2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season
Sports season
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The 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season is the inaugural season of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 basketball league.
| 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season | |
|---|---|
| League | Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 |
| Sport | 3x3 basketball |
| Teams | 12–13 |
| President's Cup | |
| Champions | Pasig (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Bataan |
| Patriot's Cup | |
| Champions | Basilan (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Balanga |
| Magiting Cup | |
| Champions | Balanga (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Pasig |
Teams
12 teams, many of which are from the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), participated in the inaugural conference.[1][2][3]
For the Patriot's Cup, the second conference two foreign teams were invited to participate, VetHealth-Delhi 3BL from India and Moscow Inanomo from Russia. However Moscow will start playing in the second leg of the conference. The Thunder Pateros Hunters played in lieu of the Marikina Shoemasters in the first leg as a guest team.[4]
Teams can name up to six players in their rosters for each conference but can opt not to fill up all six slots right away. However they cannot replace any player.[5]
| Team | President's | Patriot's | Magiting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacoor Strikers |  | ||
| Phenom-Basilan Steel | | ||
| 1Bataan Risers / Wilkins Balanga Pure | | | |
| Bicol Volcanoes | | ||
| Bulacan Kuyas | | ||
| Inoza-Gulf Supreme Bulacan Boosters | | ||
| Cebu-Max 4 Birada | | | |
| VetHealth-Delhi 3BL (India) | | ||
| Marikina Shoemasters | | (except 1st leg) | |
| Mindoro Tamaraws | | | |
| Moscow Inanomo (Russia) | (except 1st leg) | ||
| Pasig Grindhouse Kings / Gold's Gym-Pasig King | | | |
| Pasay Voyagers | | ||
| Southwestern University Cobras | | ||
| Thunder Pateros Hunters | (1st leg guest team) | ||
| Quezon City-Zark's Jawbreakers | | ||
| Tycoon-Quezon City Ballers | | ||
| San Juan-Go for Gold Knights | | ||
| Valenzuela Classic | | ||
| Vigan Wolves / MiGuard-Vigan Wolves | | | |
| Zamboanga Valientes / Zamboanga Valientes MLV | | | |
Pre-season events
Manok ng Bayan-SBP 3X3
The Manok ng Bayan-SBP 3X3, a basketball youth tournament for boys and girls was held in Cebu as the official kickoff event of the 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season. The event was an attempt to break the record for the biggest FIBA-sanctioned youth tournament by participants, as well as to accumulate FIBA Federation Ranking points for the Philippines in order for the country to gain enough points to qualify to send a team to the 3x3 event at 2020 Summer Olympics.
2019 President's Cup
The President's Cup is the first conference of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season. The conference is exclusive to Filipinos and imports or foreigners are ineligible. However players of foreign descent who can prove their Filipino heritage are eligible to play.[2] The conference consisted of five legs each considered as a separate tournament. A sixth leg, the Grand Finals, was planned[5] but later scrapped.
The top placing team in the grand final qualifies for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour while the next top two teams gain a berth each at the inaugural Asia-Pacific Super Quest.[6]
Leg venues and winners
| Leg | Date[5] | Venue[5] | Final | Winning players | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 1 | 1st Tour | February 16 | SM Megamall (Mandaluyong) | Bataan | 19–18 | Pasig |
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| 2 | 2nd Tour | February 24 | SM Megamall (Mandaluyong) | Pasig | 21–18 | Bataan |
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| 3 | 3rd Tour | March 1 | SM Fairview (Quezon City) | Bataan | 21–19 | Pasig |
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| 4 | 4th Tour | March 9 | SM Megamall (Mandaluyong) | Pasig | 14–12 | Pasay |
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| 5 | 5th Tour | March 31 | SM Fairview (Quezon City) | Pasig | 14–12 | Bataan |
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2019 Patriot's Cup
The Patriot's Cup (also known as 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 Patriot's Cup presented by Coca-Cola for sponsorship reasons) is the second conference of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 league. Unlike the President's Cup, the tournament as a reinforced conference allows each of the participating teams to field a single foreign import. The conference will feature at least five legs with a Super Quest tournament possibly to be held as the sixth leg. The conference is set to commence on June 16, 2019 with the first leg scheduled be held in Cebu.[14]
All of the twelve teams which played in the first conference will play in the Patriot's Cup with four or eight teams being considered to be allowed to make their debut in this conference. This includes two foreign teams each from Indonesia and Japan.[14]
Leg venues and winners
| Leg | Date[5] | Venue[5] | Final | Winning players | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 1 | 1st Tour | June 16 | SM Seaside City Cebu (Cebu) | Gold's Gym-Pasig Kings (Pasig) | 21–15 | Phenom Basilan CTC Construction (Basilan) |
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| 2 | 2nd Tour | June 23 | SM Fairview (Quezon City) | VetHealth Delhi 3BL (India) | 21–20 | Phenom Basilan CTC Construction (Basilan) |
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| 3 | 3rd Tour | July 6 | SM Muntinlupa | Phenom Basilan CTC Construction (Basilan) | 21–16 | Wilkins Balanga Pure (Balanga) |
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| 4 | 4th Tour | July 13 | SM Megamall | Wilkins Balanga Pure (Balanga) | 21–17 | Gold's Gym-Pasig Kings (Pasig) |
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| 5 | 5th Tour | July 27 | SM Megamall | Phenom Basilan CTC Construction (Basilan) | 21–20 | Wilkins Balanga Pure (Balanga) |
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2019 Magiting Cup
The Magiting Cup (also known as 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 Magiting Cup presented by Coca-Cola for sponsorship reasons) is the third conference of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 league.
Leg venues and winners
| Leg | Date[5] | Venue[5] | Final | Winning players | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runner-up | |||||
| 1 | 1st Tour | September 1 | SM City Clark (Angeles, Pampanga) | Wilkins Balanga Pure (Balanga) | 21–20 | Phenom Basilan CTC Construction (Basilan) |
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| 2 | 2nd Tour | September 6 | SM Fairview (Quezon City) | Fyr Fyter Bacolod (Bacolod) | 21–19 | Mindoro Tamaraws 7A (Mindoro) | |
| 3 | 3rd Tour | September 10 | SM BF Parañaque (Parañaque) | Wilkins Balanga Pure (Balanga) | 21–20 | Equalivet Pasig (Pasig) |
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| 4 | 4th Tour | September 15 | SM BF Parañaque (Parañaque) | Equalivet Pasig (Pasig) | 21–18 | Wilkins Balanga Pure (Balanga) |
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| 5 | 5th Tour | September 20 | SM Megamall (Mandaluyong) | Wilkins Balanga Pure (Balanga) | 21–19 | Equalivet Pasig (Pasig) |
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MelMac Cup
In addition to the three regular conference, Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas also organized the MelMac Cup. The MelMac Cup had two tournaments or "seasons", each with multiple legs. Wilkins Balanga Pure is the winner of Season 2 which ended on 31 October 2019.[21][22] Pasig was the winner of the first season which concluded on 22 October 2019.[23] The first season also featured a women's tournament which had Ever Bilena as winners.[24]
Notes
- Ababou, who is part of Pasig's roster for the 4th Tour, didn't play for Pasig in the tour final after being injured in the middle of the tournament rendering him unavailable for the semifinals and onwards.