UNTV Cup Season 2

UNTV Cup Season 2
2014 UNTV Cup Season
Country Philippines
Dates 11 February 2014–8 July 2014
Teams 10
Defending champions Judiciary Magis
(as Judiciary Cagers)
Champions AFP Cavaliers (1st title)
Runners-up PNP Responders
Third place Judiciary Magis
Fourth place MMDA Black Wolves
Best player Ollan Omiping
← Season 1 Clash of the Three →

The UNTV Cup Season 2 was the 2014 season of the public service-based basketball league, the UNTV Cup based in the Philippines. It was opened on February 11, 2014 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City. Its final games were held on July 8, 2014 at the same venue.

UNTV Cup season two started its ceremonial toss last February 11, 2014 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City. Ten teams participated this season; three more teams compared to the inaugural season.[1] 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 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 had 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 had its representatives to cater these public services on the game venue.[2]

Teams

The following are the teams of public officials[3] 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.

Fixtures and results

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.

Date Game No. Competing Teams Scores Top Performer(s) Venue Links
February 11, 2014[4] 1 Senate def. HOR 83–74 Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Watch
February 16, 2014 2 PNP vs. Malacañan – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
February 16, 2014 3 LGU def. MMDA 66–62 Jason Souza Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
February 16, 2014 4 Judiciary def. AFP 84–72 Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
February 23, 2014 5 AFP def. DOJ 93–84 Alvin Zuñiga Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
February 23, 2014 6 Judiciary def. LGU 94–78 Jon Hall Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
February 23, 2014 7 PhilHealth def. PNP 67–60 Ramil Tagupa Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
March 2, 2014 8 [5] PhilHealth def. Senate 103–62 Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
March 2, 2014 9 [5] PNP def. HOR 91–68 Ronaldo Abaya Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
March 2, 2014 10 [5] AFP def. MMDA 89–78 Paulino Fernandez Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
March 9, 2014 11 [6] Malacañan def. Senate 81–75 Gerry Gadong Meralco Gym, Pasig City Watch
March 9, 2014 12 [6] Judiciary def. DOJ 81–75 Joey Yabut Meralco Gym, Pasig City Watch
March 16, 2014 13 [7][8] MMDA def. DOJ 104–87 Jeffry Sanders Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
March 16, 2014 14 [8] AFP def. LGU 100–98 Alvin Zuñiga Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
March 16, 2014 15 [8][9] Malacañan vs. PhilHealth – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
March 23, 2014 16 PhilHealth vs. HOR – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
March 23, 2014 17 DOJ vs. LGU – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
March 23, 2014 18 PNP vs. Senate – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
March 30, 2014 19 [10] Malacañan vs. HOR – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
March 30, 2014 20 MMDA vs. Judiciary – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
April 13, 2014 21 MMDA vs. PNP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
April 13, 2014 22 Malacañan vs. LGU – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
April 27, 2014 23 Senate vs. AFP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
April 27, 2014 24 PNP vs. LGU – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
April 27, 2014 25 Judiciary def. Malacañang 83–75 Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City Watch
May 4, 2014 26 Senate vs. Judiciary – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 4, 2014 27 LGU vs. HOR – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 4, 2014 28 PNP vs. AFP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 11, 2014 29 AFP vs. Malacañang – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 11, 2014 30 Senate vs. MMDA – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 18, 2014 31 LGU vs. Senate – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 18, 2014 32 Malacañang vs. MMDA – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 18, 2014 33 AFP vs. HOR – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 25, 2014 34 Senate vs. AFP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 25, 2014 35 MMDA vs. HOR – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 25, 2014 36 Malacañang vs. MMDA – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
May 25, 2014 37 PNP vs. Judiciary – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
June 1, 2014 38 MMDA vs. Malacañang – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
June 8, 2014 39 Judiciary vs. AFP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
June 8, 2014 40 MMDA vs. PNP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
June 15, 2014 41 MMDA vs. PNP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
June 15, 2014 42 Judiciary vs. AFP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
June 22, 2014 43 Judiciary vs MMDA – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
June 22, 2014 44 Finals - AFP vs PNP – Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig City
July 1, 2014 Exhibition Game Executive Team vs Legislators Team – Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
July 8, 2014 45 Finals - AFP vs PNP – Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Awards

Winners and beneficiaries

The ten teams represented 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.[11]

Place Winning Team Benefiting Charity Institutions/Beneficiaries Cash Prize
Champion AFP Cavaliers AFP Educational Benefit System Office (AFPEBSO) ₱1,500,000
1st runner up PNP Responders Mabuhay Shriners ₱650,000
2nd runner up Judiciary Magis Typhoon Yolanda-affected Judiciary personnel ₱250,000
3rd runner up MMDA Black Wolves Neonatal ICU – PGH ₱150,000

Individual awards

Players were given recognition during the exhibition game of UNTV Cup Season 2[12]:

  • Ollan Omiping for Most Valuable Player (for the second straight year),[13] 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

A selection process for the Fan's Choice Award was organized for followers of the UNTV Cup which allowed them to vote their favorite player via online voting in the UNTV Cup's 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.

References

  1. ↑ "UNTV Cup season 2, simula na ngayong Pebrero - UNTV News". UNTVweb.com News. January 15, 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "BASKETBALL New teams, rules changes, former pros to spice up second season of UNTV Cup". Spin.ph. February 7, 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "UNTV Cup Basketball League Season 2". ClickTheCity.com. January 17, 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ↑ "UNTV Cup benefit basketball league begins second season in February". Spin.ph. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "UNTV Cup 2: Philhealth Advocates, PNP Responders and AFP Cavaliers Blow Up a Big Win". Spin.ph. March 11, 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Malacanang, Judiciary score close wins in UNTV Cup". Spin.ph. March 11, 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "MMDA Black Wolves and their First Win". March 17, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  8. 1 2 3 "PhilHealth Guns for Third Straight Win in UNTV Cup 2". March 16, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  9. ↑ "PhilHealth faces Malacañang in UNTV Cup". March 16, 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  10. ↑ "Solons need to win by more than 15 pts". March 29, 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  11. ↑ "UNTV CUP Season 2 a game with a cause". February 5, 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  12. ↑ "Cavaliers force death duel". Manila Standard Today. July 3, 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  13. ↑ "Responders, Cavaliers dispute UNTV Cup title". Manila Standard Today. July 8, 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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