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Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup

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Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2024 Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup
SportBasketball
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
First season2006
CountryPhilippines
Most recent
champion(s)
UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons
(2nd title)
Most titlesLa Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers
(4 titles)

The Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup, formerly known as the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup and also known as the Filoil EcoOil ECJ Preseason Cup in 2024, is a pre-season collegiate basketball tournament in the Philippines. It is contested by teams mainly from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), there have also been some invited teams such as the RP Youth under-18 team and teams from other associations.

History

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The entire tournament is organized by Filoil EcoOil Sports, formerly Filoil Flyving V Sports, of the Villavicencio Group of Companies.[1] It was first held as a post-season tournament in 2006 where it was known as the Homegrown Cup. Starting in 2007, Filoil Flying V Sports decided to hold it every summer and it was subsequently renamed as the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup.

The De La Salle Green Archers won the first two editions of the tournament, making them, to this day, the only back-to-back tournament champions.[2][3] The UE Red Warriors won the third edition of the tournament in 2008, followed by the FEU Tamaraws in 2009, the San Sebastian Stags in 2010,[4] the Ateneo Blue Eagles in 2011, and the NU Bulldogs in 2012. UE would reclaim the title in 2013 before starting a period from 2014 through 2019 where five of the six tournaments held were won by either De La Salle or the San Beda Red Lions. De La Salle claimed their fourth in 2016, the most out of any school, while San Beda won three in five years. The only outlier during this period was Ateneo in 2018.

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the tournament were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[5][6] before resuming with its 15th edition in 2022, where it was also rebranded as the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup, in which NU would win.[7][8] In 2024, it was announced that the 17th edition of the tournament would be named after Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., renaming it as the ECJ Preseason Cup. The UP Fighting Maroons would win both the 2023 and 2024 editions, making them just the second back-to-back Preseason Cup champions.

Tournament format

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All participating teams are divided into two groups (since the 2023 edition, teams are grouped based on association). From there, a single round-robin tournament is used for each group, with every team playing one game against other teams within the same group.

The top four teams from each association group advance to the single-elimination playoffs. The first round, the crossover quarterfinals, have the first-seeded teams matched against the fourth-seeded teams from the opposing group. The same is also applied for the second-seeded and third-seeded teams. The winner of each game advances to the next round until one team remains to become the Preseason Cup champions.[9]

Results

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By tournament

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Season Finals Third-place game
Champion Score Final opponent Third place Score Fourth place
1 (2006) La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
79–67 JRU school colors
JRU
(NCAA)
FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
72–63 UE school colors
UE
(UAAP)
2 (2007) La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
89–81 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
UE school colors
UE
(UAAP)
95–77 NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)
3 (2008) UE school colors
UE
(UAAP)
81–65 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
79–60 Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)
4 (2009) FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
84–78 UE school colors
UE
(UAAP)
SSC-R school colors
San Sebastian
(NCAA)
87–78 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
5 (2010) SSC-R school colors
San Sebastian
(NCAA)
79–78 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)
57–55 JRU school colors
JRU
(NCAA)
6 (2011)[10] Ateneo school colors
Ateneo
(UAAP)
75–56 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
65–57 Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)
7 (2012)[11] NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)
64–54 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
Ateneo school colors
Ateneo
(UAAP)
66–55 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
8 (2013)[12] UE school colors
UE
(UAAP)
81–68 NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)
San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
74–70 UST school colors
UST
(UAAP)
9 (2014)[13] La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
71–66 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
CEU school colors
CEU
(NAASCU)
73–58 SWU school colors
SWU
(CESAFI)
10 (2015)[14] San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
79–53 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
JRU school colors
JRU
(NCAA)
71–69 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
11 (2016)[15] La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
86–74 Arellano school colors
Arellano
(NCAA)
Ateneo school colors
Ateneo
(UAAP)
66–54 NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)
12 (2017)[16] San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
75–72 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
Lyceum school colors
Lyceum
(NCAA)
82–75 JRU school colors
JRU
(NCAA)
13 (2018)[17] Ateneo school colors
Ateneo
(UAAP)
76–62 San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
78–58 CSB school colors
Benilde
(NCAA)
14 (2019)[18] San Beda school colors
San Beda
(NCAA)
74–57 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)
96–63 Lyceum school colors
Lyceum
(NCAA)
15 (2022)[19] NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)
56–46 FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
N/A[20] Adamson school colors
Adamson
(UAAP)
16 (2023)[21] UP school colors
UP
(UAAP)
87–76 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
NU school colors
NU
(UAAP)
85–77 UPHD school colors
Perpetual
(NCAA)
17 (2024)[22] UP school colors
UP
(UAAP)
69–66 La Salle school colors
La Salle
(UAAP)
FEU school colors
FEU
(UAAP)
80–78 Letran school colors
Letran
(NCAA)

By school

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School 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
La Salle school colors De La Salle University 4 6 2 12
San Beda school colors San Beda University 3 5 1 9
NU school colors National University 2 1 1 4
UE school colors University of the East 2 1 1 4
Ateneo school colors Ateneo de Manila University 2 0 2 4
UP school colors University of the Philippines 2 0 0 2
FEU school colors Far Eastern University 1 2 4 7
SSC-R school colors San Sebastian College–Recoletos 1 0 1 2
JRU school colors Jose Rizal University 0 1 1 2
Arellano school colors Arellano University 0 1 0 1
Adamson school colors Adamson University 0 0 2 2
CEU school colors Centro Escolar University 0 0 1 1
Lyceum school colors Lyceum of the Philippines University 0 0 1 1

Media coverage

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The tournament has had multiple media coverage partners over the years, beginning with ABS-CBN, whose now-defunct sports division was a broadcast partner from 2006 until 2016. The tournament was left without a broadcast partner in 2017, before signing a deal with ESPN5 for 2018 and 2019.[23] The 2023 edition was then broadcast by Solar Sports.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ninong of collegiate basketball". The Philippine Star. April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ "La Salle Homegrown champion". The Manila Times. December 18, 2006.
  3. ^ "Archers, Blazers on target". The Philippine Star. March 25, 2011.
  4. ^ "Seventh FilOil Flying V tourney launched". Inquirer. March 22, 2012.
  5. ^ "With no preseason, Filoil to air old games on FB". Inquirer. May 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "Filoil cancels plan to hold preseason tournament for UAAP teams". SPIN.ph. February 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Filoil preseason tourney seeks July return with 16 teams in tow". SPIN.ph. June 18, 2022.
  8. ^ "Filoil preseason hoops tiff returns in July". The Philippine Star. June 18, 2022.
  9. ^ "UAAP, NCAA teams out in full force for Filoil Preseason Cup". SPIN.ph. April 16, 2024.
  10. ^ "Ateneo snags first ever FilOil crown". The Guidon. June 13, 2011.
  11. ^ "National U bags first Filoil Championship; Parks MVP". Inquirer. June 12, 2012.
  12. ^ "UE stuns NU for Filoil crown; Sumang named MVP". Inquirer. June 12, 2013.
  13. ^ "UAAP beats NCAA: La Salle downs San Beda to win FilOil title". Rappler. June 8, 2014.
  14. ^ "San Beda Red Lions are Filoil Cup champs after hammering La Salle in final". SPIN.ph. June 14, 2015.
  15. ^ "Mbala dominates as DLSU wins Filoil title". Rappler. June 12, 2016.
  16. ^ "Bolick drains dagger vs DLSU as San Beda reclaims FilOil crown". GMA News. June 26, 2017.
  17. ^ "Ateneo dominates San Beda, sweeps way to Filoil title". Inquirer. June 30, 2018.
  18. ^ "Canlas, Nelle show way as San Beda rips La Salle to claim Filoil Flying V Cup". SPIN.ph. June 23, 2019.
  19. ^ "NU completes perfect run, rules FilOil tiff with win vs FEU". GMA News. August 27, 2022.
  20. ^ "Adamson begs off from Filoil bronze game, takes on UV in Surigao". Tiebreaker Times. August 25, 2022.
  21. ^ "UP edges La Salle to cop Filoil Preseason title". GMA News. June 21, 2023.
  22. ^ "Maroons repeat as FilOil preseason champs". The Philippine Star. June 12, 2024.
  23. ^ "Premier Cup boasts 19 squads, returns to TV". Tiebreaker Times. April 9, 2018.