Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup 1st Conference
# Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup 1st Conference

The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup 1st Conference, also known as the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is the inaugural season of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, a professional basketball league in the Philippines.

## Teams

The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup consists entirely of teams from the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines. For its first season, the league will have seven teams from the Visayas region, all of which are from Central Visayas.

* WarriorsKCSHeroesAquastarsMysticsVoyagersMarinersclass=notpageimage| Locations of Visayas teams
* ALZAPeace RidersSto. NiñoArchangelsBravesBrew AuthoriteaExplorersVanguardsJPSclass=notpageimage| Locations of Mindanao teams

| Team | Location | Location | Main sponsor | Head coach |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | City/town | Province | Main sponsor | Head coach |
| Visayas Division |||||
| ARQ Builders – Lapu-Lapu City Heroes | Lapu-Lapu | Cebu | ARQ Builders | Francis Auquico |
| Dumaguete Warriors | Dumaguete | Negros Oriental | | Rommel Uka |
| KCS Computer Specialists–Mandaue | Mandaue | Cebu | Kiboy's Computer Solutions | Mike Reyes |
| MJAS Zenith – Talisay City Aquastars | Talisay | Cebu | MJAS Zenith Trading | Aldrin Morante |
| Siquijor Mystics | Siquijor | Siquijor | | Jose Manuel Palapal |
| Tabogon Voyagers | Tabogon | Cebu | | Expedito Delos Santos Jr. |
| Tubigon–Bohol Mariners | Tubigon | Bohol | | Gino Angelo Enriquez |
| Mindanao Division |||||
| ALZA - Alayon Zamboanga | — | Zamboanga del Sur | | Rodolfo Jose Abad Jr. |
| Basilan Peace Riders | Lamitan | Basilan | Jumbo Plastic | Jerson Allen Cabiltes |
| Clarin Sto. Niño | Clarin | Misamis Occidental | | Miguel Borilla Jr. |
| Iligan City Archangels | Iligan | Lanao del Norte | | Dane Lariosa |
| Kapatagan Buffalo Braves | Kapatagan | Lanao del Norte | | Cris Bautista |
| MisOr Brew Authoritea | — | Misamis Oriental | Brew AuthoriTEA | Vis Valencia |
| Pagadian Explorers | Pagadian | Zamboanga del Sur | | Harold Sta. Cruz |
| Roxas Vanguards | Roxas | Zamboanga del Norte | Petra Cement | Eddie Laure |
| Zamboanga City JPS | Zamboanga City | Zamboanga del Sur | | Tony Pardo |

### Notes

* ↑ The Siquijor Mystics was expelled due to misconduct. See: 2021 Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup scandal
* ↑ The Basilan Peace Riders was founded in 2018 from the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League.

## Division tournaments

### Visayas leg

All games were held in the Alcantara Civic Center in Alcantara, Cebu.

**Elimination round**

**Team standings**

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars | 10 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Advance to the Finals |
| 2 | KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City | 8 | 2 | .800 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in semifinals |
| 3 | ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 4 | Tabogon Voyagers | 3 | 7 | .300 | 7 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 5 | Dumaguete Warriors | 2 | 8 | .200 | 8 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| 6 | Tubigon Bohol Mariners | 2 | 8 | .200 | 8 | Proceed to quarterfinals |
| – | Siquijor Mystics | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | Expelled |

* ↑ As Talisay City won all elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular three-round format.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Dumaguete 1–1 Tubigon Bohol, Dumaguete +14
* ↑ Siquijor was expelled from the league, and its records expunged. At the time of their expulsion, they had 1 win, 1 loss and 1 unfinished game.

**Elimination round**

**Results**

| Teams | DUM | LAP | MAN | TAB | TAL | TUB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dumaguete Warriors | — | 57–67 | 73–79 | 78–86 | 72–92 | 88–73 |
| ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes | 76–62 | — | 66–77 | 75–61 | 75–84 | 61–55 |
| KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City | 78–50 | 75–66 | — | 86–53 | 57–77 | 91–71 |
| Tabogon Voyagers | 85–90 | 76–73 | 71–82 | — | 65–85 | 102–99 |
| MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars | 77–66 | 99–62 | 81–73 | 104–75 | — | 104–66 |
| Tubigon Bohol Mariners | 62–61 | 67–101 | 50–80 | 92–77 | 65–97 | — |

* This excludes Siquijor's 105–100 win over Dumaguete, 46–66 loss against Mandaue City, and a game against Lapu-Lapu City that was halted in halftime with them trailing 13–27.

**Playoffs**

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | 1 | Talisay City | 66 | 63 | 75 |
| | | | 2 | Mandaue City | 52 | 74 | 2 | Mandaue City | 67 | 56 | 89 |
| 3 | Lapu-Lapu City | 92 | 3 | Lapu-Lapu City | 67 | 64 | | | | | |
| 5 | Dumaguete | 76 | | | | | | | | | |

**Playoffs**

**Quarterfinals**

| Quarterfinals round 1 | Quarterfinals round 1 | Quarterfinals round 1 | Quarterfinals round 2 | Quarterfinals round 2 | Quarterfinals round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Lapu-Lapu City | 73 | | | |
| 6 | Tubigon Bohol | 69 | | | |
| 6 | Tubigon Bohol | 69 | 3 | Lapu-Lapu City | 92 |
| | | | 5 | Dumaguete | 76 |
| 4 | Tabogon | 65 | 5 | Dumaguete | 76 |
| 5 | Dumaguete | 67 | | | |

All of these are single-elimination games.

* May 1

| ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes | 73–69 | Tubigon Bohol Mariners |
| - | - | - |

* Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
* May 1

| Tabogon Voyagers | 65–67 | Dumaguete Warriors |
| - | - | - |

* Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
* May 2

| ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes | 92–76 | Dumaguete Warriors |
| - | - | - |

* Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu

**Playoffs**

**Semifinals**

KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City possesses the twice-to-beat advantage.

* May 4

| KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City | 52–67 | ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes |
| - | - | - |

* Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
* May 5

| KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City | 74–64 | ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes |
| - | - | - |
| Mandaue City wins series in two games |||

* Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu

**Playoffs**

**Finals**

This is a best-of-three playoff.

* May 7

| MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars | 66–67 | KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City |
| - | - | - |

* Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
* May 8

| MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars | 63–56 | KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City |
| - | - | - |

* Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
* May 9

| MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars | 75–89 | KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City |
| - | - | - |
| Mandaue City wins series 2–1, and qualifies to the Grand Finals |||

* Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
* Finals MVP: Chris Exciminiano (Mandaue City)

### Mindanao leg

Games prior to July 17, are held in the Ipil Provincial Gym, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay. Games scheduled on July 17 onwards, are to be held in thePlaza Luz Gym in Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur.

**Elimination round**

**Team standings**

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Basilan Peace Riders – Jumbo Plastic | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Advance to finals |
| 2 | Clarin Sto. Niño | 7 | 1 | .875 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 3 | Pagadian Explorers | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 4 | Roxas Vanguards | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 5 | JPS Zamboanga City | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4 | Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals |
| 6 | ALZA-Alayon Zamboanga del Sur | 3 | 5 | .375 | 5 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 7 | MisOr Brew Authoritea | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 8 | Kapatagan Buffalo Braves | 2 | 6 | .250 | 6 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |
| 9 | Iligan City Archangels | 0 | 8 | .000 | 8 | Twice-to-win in quarterfinals |

* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Pagadian 1–0 Roxas
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: MisOr Brew Authoritea 1–0 Kapatagan

**Elimination round**

**Results**

| Teams | BAS | CLA | ILI | KAP | MSO | PAG | ROX | ZAM | ZDS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Basilan Peace Riders – Jumbo Plastic | — | 86–68 | 83–77 | 118–84 | 140–106 | 94–70 | 85–64 | 133–67 | 82–48 |
| Clarin Sto. Niño | | — | 98–65 | 76–65 | 73–63 | 83–77 | 72–66 | 95–69 | 96–91 |
| Iligan City Archangels | | | — | 56–64 | 64–69 | 0–20 | 79–84 | 0–20 | 0–20 |
| Kapatagan Buffalo Braves | | | | — | 105–111 | 95–67 | 65–93 | 53–89 | 89–80 |
| MisOr Brew Authoritea | | | | | — | 75–81 | 87–113 | 75–85 | 0–20 |
| Pagadian Explorers | | | | | | — | 82–80 | 82–68 | 73–78 |
| Roxas Vanguards | | | | | | | — | 71–69 | 79–72 |
| JPS Zamboanga City | | | | | | | | — | 82–79 |
| ALZA-Alayon Zamboanga del Sur | | | | | | | | | — |

**Playoffs**

| Finals Best-of-three series | Finals Best-of-three series | Finals Best-of-three series | Finals Best-of-three series |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Basilan | 81 | 89 |
| 4 | Roxas | 69 | 70 |
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals Round 1 | Semifinals Round 1 | Semifinals Round 1 | Semifinals Round 2 | Semifinals Round 2 | Semifinals Round 2 |
| (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | (#2 twice-to-beat) | | | | | | |
| 2 | Clarin | 20 | – | | | | | | |
| 2 | Clarin | 20 | – | (Best-of-three series) | | | | | |
| 9 | Iligan | 0 | – | (Best-of-three series) | | | | | |
| 9 | Iligan | 0 | – | 2 | Clarin | 0 | | | |
| (#5 twice-to-beat) | (#5 twice-to-beat) | (#5 twice-to-beat) | (#5 twice-to-beat) | 2 | Clarin | 0 | | | |
| (#5 twice-to-beat) | (#5 twice-to-beat) | (#5 twice-to-beat) | (#5 twice-to-beat) | 5 | JPS Zamboanga | 2 | | | |
| 5 | JPS Zamboanga | 69 | – | 5 | JPS Zamboanga | 2 | | | |
| 5 | JPS Zamboanga | 69 | – | | | | (Best-of-three series) | (Best-of-three series) | (Best-of-three series) |
| 6 | ALZA | 66 | – | | | | (Best-of-three series) | (Best-of-three series) | (Best-of-three series) |
| 6 | ALZA | 66 | – | | | | 5 | JPS Zamboanga | 1 |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | | | | 5 | JPS Zamboanga | 1 |
| (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | (#3 twice-to-beat) | | | | 4 | Roxas | 2 |
| 3 | Pagadian | 82 | 87 | | | | 4 | Roxas | 2 |
| 3 | Pagadian | 82 | 87 | (Best-of-three series) | (Best-of-three series) | (Best-of-three series) | | | |
| 8 | Kapatagan | 96 | 76 | (Best-of-three series) | (Best-of-three series) | (Best-of-three series) | | | |
| 8 | Kapatagan | 96 | 76 | 3 | Pagadian | 0 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 3 | Pagadian | 0 | | | |
| (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | (#4 twice-to-beat) | 4 | Roxas | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Roxas | 20 | – | 4 | Roxas | 2 | | | |
| 7 | MisOr | 0 | – | | | | | | |

## Southern Finals

| Finals Best-of-five series | Finals Best-of-five series | Finals Best-of-five series | Finals Best-of-five series | Finals Best-of-five series |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| M1 | Basilan | 94 | 96 | 83 |
| V2 | Mandaue | 67 | 91 | 65 |

* August 11

| Basilan Peace Riders – Jumbo Plastic | 94–67 | KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City |
| - | - | - |

* Pagadian City Gymnasium, Ipil, Cebu
* August 12

| KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City | 91–96 | Basilan Peace Riders – Jumbo Plastic |
| - | - | - |

* Pagadian City Gymnasium, Ipil, Cebu
* August 13

| Basilan Peace Riders – Jumbo Plastic | 83–65 | KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City |
| - | - | - |
| Basilan wins series 3–0 |||

* Pagadian City Gymnasium, Ipil, Cebu

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: Hesed Gabo (Jumbo Plastic-Basilan Peace Riders)
* Mythical Five:
   * Hesed Gabo (Jumbo Plastic-Basilan Peace Riders)
   * Michael Mabulac (Jumbo Plastic-Basilan Peace Riders)
   * John Wilson (Clarin Sto. Niño)
   * Jerwin Gaco (Zamboanga City JPS)
   * James Castro (Petra Cement-Roxas Vanguards)
* Top Homegrown Player: Rich Guinitaran

## Controversy

The game between the ARQ Builders-Lapu Lapu City Heroes and the Siquijor Mystics was stopped at the half with Lapu Lapu leading, 27–13, ostensibly due to a power interruption. However, it was reported afterward that the game was stopped by officials after suspicious actions by the players—including missed free throws and blown layups. One video circulating online showed a player take a free throw first with his left hand, then with his right. Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup organizers expelled the Siquijor Mystics from the league. Fines and suspensions were also slapped against players and coaches of the Lapu-Lapu Heroes for their role in the controversial match.

