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Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup

Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup

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The Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup, previously known as the Flying V Preseason Cup, 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.

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History

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.[2][3] The UE Red Warriors won the third edition of the tournament in 2008, followed by the FEU Tamaraws in 2009, and the San Sebastian Stags in 2010.[4] 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.[7][8]

Tournament format

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]

Tournament results

Per tournament

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Per school

Media coverage

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.[22] The 2023 edition was then broadcast by Solar Sports.

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References

  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. "Filoil preseason hoops tiff returns in July". The Philippine Star. June 18, 2022.
  5. "Ateneo snags first ever FilOil crown". The Guidon. June 13, 2011.
  6. "Premier Cup boasts 19 squads, returns to TV". Tiebreaker Times. April 9, 2018.

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