2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship


The 2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship is the inaugural tournament of the Philippine Collegiate Championship for basketball in its current incarnation, and the sixth edition overall. The champion teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. and 3 other Metro Manila leagues took part in the final tournament dubbed as the "Sweet Sixteen". Other teams had to qualify in the zonal tournaments to round out the 16 teams in the tournament.
The De La Salle Green Archers defeated arch-rivals Ateneo Blue Eagles in the championship; budding rivals Letran Knights and the San Beda Red Lions disputed third place, with Letran winning.
The winners would have qualified for the 2009 Summer Universiade in Serbia as the Philippine representative. However, FISU thumbed down an application by the SBP and the Philippine Olympic Committee. As a result, other international tournaments were lined up for the champion team. The 1967 UE Red Warriors led by Robert Jaworski and Danny Florencio was the last team to participate in the Universiade's basketball tournament.
Solar Sports served as the main coverage partner, with the games broadcasting on C/S 9 and Basketball TV.

Rankings

Metro Manila

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Cebu

Region 1 (Dagupan, Pangasinan, Baguio)

Region 2 (Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan)

Region 3 (Quezon, Bicol)

Region 4 (Iloilo, Bacolod)

Region 5 (Dumaguete, Bohol)

Region 6 (Tacloban, Ormoc, Samar)

Region 7 (Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, CARAGA)

Region 8 (Davao, SoCCSKSarGen, Maguindanao)

Region 9 (Zamboanga, Misamis Occidental)

Qualifying

Winners qualify for the zonal championships:
  1. Region 1: SLU Navigators
  2. Region 2: U of Luzon Tigers
  3. Region 3: UNC Greyhounds
  4. Region 4: WNU Mustangs
  5. Region 5: U of Luzon Tigers
  6. Region 6: AMA Computer Learning Center - ACLC College Ormoc
  7. Region 7: Capitol Stallions
  8. Region 8: U of Mindanao Wildcats
  9. Region 9: Ateneo de Zamboanga Blue Eagles

    Wildcard qualifying

Top two teams from each group qualify for the zonal championships:

Group A

Group B

Zonal championships

Winners from the regional championships and wildcard qualifying are drawn into four different teams: each zone has to have only one wildcard team.

Zone 1

Games were held at the Makati Coliseum from November 3–6:
TeamWLPCTMITULLyc
201.000--77-59104-58
U of Luzon Golden Tigers11.500----79-62
Lyceum Batangas02.000------

Zone 2

Games were held at the Makati Coliseum from November 3–6:
TeamWLPCTLPUDBTCUNC
201.000--87-7981-60
11.500----73-64
UNC Greyhounds02.000------

Zone 3

Games were held at the Ormoc City Superdome from November 9–11:
TeamWLPCTCSJLUCAMA
201.000----96-55
UC Webmasters11.500
AMA Ormoc Titans02.000

Zone 4

Games were held at the Xavier University Gym from November 14–17:
TeamWLPCTFEUXUADZU
201.000--77-71105-55
Xavier Crusaders11.500----80-61
Ateneo de Zamboanga Blue Eagles02.000------

Qualifying teams

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third-place playoff

Final

Awards

The CUSA and the UCAA went 0-1. Other provincial leagues aside from the CESAFI failed to qualify.