UNTV Cup Season 2
2014 UNTV Cup Season | |
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Tournament details | |
Country | Philippines |
Dates | 11 February 2014–8 July 2014 |
Teams | 10 |
Third place | Judiciary Magis |
Fourth place | MMDA Black Wolves |
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 |
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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 |
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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
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- ^ "BASKETBALL New teams, rules changes, former pros to spice up second season of UNTV Cup". Spin.ph. February 7, 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "UNTV Cup Basketball League Season 2". ClickTheCity.com. January 17, 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "UNTV Cup benefit basketball league begins second season in February". Spin.ph. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ a b c "UNTV Cup 2: Philhealth Advocates, PNP Responders and AFP Cavaliers Blow Up a Big Win". Spin.ph. March 11, 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ a b "Malacanang, Judiciary score close wins in UNTV Cup". Spin.ph. March 11, 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "MMDA Black Wolves and their First Win". March 17, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- ^ a b c "PhilHealth Guns for Third Straight Win in UNTV Cup 2". March 16, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- ^ "PhilHealth faces Malacañang in UNTV Cup". March 16, 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "Solons need to win by more than 15 pts". March 29, 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
- ^ "UNTV CUP Season 2 a game with a cause". February 5, 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ "Cavaliers force death duel". Manila Standard Today. July 3, 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Responders, Cavaliers dispute UNTV Cup title". Manila Standard Today. July 8, 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.