78–57   UE Ateneo   76–65   UE 3rd
La Salle   74–57[nb 2]   Ateneo
2006
(details)[20] 		Ateneo   73–72
71–87
74–76 (OT) 		  UST Ateneo   76–73   Adamson UST   85–71   Adamson 3rd
UE   75–79
81–82 		  UST
2007[nb 3]
(details)[21] 		UE   63–64
64–73

  La Salle

La Salle   64–65
65–60 		  Ateneo UST   80–69   FEU 4th
Ateneo   69–64   UST La Salle   70–69   Ateneo 2nd
2008
(details)[22] 		Ateneo   69–61
62–51 		  La Salle Ateneo   70–50   UE La Salle   62–59   FEU 2nd
La Salle   67–62   FEU
2009
(details) 		Ateneo   78–71
68–88
71–58 		  UE Ateneo   81–64   UST None
FEU   74–84
72–78 		  UE
2010
(details) 		FEU   49–72
62–65 		  Ateneo FEU   69–59 (OT)   La Salle
Ateneo   68–55   Adamson
2011
(details) 		Ateneo   82–64
82–69 		  FEU Ateneo   69–66   UST
Adamson   49–59
74–78 		  FEU
2012
(details) 		Ateneo   83–78
65–62 		  UST Ateneo   66–63   La Salle La Salle   69–66   FEU 4th
UST   63–57   NU
2013
(details) 		La Salle   72–73
77–70
71–69 (OT) 		  UST NU   62–71
69–76 		  UST La Salle   74–69   FEU 2nd
La Salle   71–68   FEU
2014
(details) 		FEU   75–70
47–62
59–75 		  NU Ateneo   74–78
63–65 		  NU NU   51–49   UE 4th
FEU   73–94
67–64 		  La Salle FEU   65–60   La Salle 2nd
2015
(details) 		UST   64–75
62–56
62–67 		  FEU UST   64–55   NU None
FEU   76–74   Ateneo
2016
(details) 		La Salle   67–65
79–72 		  Ateneo La Salle   69–64   Adamson
Ateneo   61–62
69–68 (OT) 		  FEU
2017
(details) 		Ateneo   76–70
83–92
88–86 		  La Salle Ateneo   67–80
88–84 (OT) 		  FEU
La Salle   82–75   Adamson
2018
(details) 		Ateneo   88–79
99–81 		  UP Ateneo   80–61   FEU FEU   71–70   La Salle 4th
Adamson   71–73
87–89 (OT) 		  UP
2019[nb 4]
(details) 		Ateneo   91–77
86–79 		  UST UP   69–89
65–68 		  UST None
FEU   71–81   UST
2020 Not held Not held
2021[nb 5]
(details) 		Ateneo   74–81 (OT)
69–66
69–72 (OT) 		  UP Ateneo   85–72   FEU
UP   80–83
78–74 		  La Salle
2022
(details) 		Ateneo   66–72
65–55
75–68 		  UP Ateneo   81–60   Adamson Adamson   80–76   La Salle 4th
UP   69–61   NU
2023
(details) 		UP   97–67
60–82
69–73 		  La Salle UP   57–46   Ateneo Ateneo   70–48   Adamson 4th
La Salle   97–73   NU

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Starting in 2001, each game was played with four 10-minute quarters and a 24-second shot clock. Games before 2001 were played with two 20-minute halves and a 30 second shot clock.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g In 2005, La Salle had to forfeit all of their won games (group stage and playoffs) from the 2003 to the 2005 seasons when two of their players were found to have falsified papers to enroll at the school, causing them to be ineligible. This led to the suspension all of La Salle's varsity teams (not just men's basketball) during the 2006–07 season and awarding Far Eastern University (FEU), their finals opponent, the 2004 men's basketball trophy.[18]
  3. ^ In 2007, UE won all of their group stage games so the "stepladder" format was used for the first time.[2]
  4. ^ In 2019, Ateneo became the first men's basketball team in the league's history to complete the 16–0 season sweep under the "stepladder" format.[citation needed]
  5. ^ The basketball tournaments were held in the second semester of the 2021–2022 academic year and only featured the collegiate men's division due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions at the time. [citation needed]

References edit

  1. ^ Jasmine Payo (1 January 2008). "UE completes 14–0, but barely". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  2. ^ a b Reuel Vidal (14 September 2007). "Warriors go 14–0". Manila Standard Today. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
  3. ^ Jasmine Payo (28 June 2008). "Additional incentive for UAAP sweep". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
  4. ^ Leongson, Randolph (30 August 2016). "No more thrice-to-beat edge in UAAP". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  5. ^ Joey Villar (13 June 2009). "UAAP okays rules on tiebreak, instant replay". Philippine Star. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
  6. ^ "UAAP 1994 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  7. ^ "UAAP 1995 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  8. ^ "UAAP 1996 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  9. ^ "UAAP 1997 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  10. ^ "UAAP 1998 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  11. ^ Hansel David Co & Ramon Navarro Jr. (18 November 2008). "Victory March". The LaSallian Sports. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  12. ^ "UAAP 1999 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  13. ^ "UAAP 2000 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  14. ^ "UAAP 2001 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  15. ^ "UAAP 2002 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  16. ^ "UAAP 2003 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  17. ^ "UAAP 2004 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  18. ^ Jasmine Payo (21 November 2006). "UAAP declares Tamaraws 2004 cage champions". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  19. ^ "UAAP 2005 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  20. ^ "UAAP 2006 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  21. ^ "UAAP 2007 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  22. ^ "UAAP 2008 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 9 February 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2009.

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