2026 WMPBL season
2nd season of the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League
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The 2026 WMPBL season is the ongoing second regular season of the Women's Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League as a professional league.
PhilippinesApril 12 – June 21
Playoffs:
June 24 – July 15
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country | Philippines |
| Dates | Regular season: April 12 – June 21 Playoffs: June 24 – July 15 |
| Teams | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Akari Sparks Rizal |
| Runners-up | Batangas New Zealand Bluefire |
| Awards | |
| MVP | Allana Lim (Rizal) |
It follows the inaugural draft, which was held on February 15, 2025 at Xentromall, Rodriguez, Rizal. The WMPBL season itself commenced on April 12, 2026 at Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan, Laguna.[1]
Batangas-New Zealand Bluefire are the defending champions.[2]
Format
The 2026 regular season will start with the elimination round where all six participating teams will figure in a double round robin. The top two teams will earn a bye to the semifinals. The remaining teams will advance to the semifinals where the third and fourth ranking teams having a twice-to-beat advantage. The semifinals and the finals will be a best-of-three series.[1]
Teams
Six professional teams will take part at the 2026 WMPBL season. The Akari Sparks, Biñan Tatak Gel Angels, Caloocan Lady Kankaloo, and Pasig Queenpin will make their debut while Discovery Perlas, Pangasinan Solar Home Suns, San Juan Lady Knights, and Tagaytay 'Tol Patriots will take their leave of absence.[2]
Bold text indicates new teams.[1]
- Akari Sparks–Rizal
- Batangas New Zealand Bluefire
- Biñan Tatak Gel Angels
- Caloocan Lady Kankaloo
- RK Hoops–Quezon City
- Pasig Queenpin
Elimination round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akari Sparks–Rizal | 10 | 9 | 1 | 807 | 623 | +184 | — | Semifinals |
| 2 | Batangas New Zealand Blufire | 10 | 8 | 2 | 851 | 655 | +196 | 1 | |
| 3 | Biñan Tatak Gel Angels | 10 | 7 | 3 | 794 | 686 | +108 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | RK Hoops–Quezon City | 10 | 3 | 7 | 671 | 786 | −115 | 6 | |
| 5 | Pasig Queenpin | 10 | 2 | 8 | 682 | 798 | −116 | 7 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 6 | Caloocan Lady Kankaloo | 10 | 1 | 9 | 626 | 883 | −257 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2a) If two teams are tied, head-to-head match-up and aggregate; 2b) If three or more teams are tied, head-to-head point differential; 3) overall point differential; 4) coin toss.
Results
| Team | Game | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Batangas (BTG) | CAL 85–53 | BIN 79–83* | QC 108–61 | RZL 72–56 | PSG 93–65 | BIN 92–85 | QC 96–69 | RZL 58–74 | PSG 80–52 | CAL 88–57 |
| Biñan (BIN) | QC 66–46 | BTG 83–79* | PSG 91–73 | CAL 102–67 | RZL 80–86 | BTG 85–92 | PSG 77–72 | RZL 48–52 | CAL 87–48 | QC 75–71 |
| Caloocan (CAL) | BTG 53–85 | QC 60–68 | RZL 65–100 | BIN 67–102 | PSG 77–68 | PSG 66–99 | RZL 67–100 | BIN 48–87 | QC 66–86 | BTG 57–88 |
| Pasig (PSG) | RZL 60–78 | QC 68–67 | BIN 73–91 | CAL 68–77 | BTG 65–93 | QC 74–81 | CAL 99–66 | BIN 72–77 | BTG 52–80 | RZL 51–88 |
| Quezon City (QC) | BIN 46–66 | CAL 68–60 | PSG 67–68 | BTG 61–108 | RZL 50–84 | PSG 81–74 | RZL 72–89 | BTG 69–96 | CAL 86–66 | BIN 71–75 |
| Rizal (RZL) | PSG 78–60 | CAL 100–65 | BTG 56–72 | QC 84–50 | BIN 86–80 | QC 89–72 | CAL 100–67 | BIN 52–48 | BTG 74–58 | PSG 88–51 |
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods
Playoffs
Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Teams in italics have twice-to-beat advantage for the series.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-three) | Finals (best-of-three) | |||||||||||
| (4 – twice-to-beat) | 1 | Rizal | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Quezon City | 53 | 4 | Quezon City | 0 | ||||||||
| 5 | Pasig | 49 | 1 | Rizal | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Batangas | 1 | |||||||||||
| (3 – twice-to-beat) | 2 | Batangas | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Biñan | 87 | 3 | Biñan | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | Caloocan | 74 | |||||||||||
Quarterfinals
(3) Biñan Tatak Gel Angels vs. (6) Caloocan Lady Kankaloo
(4) RK Hoops Quezon City vs. (5) Queenpin Pasig
Semifinals
(1) Akari Sparks Rizal vs. (4) RK Hoops Quezon City
(2) Batangas New Zealand Bluefire vs. (3) Biñan Tatak Gel Angels
June 28 6:00 p.m. |
| Biñan Tatak Gel Angels | 64–75 | Batangas New Zealand Bluefire |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 12–16, 16–13, 14–20 | ||
| Pts: Del Carmen 18 Rebs: Abaca 9 Asts: Abaca, Del Carmen 5 |
Pts: Peñarada 22 Rebs: Bernardino 19 Asts: Bernardino 8 | |
| Batangas leads series, 1–0 | ||
Parañaque Coliseum, Parañaque |
July 1 4:00 p.m. |
| Batangas New Zealand Bluefire | 59–58 | Biñan Tatak Gel Angels |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 13–18, 12–20, 16–8 | ||
| Pts: Bernardino 15 Rebs: Bernardino 20 Asts: Bernardino, Calang 2 |
Pts: San Juan 12 Rebs: Abaca 11 Asts: Del Carmen, Domingo 3 | |
| Batangas wins series, 2–0 | ||
Parañaque Coliseum, Parañaque |
Finals: (1) Akari Sparks Rizal vs. (2) Batangas New Zealand Bluefire
July 8 6:00 p.m. |
| Akari Sparks Rizal | 92–88 (OT) | Batangas New Zealand Bluefire |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 22–16, 14–26, 17–21, Overtime: 13–9 | ||
| Pts: Palmera-Dy 20 Rebs: Lim 9 Asts: Abatayo 9 |
Pts: Bernardino 23 Rebs: Peñarada 13 Asts: Bernardino 7 | |
| Rizal wins series, 1–0 | ||
Hoops Haven, Pasay |
July 12 6:00 p.m. |
| Batangas New Zealand Bluefire | 83–60 | Akari Sparks Rizal |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 25–23, 18–9, 14–19 | ||
| Pts: Bernardino 24 Rebs: Bernardino 21 Asts: Tongco 7 |
Pts: Lim 15 Rebs: Lim 11 Asts: Abatayo 6 | |
| Series tied, 1–1 | ||
Paco Arena, Manila |
July 15 4:00 p.m. |
| Akari Sparks Rizal | 73–59 | Batangas New Zealand Bluefire |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 22–14, 18–23, 12–9 | ||
| Pts: Prado 20 Rebs: Prado 11 Asts: Palmera-Dy 9 |
Pts: Bernardino 16 Rebs: Bernardino 11 Asts: Bernardino 4 | |
| Rizal wins series, 2–1 | ||
Parañaque Coliseum, Parañaque |
Awards
Individual season awards
The league's individual awards were given on July 12, 2026, before game 2 of the finals series at the Paco Arena in Manila. The finals MVP were announced after the game 3 of the finals series.[3]
| Award | Recipient | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Afril Bernardino | Batangas New Zealand Bluefire |
| Finals Most Valuable Player | Allana Lim | Akari Sparks Rizal |
| Defensive Player of the Year | Afril Bernardino | Batangas New Zealand Bluefire |
| Rookie of the Year | Mar Prado | Akari Sparks Rizal |
| Most Improved Player | Lee Sario | Pasig Queenpin |
Mythical Five
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Afril Bernardino | Batangas New Zealand Bluefire |
| Snow Peñaranda | Batangas New Zealand Bluefire |
| Allana Lim | Akari Sparks Rizal |
| Monique Del Carmen | Biñan Tatak Gel Angels |
| Tantoy Ferrer | RK Hoops–Quezon City |