UAAP Season 59

UAAP Season 59 is the 1996–97 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by De La Salle University-Manila. The season opened on July 13, 1996, at the Araneta Coliseum. The 3rd Annual UAAP Cheerdance Competition was also held after the opening ceremonies.

UAAP Season 59
The New Generation of Sports Excellence
Host school	De La Salle University
Overall
Seniors	University of Santo Tomas
Juniors	University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport Men Women Basketball  UST  FEU
Juniors' champions
Sport Boys Girls Basketball  UST N/A
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition;
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Basketball

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	Pts	Qualification
1	De La Salle Green Archers (H)	11	3	25	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Growling Tigers	10	4	24
3	UP Fighting Maroons	9	5	23	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UE Red Warriors	8	6	22
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	7	21
6	FEU Tamaraws	4	10	18
7	NU Bulldogs	4	10	18
8	Adamson Falcons	3	11	17

Source: Manila Standard via Google News
(H) Hosts

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	La Salle	67
	4	UE	55
						1	La Salle	60	54
						2	UST	65	57
	2	UST	63
	3	UP	56

Championships summary

Seniors' division championships

Men's

Rank
1st	UST	FEU	DLSU	UST	UST	UST	ADMU	UE	UP	UST	UP	UST	DLSU
2nd	DLSU	UST	UP	UP	AdU	UP	UST	FEU	ADMU	DLSU		UP	ADMU
3rd	UP	DLSU	UST	DLSU	UP	DLSU	UP	UST	DLSU	UP		DLSU	UST
4th	UE	UP	AdU	UE	UE	ADMU	DLSU	DLSU	UE	UE		NU	FEU
5th	ADMU	UE	UE	FEU	FEU	UE	NU	UP		ADMU & FEU		AdU	UE
6th	FEU & NU	AdU	ADMU	AdU	DLSU	AdU	UE	ADMU				ADMU	UP
7th		NU		NU	ADMU			AdU
8th	AdU			ADMU	NU

Women's

Rank
1st	FEU	UST	DLSU	UP	UP	FEU	UP	UST	UP	UP	FEU
2nd	DLSU	FEU	UP	FEU	ADMU	UST	ADMU	DLSU		AdU	ADMU
3rd	UST	UP	UST	DLSU	DLSU	DLSU	DLSU	UP		DLSU	DLSU
4th	UP	UE	ADMU	UST	UST	UE		UE		UST	UST
5th	AdU	DLSU	AdU & UE	UE	UE	UP		ADMU		ADMU	UP
6th	UE	ADMU		AdU	NU	AdU		FEU
7th	ADMU	AdU		NU		ADMU
8th		NU		ADMU

Juniors' division championships

Rank	BOYS'						GIRLS'
1st	USTHS	DLSZ	UST	ADMU	AdU & UE	ADMU	DLSZ	USTHS
2nd	ADMU	UE	DLSZ	UE		AdU	UPIS	AdU
3rd	DLSZ	ADMU	ADMU	USTHS	NU	USTHS	USTHS	UE
4th	AdU	UPIS	UE	NU	USTHS	DLSZ	UE	DLSZ
5th	UE	NU	AdU	AdU	ADMU	UE & UPIS	NU	UPIS
6th	UPIS	USTHS	UPIS	DLSZ	UPIS
7th	NU			FEU	DLSZ
8th	FEU

Overall championship race

The host school is boldfaced. Final.

Juniors' division Rank School Points 1st USTHS 87 2nd UE 77 3rd DLSZ 74 4th Ateneo 68 5th Adamson 59 6th UPIS 44 7th NU 32 8th FEU-FERN 3

Seniors' division Rank School Points 1st UST 254 2nd UP 233 3rd La Salle 225 4th Ateneo 131 5th FEU 130 6th UE 121 7th Adamson 75 8th NU 30

Note for Seniors division: Point totals in italics are partial results. The results for the Men and Women's Judo tournaments, in which only Ateneo, La Salle, UP, and UST joined in, are incomplete. UP won both tournaments. Fencing is a demonstration sport, and is not included in the final tally.

Individual awards

Top Athletes:
Men: Herminio Gallo, Jr. (Volleyball)
Women: Emmilyn Ong Jimenez (Swimming)
Junior: Rufino Manotok (Swimming)

References

• Tigers, Archers seal 3rd straight title showdown, Manila Standard
• UST Tigers take Game 1 vs Archers, Manila Standard
• Four-rific!, Manila Standard

External links

• WebArchive - UAAP Season 59 hosted by DLSU-Manila
• WebArchive - UAAP Online '96