Filbasket Subic Championship
# Filbasket Subic Championship

The FilBasket Subic Championship, also known as the FilBasket Subic Championship – Cocolife due to sponsorship reasons, was the first season of FilBasket starting in October 2021 starting from October 28, 2021, to November 21, 2021. The venue for all of the games was the Subic Bay Gymnasium.

## Format

The format of the season were:

* Single round robin (11 teams, 55 games total)
* Quarterfinals (Top 4 teams will have a twice-to-beat advantage)
* Semifinals (Knockout Game)
* Finals (Best-of-Three)

## Elimination round

### Team standings

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AICC Manila | 8 | 2 | .800 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Davao Occidental Tigers | 7 | 3 | .700 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | San Juan Knights | 7 | 3 | .700 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Nueva Ecija Bespren | 6 | 4 | .600 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors | 6 | 4 | .600 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Medical Depot | 6 | 4 | .600 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Burlington EOG Sports | 6 | 4 | .600 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | MTrans Buracai de Laiya BCTA | 5 | 5 | .500 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | 7A Primus | 2 | 8 | .200 | |
| 10 | FSD Makati Army | 2 | 8 | .200 | |
| 11 | Muntinlupa Defenders | 0 | 10 | .000 | |

### Results

| Teams | 7AP | AICC | EOG | DOT | FSD | MED | MTR | MTD | NEB | PSR | SJK |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7A Primus | — | 108–117 | | | 84–79 | | | 84–74 | | 53–80 | 59–81 |
| AICC Manila | | — | 95–91 | 87–90 | | 72–63 | | 99–64 | 94–82 | | |
| Burlington EOG Sports | | | — | | | | 86–83 | 103–67 | 97–74 | 58–72 | 69–77 |
| Davao Occidental Tigers | 86–83 | | | — | 82–69 | 70–58 | | | 73–74 | 68–66 | |
| FSD Makati Army | | 83–86 | | | — | | 88–102 | | 88–86 | 64–84 | 81–83 |
| Medical Depot | | | | | | — | 99–93 | 85–70 | 76–79 | 65–78 | 69–67 |
| MTrans Buracai de Laiya Batangas City Tanduay Athletics | 82–75 | 78–81 | | 101–96 | | | — | | | 87–72 | 77–83 |
| Muntinlupa Defenders | | | | 50–108 | 89–103 | | 77–90 | — | 91–96 | 70–101 | |
| Nueva Ecija Bespren | 95–92 | | | | | | 93–87 | | — | 70–68 | 65–104 |
| Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors | | 78–74 | | | | | | | | — | 70–72 |
| San Juan Knights | | 69–75 | | 115–120 | | | | 92–66 | | | — |

## Playoff bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | AICC Manila | 75 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | MTrans BCTA | 65 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | MTrans BCTA | 65 | | AICC Manila | AICC Manila | 88 | | | |
| | | | | Pasig Sta. Lucia | Pasig Sta. Lucia | 68 | | | |
| 5 | Pasig Sta. Lucia | 99 | 79 | Pasig Sta. Lucia | Pasig Sta. Lucia | 68 | | | |
| 4 | Nueva Ecija | 79 | 66 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Nueva Ecija | 79 | 66 | | | | AICC Manila | AICC Manila | 2 |
| | | | | | | | San Juan GFG | San Juan GFG | 1 |
| 3 | Davao Occ. | 88 | | | | | | | | San Juan GFG | San Juan GFG | 1 |
| 6 | EOG Sports | 81 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | EOG Sports | 81 | | San Juan GFG | San Juan GFG | 85 | | | |
| | | | | Davao Occ. | Davao Occ. | 84 | | | |
| 7 | San Juan GFG | 88 | | Davao Occ. | Davao Occ. | 84 | | | |
| 2 | Medical Depot | 73 | | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals

### AICC vs MTrans

* November 16 4:30PM
* Box Score

AICC Manila 75, MTrans Buracai de Laiya Batangas City Tanduay Athletics 65 :

| Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 16–9, 14–14, 22–21 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Gabo 16 Rebs: Mabulac 11 Asts: Bitoon 5 | Pts: Viernes 20 Rebs: Arellano 9 Asts: Raymund 4 |
| AICC wins series in one game |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

### Pasig vs Nueva Ecija

* November 16 7:10PM
* Box Score

Nueva Ecija Bespren 79, Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 99 :

| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 25–26, 19 –26, 15–22 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Sarao 20 Rebs: Nacpil 10 Asts: Palma 9 | Pts: Arana 25 Rebs: Arana 11 Asts: Costelo 9 |

* Subic Bay Gymnasium
* November 18 5:30PM
* Box Score

Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 79, Nueva Ecija Bespren 66 :

| Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 18–13, 19–19, 20–21 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Costelo 18 Rebs: Ablaza 12 Asts: Bautista 4 | Pts: Sarao 14 Rebs: Sarao 10 Asts: Martin 5 |
| Pasig wins series in two games |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

### Davao Occidental vs EOG Sports

* November 17 4:30PM
* Box Score

Davao Occidental Tigers 88, Burlington EOG Sports 81 :

| Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 17–19, 27–25, 23–16 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Wilson 23 Rebs: Robles 14 Asts: Palencia 5 | Pts: Castro 16 Rebs: Nermal 10 Asts: Castro 4 |
| Davao Occidental wins series in one game |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

### San Juan vs Medical Depot

* November 17 7:10PM
* Box Score

San Juan Knights - Go For Gold 88, Medical Depot 73 :

| Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 18–11, 25–32, 25–17 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Abundo 28 Rebs: Gamboa 7 Asts: Abundo 10 | Pts: Cabahug 22 Rebs: two people 10 Asts: Melencio 4 |
| San Juan wins series in one game |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

## Semifinals

### AICC vs Pasig

* November 19 4:30PM
* Box Score

AICC Manila 88, Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors 68 :

| Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 25–17, 22–24, 17–12 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Mabulac 15 Rebs: Taganas 8 Asts: Gabo 7 | Pts: Apinan 14 Rebs: Apinan 11 Asts: Ablaza 4 |
| AICC advances to the finals |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

### San Juan vs Davao Occidental

* November 19 7:10PM
* Box Score

Davao Occidental Tigers 84, San Juan Knights - Go For Gold 85 :

| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–24, 27–22, 26–23 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Celiz 20 Rebs: Robles 14 Asts: Robles 8 | Pts: Wamar 26 Rebs: Ular 7 Asts: Abundo 7 |
| San Juan advances to the finals |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

## Finals

### Game One

* November 20 6:00PM
* Box Score

AICC Manila 74, San Juan Knights - Go For Gold 80 :

| Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 15–25, 30–18, 15–22 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Gabo 22 Rebs: Mabulac 7 Asts: Gabo 4 | Pts: Abando 17 Rebs: Clarito 11 Asts: Abundo 6 |
| San Juan leads series, 1–0 |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

### Game Two

* November 21 6:00PM
* Box Score

San Juan Knights - Go For Gold 70, AICC Manila 74 :

| Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 10–28, 19–15, 25–20 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Abando 16 Rebs: two people 8 Asts: Abundo 7 | Pts: Bitoon 13 Rebs: Mabulac 10 Asts: Manalang 3 |
| Series tied, 1–1 |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

### Game Three

* November 22 6:00PM
* Box Score

AICC Manila 72, San Juan Knights - Go For Gold 68 :

| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 16–14, 18–12, 21–25 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Mabulac 18 Rebs: Juico 8 Asts: Gabo 6 | Pts: Abando 17 Rebs: Calma 13 Asts: Abundo 4 |
| AICC wins the series, 2–1 |||

* Subic Bay Gymnasium

Hesed Gabo is the Finals MVP of the tournament.

## Leaders

| Skill | Player | Team | Number of skills |
| - | - | - | - |
| Points | Orlan Wamar | San Juan Knights - Go For Gold | 199 |
| Field Goals | Emil Renz Palma | Nueva Ecija Bespren | 72 |
| 3-Point Field Goals | Patrick Jan Cabahug | Medical Depot | 36 |
| Rebounds | Michael Mabulac | AICC Manila | 133 |
| Assists | Alvin Abundo | San Juan Knights - Go For Gold | 84 |
| Blocks | Simon David Camacho | Medical Depot | 39 |
| Steal | Emil Renz Palma | Nueva Ecija Bespren | 28 |

## Professional status

The status of FilBasket—whether it is considered as a professional or an amateur league under government regulations—has been a point of contention. The league organizers, while admitting long-term plans to turn professional, insist that it is an amateur league. FilBasket secured approval from SBMA and the IATF for a bubble tournament at the Subic Bay Gymnasium, in accordance with regulations for amateur leagues.

The Games and Amusements Board (GAB) of the Philippine government contends that FilBasket is a professional league and hence falls under its jurisdiction. With the dispute supposedly resolved in October 2021, FilBasket pushed through with its first tournament, the FilBasket Subic Championship.

In November 2021, after the tournament concluded, the GAB issued a cease and desist order against FilBasket which the government agency declared as unlawful. GAB imposed no further sanction but warned it would pursue action if FilBasket does not comply with regulations on profssional leagues and holds a similar tournament. On January 19, the GAB declared it would not pursue legal action but noted that it will continue to monitor the league.

