THE PBL: WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
The Philippine Basketball League could be called “a league of its own”. Despite its amateur nature, the very structure as a developmental league and the dedicated people behind it kept the league going for the past 20 years, withering all obstacles and problems that threatened it very existence.
Through the years, the league has been acknowledged as the cradle of future basketball superstars. As these talents come and go in search of greener pastures in professional leagues, the PBL survived by continuing its task of developing fresh potentials through companies that undoubtedly believes in its thrust.
A brainchild of former ambassador and basketball project director Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., The then known as the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) was formed in 1983 with Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban and Dr. Fernando Carrascoso as initial co-chair to fill up the need to renew interest in amateur basketball seven years after the MICAA folded up and paved the way for the existence of the country’s first professional basketball league-the Philippine Basketball Association.
But Cojuangco’s visions goes beyond the urge to satiate the Filipino craze for basketball. Over the years, the league has developed countless unknowns into the country’s best cagers and has undergone several transformations through the years to uplift the quality of competition in the country and keep the Philippines’ distinction as one of the world’s best as far as the sport is concerned.
| TEAMS |
W
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L
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| PHAREX B Complex – UP Fighting Maroons |
6
|
1
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| COBRA Energy Drink Iron Men |
5
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2
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| EXCEL ROOF |
5
|
2
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| COSSACK Blue Spirits |
4
|
3
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| ASCOF Lagundi Natural Cough Busters |
4
|
3
|
| ADDMIX Transformers |
3
|
4
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| FERN – C |
1
|
6
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| ANI – FCA Cultivators |
0
|
7
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