Country-Wide Basketball League
The Countrywide Basketball League or the CWBL was a planned regional basketball league in the Philippines.[1]
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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 |
| President | Rey Gamboa |
| Commissioner | Pablo De Borja |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country |  |
| Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
Background
On July 2016, it was announced that the planned first conference of the Countrywide Basketball League, which was tentatively set on August 7, 2016, has been cancelled after broadcast partner ABS-CBN's withdrawal of support, due to financial difficulties, according to CWBL vice president of operations Joe Lipa.[2][3]
On August 2017, it was announced that the league will push through with their launch by January 2018.[1] Preparations for the league's opening was stalled as most teams that intended to join the CWBL moved to the National Basketball League.
Media coverage
Before the league's cancellation in 2016, CWBL chairman, Rey Gamboa, stated that the coverage of the games was to focus on localities. The league was supposed to be exclusively covered by ABS-CBN Sports to aired live coverage on ABS-CBN Sports+Action and its regional counterparts with telecast nationwide and all ABS-CBN Regional Network Group stations.
References
- Yalung, Bryan (August 23, 2017). "CWBL plans to finally roll in 2017". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- Panerio, Jonas N. (July 8, 2016). "CWBL CANCELLED". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
- Badua, Snow (July 9, 2016). "Regional league CWBL forced to cancel opening after pullout of TV coveror ABS-CBN". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved July 9, 2016.