Pilipinas Basketball

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Pilipinas Basketball" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

This article is about the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC)-recognized Philippine basketball governing body from 2006 to 2007. For the current Philippine basketball body, see Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.

Pilipinas Basketball (Filipino: Pilipinas Basketbol,[1] PB) was the basketball governing body recognized by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) from March 2006 to February 2007. It was formed to replace the POC-backed Philippine Basketball Federation, Inc. (PBFI), which itself was formed to replace the FIBA-recognized Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) as the sport's governing body.

The BAP was expelled from the POC in 2005 after a series of disagreements. The POC then formed the Philippine Basketball Federation in mid-2005, but failed to get FIBA recognition. The country was banned from participating in FIBA tournaments soon after. The POC tried to form a new association again in 2006, this time involving all of the country's major basketball stakeholders. This organization was simply called Pilipinas Basketball.

The structure of the association is similar, but not identical, to that of USA Basketball. It consists of four of the Philippines' major basketball stakeholders – the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), the Philippine Basketball League (PBL), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), as well as Joey Lina, then-president of the BAP, representing the said association.

Lina, however, backed out from the group. Pilipinas Basketball tried to gain FIBA recognition from FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann but was denied, urging them to "keep the course".

Bernie Atienza, the sports coordinator of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde and Management Committee chairman of the NCAA during the formation of Pilipinas Basketball, was named interim President. Bernie Atienza resigned thereafter from the De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde in the middle of CSB's hosting of the NCAA 82nd season and was replaced by Ateneo de Manila's Jun Capistrano.

Pilipinas Basketball was officially dissolved during the Unity Congress held on February 5, 2007. It gave way to the new basketball governing body of the Philippines, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. It was formed after both PB and BAP signed a memorandum, known as the "Tokyo Communique" to form the said organization. After months of continuous bickering, both groups agreed to proceed with the unity congress in accordance with FIBA Secretary-General Patrick Baumann.

## Major stakeholders

[edit]

* Philippine Basketball Association
* Philippine Basketball League
* University Athletic Association of the Philippines
* National Collegiate Athletic Association

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "G.R. No. 186566". Supreme Court of the Philippines. Archived from the original on November 20, 2009.

Preceded by

Philippine Basketball Federation, Inc.

|  Philippine Olympic Committee-recognized national association in the Philippines
2006-2007  | Succeeded by

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas

|
|

* v
* t
* e

Basketball in the Philippines

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas

National teams|

* Seniors
* M
* W
* Juniors
* M
* W
* Youth
* M
* W
* 3x3
* M
* W
* Universiade
* M
* In FIBA club tournaments

Professional competitions|

* Philippine Basketball Association
* D-League
* Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
* National Basketball League
* Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup
* Pilipinas Super League
* AsiaBasket
* Women's National Basketball League

Amateur and semi-professional competitions|

* UNTV Cup

Collegiate competitions|

* Tournaments
* Father Martin Cup
* Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup
* Philippine Collegiate Champions League
* Leagues
* Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.
* Colleges and Universities Sports Association
* Iloilo Schools Sports Association
* Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association
* Men's National Collegiate Athletic Association
* Private Schools Athletic Association (Philippines)
* National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities
* National Capital Region Athletic Association
* National Collegiate Athletic Association
* National Collegiate Athletic Association South
* State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association
* University Athletic Association of the Philippines
* United Calabarzon Collegiate League
* United Central Luzon Athletic Association
* Universities and Colleges Athletic Association
* Universities and Colleges Athletic League
* Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association

* List of teams
* List of venues
* Players
* Men
* National team
* Women
* National team
* Lists

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template