2022 FilBasket Summer Championship

The 2022 FilBasket Summer Championship, officially known as the Puregold – FilBasket 2022 Summer Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the second tournament of FilBasket, now known as AsiaBasket, the first tournament of 2022, and the first as a professional league, being granted professional status by the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) in February 2022.[1][2] The tournament began on March 18, 2022, with the playoffs running from April 25 until May 8, 2022.[3] The Nueva Ecija Capitals would defeat the San Juan Knights in the Finals, igniting a rivalry between the two teams.

2022 Filbasket Summer Championship
Tournament details
CountryPhilippines Philippines
Venue(s)Muntinlupa Sports Center
DatesMarch 18 – May 8, 2022
Teams12
Final positions
ChampionsNueva Ecija Capitals
Runner-upSan Juan Knights
Semifinalists

The 2022 Summer Championship is the first and currently only tournament to take place across multiple cities, with San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Quezon City, and Muntinlupa hosting the games, with the latter also hosting the Finals series.

Teams

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On top of the eleven Filipino teams taking part, the Kuala Lumpur Aseel based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, served as the league's first international team, putting the total to twelve teams.[4]

Name Locality / College Last appearance Best result
AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers Makati Subic 2021 Elimination round (1x)
All-Star Bacolod Ballers Bacolod Debut
AMA Online Education Titans AMA University Debut
Danao City MJAS Zenith Danao, Cebu Debut
ICC Blue Hawks Immaculada Concepcion College Debut
Kuala Lumpur Aseel
(guest team)
  Kuala Lumpur Debut
Muntinlupa Angelis Resort - EOG Cooly Muntinlupa Subic 2021 Quarterfinalist (1x)
Nueva Ecija Capitals Nueva Ecija Debut
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors Pasig Subic 2021 Semifinalist (1x)
San Juan Knights San Juan Subic 2021 Runner-up (1x)
Tanduay Rum Masters Batangas City Subic 2021 Quarterfinalist (1x)
Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines Zamboanga Peninsula Debut

Format

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All participating teams played in a single round-robin format, where each team plays one game against all other teams, for a total of 11 games.

The top eight teams then advanced to a three-round, single-elimination playoff bracket. The Quarterfinals gives the top three a twice-to-beat advantage, needing them only one win to advance while their opponents need to win twice. The 4–5 match would instead be a single game affair. The Semifinals and Finals are both best-of-three series.

Elimination round

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Tanduay Rum Masters 11 11 0 1.000 Twice-to-beat in Quarterfinals
2 Nueva Ecija Capitals 11 10 1 .909 1
3 All-Star Bacolod Ballers Bingo Plus 11 7 4 .636 4
4 Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 11 6 5 .545[a] 5 Single-game knockout in Quarterfinals
5 San Juan Knights 11 6 5 .545[a] 5
6 AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers 11 6 5 .545[a] 5 Twice-to-win in Quarterfinals
7 Kuala Lumpur Aseel 11 6 5 .545[a] 5
8 Muntinlupa Angelis Resort - EOG Sports 11 5 6 .455[b] 6
9 Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines 11 5 6 .455[b] 6
10 Danao City MJAS Zenith 11 3 8 .273 8
11 AMA Online Education Titans 11 1 10 .091 10
12 ICC Blue Hawks 11 0 11 .000 11
  1. ^ a b c d PSG (2–1) and SJK (2–1) win tiebreaker over AFMC (1–2) and KLA (1–2) based on head-to-head standings; PSG (1–0) wins tiebreaker over SJK (0–1) based on head-to-head matchup; AFP (1–0) wins tiebreaker over KLA (0–1) based on head-to-head matchup.
  2. ^ a b MUN (1–0) wins tiebreaker over ZAM (0–1) based on head-to-head matchup.

Results

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Teams AFMC ASBB AMA DAN ICC KLA MUN NEC PSG SJK TAN ZAM
AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers 69–77 98–81 89–86 104–86 83–76 104–102 63–93 74–79 63–80 60–106 78–74
All-Star Bacolod Ballers 94–91 84–75 99–89 80–77 77–80 74–86 69–62 77–73 59–66 70–79
AMA Online Education Titans 85–97 99–94 71–90 87–112 80–91 76–99 76–105 80–122 65–98
Danao City MJAS Zenith 89–80 67–80 66–73 77–84 80–90 90–88 70–77 64–76
ICC Blue Hawks 87–115 91–109 82–116 83–95 84–95 80–90 74–101
Kuala Lumpur Aseel 90–79 69–95 84–83 64–92 59–66 91–84
Muntinlupa Angelis Resort 88–102 78–91 83–86 67–81 80–73
Nueva Ecija Capitals 92–81 95–92 82–86 99–76
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 72–71 74–82 65–84
San Juan Knights 76–78 98–82
Tanduay Rum Masters 72–71
Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines
Source: Schedule – via Genius Sports
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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Bracket

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Quarterfinals
(Twice-to-beat / single game)
Semifinals
(Single game)
Finals
(Best-of-3)
              
1 Tanduay Rum Masters 89
8 Muntinlupa Angelis Resort 74
1 Tanduay Rum Masters 75 81
5 San Juan Knights 101 92
4 Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 91
5 San Juan Knights 93
5 San Juan Knights 61 71 88
2 Nueva Ecija Capitals 77 65 90
2 Nueva Ecija Capitals 101
7 Kuala Lumpur Aseel 83
2 Nueva Ecija Capitals 88 88
3 All-Star Bacolod Ballers 77 72
3 All-Star Bacolod Ballers 83
6 AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers 78

Quarterfinals

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(1) Tanduay Rum Masters vs. (8) Muntinlupa Angelis Resort

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April 25
1:00PM
Tanduay Rum Masters 89, Muntinlupa Angelis Resort - EOG Sports 74
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 19–20, 26–24, 24–18
Pts: Ablaza 16
Rebs: Apinan 10
Asts: Lingganay 7
Pts: Neypes 17
Rebs: Neypes 11
Asts: Dennison 4
Tanduay wins series in one game
San Jose Del Monte Sports Complex

(2) Nueva Ecija Capitals vs. (3) Kuala Lumpur Aseel

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April 25
7:00PM
Nueva Ecija Capitals 101, Kuala Lumpur Aseel 83
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 26–9, 36–32, 20–19
Pts: Villarias 18
Rebs: McAloney 10
Asts: two players 5
Pts: Chang 15
Rebs: Kuek 7
Asts: Teo 5
Nueva Ecija wins series in one game
San Jose Del Monte Sports Complex

(3) All-Star Bacolod Ballers vs. (6) AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers

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April 25
3:00PM
All-Star Bacolod Ballers Bingo Plus 83, AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers 78 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 12–26, 22–16, 18–18, Overtime: 8–3
Pts: Yee 22
Rebs: Yee 15
Asts: Lee Yu 6
Pts: Formento 21
Rebs: Colina 7
Asts: Colina 4
All-Star Bacolod wins series in one game
San Jose Del Monte Sports Complex

(4) Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors vs. (5) San Juan Knights

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April 25
5:00PM
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 91, San Juan Knights 93 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 16–18, 22–24, 15–15, Overtime: 11–13
Pts: Manzo 22
Rebs: Tamayo 10
Asts: two players 4
Pts: Clarito 23
Rebs: Clarito 18
Asts: Wamar 5
San Juan wins series in one game
San Jose Del Monte Sports Complex

Semifinals

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(1) Tanduay Rum Masters vs. (5) San Juan Knights

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April 29
5:00PM
Tanduay Rum Masters 75, San Juan Knights 101
Scoring by quarter: 20–30, 11–24, 27–21, 17–26
Pts: Villanueva 17
Rebs: Ablaza 6
Asts: Lingganay 4
Pts: two players 19
Rebs: Clarito 8
Asts: Clarito 6
San Jose Del Monte Sports Complex
May 1
5:00PM
Tanduay Rum Masters 81, San Juan Knights 92
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 21–24, 24–21, 11–24
Pts: two players 20
Rebs: Apinan 14
Asts: two players 4
Pts: two players 15
Rebs: Clarito 14
Asts: Isit 7
San Juan wins series, 2–0
San Jose Del Monte Sports Complex

(2) Nueva Ecija Capitals vs. (3) All-Star Bacolod Ballers

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April 29
7:00PM
Nueva Ecija Capitals 88, All-Star Bacolod Ballers Bingo Plus 77
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 24–19, 26–18, 19–20
Pts: Mabulac 13
Rebs: Juico 9
Asts: Bitoon 6
Pts: two players 15
Rebs: two players 9
Asts: Villoria 6
San Jose Del Monte Sports Complex
May 1
7:00PM
Nueva Ecija Capitals 88, All-Star Bacolod Ballers Bingo Plus 72
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 21–26, 20–19, 23–13
Pts: Mabulac 14
Rebs: Mabulac 7
Asts: Gabo 11
Pts: Garcia 12
Rebs: Alday 5
Asts: Casino 6
Nueva Ecija wins series, 2–0
San Jose Del Monte Sports Complex

Finals: (2) Nueva Ecija Capitals vs. (5) San Juan Knights

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Game 1

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May 4
6:00PM
Nueva Ecija Capitals 77, San Juan Knights 61
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 14–13, 22–14, 17–22
Pts: McAloney 15
Rebs: Juico 7
Asts: two players 4
Pts: Gutang 14
Rebs: two players 7
Asts: two players 4
Muntinlupa Sports Complex

Game 2

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May 6
5:00PM
San Juan Knights 71, Nueva Ecija Capitals 65
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 19–15, 19–20, 23–15
Pts: Fuentes 16
Rebs: Ular 10
Asts: Wamar 5
Pts: Mabulac 14
Rebs: two players 7
Asts: Gabo 6
Muntinlupa Sports Complex

Game 3

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May 8
6:00PM
Nueva Ecija Capitals 90, San Juan Knights 88 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 12–19, 28–22, 22–18, Overtime: 11–9
Pts: Juico 17
Rebs: Mabulac 13
Asts: three players 4
Pts: two players 16
Rebs: Gutang 13
Asts: Wamar 6
Nueva Ecija wins the series, 2–1
Muntinlupa Sports Complex

References

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  1. ^ Ramos, Gerry (February 23, 2022). "Filbasket eyeing March 15 opener for first tourney as pro league". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
  2. ^ Li, Matthew (February 22, 2022). "Filbasket, Super League begin process of turning pro". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kita-kits sa March 18 (Friday) mga ka-Filbasket! 🏆". Instagram. Filbasket. March 12, 2022. This will be the new tip-off date of our tournament. We will be announcing the game venues soon. Stay tuned!
  4. ^ "Team Reveal 🐓🏀". Instagram. Filbasket. February 22, 2022. Malaysian Basketball Club, KL ASEEL, will join Filbasket as a guest team in the upcoming tournament scheduled on March 15, 2022. Their roster will be boosted with players from the Malaysian National Team, and NS Matrix.