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Sport
  
Basketball

Continent
  
South East Asia

Inaugural season
  
2013

Country
  
Philippines

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Founded
  
July 29, 2013 Season 1: July 29-November 5, 2013 Season 2: February 11-July 8, 2014 Off-Season: August 21-October 14, 2014 Season 3: November 17, 2014-April 28, 2015 Season 4: August 24, 2015–March 14, 2016 Season 5: August 29, 2016

CEO
  
Atoy Co (Commissioner) and Ed Cordero (Deputy Commissioner)

No. of teams
  
Season 1:7 teams Season 2: 10 teams Off-Season: 3 teams Season 3: 11 Teams Season 4: 12 Teams Season 5: 13 Teams

Motto
  
Ito Ang Bagong Game Ko (This is my new game); Liga ng mga Public Servants (League of Public Servants)

Pnp responders at malaca ang kamao officials nagpaabot ng pasasalamat sa untv cup


UNTV Cup is a charity basketball league on Philippine TV. It is the first charity game dedicated for public servants and celebrities in the Philippines. The game was started on July 29, 2013 coinciding the 9th Anniversary Celebration of UNTV. As an amateur league, UNTV Cup is using the FIBA rules as its House Rules which is being used in world basketball and Olympics according to Mr. Raffy Britanico, officiating head of Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), a basketball association in the Philippines.

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UNTV Cup Daniel RazonHelmed UNTV Cup Kicks Off League39s First Season on July

Its first season was held at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines. Fortunato Co serves as the commissioner of the basketball league. Following the success of its first season, UNTV Cup season two was opened on February 11, 2014 at the same venue with newly added public service booths of each participating teams/government agencies. An off-season game was opened on August 21, 2014 with the three branches of the Philippine government: Judiciary, Legislative an Executive teams. Also with Media Team (Team ni Kuya) will also play to complete the set of players. Its third season will be opened on November 17, this year.

UNTV Cup is an original concept by Daniel Razon tagged as Mr. Public Service and materialized by UNTV widely known as public service television station in the Philippines. He is the chairman and CEO of BMPI-UNTV, the organization behind the UNTV Cup.

UNTV Cup Daniel RazonHelmed UNTV Cup Kicks Off League39s First Season on July

League of Champions

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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:

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  • Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP Firefighters)
  • Department of Justice (DOJ Hunters/Avengers/Justice Boosters)
  • Government Service Insurance System (GSIS Furies)
  • House of Representatives Solons (HOR Solons)
  • Local Government Unit (LGU Legislators/Vanguards)
  • Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA Equalizers/Black Wolves)
  • National Housing Authority Builders (NHA Builders)
  • Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth Advocates)
  • Senate Defenders (Senate Defenders)
  • Ombudsman of the Philippines (Ombudsman Graft Busters)
  • Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC Transformers)

    • 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:

  • Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Cavaliers
  • Congress and Local Government Units (Congress/LGU) Legislators
  • Department of Justice (DOJ) Hunters
  • Judiciary Cagers
  • Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Equalizers
  • PhilHealth Advocates
  • Philippine National Police Hinirangs

    • Celebrities

    Actors who are included in the teams are:

  • Michael Flores and Brando Legaspi for the AFP Cavaliers team
  • Kier Legaspi and Zoren Legaspi join team PhilHealth Advocates team
  • Eric Fructuoso and Jao Mapa playing for team DOJ Hunters team
  • Allen Dizon and Emilio Garcia for the MMDA Equalizers team
  • Ervic Vijandre and Jay Manalo play the Congress/LGU Legislators team
  • Onyok Velasco and Jordan Herrera play for PNP Hinirangs
  • Jon Hall and James Blanco for the Judiciary Cagers

    • 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)

  • Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP Cavaliers) - Col. Alfredo Cayco
  • Congress of the Philippines/House of Representatives (HOR Solons)- Fernando Ocampo
  • Department of Justice (DOJ Avengers) - Lucio Guevarra
  • Local Government Unit (LGU Vanguards) - Raymund Valenzona
  • Malacañang Palace (Malacanang Patriots) - Jenkins Mesina
  • Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA Black Wolves) - Mandel Martinez
  • Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth Advocates) - Delio Aseron
  • Philippine Supreme Court (Judiciary Magis) - Dennis Balason
  • Philippine National Police (PNP Responders) - Raffy Gonzalez
  • Senate of the Philippines (Senate Defenders) - Lino Ong

    • 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:

  • Ollan Omiping for Most Valuable Player (for the second straight year), Best Scorer and Best Shooting Guard
  • Jaymann Misola and Ronaldo Abaya as Best Blocker and Best Small Forward
  • PJ Villanueva for Best in Steals, Best Point Guard and Most Improved Player
  • San Juan Vice Mayor Francis Zamora for Best Rebounder
  • Eugene Tan for Best in Assists
  • Ronaldo Pascual for Best Center
  • John Hall for Best Power Forward
  • Jeff Sanders for Best Reinforcement Player
  • Alvin Zuniga for Fans’ Choice Award

    • 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

  • Executive Team
  • Judiciary Team
  • Legislative Team
  • Media Team (Team ni Kuya)

    • 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

  • Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP Cavaliers) - Alfredo Cayco
  • Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP Firefighters) - Ricky Alcantara
  • Department of Justice (Justice Boosters) - Turo Valenzona
  • Government Service Insurance System (GSIS Furies) - Eduardo Fernandez
  • House of Representatives Solons (HOR Solons) - Gerard Francisco
  • Judiciary Magis (Magis) - Dennis Balason
  • Malacanang Patriots (Patriots) - Jenkins Mesina
  • Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA Black Wolves) - Mandeville Martirez
  • National Housing Authority Builders (NHA Builders) - Silverio "Bennett" Palad III
  • Philippine National Police Responders (PNP Responders) - Ernesto Ballesteros
  • Senate Defenders (Defenders) - Kenneth Duremdes

    • 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.

    References

    UNTV Cup Wikipedia
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