2014 in Philippine sports

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The following is a list of notable events that are related to Philippine sports in 2014.

  • January 18: ABS-CBN's new UHF sports channel on Channel 23, ABS-CBN Sports+Action, was officially launched.[1][2][3]
  • February 7: Shell Eco-Marathon was held at the Rizal Park. 109 teams from countries across Asia and the Middle East competed for a vehicle that can travel farthest by using the least amount of fuel.[4]
  • April 10: The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) board formally approved the application letters of the three new expansion teams, including the NLEX Road Warriors (under Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation) and Blackwater Sports (under Ever Bilena) which previously played for the PBA D-League and Kia Motors (under Columbian Autocars Corporation). These teams will be start playing for the 2014–2015 season of the PBA.[5]
  • April 26: The first NBA Cafe in the world located at the top floor of SM Aura Premier, Taguig was opened to the public. US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg and Gordon Hayward of the Utah Jazz present on its opening.[6]
  • April 30: Businessman and sports patron Manuel V. Pangilinan announced his interest to buy the minority stake of Los Angeles Clippers amid the impose of the association of lifetime ban for team owner Donald Sterling due to racist comments. But the plan did not push through after former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acquired the ownership of the team on May 30.[7]
  • May 10:
    • In the rankings by FIFA, the ranking of the Philippine Azkals was now up by 3 notches; due to this, the Philippine national football team is now at the 140th place.[8]
    • Twenty teams composing of poor communities in Metro Manila head-to-head in the first Ambassador's Cup organized by the University of Asia and the Pacific. Served as a grassroots project, the cup will help children learn from playing football.[9]
  • May 14: The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) board have submitted the proposal to foreign players in playing for the Basketball tournament to be implemented in the following season. Foreign players who have residency will still be allowed to play in the collegiate league.[10]
  • May 15–17: The University of Santo Tomas together with the International Korfball Federation was held the IKF Level 1 Coaching Certification for Sports Leaders of Universities and Schools and 2014 National Korfball Seminar-Workshop at the UST Quadricentennial Pavilion, España, Manila.[11]
  • May 26: Committee Report No. 27 on House Bill No. 4084 on the naturalization of NBA player Andray Blatche as a Filipino citizen passed the third and final reading of the Senate with 20 affirmative votes. Blatche will settle to play for Gilas Pilipinas for the 2014 FIBA World Cup.[12]
  • May 30: Former PBA broadcast analyst and Talk N' Text Tropang Texters consultant Andy Jao named as the newly appointed commissioner for the basketball tournament of the UAAP Season 77 which the University of the East is the host university for the season. Jao once held duties as the commissioner in 2011 when the Ateneo de Manila University was the host university.[13]
  • June 1 – 15: "Pagpupugay: 100 Taon ng Philippine Sports", an event organized by former PBL commissioner and GMA 7 sportscaster Chino Trinidad featuring some of the memorabilia of the 19 legends of Philippine sports exhibited in the Resorts World Manila.[14]
  • June 8: In a rare event, Vietnam's and the Philippines' Navies played football, tug of war and volleyball for the daylong sports and cultural festival held at the Southwest Cay Island in the West Philippine Sea.[15]

Multisports

Asian Games

  • September 19 – October 4: The Philippines participated in the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea from September 19 to October 4, 2014. For the first time since Bangkok in 1998, the country produced only one gold medal in the history of the country's participation in the games. Daniel Caluag, a Filipino Olympian in London 2012 Games, saved the Philippine team from the gold medal drought by winning first place in the BMX cycling. This is also the Philippine's first gold medal in cycling in the entire history of Asian Games.[27]

Olympics

Palarong Pambansa

  • May 4–10: 2014 Palarong Pambansa, the 57th edition of the multi-sports competition for the youth athletes was held at Laguna Sports Complex, Santa Cruz, Laguna; other sporting events were also held in Pila and Los Baños. Laguna Governor E.R. Ejercito, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, and prominent athletes led the opening ceremonies at the second day of the games. It was followed by the unveiling of the 26-foot-tall statue of Jose Rizal as an eskrima swordsman, the tallest monument of Rizal in the world.[30] Zeanne Faith Cabrera of the Calabarzon delegation won the first gold medal of the competition after she ruled the girls javelin throw event,[31] Approximately more than 11,000 participants and 1,000 trainers, coaches and sports officials from 17 regions joined the event.[32] The competition ended with the National Capital Region team proclaimed as the over-all champion. The host region CALABARZON settled at second place.

Philippine National Games

  • May 16–24: More than 7,000 athletes joined the 4th Philippine National Games, organized by the Philippine Sports Commission held at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila. The games will be the preparation stage of the PH delegation for the 2014 Asian Games in Korea.[33]

Cagayan Friendship Games

  • June 22–30: The 2014 Alvaro A. Antonio Friendship Basketball & Volleyball Games was commenced at the People's Gym in Tuguegarao, Cagayan.

Asian Beach Games

Collegiate sports

Individual sports

Athletics

  • June 1: Alaska World Milk Day Family Run was held at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.[39]
  • July 20: The second installment of "Botak at Kadla ni Pidol 2014" fun run was held at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, in commemoration of the 2nd death anniversary of comedian Dolphy Quizon.[40]
  • July 21: Marestella Torres after delivering her first child, and under the tutelage of James Michael Lafferty returned to competition at the Hong Kong Open, winning Gold with a leap of 6.24 meters
  • August 3: 2014 Cobra Ironman 70.3 Philippines will be held in Cebu.[41]

Boxing

Manny Pacquiao is the only boxer who had held eight titles during his professional boxing career..

Chess

  • May 21: Filipino chess grand master Wesley So hailed as the champion of the Capablanca Memorial Chess Open 2014 held in Havana, Cuba.[55]

Cycling

  • February 1–16: Ronda Pilipinas International 2014's first of all the sixteen stages was held at the Quezon City Memorial Circle.[56] It ended with Reimon Lapaza declared as the winner. Peter Pouly ended as the runner-up, while Mark Galedo ranked third place.[57]
  • April 21–24: The 5th Le Tour de Filipinas bikeathon, organized by the Lina Group (Air 21 and UBE Media) was officially started at the Clark Field, Pampanga to Olongapo, Zambales, other following routes are Olongapo to Cabanatuan, Cabanatuan to Bayombong and Bayombong to Baguio. The 610.6 kilometer international cycling race is sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale.[58] It ended with Mark Galedo declared as the winner of the bikeathon. Galedo was the 2nd Filipino to win in the competition.[59]
  • May 16–18: Alaska Cycle Philippines was held at the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig.[60]

Dragonboat

  • June 14: The Cobra Philippine Dragon Boat Federation Team won two gold medals for the 100-meter mixed standard boat and 500-meter mixed standard boat categories in the recently concluded International Dragon Boat Federation (IDBF) World Cup in Fuzhou, China. PDBF Team also have one silver medal and one bronze medals.[61]

Figure skating

Michael Christian Martinez, the first Southeast Asian and Filipino figure skater to take part in the Winter Olympics.

Golf

  • April 11: With eight strokes and a total of 301 shots, Japanese young golfer Gen Nagai was proclaimed the winner of the 2014 Philippine Junior Amateur Golf Championship held in Trece Martires, Cavite.[67]
  • May 15–18: The 2014 Philippine Open, organized by the MVP Sports Foundation was held at the Wack-Wack Golf & Country Club. Several Asian Tour champions including former champion Angelo Que joined the tournament.[68] Australian guest golfer and one-time Asian Tour champion Marcus Both, won this year's tournament.[69]

Mixed martial arts

  • March 1: Team Lakay Mark Eddiva won against Featherweight Jumabieke Tuerxun via unanimous decision in the Preliminary Card of The Ultimate Fighter China Finale in Macau, China.[70]
  • May 2: One Fighting Championship 15: Rise of Heroes was held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. Filipino-American boxer Ana Julaton won against Aya Saber via 2nd-round technical knockout on her first fight inside the cage of ONE FC. Team Lakay's Edward Folayang also won the co-main event against Kotetsu Boku via unanimous decision. In the main event, Bibiano Fernandes scores a unanimous decision winning on the main fight of ONE FC 15 against Masakatsu Ueda.[71]
  • May 31:
    • Filipino-American MMA artist Mark Muñoz suffered a loss to light heavyweight champion Gegard Mousasi due to rear naked choke in the 1st round of their main event of UFC Fight Night 41 in Berlin, Germany.[72]
    • MMA artist Mark Eddiva suffered a loss to Featherweight Kevin Souza due to Technical Knockout in the 2nd round of the Preliminary Card of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil Finale in São Paulo, Brazil.[73]
  • June 12: Mark Muñoz's new four-fight contract with UFC was announced.[74]

Surfing

  • February 21–22: The first Asian Surfing Championship was held at the Urbiztondo beach in San Juan, La Union.[75]

Team sports

Deaths

References

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