List of Philippine men's collegiate basketball champions

Men's collegiate basketball in particular, and intercollegiate athletics in general is fragmented in the Philippines.

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) and University Athletic Association of the Philippines are the Metro Manila leagues that receive the most attention, owing to their national television coverage, with the UAAP in particular described as the country's "premier and more popular league".^[1] The biggest league outside the region is CESAFI.^[2][3]

Champions per season

Season	NCAA	UAAP	Cebu[a]	NCAA-South	NAASCU	UCAA	MNCAA	UCLAA	ISAA	NCRAA	CUSA
1924–25	UP Manila
1925–26	UP Manila
1926–27	UP Manila
1927–28	San Beda
1928–29	Ateneo
1929–30	UP Manila
1930–31	UST
1931–32	Ateneo
1932–33	Ateneo
1933–34	Ateneo
1934–35	San Beda
1935–36	San Beda
1936–37	San Beda
1937–38	Ateneo
1938–39	Letran	FEU
1939–40	La Salle	FEU  UP Manila  UST
1940–41	San Beda	UST
1941–42	Ateneo	Not held
1942–43	Not held	Not held
1943–44	Not held	Not held
1944–45	Not held	Not held
1945–46	Not held	Not held
1946–47	Not held	UST
1947–48	La Salle	UST  FEU[b]
1948–49	JRC	UST
1949–50	Mapúa	UST
1950–51	Letran	FEU
1951–52	San Beda	UST
1952–53	Mapúa	UST
1953–54	Ateneo	UST
1954–55	Ateneo	NU
1955–56	San Beda	UST	UV
1956–57	San Beda	FEU	USC
1957–58	Ateneo	UE	UV
1958–59	Ateneo	UE	USC
1959–60	San Beda	UST	UV
1960–61	Letran	UE
1961–62	Ateneo	FEU
1962–63	Suspended[c]	UE
1963–64	JRC[d]	UST	UV
1964–65	JRC[d]	UST
1965–66	Mapúa	UE
1966–67	Letran	UE
1967–68	JRC	UE  UST[b]
1968–69	JRC	UE
1969–70	Ateneo	UE
1970–71	Letran	UE
1971–72	La Salle	UE	UV
1972–73	JRC	FEU	UV
1973–74	SSC–R	FEU
1974–75	Letran	UE	No champion declared[e]
1975–76	Ateneo	UE
1976–77	Ateneo	FEU
1977–78	San Beda	Adamson	UV
1978–79	San Beda	UE	UV
1979–80	Letran	FEU	UV
1980–81	Aborted [f]	FEU
1981–82	Mapúa	FEU
1982–83	Letran	UE	UV
1983–84	Letran	FEU	UV
1984–85	Letran	UE	UV
1985–86	San Sebastian	UE	UV
1986–87	San Sebastian	UP	USJ–R
1987–88	Letran	Ateneo[5]	USJ–R
1988–89	San Sebastian	Ateneo[6]
1989–90	San Sebastian	La Salle	CIT
1990–91	San Sebastian	La Salle
1991–92	Mapúa	FEU*[g]	USJ–R
1992–93	Letran	FEU
1993–94	San Sebastian	UST	USJ–R							PSBA
1994–95	San Sebastian	UST	Cebu Doctors'							St. Francis
1995–96	San Sebastian	UST	UV							St. Francis	TIP
1996–97	San Sebastian	UST	UV							PSBA	MLQU
1997–98	San Sebastian	FEU	UV							PSBA	MLQU
1998–99	Letran	La Salle	UC							La Salle "B"	?
1999–2000	Letran	La Salle	Cebu Doctors'	?						St. Francis	?
2000–01	St. Benilde	La Salle	SWU	?						St. Francis	?
2001–02	San Sebastian	La Salle	UV	?	UM					St. Francis	Assumption
2002–03	San Sebastian	Ateneo	UV	San Beda Alabang	UM	St. Francis				St. Francis	LPC
2003–04	Letran	FEU	UV	?	UM	St. Francis				St. Francis	LPC
2004–05	PCU	FEU*[h]	UV	?	UM	EAC	?			EAC	PMI
2005–06	Letran	FEU	UV	?	UM	EAC	?			St. Francis	PMI
2006–07	San Beda	UST	UV	?	AMACU	EAC	?			Arellano	MLQU
2007–08	San Beda	La Salle	UV	?	STI	St. Francis	?			Arellano	MLQU
2008–09	San Beda	Ateneo	UV	Don Bosco	SSC-R Cavite	Universal	?	St. Francis		Universal	Not held
2009–10	San Sebastian	Ateneo	UV	Don Bosco	SSC-R Cavite	Universal	?	St. Francis	Lyceum	Olivarez	Not held
2010–11	San Beda	Ateneo	UC	UPHS Laguna	UM	CSM	CEU	St. Francis	Lyceum	CSM	Not held
2011–12	San Beda	Ateneo	UC	UPHS Laguna	UM	PSBA	CEU	St. Francis	TIP	PMMS
2012–13	San Beda	Ateneo	SWU	St. Francis	St. Clare	Olivarez	La Salle	St. Francis	PMMS	Olivarez
2013–14	San Beda	La Salle	UV	UB	CEU	RTU		PCCr	LaCo	St. Clare
2014–15	San Beda	NU	SWU	San Beda Alabang	CEU	RTU	CEU	PATTS		PMMS
2015–16	Letran	FEU	USC		CEU		PWU			PMMS
2016–17	San Beda	La Salle	UV		St. Clare					CDSL
2017–18	San Beda	Ateneo	UV	Holy Cross College of Sasa, Inc.	Fatima
2018–19	San Beda	Ateneo	UV		St. Clare		CEU
2019–20	Letran	Ateneo [5]	SWU		St. Clare		Cancelled
2020–21	Not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.
2021–22	Letran	UP	Not held		Not held		Not held
2022–23	Letran	Ateneo	UV	UB	St. Clare		CEU
2023–24	San Beda	La Salle	UV	San Pablo Colleges	St. Clare				LaCo
2024–25	Mapúa	UP	UV		St. Clare				SDCA
Season	NCAA	UAAP	Cebu[a]	NCAA-South	NAASCU	UCAA	MNCAA	UCLAA	ISAA	NCRAA	CUSA

Championships per school

School	NCAA	UAAP	CESAFI/CAAA	NCAA South	NAASCU	UCAA	MNCAA	UCLAA	ISAA	NCRAA	CUSA	Total
University of the Visayas			32									32
Ateneo de Manila University	14	12										26
San Beda University	22											22
Colegio de San Juan de Letran	20											20
Far Eastern University*		20										20
University of Santo Tomas	1	18										19
University of the East		18										18
Saint Francis of Assisi College System				2		3		5		8		18
De La Salle University	5	10[i] (11)								1		16
San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Manila	14											14
University of Manila					7							7
Centro Escolar University					3		3					6
Mapúa Institute of Technology	6											5
University of the Philippines, Manila	4	1										5
Centro Escolar University					2		2					4
Emilio Aguinaldo College	0					3				1		4
José Rizal University[j]	7											4
Olivarez College						1				3		4
Philippine School of Business Administration						1				3		4
Colegio de Santa Monica						1				2		3
Southwestern University			3									3
Universal College						2				1		3
University of the Philippines, Diliman		3										3
Arellano University	0				0					2		2
Don Bosco Technical College				2								2
Lyceum of the Philippines University	0								2			2
Manuel L. Quezon University											2	2
National University	0	2										2
PMI Colleges										0	2	2
Rizal Technological University						2						2
Saint Clare College of Caloocan					1					1		2
San Sebastian College – Recoletos de Cavite					2							2
University of Cebu			2									2
University of Perpetual Help System Laguna				2								2
Adamson University		1										1
AMA Computer University					1					0		1
De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde	1											1
La Consolacion College									1			1
Las Piñas College					0	1						1
Philippine Christian University	1											1
Philippine College of Criminology								1				1
Philippine Merchant Marine School									1			1
San Beda College Alabang				1								1
STI College					1							1
Technological Institute of the Philippines									1			1
University of Batangas				1								1
University of the Assumption											1	1

Major contemporary collegiate and university champions

This list is limited to the two major Metro Manila leagues, the Cebuano leagues, along with the two major intercollegiate offseason leagues (Filoil and PCCL) which include schools from other associations such as CESAFI in Cebu and NAASCU which is mainly based in Manila. The respective NCAA and UAAP schools have jumped between the two leagues and regularly hold the following intercollegiate tournaments. For 13 out of 21 seasons, champions from mainly Filoil, or occasionally PCCL tournaments, have gone on to win the championship in their respective home leagues.

Key

Indicator	Meaning
	School won the championship in two leagues in the same year
	School won the championship in three leagues in the same year
(No.)	Number of titles

Early years (1924–1942)

After 1930, when UST won its only NCAA title, UST, UP, FEU, and NU left the NCAA to form a Big Three League of the top sports schools which also attained university status, that later officially became the UAAP in 1938.

Season	NCAA	UAAP
1924–25	UP (1)	Not established
1925–26	UP (2)
1926–27	UP (3)
1927–28	San Beda (1)
1928–29	Ateneo (1)
1929–30	UP (4)
1930–31	UST (1)
1931–32	Ateneo (2)
1932–33	Ateneo (3)
1933–34	Ateneo (4)
1934–35	San Beda (2)
1935–36	San Beda (3)
1936–37	San Beda (4)
1937–38	Ateneo (5)
1938–39	Letran (1)	FEU (1)
1939–40	La Salle (1)	FEU (2)  UP (1)  University of Santo Tomas (1)
1940–41	San Beda (5)	UST (2)
1941–42	Ateneo (6)	No tournament

Postwar era (1946–1980)

Season	NCAA	UAAP	CAAA[a]
1946–47	No tournament	UST (3)
1947–48	La Salle (2)	FEU (3)  UST (4)
1948–49	JRU (1)	UST (5)
1949–50	Mapúa (1)	UST (6)
1950–51	Letran (2)	FEU (4)
1951–52	San Beda (6)	UST (7)
1952–53	San Beda (7)	UST (8)
1953–54	Ateneo (8)	UST (9)
1954–55	Ateneo (7)	NU (1)
1955–56	San Beda (8)	UST (10)	UV (1)
1956–57	La Salle (3)	FEU (5)	USC (1)
1957–58	Ateneo (9)	UE (1)	UV (2)
1958–59	Ateneo (10)	UE (2)	USC (2)
1959–60	San Beda (9)	UST (11)	UV (3)
1960–61	Letran (3)	UE (3)
1961–62	Ateneo (11)	FEU (6)
1962–63	No tournament	UE (5)
1963–64	JRU (2)	UE (5)	UV (4)
1964–65	JRU (3)	UST (12)
1965–66	Mapúa (2)	University of the East (6)
1966–67	Letran (4)	UE (7)
1967–68	JRU (4)	UE (8)  University of Santo Tomas (13)
1968–69	JRU (5)	UE (9)
1969–70	Ateneo (12)	UE (10)
1970–71	Letran (5)	UE (11)
1971–72	La Salle (4)	UE (12)	UV (5)
1972–73	JRU (6)	FEU (7)	UV (6)
1973–74	San Sebastian (1)	FEU (8)
1974–75	La Salle (5)	UE (13)	No champion declared
1975–76	Ateneo (13)	UE (14)
1976–77	Ateneo (14)	FEU (9)
1977–78	San Beda (10)	Adamson (1)	UV (7)
1978–79	San Beda (11)	UE (15)	UV (8)
1979–80	Letran (6)	FEU (10)	UV (9)

Final transfers (1980–1993)

The makeup of both collegiate leagues was finalized in 1980 with the last remnants of the founding NCAA members leaving for the UAAP in Ateneo (left NCAA and joined UAAP in 1978) and La Salle (left NCAA in 1980, joined UAAP in 1986), along with San Beda, who returned to the NCAA after a short hiatus in 1984. The CAAA continued throughout the era.

Season	NCAA	UAAP	CAAA[a]
1980–81	Tournament aborted by the BAP	FEU (11)
1981–82	Mapúa (3)	FEU (12)
1982–83	Letran (7)	UE (16)	UV (10)
1983–84	Letran (8)	FEU (13)	UV (11)
1984–85	Letran (9)	UE (17)	UV (12)
1985–86	San Sebastian (2)	UE (18)	UV (13)
1986–87	Letran (10)	UP (2)	USJ–R (1)
1987–88	Letran (11)	Ateneo (1)	USJ–R (2)
1988–89	San Sebastian (3)	Ateneo (2)
1989–90	San Sebastian (4)	La Salle (1)	CIT (1)
1990–91	Mapúa (4)	La Salle (2)
1991–92	Mapúa (5)	FEU (14)	USJ–R (3)
1992–93	Letran (12)	FEU (15)

Final Four era (1993–2003)

The UAAP adopted the Final Four format in 1993 while the NCAA followed suit in 1997. The CESAFI replaced the CAAA in 2001-02.

Season	NCAA	UAAP	Cebu[a]
1993–94	San Sebastian (5)	UST (14)	USJ–R (4)
1994–95	San Sebastian (6)	UST (15)	CDU (1)
1995–96	San Sebastian (7)	UST (16)	UV (14)
1996–97	San Sebastian (8)	UST (17)	UV (15)
1997–98	San Sebastian (9)	FEU (16)	UV (16)
1998–99	Letran (13)	La Salle (3)	UC (1)
1999–2000	Letran (14)	La Salle (4)	CDU (2)
2000–01	Benilde (1)	La Salle (5)	SWU (1)
2001–02	San Sebastian (10)	La Salle (6)	UV (17)
2002–03	San Sebastian (11)	Ateneo (3)	UV (18)

Modern era (2003–2020)

The Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) was established in 2003 while the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup was inaugurated as the Homegrown Cup in 2006.

Season	NCAA	UAAP	CESAFI[a]	Filoil	PCCL
2003–04	Letran (15)	FEU (17)	UV (19)	Not established	UE (1)
2004–05	PCU (1)	FEU (18)	UV (20)		FEU (1)
2005–06	Letran (16)	FEU (19)	UV (21)		FEU (2)
2006–07	San Beda (12)	UST (18)	UV (22)	La Salle (1)	UE (2)
2007–08	San Beda (13)	La Salle (7)	UV (23)	La Salle (2)	Ateneo (1)
2008–09	San Beda (14)	Ateneo (4)	UV (24)	UE (1)	La Salle (1)
2009–10	San Sebastian (12)	Ateneo (5)	UV (25)	FEU (1)	La Salle (2)
2010–11	San Beda (15)	Ateneo (6)	UC (2)	San Sebastian (1)	Ateneo (2)
2011–12	San Beda (16)	Ateneo (7)	UC (3)	Ateneo (1)	San Sebastian (1)
2012–13	San Beda (17)	Ateneo (8)	SWU (2)	NU (1)	UST (1)
2013–14	San Beda (18)	La Salle (8)	UV (26)	UE (2)	La Salle (3)
2014–15	San Beda (19)	NU (2)	SWU (3)	La Salle (3)	San Beda (1)
2015–16	Letran (17)	FEU (20)	USC (3)	San Beda College (1)	San Beda (2)  FEU (3)
2016–17	San Beda (20)	La Salle (9)	UV (27)	La Salle (4)	No tournament
2017–18	San Beda (21)	Ateneo (9)	UV (28)	San Beda (2)	Lyceum (1)
2018–19	San Beda (22)	Ateneo (10)	UV (29)	Ateneo (2)	Ateneo (3)
2019–20	Letran (18)	Ateneo (11)	SWU (4)	San Beda (3)	Ateneo (4)

Post-pandemic era (2021–present)

The PCCL tournament was canceled due to the pandemic.

Season	NCAA	UAAP	CESAFI	Filoil
2021–22	Letran (19)	UP (3)	No tournament	No tournament
2022–23	Letran (20)	Ateneo (12)	UV (30)	NU (2)
2023–24	San Beda (23)	La Salle (10)	UV (31)	UP (1)
2024–25	Mapúa (6)	UP (4)	UV (32)	UP (2)

List of major championships per school

Denotes school no longer a member of either NCAA or UAAP.

School	Current league	NCAA	UAAP	CESAFI	Combined	Filoil	PCCL	All	Last men's championship
University of the Visayas	CESAFI[k]	–	–	32	32	–	–	32	2024-25 CESAFI
Ateneo de Manila University	UAAP[l]	14	12	–	26	2	4	32	2022–23 UAAP
San Beda University	NCAA	23	–	–	23	3	2	28	2023–24 NCAA
Far Eastern University	UAAP[m]	0	20	–	20	1	3	24	2015–16 UAAP
Colegio de San Juan de Letran	NCAA	20	–	–	20	0	0	20	2022–23 NCAA
University of the East	UAAP	–	18	–	18	2	2	22	2013–14 Filoil
De La Salle University	UAAP[n]	5	10	–	15	4	3	22	2023–24 UAAP
University of Santo Tomas	UAAP[o]	1	18	–	19	0	1	20	2012–13 PCCL
San Sebastian College–Recoletos	NCAA	12	–	–	12	1	1	14	2011–12 PCCL
University of the Philippines[p]	UAAP[q]	4	4	–	8	2	0	10	2024–25 UAAP
José Rizal University	NCAA	6	–	–	6	0	0	6	1972–73 NCAA
Mapúa University	NCAA	6	–	–	6	0	0	6	2024–25 NCAA
Southwestern University	CESAFI[r]	–	–	4	4	–	–	4	2019-20 CESAFI
University of San Jose–Recoletos	CESAFI[r]	–	–	4	4	–	–	4	2019-20 CESAFI
National University	UAAP[s]	–	2	–	2	2	0	4	2022–23 Filoil
University of Cebu	CESAFI[r]	–	–	3	3	–	–	3	2011-12 CESAFI
University of San Carlos	CESAFI[r]	–	–	3	3	–	–	3	2015-16 CESAFI
Cebu Doctors' University	CESAFI[t]	–	–	2	2	–	–	2	1999-00 CESAFI
Adamson University	UAAP	–	1	–	1	0	0	1	1977–78 UAAP
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde	NCAA	1	–	–	1	0	0	1	2000–01 NCAA
Cebu Institute of Technology – University	CESAFI[u]	–	–	1	1	–	–	1	1989-90 CESAFI
Philippine Christian University	NAASCU[v]	1	–	–	1	0	0	1	2004–05 NCAA
Lyceum of the Philippines University	NCAA	0	–	–	0	0	1	1	2017–18 PCCL
Arellano University	NCAA	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	None
Emilio Aguinaldo College	NCAA	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	None
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA	NCAA	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	None
Angeles University Foundation	UCLAA[w]	0	–	–	0	0	0	0	None
Manila Central University	UCAL[x]	–	0	–	0	–	–	–	None
Saint Vincent de Paul	–[y]	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	None
Trinity University of Asia	UCAL[z]	0	–	–	0	–	–	–	None
University of Manila	–[aa]	0	0	–	0	–	–	–	None

Notes

1. Includes champions from Cebu Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) and Cebu Amateur Athletic Association (CAAA) before 2000, and Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) since 2001.
2. Co-champions
3. Suspended by the NCAA due to hooliganism and proliferation of ineligible players.
4. Seniors championships awarded on the 1963–64 and 1964–65 seasons were later ruled as unofficial by the NCAA.
5. The 1974 championship game between  UV and SWU was abandoned after a fight broke out 8 minutes into the game. The score of the game at that time was 16–14 in favor of UV.^[4]
6. Tournament aborted by the Basketball Association of the Philippines after a second-round game riot between La Salle and Letran.
7. With La Salle having the twice-to-beat advantage, they won the championship in Game 1. However, it was revealed that a La Salle player that was disqualified played in the final seconds of the game. FEU protested the game and the UAAP granted the protest. La Salle did not show up in the replay and forfeited the championship series, despite the Basketball Association of the Philippines supporting La Salle.
8. De La Salle University admitted to have unknowingly fielded two ineligible players for the last 3 years (from 2003–2005) and forfeited the 2004–05 championship by returning it to the UAAP board. As a result,

   • FEU was awarded the men's basketball championship for the 2004–2005 season on November 21, 2006.^[7]
   • De La Salle's results from 2003–2005 were forfeited.
   • De La Salle was suspended in the 2006–07 season, on all UAAP events.
9. Does not consider the disputed 1991 championship where De La Salle did not attend the replayed Game 1.
10. Excludes 2 championships won on loose conference seasons.
11. CAAA member school from 1930-00.
12. NCAA member school from 1924–78.
13. NCAA member school from 1924–36.
14. NCAA member school from 1924–81.
15. NCAA member school from 1924–36.
16. Competed under UP Manila in the NCAA and UP Diliman in the UAAP.
17. NCAA member school from 1924–36.
18. CAAA member school from 1930-00.
19. NCAA member school from 1924–36.
20. CAAA member school from 1930-00.
21. CAAA member school from 1930-00.
22. NCAA member school from 1996–2009.
23. NCAA guest school from 2009–10.
24. UAAP member school from 1952–62.
25. NCAA member school from 1925–26.
26. NCAA member school from 1974–86.
27. NCAA member school from 1924–26 and UAAP member school from 1952–54.