UNTV Cup Season 5

UNTV Cup Season 5
	2016–17 UNTV Cup Season
Country	Philippines
Dates	29 August 2016–21 March 2017
Defending champions	AFP Cavaliers
Champions	PNP Responders (1st title)
Runners-up	Malacanañ Kamao
Third place	Judiciary Magis
Fourth place	BOC Transformers
Best player	Finals MVP: ; Harold Santa Cruz
← Season 4	Exec Face Off 2017 →

The UNTV Cup Season 5 was the 2016–17 season of the annual charity basketball league in the Philippines, UNTV Cup. The tournament organized by UNTV Public Service channel, through its chairman and chief executive officer of BMPI-UNTV, Kuya Daniel Razon, more popularly known as Mr. Public Service.

The season was officially opened on August 29, 2016 at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Pasay, with 13 teams vying for the championship title of the season, including Season 4 champions AFP Cavaliers. A new team was introduced this season called the Bureau of Customs Transformers.^[1]

Regular games will be held at the Pasig City Sports Center in Pasig and the University of Makati Gym in Makati, with a live telecast on the UNTV Public Service channel every Sunday afternoons.^[2]

Teams

Thirteen teams, which composed of a new team (BOC Transformers) and twelve returning teams from last season will compete in the tournament.^[3] The teams were divided into two groups.

Group A

AFP Cavaliers - Cpl. Sonny Manucat
- Beneficiary – AFP-EBSO (Education Benefit Systems Office)
BFP Firefughters - Ramon Garcia
- Beneficiary – Philippine Science High School Foundation
Malacañan Kamao - Louie Gonzalez
- Beneficiary – Philippine Children's Medical Center
MMDA Blackwolves - Mandeville Martirez
- Beneficiary – Philippine General Hospital - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Philippine Cerebral Palsy and Damayan MMDA Provident Fund
Ombudsman Graftbusters - John Kallos
- Beneficiary – Ombudsman Provident Fund
Senate Defenders - Mike Fermin
- Beneficiary – Kythe Foundation, Pangarap Foundation and Share An Opportunity, Philippines

Group B

BOC Transformers (new team) - Kenneth Duremdes
- Beneficiary – Caritas Manila
DOJ Justice Boosters - Edmon Espiritu
- Beneficiary — TBA
GSIS Furies - Mike Saguiguit
- Beneficiary – Golden Reception and Action Center for the Elderly and other Special Cases (GRACES)
HOR Solons - Pido Jarencio
- Beneficiary – Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Missions and Congressional Spouses Foundation
Judiciary Magis - Dennis Balason
- Beneficiary – TBA
NHA Builders - Bennett Palad
- Beneficiary – NHA Provident Fund Association
PNP Responders - Ernie Santa Cruz
- Beneficiary – Police Community Relations Group "Drug Rehabilitation Program"

Standings

Team	Win	Loss
PNP	9	2
BOC	8	2
Judiciary	8	2
Malacañan	7	4
AFP	6	5
BFP	6	5

Game Summaries

Preliminary Round

Group A

Team	AFP	BFP	Malacañan	MMDA	Ombudsman	Senate
AFP		74–78	61–71	90–80	103–85	82–71
BFP			77–92	83–71	77–71	91–76
Malacañan				72–55	82–70	82–52
MMDA					92–82	77–68
Ombudsman						75–67
Senate

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

Date	Game/Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue
August 29, 2016	Opening Game 1: AFP def. Senate	85-71	Boyet Bautista	SM Mall of Asia Arena
September 11, 2016	Game 3: Malacañan def. Ombudsman	82-70	Eric dela Cuesta	Pasig City Sports Center
September 18, 2016	Game 6: BFP def. MMDA	83-71	Marlon Adolfo	University of Makati Gym
September 25, 2016	Game 9: Ombudsman def. Senate	75-67	Mark Anthony Marcos	University of Makati Gym
September 28, 2016	Game 13: AFP def. MMDA	90-80	Roger Araneta and Eugene Tan	Pasig City Sports Center
October 9, 2016	Game 14: BFP def. AFP Game 15: Malacañan def. Senate	78-74 82-52	Gilbert Malabanan Visnu Das Javier	Pasig City Sports Center
October 18, 2016	Game 18: MMDA vs. Ombudsman	92–82	Peter John Villanueva and Max Guittap	Pasig City Sports Center
October 23, 2016	Game 20: MMDA def. Senate Game 21: Malacañan def. BFP	77-68 92-77	Jeffrey Sanders Ian Garrido	Pasig City Sports Center
October 30, 2016	Game 24: BFP def. Senate Game 25: Malacañan def. AFP	91-76 71–61	Michael Sanchez and Anthony Lim John Michael Jimenez and Eric dela Cuesta	Pasig City Sports Center
November 13, 2016	Game 29: Ombudsman def. BFP	77-71	Ronnie Zagala and Rysal Castro	Pasig City Sports Center
November 20, 2016	Game 32: Malacañan def. MMDA	72–55	John Michael Jimenez and Christian Luanzon	Pasig City Sports Center
November 24, 2016	Game 35: AFP def. Ombudsman	103-85	Boyet Bautista	Pasig City Sports Center

Playoff for 2nd Round Spots

Date	Game/Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue
November 24, 2016	Game 37: MMDA def. Senate Game 38: BFP def. Ombudsman Game 39: AFP def. Malacañan	76–71 80–73 72–67	Peter John Villanueva and Ermel Idria Gilbert Malabanan and Jonathan Egea Wilfred Casulla, Jr. and Eugene Tan	Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite

Group B

Team	BOC	DOJ	GSIS	HOR	Judiciary	NHA	PNP
BOC		86-68	76−74	93–92	79–68	77–75	93–84
DOJ			84–94	78–96	68–84	77–83	70–81
GSIS				83–97	77–90	80–86	80–97
HOR					94–114	100–102	Default
Judiciary						76–63	82–80
NHA							75–82
PNP

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

Date	Game/Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue
September 11, 2016	Game 2: BOC def. Ombudsman Game 4: HOR def. DOJ	76-74 96-78	Marlou Aquino Francis Adriano	Pasig City Sports Center
September 18, 2016	Game 5: PNP def. DOJ Game 7: Judiciary def. NHA	81-70 76-63	Ronaldo Abaya Chester Tolomia	University of Makati Gym
September 25, 2016	Game 8: BOC def. Judiciary Game 10: HOR def. GSIS	79–68 97-83	Marlou Aquino Francis Adriano	University of Makati Gym
September 28, 2016	Game 11: Judiciary def. DOJ Game 12: PNP def. NHA	84–68 82-75	Warren Ybañez Olan Omiping	Pasig City Sports Center
October 9, 2016	Game 16: BOC def. HOR	93-92	Kenneth Duremdes and Gherome Ejercito	Pasig City Sports Center
October 16, 2016	Game 17: GSIS def. DOJ Game 19: BOC def. PNP	94-84 93-84 (OT)	James Patrick Abugan and Rene Boy Banzali Michael Anthony Sumalinog and Marlou Aquino	Pasig City Sports Center
October 23, 2016	Game 22: NHA def. HOR	102-100	Antonio Lustestica	Pasig City Sports Center
October 30, 2016	Game 23: NHA def. GSIS	86-80	Alvin Vitug and Marvin Mercado	Pasig City Sports Center
November 6, 2016	Game 26: BOC def. DOJ Game 27: PNP def. HOR	86-68 won by default	Samuel Ignacio and Berzon Ignacio not announced	Pasig City Sports Center
November 13, 2016	Game 28: NHA def. DOJ Game 30: Judiciary def. GSIS	83–77 90-77	Alvin Vitug Chester Tolomia and Don Camaso	Pasig City Sports Center
November 20, 2016	Game 31: BOC def. NHA Game 33: Judiciary def. PNP	77–75 82–80 (OT)	Marlou Aquino and Rizal Vonn Ignacio Chester Tolomia	Pasig City Sports Center
November 24, 2016	Game 34: Judiciary def. HOR Game 36: PNP def. GSIS	114–94 97-80	Chester Tolomia Julius Criste	Pasig City Sports Center

Second Round

Team	AFP	BFP	BOC	Judiciary	Malacañan	MMDA	NHA	PNP
AFP			96–91	80–72			73–86	67–82
BFP			95–89	67–73			80–79	84–86
BOC					71–70	84–71
Judiciary					74–63		77–62
Malacañan							91–65	63–71
MMDA							87–79	67-80
NHA
PNP

  Win
  OT Win
  Loss
  OT Loss

Date	Game/Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue
December 13, 2016	Game 40: Judiciary (B) def. BFP (A) Game 41: MMDA (A) def. NHA (B) Game 42: PNP (B) def. AFP (A)	76-67 87-79 82-67	Chester Tolomia Jeffrey Sanders and Maximo Guittap Julius Criste	University of Makati Gym
December 18, 2016	Game 43: PNP (B) def. BFP (A) Game 44: BOC (B) def. MMDA (A) Game 45: Judiciary (B) def. Malacañan (A)	86-84 84-71 74-63	Ollan Omiping and Harold Sta. Cruz Kenneth Duremdes and Bernzon Franco Chester Tolomia	University of Makati Gym
January 8, 2017	Game 46: PNP (A) def. MMDA (B) Game 47: NHA (B) def. AFP (A) Game 48: BOC (B) def. Malacañan (A)	80–67 86–73 71–70	Ollan Omiping and Alejandro Yanquiling Marvin Mercado and Ariel Vitug Kenneth Duremdes and Gherome Ejercito	Alonte Sports Arena
January 15, 2017	Game 49: BFP (A) def. BOC (B) Game 50: Malacañan (A) def. NHA (B) Game 51: AFP (A) def. Judiciary (B)	95–89 91–65 80–72	Gilbert Malabanan and Kurt Amores Christian Luanzon and Vinshu Das Javier Jeffrey Quiambao and Winston Sergio	Pasig City Sports Center
January 22, 2017	Game 51: Judiciary (B) def. MMDA (A) Game 52: AFP (A) def. BOC (B)	77–62 96–91	Ariel Capus and Warren Ybanez Boyet Bautista and Jeffrey Quiambao	Pasig City Sports Center
January 29, 2017	Game 53: BFP (A) def. NHA (B) Game 54: PNP (B) def. Malacañan (A)	80–79 71–63	Gilbert Malabanan and Anthony Emmanuel Lim Anton Tolentino	Pasig City Sports Center

The Playoffs

Quarter-finals (One-game playoff)		Semi-finals (Best-of-three series)		UNTV Cup Finals (Best-of-three championship series)






		Judiciary Magis	0

		PNP Responders	2
PNP Responders	82

BFP Firefighters	70
				PNP Responders	2

				Malacañan Kamao	1



		BOC Transformers	0

		Malacañan Kamao	2	Third place match
Malacañan Kamao	73

AFP Cavaliers	54
				Judiciary Magis	100

				BOC Transformers	97

Quarterfinals

Date	Game/Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue
February 5, 2017	Game 55: PNP (B) vs. BFP (A) Game 56: Malacañan (A) def. AFP (A)	82–70 73–54	Ollan Omiping and Anton Tolentino Christian Luanzon and Ian Garrido	Pasig City Sports Center

Semifinals

BOC vs. Malacañan

UNTV Public Service

February 12
15:00 (UTC +08)

Link: UNTV
POTG: Erick Dela Cuesta / Vishnu Das Javier

BOC Transformers 88, Malacañan Kamao 99
Scoring by quarter: 13 – 34, 30 – 19, 28 – 23, 17 – 23

Pasig City Sports Center, Pasig
Referees: A. Galutera, A. Manzano, S. Pingol

UNTV Public Service

February 19
17:00 (UTC +08)

Link: Manila Bulletin
POTG: Christian Luanzon

Malacañan Kamao 80, BOC Transformers 76
Scoring by quarter: 12 – 21, 22 – 23, 22 – 9, 24 – 23
Malacañan Kamao advances in the finals, 2-0; beats twice-to-beat BOC Transformers in semifinals

Pasig City Sports Center, Pasig
Referees: F. Pascual, F. Olivar, Jr., E. Faraon

Judiciary vs. PNP

UNTV Public Service

February 12
17:00 (UTC +08)

Link: UNTV
POTG: Harold Sta. Cruz / Anton Tolentino

Judiciary Magis 67, PNP Responders 92
Scoring by quarter: 18 – 30, 13 – 21, 22 – 21, 14 – 20

Pasig City Sports Center, Pasig
Referees: J. Olivar, D. Arguelles, A. Espiritu

UNTV Public Service

February 19
15:00 (UTC +08)

Link: Manila Bulletin
POTG: Alejandro Yanquiling III / Harold Sta. Cruz

PNP Responders 74, Judiciary Magis 72
'Scoring by quarter: 20 –* 32, 20 – 17, 12 –* 15, 22 – 8
PNP Responders advances in the finals, 2-0; beats twice-to-beat Judiciary Magis in semifinals

Pasig City Sports Center, Pasig
Referees: J. Garcia, M. Galutera, S. Pingol

Third-place match

Third placer received one million pesos cash prize (₱1,000,000) and the fourth-place earned five hundred thousand pesos (₱500,000).

Players of the Game: Chester Tolomia and Warren Ybañez

UNTV

March 5
15:00 (UTC+8)

Judiciary Magis	100–97	BOC Transformers
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 21–34, 20–26, 31–22
Pts: Chester Tolomia 30 Rebs: Chester Tolomia 15 Asts: Warren Ybañez 7		Pts: Duremdes 32
Judiciary Magis wins third-place trophy.

Pasig City Sports Center, Pasig

Finals

Game 1

Players of the Game: Christian Luanzon & Eric Dela Cuesta

UNTV

March 5
17:00

PNP Responders	81–82	Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 16–24, 24–20, 18–23
Malacañan leads series, 1–0

Pasig City Sports Center, Pasig City

Game 2

Best Player of the Game: Ollan Omiping

UNTV

March 7
17:00

PNP Responders	vs.	Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –
Series tied, 1–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 3

UNTV

March 21
17:00

PNP Responders	68–55	Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 20–22, 15–7, 17–13
PNP wins UNTV Cup Finals, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

See links

UNTV Cup

References

↑ "Bureau of Customs Joins UNTV Cup Season 5". Buenos Aficionado. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
↑ "UNTV Cup starts today, Pacquiao leads Senate". Manila Bulletin. August 29, 2016.
↑ Ramos, Josef T. (August 27, 2016). "Pacquiao won't play in UNTV Cup – Pineda". The Manila Times. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

External links

UNTVweb.com

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[1] "Bureau of Customs Joins UNTV Cup Season 5". Buenos Aficionado. August 17, 2016. Retrieved August 29, 2016.

[2] "UNTV Cup starts today, Pacquiao leads Senate". Manila Bulletin. August 29, 2016.

[3] Ramos, Josef T. (August 27, 2016). "Pacquiao won't play in UNTV Cup – Pineda". The Manila Times. Retrieved August 28, 2016.

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