UAAP 3x3 basketball championship

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) holds its two-day 3x3 basketball tournaments on first week of March. It was inaugurated as a demonstration event for seniors' division in UAAP Season 80 in 2018.

UAAP 3x3 basketball
Sport3x3 basketball
Inaugural seasonUAAP Season 80
No. of teams8
Most recent
champion(s)		M: Ateneo Blue Eagles
W: NU Lady Bulldogs
(UAAP Season 81)
Tournament formatFinal four

On the opening press conference of UAAP Season 82 in 2019, the UAAP Board announced that 3x3 basketball would become an official sport as of the said season for both men and women.[1]

Format

Debut format

3x3 basketball made its debut in UAAP Season 80 using the group stage format. The elimination round would be divided into two groups of three to four teams each. Each team will play the teams in its group once. The top two teams per group qualify for the semifinals. The higher-seed team of a group faces the lower-seeded team of the other group in one-game semifinals match. The semifinals winners advance to the final, which is also a one-game matchup.[2][3]

Final four format
Main article: UAAP Final Four

The tournament currently uses the Final Four format, first implemented on its second year in UAAP Season 81. The tournament begins with a single round-robin elimination, where a team plays the other teams once to determine which teams will qualify to the semifinals. The top four finishers enter the Final Four phase. Semifinals and final stages are played in a single game.

Tournament results
Table key
 AdamsonAdamson University
 AteneoAteneo de Manila University
 La SalleDe La Salle University
 FEUFar Eastern University
 NUNational University
 UEUniversity of the East
 UPUniversity of the Philippines Diliman
 USTUniversity of Santo Tomas
(#)Number of tournaments won at the time
Season^Was held as demonstration event
Season Year Host school Men's division Women's division Ref.
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
80^ 2018 Far Eastern University  FEU (1) UE (1) La Salle (1)
 NU (1)		  NU (1) Adamson (1) Ateneo (1)
 UST (1)		 [4]
81^ 2019 National University  Ateneo (1) UST (1) UP (1)  NU (2) Adamson (2) UST (2) [5]
82 2020 Ateneo de Manila University Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [6]

Medal table

The table is pre-sorted by the name of each university, but can be displayed as sorted by any other column, such as the total number of gold medals or total number of overall medals. To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze, sort first by the bronze column, then the silver, and then the gold.

Medal totals in this table are current as of UAAP Season 81.

Men's division Women's division Combined total
Team Total Total Total
 Adamson University 0000 0202 0202
 Ateneo de Manila University 1001 0011 1012
 De La Salle University 0011 0000 0011
 Far Eastern University 1001 0000 1001
 National University 0011 2002 2013
 University of the East 0101 0000 0101
 University of the Philippines 0011 0000 0011
 University of Santo Tomas 0101 0022 0123
Totals 2237 2237 44614

See also

References
  1. "3x3 basketball now a medal sport for UAAP Season 82". ABS-CBN Sports. September 1, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  2. Riego, Lee Benjamin (March 1, 2018). "DLSU, Ateneo grouped together in first-ever UAAP 3x3". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. Leongson, Randolph (March 1, 2018). "UAAP goes back to its roots with first 3×3 tournament". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  4. "FEU, NU rule inaugural UAAP 3x3 tilt". ABS-CBN Sports. March 4, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  5. "UAAP 3x3: Ateneo, NU claim titles". Manila Bulletin. March 4, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  6. Yumol, David Tristan (April 7, 2020). "UAAP board cancels Season 82 due to COVID–19 pandemic". CNN Philippines. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
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