UNTV Cup

League of Champions

The Judiciary Magis have won the most championships with 2 UNTV Cup Finals wins. It is now tied with the Armed Forces of the Philippines Cavaliers, who also have 2 championships.

Teams that have no UNTV Cup Finals appearances:

Season 1

UNTV Cup started its first season with a ceremonial toss on July 29, 2013 and it was expected to end in January 2014 but it ended early on November 5 of the same year. The project is aimed to promote unity, camaraderie and physical fitness among government officials in the country.

Seven Teams

The following are the teams of public officials who are from:

Celebrities

Actors who are included in the teams are:

Personality

One public official who was invited to join is boxing legend and Sarangani congressman Manny Pacquiao to play for Congress/LGU Legislators team.

Most Valuable Player

PO2 Ollan Omiping was the two-time MVP (Philippine National Police (PNP) team) during the first and second season of UNTV Cup, was tagged as The Sniper for his excellent performance every game.

Beneficiaries

Every team represents their choice of charity institution. The champion will win one million pesos and first runner-up team will win five hundred thousand pesos to be given to the charity chosen by the winning teams. Total winning prize is ₱1,500,000 in Philippine peso courtesy of Kuya Daniel Razon, the CEO and chairman of Breakthrough and Milestones Production International (BMPI). But winners received a total cash prize of ₱1,900,000 in all.

Season 2

UNTV Cup season two started its ceremonial toss last February 11, 2014 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City with additional three (3) teams to come up with a total of ten teams. Atoy Co and Ed Cordero serve as commissioner and deputy commissioner respectively during the course of UNTV Cup season two. The game ended successfully on July 8, 2014 on the same venue.

Its kick off celebration was held at One Esplanade in Pasay City last January 14, 2014. Opening game was held on February 11, 2014 at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines. Every game schedule, the teams will have its own Public Service Booth during the game to give and offer public services to attendees/viewers as well as to the public. Respective teams will have its representatives to cater these public services on the game venue.

Ten Teams

The following are the teams of public officials who are from: (their coaches after parentheses)

Malacañang and Senate are the newest additional teams, while Congress-LGU team were separated into two groups, making a total of ten teams for the UNTV Cup season two.

Game Schedule

Every schedule of the games was telecast live via the official TV partner UNTV 37, online streaming at untvweb.com and seen via monitoring centers in provincial areas in the Philippines. Its exhibition and championship games went live broadcast on its official TV Partner.

Fan's Choice Award

The management of UNTV Cup Season 2 have recently run a Fan's Choice Award for which avid viewers can vote their favorite player via online voting in its fan page website. The winner was determined based on the highest number of votes garnered by the player along with acceptable reason which the vote was cast. The award was given recognition in its season ending game on July 1, 2014 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, in Quezon City. Online voting was officially opened from June 19, 2014 and ended by 6:00 p.m. (UTC+8) of June 27, 2014. It was Alvin Zuniga who won the said award.

Recognition

Players were given recognition during the exhibition game of UNTV Cup Season 2:

Beneficiaries

The ten teams will represent their choice of charity institutions as beneficiaries for the game. One million and five hundred thousand pesos (₱1,500,000) was given to the champion while first to third runner-up teams will have six hundred fifty thousand (₱650,000), two hundred fifty thousand (₱250,000) and one hundred fifty thousand pesoses (₱150,000) were given respectively.

Off-Season: Clash of the Three

UNTV Cup Off Season, officially called as the UNTV Cup off-season games: Clash of Three (spelled TH3EE or th3ee where 3 represents letter R), was a basketball games among the three branches of the Philippine Government namely: the Judiciary, the Legislative, and Executives teams. Non-earning point Media Team (Team ni Kuya) also play the off-season game to complete the set of players. The off-season game was started on August 21, 2014 at Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines and ended its final games on October 14, 2014.

Four Teams

Beneficiaries

The three teams will represent their choice of charity institutions as beneficiaries for the game. One million pesos (₱1,000,000) was given to the champion while first runner up team won one hundred thousand (₱100,000).

Season 3

UNTV Cup Season 3 will be opened on October, 2014 as previously announced but the said event was opened on November 17, 2014 at SM Mall of Asia Arena. It was ended on April 28, 2015 in its final games at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. Aside from existing teams, newcomers are Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP Firefighters), Government Service Insurance System (GSIS Furies) and National Housing Authority (NHA Builders) to complete the eleven teams of the UNTV Cup Season 3.

Competing Teams

Note: Highlighted teams in bold letters were newcomers in the UNTV Cup Season 3.

Season 4

A total of 12 teams, including new team Ombudsman Graft Busters were competed in the UNTV Cup Season 4. AFP Cavaliers and PNP Responders were competed in a best-of-three finals series, of which the AFP clinched the championship title of Season 4.

Season 5

The Season 5 of the UNTV Cup will start on August 29, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena. 13 teams, including defending champions AFP Cavaliers and new team Bureau of Customs Transformers, will compete for a chance to win the championship of the 5th season of the public service-based basketball tournament.