UNTV Cup Season 5

The UNTV Cup Season 5 was the 2016–17 season of the annual charity basketball league in the Philippines, UNTV Cup. The tournament organized by UNTV Public Service channel, through its chairman and chief executive officer of BMPI-UNTV, Kuya Daniel Razon, more popularly known as Mr. Public Service.

2016–17 UNTV Cup Season 5

2016–17 UNTV Cup Season
Tournament details
Country	Philippines
Dates	August 29, 2016 – March 21, 2017
Teams	13
Defending champions	AFP Cavaliers
Final positions
Champions	PNP Responders (1st title)
Runner-up	Malacanañ Kamao
Third place	Judiciary Magis
Fourth place	BOC Transformers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	65
Finals MVP	Harold Santa Cruz
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The season was officially opened on August 29, 2016, at the Mall of Asia Arena, in Pasay, with 13 teams vying for the championship title of the season, including Season 4 champions AFP Cavaliers. A new team was introduced this season called the Bureau of Customs Transformers.^[1]

Regular games will be held at the Pasig City Sports Center in Pasig and the University of Makati Gym in Makati, with a live telecast on the UNTV Public Service channel every Sunday afternoons.^[2]

During the season, the league got its second AnakTV award for being a child-friendly basketball tournament.^[3][4]

Teams

Thirteen teams, which composed of a new team (BOC Transformers) and twelve returning teams from last season will compete in the tournament.^[5] The teams were divided into two groups.

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New Teams

Bureau of Customs will be the new team of the tournament starting this season.

• Bureau of Customs (BOC) Transformers

Group A

Government agency	Moniker	Colours	Joined UNTV Cup	Seasons Played	UNTV Cup Titles	Head Coach
Armed Forces of the Philippines	AFP Cavaliers		2013	4	2	Cpl. Sonny Manucat
Bureau of Fire Protection	BFP Firefighters		2014	2	0	Ramon Garcia
Office of the President of the Philippines	Malacañang Kamao		2014	3	0	Louie Gonzalez
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority	MMDA Black Wolves		2013	4	0	Mandeville Martirez
Ombudsman of the Philippines	Ombudsman Graft Busters		2015	1	0	John Kallos
Senate of the Philippines	Senate Defenders		2014	3	0	Mike Fermin

Group B

Government agency	Moniker	Colours	Joined UNTV Cup	Seasons Played	UNTV Cup Titles	Head Coach
Bureau of Customs	BOC Transformers		2016	0	0	Kenneth Duremdes
Department of Justice	DOJ Justice Boosters		2013	4	0	Edmon Espiritu
Government Service Insurance System	GSIS Furies		2014	2	0	Mike Saguiguit
House of Representatives of the Philippines	HOR Solons		2013	4	0	Pido Jarencio
Supreme Court of the Philippines	Judiciary Magis		2013	4	2	Dennis Balason
National Housing Authority (Philippines)	NHA Builders		2014	2	0	Bennett Palad
Philippine National Police	PNP Responders		2013	4	0	Ernie Santa Cruz

Venues

Venues of UNTV Cup Season 5
Metro Manila	Calabarzon
Mall of Asia Arena Pasig City Sports Center Strike Gymnasium UMak Gym Ynares Sports Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum	Alonte Sports Arena Strike Gymnasium

The opening day was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City, while the Games 2 and 3 of the Finals were at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. The rest of the elimination round and playoff games were held at multiple arenas in Greater Manila Area.

Arena	Location	Tournament		Capacity
		Elims	Playoffs
Alonte Sports Arena	Biñan, Laguna	Y		6,500
Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay City	Y		20,000
Pasig City Sports Center	Pasig City	Y	Y	3,000
Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City		Y	14,429
Strike Gymnasium	Bacoor, Cavite	Y		1,500
University of Makati Gym	Makati City	Y
Ynares Sports Arena	Pasig City	Y		3,000

Elimination round

First round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Malacañang Kamao	6	5	1	0	0	0	.833	—	Advanced to the second round
2	BFP Firefighters	6	4	2	0	0	0	.667[lower-alpha 1]	1
3	AFP Cavaliers	6	4	2	0	0	0	.667[lower-alpha 1]	1
4	MMDA Black Wolves	6	3	3	0	0	0	.500	2
5	Ombudsman Graft Busters	6	2	4	0	0	0	.333	3	Eliminated
6	Senate Defenders	6	0	6	0	0	0	.000	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. BFP Firefighters wins tie-breaker via head-to-head record over the AFP Cavaliers. Nevertheless, both teams qualify to the second round.

Team AFP BFP MAL MMDA OMB SEN AFP 74–78 61–71 90–80 103–85 82–71 BFP 77–92 83–71 77–71 91–76 Malacañan 72–55 82–70 82–52 MMDA 92–82 77–68 Ombudsman 75–67 Senate Source: [7][8][9] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 AFP Cavaliers SEN MMDA BFP MAL OMB BFP Firefighters MMDA AFP MAL SEN OMB Malacañang Kamao OMB SEN BFP AFP MMDA MMDA Black Wolves BFP AFP OMB SEN MAL Ombudsman Graft Busters OMB SEN MMDA BFP AFP Senate Defenders AFP OMB MAL MMDA BFP Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Date	Game No.	Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue	Links
August 29, 2016	1 [10]	AFP def. Senate	85–71	Boyet Bautista	SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Watch Watch
September 11, 2016	3	Malacañan def. Ombudsman	82–70	Eric dela Cuesta	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch
September 18, 2016	6	BFP def. MMDA	83–71	Marlon Adolfo	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Watch Watch
September 25, 2016	8	Ombudsman def. Senate	75–67	Mark Anthony Marcos	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Watch Watch
September 28, 2016	13	AFP def. MMDA	90–80	Roger Araneta and Eugene Tan	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch Boxscore
October 9, 2016	14	BFP def. AFP	78–74	Gilbert Malabanan	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch
October 9, 2016	15	Malacañan def. Senate	82–54	Visnu Das Javier	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch
October 18, 2016	18	MMDA def. Ombudsman	92–82	Peter John Villanueva and Max Guittap	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 23, 2016	20	MMDA def. Senate	77–70	Jeffrey Sanders	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 23, 2016	21	Malacañan def. BFP	92–77	Ian Garrido	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 30, 2016	24	BFP def. Senate	91–78	Michael Sanchez and Anthony Lim	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 30, 2016	25	Malacañan def. AFP	73–61	John Michael Jimenez and Eric dela Cuesta	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 13, 2016	29	Ombudsman def. BFP	77–71	Ronnie Zagala and Rysal Castro	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 20, 2016	32	Malacañan def. MMDA	72–55	John Michael Jimenez and Christian Luanzon	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 24, 2016	35	AFP def. Ombudsman	103–85	Boyet Bautista	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 4, 2016	37	MMDA def. Senate	76–71	Peter John Villanueva and Ermel Idria	Strike Gymnasium, Bacoor, Cavite	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 4, 2016	38	BFP def. Ombudsman	80–73	Gilbert Malabanan and Jonathan Egea	Strike Gymnasium, Bacoor, Cavite	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 4, 2016	39	AFP def. Malacañan	72–67	Wilfred Casulla, Jr. and Eugene Tan	Strike Gymnasium, Bacoor, Cavite	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	BOC Transformers	6	6	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	Advanced to the second round
2	Judiciary Magis	6	5	1	0	0	0	.833	1
3	PNP Responders	6	4	2	0	0	0	.667	2
4	NHA Builders	6	3	3	0	0	0	.500	3
5	HOR Solons	6	2	4	0	0	0	.333	4	Eliminated
6	GSIS Furies	6	1	5	0	0	0	.167	5
7	DOJ Justice Boosters	6	0	6	0	0	0	.000	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Team BOC DOJ GSIS HOR JUD NHA PNP BOC 86–68 76–74 93–92 79–68 77–75 93–84 DOJ 84–94 78–96 68–84 77–83 70–81 GSIS 83–97 77–90 80–86 80–97 HOR 94–114 100–102 L Judiciary 76–63 82–80 NHA 75–82 PNP Source: [7] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 BOC Transformers GSIS JUD HOR PNP DOJ NHA DOJ Justice Boosters HOR PNP JUD GSIS BOC NHA GSIS Furies BOC HOR DOJ NHA JUD PNP HOR Solons DOJ GSIS BOC NHA PNP JUD Judiciary Magis NHA BOC DOJ GSIS PNP HOR NHA Builders NHA PNP HOR GSIS DOJ BOC PNP Responders DOJ NHA BOC HOR JUD GSIS Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = OT win;   = Win by forfeit;   = Loss;   = OT loss;   = Loss by forfeit

Date	Game No.	Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue	Links
September 11, 2016	2	BOC def. GSIS	76–74	Marlou Aquino	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch
September 11, 2016	4	HOR def. DOJ	96–78	Francis Adriano	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch
September 18, 2016	5	PNP def. DOJ	81–70	Ronaldo Abaya	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Watch Watch
September 18, 2016	7	Judiciary def. NHA	76–63	Chester Tolomia	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Watch Watch
September 25, 2016	9	BOC def. Judiciary	79–68	Marlou Aquino	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Watch Watch
September 25, 2016	10	HOR def. GSIS	97–83	Francis Adriano	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Watch Watch
September 28, 2016	11	Judiciary def. DOJ	84–68	Warren Ybañez	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch Boxscore
September 28, 2016	12	PNP def. NHA	82–75	Ollan Omiping and Harold Sta. Cruz	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch Boxscore
October 9, 2016	16	BOC def. HOR	93–92	Kenneth Duremdes and Gherome Ejercito	Pasig City Sports Center	Watch Watch Boxscore
October 16, 2016	17	GSIS def. DOJ	94–84	James Patrick Abugan and Rene Boy Banzali	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 16, 2016	19	BOC def. PNP	93–84 (OT)	Michael Anthony Sumalinog and Marlou Aquino	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT
October 23, 2016	22	NHA def. HOR	102–100	Antonio Lustestica	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
October 30, 2016	23	NHA def. GSIS	86–79	Alvin Vitug and Marvin Mercado	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 6, 2016	26 [11][12]	BOC def. DOJ	86–68	Samuel Ignacio and Bernzon Franco	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 6, 2016	27 [11][12]	PNP def. HOR	Forfeit	N/A	Pasig City Sports Center
November 13, 2016	28	NHA def. DOJ	83–77	Alvin Vitug	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 13, 2016	30	Judiciary def. GSIS	90–77	Chester Tolomia and Don Camaso	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 20, 2016	31	BOC def. NHA	77–75	Marlou Aquino and Rizal Vonn Ignacio	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 20, 2016	33	Judiciary def. PNP	82–80 (OT)	Chester Tolomia	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT
November 24, 2016	34	Judiciary def. HOR	114–94	Chester Tolomia	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
November 24, 2016	36	PNP def. GSIS	97–80	Julius Criste	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Second round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	BOC Transformers	10	8	2	0	0	0	.800[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Judiciary Magis	10	8	2	0	0	0	.800[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	PNP Responders	10	8	2	0	0	0	.800[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
4	Malacañang Kamao	10	6	4	0	0	0	.600[lower-alpha 2]	2
5	AFP Cavaliers	10	6	4	0	0	0	.600[lower-alpha 2]	2	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
6	BFP Firefighters	10	6	4	0	0	0	.600[lower-alpha 2]	2
7	MMDA Black Wolves	10	4	6	0	0	0	.400[lower-alpha 3]	4	Eliminated
8	NHA Builders	10	4	6	0	0	0	.400[lower-alpha 3]	4

Source: Manila Standard
Notes:

1. BOC Transformers wins tie-breaker via head-to-head record between the three teams (BOC 2–0, Judiciary 1–1, PNP 0–2).
2. Malacañang Kamao wins tie-breaker via head-to-head record between the three teams (Malacañang 2–0, BFP 1–1, AFP 0–2). However, due to an undisclosed reason, it was determined that AFP has a better ranking than BFP.
3. MMDA Black Wolves wins tie-breaker via head-to-head record over the NHA Builders. Nevertheless, both teams were eliminated.

Team AFP BFP BOC JUD MAL MMD NHA PNP AFP 96–91 80–72 73–86 67–82 BFP 95–89 67–73 80–79 84–86 BOC 71–70 84–71 Judiciary 74–63 77–62 Malacañan 91–65 63–71 MMDA 87–79 67–80 NHA PNP Source: [13][14] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win. Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 AFP Cavaliers PNP NHA JUD BOC BFP Firefighters JUD PNP BOC NHA BOC Transformers MMDA MAL BFP AFP Judiciary Magis BFP MAL AFP MMDA Malacañang Patriots JUD BOC NHA PNP MMDA Black Wolves NHA BOC PNP JUD NHA Builders MMDA AFP MAL BFP PNP Responders AFP BFP MMDA MAL Source: [citation needed]   = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Date	Game No.	Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue	Links
December 13, 2016	40 [15]	Judiciary def. BFP	76–67	Chester Tolomia	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 13, 2016	41 [15]	MMDA def. NHA	87–79	Jeffrey Sanders and Maximo Guittap	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 13, 2016	42 [15]	PNP def. AFP	82–67	Julius Criste	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 18, 2016	43	PNP def. BFP	86–84	Ollan Omiping and Harold Sta. Cruz	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 18, 2016	44	BOC def. MMDA	84–71	Kenneth Duremdes and Bernzon Franco	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
December 18, 2016	45	Judiciary def. Malacañan	74–63	Chester Tolomia	University of Makati Gym, Makati	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 8, 2017	46 [16]	PNP def. MMDA	80–67	Ollan Omiping and Alejandro Yanquiling	Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 8, 2017	47 [16]	NHA def. AFP	86–73	Marvin Mercado and Alvin Vitug	Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 8, 2017	48 [16]	BOC def. Malacañan	71–70	Kenneth Duremdes and Gherome Ejercito	Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 15, 2017	49	BFP def. BOC	95–89	Gilbert Malabanan and Kurt Amores	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 15, 2017	50	Malacañan def. NHA	91–65	Christian Luanzon and Visnu Das Javier	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 15, 2017	51	AFP def. Judiciary	80–72	Jeffrey Quiambao and Winston Sergio	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 22, 2017	52	Judiciary def. MMDA	77–62	Ariel Capus and Warren Ybanez	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 22, 2017	53	AFP def. BOC	96–91	Boyet Bautista and Jeffrey Quiambao	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 29, 2017	54 [17]	BFP def. NHA	80–79	Gilbert Malabanan and Anthony Emmanuel Lim	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
January 29, 2017	55 [17]	PNP def. Malacañan	71–63	Anton Tolentino	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

The Playoffs

	Quarter-finals (One-game playoff)				Semi-finals (Best-of-three series)				UNTV Cup Finals (Best-of-three championship series)
					Judiciary Magis	0
					PNP Responders	2
	PNP Responders	82
	BFP Firefighters	70
									PNP Responders	2
									Malacañan Kamao	1
					BOC Transformers	0
					Malacañan Kamao	2			Third place match
	Malacañan Kamao	73
	AFP Cavaliers	54
									Judiciary Magis	100
									BOC Transformers	97

Quarterfinals

Date	Game No.	Competing Teams	Scores	Top Performer(s)	Venue	Links
February 5, 2017	56	PNP (B) vs. BFP (A)	82–70	Ollan Omiping and Anton Tolentino	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
February 5, 2017	57	Malacañan (A) def. AFP (A)	73–54	Christian Luanzon and Ian Garrido	Pasig City Sports Center	Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Semifinals

BOC vs. Malacañan

UNTV Public Service

February 12 15:00 (UTC +08)

Report Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

BOC Transformers 88, Malacañan Kamao 99

Scoring by quarter: 13 – 34, 30 – 19, 28 – 23, 17 – 23 Best Players: Eric Dela Cuesta and Visnu Das Javier

Pasig City Sports Center Referees: A. Galutera, A. Manzano, S. Pingol

UNTV Public Service

February 19 17:00 (UTC +08)

Report Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Malacañan Kamao 80, BOC Transformers 76

Scoring by quarter: 12 – 21, 22 – 23, 22 – 9, 24 – 23 Best Player: Christian Luanzon

Malacañan Kamao advances in the finals, 2-0; beats twice-to-beat BOC Transformers in semifinals

Pasig City Sports Center Referees: F. Pascual, F. Olivar, Jr., E. Faraon

Judiciary vs. PNP

UNTV Public Service

February 12 17:00 (UTC +08)

Report Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Judiciary Magis 67, PNP Responders 92

Scoring by quarter: 18 – 30, 13 – 21, 22 – 21, 14 – 20 Best Players: Harold Sta. Cruz and Anton Tolentino

Pasig City Sports Center Referees: J. Olivar, D. Arguelles, A. Espiritu

UNTV Public Service

February 19 15:00 (UTC +08)

Report Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

PNP Responders 74, Judiciary Magis 72

Scoring by quarter: 20 – 32, 20 – 17, 12 – 15, 22 – 8 Best Players: Alejandro Yanquiling III and Harold Sta. Cruz

PNP Responders advances in the finals, 2-0; beats twice-to-beat Judiciary Magis in semifinals

Pasig City Sports Center Referees: J. Garcia, M. Galutera, S. Pingol

Battle for Third Place: Judiciary Magis vs BOC Transformers

Third placer received one million pesos cash prize (₱1,000,000) and the fourth-place earned five hundred thousand pesos (₱500,000).

• Players of the Game: Chester Tolomia and Warren Ybañez

UNTV

March 5 15:00 (UTC+8)

Report Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Judiciary Magis	100–97	BOC Transformers
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 21–34, 20–26, 31–22
Pts: Chester Tolomia 30 Rebs: Chester Tolomia 15 Asts: Warren Ybañez 7		Pts: Duremdes 32
Judiciary Magis wins third-place

Pasig City Sports Center

Finals

Game 1

• Players of the Game: Christian Luanzon & Eric Dela Cuesta

UNTV

March 5 17:00

Report Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

PNP Responders	81–82	Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 16–24, 24–20, 18–23
Malacañan leads series, 1–0

Pasig City Sports Center

Game 2

• Best Player of the Game: Ollan Omiping

UNTV

March 7, 2017 17:00

Report Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

PNP Responders	67–61	Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 22–13, 16–19, 13–14
Series tied, 1–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Game 3

UNTV

March 21, 2017 17:00

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

PNP Responders	68–55	Malacañan Kamao
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 20–22, 15–7, 17–13
PNP wins UNTV Cup Finals, 2–1

Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Winners and beneficiaries

A total of 8.4 million pesos tax-free was given to the teams' chosen beneficiaries, with the champion team PNP Responders taking home a trophy, and 4 million pesos given to their chosen charity institution. The runner-up team Malacañang Kamao received 2 million pesos for their beneficiary. One million pesos was given to the third place team Judiciary Magis for their chosen beneficiary. Five hundred thousand pesos was given to the fourth-place finishers BOC Transformers for their chosen charity. The other participating teams got 100 thousand pesos for their beneficiary.^[18][19]

Place	Team	Beneficiaries	Cash Prize
Champion	PNP Responders	Police Community Relations Group "Drug Rehabilitation Program"	₱4,000,000
Runner-up	Malacañang PSC Kamao	Philippine Children's Medical Center and Millennium Sports Support System Association Inc.	₱2,000,000
3rd	Judiciary Magis	Judiciary Employees Severely Affected by Typhoons and Calamities	₱1,000,000
4th	BOC Transformers	Caritas Manila, Inc.	₱500,000
	AFP Cavaliers	AFP Educational Benefit System Office	₱100,000
	BFP Firefighters	Philippine Science High School Foundation Inc.	₱100,000
	DOJ Justice Boosters	Department of Justice Employees’ Association (DOJEA)	₱100,000
	GSIS Furies	Kapisanan ng mga Manggagawa sa GSIS, Golden Reception and Action Center for the Elderly and other Special Cases (GRACES)	₱100,000
	HOR Solons	Foundation of Our Lady of Peace Missions, Inc. and Congressional Spouses Foundation Inc.	₱100,000
	MMDA Blackwolves	Philippine General Hospital – Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Philippine Cerebral Palsy, Inc. and Damayan MMDA Provident Fund	₱100,000
	NHA Builders	NHA Provident Fund Association, Inc.	₱100,000
	Ombudsman Graftbusters	Ombudsman Provident Fund	₱100,000
	Senate Defenders	Kythe Foundation, Inc., Pangarap Foundation, Inc. and Share An Opportunity, Philippines Inc.	₱100,000

Individual awards

Season Awards

^[18]

• Scoring Champion: Chester Tolomia (Judiciary Magis)
• Step Up Player of the Season: Ian Vincent Garrido (Malacañang Kamao)
• Defensive Player of the Season: Harold Sta. Cruz (PNP Responders)
• Starting Five:
  • Visnu Das Javier (Malacañang Kamao)
  • Jeffrey Quiambao (AFP Cavaliers)
  • Gilbert Malabanan (BFP Firefighters)
  • Ollan Omiping (PNP Responders)
  • Chester Tolomia (Judiciary Magis)
• Most valuable player:
  • Season MVP: Chester Tolomia (Judiciary Magis)
  • Finals MVP:

Top Players of the Season

The following players have excelled in their respective categories.

Air Date	Description	Link

Players of the Week

The following players were named the Players of the Week.

Week	Player of the Week	Team	Ref.
–	(1/1)	(1/1)
–	(1/1)	(1/1)
–	(1/1)	(1/1)
–	(1/1)	(1/1)
–	(1/1)	(1/1)
–	(1/1)	(1/1)
–	(1/1)	(1/1)
–	(1/1)	(1/1)

UNTV Cup Segments

Heart of a Champion

The Heart of a Champion segment features UNTV Cup players and their lives off the court as public servants.

Air Date	Featured Player	Team	Link

Top Plays

The following segment features the top plays of the week and elimination round.

Air Date	Description	Link
	Top 10 Plays of the 1st Round Eliminations	[20]
	Top 10 Blocks of the 1st Round Eliminations	[21]

Player, Analyst and Fan Interviews

UNTV Cup players, analysts, and fans share their thoughts in interviews.

Air Date	Description	Link
	Bayabao, Diaz, Cabahug and Banzali answer buzzer beater questions	[22]

See also

• UNTV Cup

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External links

• UNTVweb.com