Filippinerna - UAAP

Filippinerna - UAAP

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The UAAP basketball championships are basketball tournaments held from September to December by the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, and the men's tournament is the flagship tournament of the UAAP. Basketball is a mandatory sport for all schools. All eight universities participate in the men's, women's, and high school (boys') tournaments.

History

The tournament is divided into two divisions, the collegiate' division, which is further subdivided into the men's tournament, for male collegiate players, and the women's tournament for female collegiate players. The other division is the high school division which is also subdivided into two tournaments for the male and female high school athletes.

The UAAP basketball sport has a rich history of schools establishing dynasties. UE won a record seven consecutive basketball titles from 1965 to 1971 albeit the third one was a shared championship with UST. Ateneo had a 5-year winning streak from 2008 to 2012. Two other schools ended their championship streak at four. UST won it from 1993 to 1996 and La Salle from 1998 to 2001.

The championship in basketball is the most coveted title that schools aspire for during a UAAP season and is one of the most anticipated live TV sporting events in the Philippines, but such aspirations have resulted in many controversies in the association. There are protests filed by the member-schools against one another almost every season. Ironically, the association has a handbook of its rules and regulations.

Filippinerna - UAAP är ett årligt baskettbollevent som hålls på Filippinerna. Turneringen grundades 1938 och är en av de äldsta och mest prestigefyllda basketturneringarna i Asien. UAAP står för University Athletic Association of the Philippines och turneringen är öppen för universitetslag från hela landet.

Turneringen består av två divisioner: herrdivisionen och damdivisionen. Herrdivisionen består av åtta lag, medan damdivisionen består av sex lag. Lagen i varje division spelar en dubbelserie mot varandra under den ordinarie säsongen. De fyra bästa lagen i varje division går vidare till slutspelet, som spelas i ett enda elimineringssystem.

Filippinerna - UAAP är en mycket konkurrenskraftig turnering och har fostrat många av Filippinernas bästa basketspelare genom åren. Några av de mest kända spelarna som har spelat i UAAP är Benjie Paras, Robert Jaworski och Alvin Patrimonio.

Turneringen är mycket populär på Filippinerna och drar stora publikantal till arenorna. UAAP-mästerskapen är ett av de mest eftertraktade priserna i filippinsk basket.