UNTV Cup Season 5

2016–17 UNTV Cup Season 5
2016–17 UNTV Cup Season
Tournament details
CountryPhilippines
DatesAugust 29, 2016 – March 21, 2017
Teams13
Defending championsAFP Cavaliers
Final positions
ChampionsPNP Responders (1st title)
Runner-upMalacanañ Kamao
Third placeJudiciary Magis
Fourth placeBOC Transformers
Tournament statistics
Matches played65
Finals MVPHarold Santa Cruz

The UNTV Cup Season 5 was the 2016–17 season of the annual charity basketball league in the Philippines, UNTV Cup. The tournament organized by UNTV Public Service channel, through its chairman and chief executive officer of BMPI-UNTV, Kuya Daniel Razon, more popularly known as Mr. Public Service.

The season was officially opened on August 29, 2016, at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Pasay, with 13 teams vying for the championship title of the season, including Season 4 champions AFP Cavaliers. A new team was introduced this season called the Bureau of Customs Transformers.[1]

Regular games will be held at the Pasig City Sports Center in Pasig and the University of Makati Gym in Makati, with a live telecast on the UNTV Public Service channel every Sunday afternoons.[2]

During the season, the league got its second AnakTV award for being a child-friendly basketball tournament.[3][4]

Teams

Thirteen teams, which composed of a new team (BOC Transformers) and twelve returning teams from last season will compete in the tournament.[5] The teams were divided into two groups.

[6]

New Teams

Bureau of Customs will be the new team of the tournament starting this season.

Group A

Government agency Moniker Colours Joined UNTV Cup Seasons Played UNTV Cup Titles Head Coach
Armed Forces of the Philippines AFP Cavaliers 2013 4 2 Cpl. Sonny Manucat
Bureau of Fire Protection BFP Firefighters 2014 2 0 Ramon Garcia
Office of the President of the Philippines Malacañang Kamao 2014 3 0 Louie Gonzalez
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority MMDA Black Wolves 2013 4 0 Mandeville Martirez
Ombudsman of the Philippines Ombudsman Graft Busters 2015 1 0 John Kallos
Senate of the Philippines Senate Defenders 2014 3 0 Mike Fermin

Group B

Government agency Moniker Colours Joined UNTV Cup Seasons Played UNTV Cup Titles Head Coach
Bureau of Customs BOC Transformers       2016 0 0 Kenneth Duremdes
Department of Justice DOJ Justice Boosters 2013 4 0 Edmon Espiritu
Government Service Insurance System GSIS Furies 2014 2 0 Mike Saguiguit
House of Representatives of the Philippines HOR Solons 2013 4 0 Pido Jarencio
Supreme Court of the Philippines Judiciary Magis 2013 4 2 Dennis Balason
National Housing Authority (Philippines) NHA Builders 2014 2 0 Bennett Palad
Philippine National Police PNP Responders 2013 4 0 Ernie Santa Cruz

Venues

Venues of UNTV Cup Season 5
Metro Manila Calabarzon
UNTV Cup Season 5 is located in Metro Manila
Mall of Asia Arena
Mall of Asia Arena
Pasig City Sports Center
Pasig City Sports Center
Strike Gymnasium
Strike Gymnasium
UMak Gym
UMak Gym
Ynares Sports Arena
Ynares Sports Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Smart Araneta Coliseum
UNTV Cup Season 5 is located in Calabarzon
Alonte Sports Arena
Strike Gymnasium
Strike Gymnasium

The opening day was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, while the Games 2 and 3 of the Finals were at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The rest of the elimination round and playoff games were held at multiple arenas in Greater Manila Area.

Arena Location Tournament Capacity
Elims Playoffs
Alonte Sports Arena Biñan, Laguna checkY 6,500
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay City checkY 20,000
Pasig City Sports Center Pasig City checkY checkY 3,000
Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City checkY 14,429
Strike Gymnasium Bacoor, Cavite checkY 1,500
University of Makati Gym Makati City checkY
Ynares Sports Arena Pasig City checkY 3,000

Elimination round

First round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB Qualification
1 Malacañang Kamao 6 5 1 0 0 0 .833 — Advanced to the second round
2 BFP Firefighters 6 4 2 0 0 0 .667[a] 1
3 AFP Cavaliers 6 4 2 0 0 0 .667[a] 1
4 MMDA Black Wolves 6 3 3 0 0 0 .500 2
5 Ombudsman Graft Busters 6 2 4 0 0 0 .333 3 Eliminated
6 Senate Defenders 6 0 6 0 0 0 .000 5
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b BFP Firefighters wins tie-breaker via head-to-head record over the AFP Cavaliers. Nevertheless, both teams qualify to the second round.


Date Game No. Competing Teams Scores Top Performer(s) Venue Links
August 29, 2016 1 [10] AFP def. Senate 85–71 Boyet Bautista SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Watch Watch
September 11, 2016 3 Malacañan def. Ombudsman 82–70 Eric dela Cuesta Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch
September 18, 2016 6 BFP def. MMDA 83–71 Marlon Adolfo University of Makati Gym, Makati Watch Watch
September 25, 2016 8 Ombudsman def. Senate 75–67 Mark Anthony Marcos University of Makati Gym, Makati Watch Watch
September 28, 2016 13 AFP def. MMDA 90–80 Roger Araneta and Eugene Tan Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch Boxscore
October 9, 2016 14 BFP def. AFP 78–74 Gilbert Malabanan Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch
October 9, 2016 15 Malacañan def. Senate 82–54 Visnu Das Javier Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch
October 18, 2016 18 MMDA def. Ombudsman 92–82 Peter John Villanueva and Max Guittap Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 23, 2016 20 MMDA def. Senate 77–70 Jeffrey Sanders Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 23, 2016 21 Malacañan def. BFP 92–77 Ian Garrido Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 30, 2016 24 BFP def. Senate 91–78 Michael Sanchez and Anthony Lim Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 30, 2016 25 Malacañan def. AFP 73–61 John Michael Jimenez and Eric dela Cuesta Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 13, 2016 29 Ombudsman def. BFP 77–71 Ronnie Zagala and Rysal Castro Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 20, 2016 32 Malacañan def. MMDA 72–55 John Michael Jimenez and Christian Luanzon Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 24, 2016 35 AFP def. Ombudsman 103–85 Boyet Bautista Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 4, 2016 37 MMDA def. Senate 76–71 Peter John Villanueva and Ermel Idria Strike Gymnasium, Bacoor, Cavite Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 4, 2016 38 BFP def. Ombudsman 80–73 Gilbert Malabanan and Jonathan Egea Strike Gymnasium, Bacoor, Cavite Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 4, 2016 39 AFP def. Malacañan 72–67 Wilfred Casulla, Jr. and Eugene Tan Strike Gymnasium, Bacoor, Cavite Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB Qualification
1 BOC Transformers 6 6 0 0 0 0 1.000 — Advanced to the second round
2 Judiciary Magis 6 5 1 0 0 0 .833 1
3 PNP Responders 6 4 2 0 0 0 .667 2
4 NHA Builders 6 3 3 0 0 0 .500 3
5 HOR Solons 6 2 4 0 0 0 .333 4 Eliminated
6 GSIS Furies 6 1 5 0 0 0 .167 5
7 DOJ Justice Boosters 6 0 6 0 0 0 .000 6
Source: [citation needed]


Date Game No. Competing Teams Scores Top Performer(s) Venue Links
September 11, 2016 2 BOC def. GSIS 76–74 Marlou Aquino Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch
September 11, 2016 4 HOR def. DOJ 96–78 Francis Adriano Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch
September 18, 2016 5 PNP def. DOJ 81–70 Ronaldo Abaya University of Makati Gym, Makati Watch Watch
September 18, 2016 7 Judiciary def. NHA 76–63 Chester Tolomia University of Makati Gym, Makati Watch Watch
September 25, 2016 9 BOC def. Judiciary 79–68 Marlou Aquino University of Makati Gym, Makati Watch Watch
September 25, 2016 10 HOR def. GSIS 97–83 Francis Adriano University of Makati Gym, Makati Watch Watch
September 28, 2016 11 Judiciary def. DOJ 84–68 Warren Ybañez Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch Boxscore
September 28, 2016 12 PNP def. NHA 82–75 Ollan Omiping and Harold Sta. Cruz Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch Boxscore
October 9, 2016 16 BOC def. HOR 93–92 Kenneth Duremdes and Gherome Ejercito Pasig City Sports Center Watch Watch Boxscore
October 16, 2016 17 GSIS def. DOJ 94–84 James Patrick Abugan and Rene Boy Banzali Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 16, 2016 19 BOC def. PNP 93–84 (OT) Michael Anthony Sumalinog and Marlou Aquino Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT
October 23, 2016 22 NHA def. HOR 102–100 Antonio Lustestica Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 30, 2016 23 NHA def. GSIS 86–79 Alvin Vitug and Marvin Mercado Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 6, 2016 26 [11][12] BOC def. DOJ 86–68 Samuel Ignacio and Bernzon Franco Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 6, 2016 27 [11][12] PNP def. HOR Forfeit N/A Pasig City Sports Center
November 13, 2016 28 NHA def. DOJ 83–77 Alvin Vitug Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 13, 2016 30 Judiciary def. GSIS 90–77 Chester Tolomia and Don Camaso Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 20, 2016 31 BOC def. NHA 77–75 Marlou Aquino and Rizal Vonn Ignacio Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 20, 2016 33 Judiciary def. PNP 82–80 (OT) Chester Tolomia Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT
November 24, 2016 34 Judiciary def. HOR 114–94 Chester Tolomia Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 24, 2016 36 PNP def. GSIS 97–80 Julius Criste Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Second round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT GB Qualification
1 BOC Transformers 10 8 2 0 0 0 .800[a] — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 Judiciary Magis 10 8 2 0 0 0 .800[a] —
3 PNP Responders 10 8 2 0 0 0 .800[a] — Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4 Malacañang Kamao 10 6 4 0 0 0 .600[b] 2
5 AFP Cavaliers 10 6 4 0 0 0 .600[b] 2 Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6 BFP Firefighters 10 6 4 0 0 0 .600[b] 2
7 MMDA Black Wolves 10 4 6 0 0 0 .400[c] 4 Eliminated
8 NHA Builders 10 4 6 0 0 0 .400[c] 4
Source: Manila Standard
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c BOC Transformers wins tie-breaker via head-to-head record between the three teams (BOC 2–0, Judiciary 1–1, PNP 0–2).
  2. ^ a b c Malacañang Kamao wins tie-breaker via head-to-head record between the three teams (Malacañang 2–0, BFP 1–1, AFP 0–2). However, due to an undisclosed reason, it was determined that AFP has a better ranking than BFP.
  3. ^ a b MMDA Black Wolves wins tie-breaker via head-to-head record over the NHA Builders. Nevertheless, both teams were eliminated.
Date Game No. Competing Teams Scores Top Performer(s) Venue Links
December 13, 2016 40 [15] Judiciary def. BFP 76–67 Chester Tolomia University of Makati Gym, Makati Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 13, 2016 41 [15] MMDA def. NHA 87–79 Jeffrey Sanders and Maximo Guittap University of Makati Gym, Makati Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 13, 2016 42 [15] PNP def. AFP 82–67 Julius Criste University of Makati Gym, Makati Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 18, 2016 43 PNP def. BFP 86–84 Ollan Omiping and Harold Sta. Cruz University of Makati Gym, Makati Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 18, 2016 44 BOC def. MMDA 84–71 Kenneth Duremdes and Bernzon Franco University of Makati Gym, Makati Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 18, 2016 45 Judiciary def. Malacañan 74–63 Chester Tolomia University of Makati Gym, Makati Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 8, 2017 46 [16] PNP def. MMDA 80–67 Ollan Omiping and Alejandro Yanquiling Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 8, 2017 47 [16] NHA def. AFP 86–73 Marvin Mercado and Alvin Vitug Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 8, 2017 48 [16] BOC def. Malacañan 71–70 Kenneth Duremdes and Gherome Ejercito Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 15, 2017 49 BFP def. BOC 95–89 Gilbert Malabanan and Kurt Amores Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 15, 2017 50 Malacañan def. NHA 91–65 Christian Luanzon and Visnu Das Javier Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 15, 2017 51 AFP def. Judiciary 80–72 Jeffrey Quiambao and Winston Sergio Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 22, 2017 52 Judiciary def. MMDA 77–62 Ariel Capus and Warren Ybanez Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 22, 2017 53 AFP def. BOC 96–91 Boyet Bautista and Jeffrey Quiambao Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 29, 2017 54 [17] BFP def. NHA 80–79 Gilbert Malabanan and Anthony Emmanuel Lim Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 29, 2017 55 [17] PNP def. Malacañan 71–63 Anton Tolentino Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

The Playoffs

 
Quarter-finals
(One-game playoff)		Semi-finals
(Best-of-three series)		UNTV Cup Finals
(Best-of-three championship series)
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judiciary Magis0
 
 
 
PNP Responders2
 
PNP Responders82
 
 
 
BFP Firefighters70
 
PNP Responders2
 
 
Malacañan Kamao1
 
 
 
 
 
BOC Transformers0
 
 
 
Malacañan Kamao2 Third place match
 
Malacañan Kamao73
 
 
 
AFP Cavaliers54
 
Judiciary Magis100
 
 
BOC Transformers97
 

Quarterfinals

Date Game No. Competing Teams Scores Top Performer(s) Venue Links
February 5, 2017 56 PNP (B) vs. BFP (A) 82–70 Ollan Omiping and Anton Tolentino Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
February 5, 2017 57 Malacañan (A) def. AFP (A) 73–54 Christian Luanzon and Ian Garrido Pasig City Sports Center Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Semifinals

BOC vs. Malacañan

February 12
15:00 (UTC +08)
BOC Transformers 88, Malacañan Kamao 99
Scoring by quarter: 13 – 34, 30 – 19, 28 – 23, 17 – 23
Best Players: Eric Dela Cuesta and Visnu Das Javier
Pasig City Sports Center
Referees: A. Galutera, A. Manzano, S. Pingol
February 19
17:00 (UTC +08)
Malacañan Kamao 80, BOC Transformers 76
Scoring by quarter: 12 – 21, 22 – 23, 22 – 9, 24 – 23
Best Player: Christian Luanzon
Malacañan Kamao advances in the finals, 2-0; beats twice-to-beat BOC Transformers in semifinals
Pasig City Sports Center
Referees: F. Pascual, F. Olivar, Jr., E. Faraon

Judiciary vs. PNP

February 12
17:00 (UTC +08)
Judiciary Magis 67, PNP Responders 92
Scoring by quarter: 18 – 30, 13 – 21, 22 – 21, 14 – 20
Best Players: Harold Sta. Cruz and Anton Tolentino
Pasig City Sports Center
Referees: J. Olivar, D. Arguelles, A. Espiritu
February 19
15:00 (UTC +08)
PNP Responders 74, Judiciary Magis 72
Scoring by quarter: 20 – 32, 20 – 17, 12 – 15, 22 – 8
Best Players: Alejandro Yanquiling III and Harold Sta. Cruz
PNP Responders advances in the finals, 2-0; beats twice-to-beat Judiciary Magis in semifinals
Pasig City Sports Center
Referees: J. Garcia, M. Galutera, S. Pingol

Battle for Third Place: Judiciary Magis vs BOC Transformers

Third placer received one million pesos cash prize (₱1,000,000) and the fourth-place earned five hundred thousand pesos (₱500,000).

  • Players of the Game: Chester Tolomia and Warren Ybañez
March 5
15:00 (UTC+8)
Judiciary Magis 100–97 BOC Transformers
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 21–34, 20–26, 31–22
Pts: Chester Tolomia 30
Rebs: Chester Tolomia 15
Asts: Warren Ybañez 7		 Pts: Duremdes 32
Judiciary Magis wins third-place
Pasig City Sports Center

Finals

Game 1

  • Players of the Game: Christian Luanzon & Eric Dela Cuesta
March 5
17:00
PNP Responders 81–82 Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 16–24, 24–20, 18–23
Malacañan leads series, 1–0
Pasig City Sports Center

Game 2

  • Best Player of the Game: Ollan Omiping
March 7, 2017
17:00
PNP Responders 67–61 Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 22–13, 16–19, 13–14
Series tied, 1–1

Game 3

March 21, 2017
17:00
PNP Responders 68–55 Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 20–22, 15–7, 17–13
PNP wins UNTV Cup Finals, 2–1

Winners and beneficiaries

A total of 8.4 million pesos tax-free was given to the teams' chosen beneficiaries, with the champion team PNP Responders taking home a trophy, and 4 million pesos given to their chosen charity institution. The runner-up team Malacañang Kamao received 2 million pesos for their beneficiary. One million pesos was given to the third place team Judiciary Magis for their chosen beneficiary. Five hundred thousand pesos was given to the fourth-place finishers BOC Transformers for their chosen charity. The other participating teams got 100 thousand pesos for their beneficiary.[18][19]

Place Team Beneficiaries Cash Prize
Champion PNP Responders Police Community Relations Group "Drug Rehabilitation Program" ₱4,000,000
Runner-up Malacañang PSC Kamao Philippine Children's Medical Center and Millennium Sports Support System Association Inc. ₱2,000,000
3rd Judiciary Magis Judiciary Employees Severely Affected by Typhoons and Calamities ₱1,000,000
4th BOC Transformers Caritas Manila, Inc. ₱500,000
AFP Cavaliers AFP Educational Benefit System Office ₱100,000
BFP Firefighters Philippine Science High School Foundation Inc. ₱100,000
DOJ Justice Boosters Department of Justice Employees’ Association (DOJEA) ₱100,000
GSIS Furies Kapisanan ng mga Manggagawa sa GSIS, Golden Reception and Action Center for the Elderly and other Special Cases (GRACES) ₱100,000
HOR Solons Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Missions, Inc. and Congressional Spouses Foundation Inc. ₱100,000
MMDA Blackwolves Philippine General Hospital – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Philippine Cerebral Palsy, Inc. and Damayan MMDA Provident Fund ₱100,000
NHA Builders NHA Provident Fund Association, Inc. ₱100,000
Ombudsman Graftbusters Ombudsman Provident Fund ₱100,000
Senate Defenders Kythe Foundation, Inc., Pangarap Foundation, Inc. and Share An Opportunity, Philippines Inc. ₱100,000

Individual awards

Season Awards

[18]

Top Players of the Season

The following players have excelled in their respective categories.

Air Date Description Link

Players of the Week

The following players were named the Players of the Week.

Week Player of the Week Team Ref.
– (1/1) (1/1)
– (1/1) (1/1)
– (1/1) (1/1)
– (1/1) (1/1)
– (1/1) (1/1)
– (1/1) (1/1)
– (1/1) (1/1)
– (1/1) (1/1)

UNTV Cup Segments

Heart of a Champion

The Heart of a Champion segment features UNTV Cup players and their lives off the court as public servants.

Air Date Featured Player Team Link

Top Plays

The following segment features the top plays of the week and elimination round.

Air Date Description Link
Top 10 Plays of the 1st Round Eliminations [20]
Top 10 Blocks of the 1st Round Eliminations [21]

Player, Analyst and Fan Interviews

UNTV Cup players, analysts, and fans share their thoughts in interviews.

Air Date Description Link
Bayabao, Diaz, Cabahug and Banzali answer buzzer beater questions [22]

See also

References

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