List of UAAP Final Four results

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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.

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.

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

La Salle school colors La Salle

La Salle La Salle school colors 64–65
65–60 		Ateneo school colors Ateneo UST UST school colors 80–69 FEU school colors FEU 4th
Ateneo Ateneo school colors 69–64 UST school colors UST La Salle La Salle school colors 70–69 Ateneo school colors Ateneo 2nd
2008
(details)[22] 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 69–61
62–51 		La Salle school colors La Salle Ateneo Ateneo school colors 70–50 UE school colors UE La Salle La Salle school colors 62–59 FEU school colors FEU 2nd
La Salle La Salle school colors 67–62 FEU school colors FEU
2009
(details) 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 78–71
68–88
71–58 		UE school colors UE Ateneo Ateneo school colors 81–64 UST school colors UST None
FEU FEU school colors 74–84
72–78 		UE school colors UE
2010
(details) 		FEU FEU school colors 49–72
62–65 		Ateneo school colors Ateneo FEU FEU school colors 69–59 (OT) La Salle school colors La Salle
Ateneo Ateneo school colors 68–55 Adamson school colors Adamson
2011
(details) 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 82–64
82–69 		FEU school colors FEU Ateneo Ateneo school colors 69–66 UST school colors UST
Adamson Adamson school colors 49–59
74–78 		FEU school colors FEU
2012
(details) 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 83–78
65–62 		UST school colors UST Ateneo Ateneo school colors 66–63 La Salle school colors La Salle La Salle La Salle school colors 69–66 FEU school colors FEU 4th
UST UST school colors 63–57 NU school colors NU
2013
(details) 		La Salle La Salle school colors 72–73
77–70
71–69 (OT) 		UST school colors UST NU NU school colors 62–71
69–76 		UST school colors UST La Salle La Salle school colors 74–69 FEU school colors FEU 2nd
La Salle La Salle school colors 71–68 FEU school colors FEU
2014
(details) 		FEU FEU school colors 75–70
47–62
59–75 		NU school colors NU Ateneo Ateneo school colors 74–78
63–65 		NU school colors NU NU NU school colors 51–49 UE school colors UE 4th
FEU FEU school colors 73–94
67–64 		La Salle school colors La Salle FEU FEU school colors 65–60 La Salle school colors La Salle 2nd
2015
(details) 		UST UST school colors 64–75
62–56
62–67 		FEU school colors FEU UST UST school colors 64–55 NU school colors NU None
FEU FEU school colors 76–74 Ateneo school colors Ateneo
2016
(details) 		La Salle La Salle school colors 67–65
79–72 		Ateneo school colors Ateneo La Salle La Salle school colors 69–64 Adamson school colors Adamson
Ateneo Ateneo school colors 61–62
69–68 (OT) 		FEU school colors FEU
2017
(details) 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 76–70
83–92
88–86 		La Salle school colors La Salle Ateneo Ateneo school colors 67–80
88–84 (OT) 		FEU school colors FEU
La Salle La Salle school colors 82–75 Adamson school colors Adamson
2018
(details) 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 88–79
99–81 		UP school colors UP Ateneo Ateneo school colors 80–61 FEU school colors FEU FEU FEU school colors 71–70 La Salle school colors La Salle 4th
Adamson Adamson school colors 71–73
87–89 (OT) 		UP school colors UP
2019[nb 4]
(details) 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 91–77
86–79 		UST school colors UST UP UP school colors 69–89
65–68 		UST school colors UST None
FEU FEU school colors 71–81 UST school colors UST
2020 Not held Not held
2021[nb 5]
(details) 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 74–81 (OT)
69–66
69–72 (OT) 		UP school colors UP Ateneo Ateneo school colors 85–72 FEU school colors FEU
UP UP school colors 80–83
78–74 		La Salle school colors La Salle
2022
(details) 		Ateneo Ateneo school colors 66–72
65–55
75–68 		UP school colors UP Ateneo Ateneo school colors 81–60 Adamson school colors Adamson Adamson Adamson school colors 80–76 La Salle school colors La Salle 4th
UP UP school colors 69–61 NU school colors NU
2023
(details) 		UP UP school colors 97–67
60–82
69–73 		La Salle school colors La Salle UP UP school colors 57–46 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Ateneo Ateneo school colors 70–48 Adamson school colors Adamson 4th
La Salle La Salle school colors 97–73 NU school colors 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.
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  10. ^ "UAAP 1998 results". UBelt.com. 14 January 2009. Archived from the original on 20 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
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  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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