Battle of Intramuros

"Battle of Intramuros" can also refer to the several Battles fought over Manila.

The Battle of Intramuros is the rivalry between Colegio de San Juan de Letran Knights and Mapúa Institute of Technology Cardinals; both are walking distance from each other at Manila's Intramuros district. The rivalry is played at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines).

The rivalry is notable in which even though Letran performs better in league competition, they have never swept the elimination round meetings against their neighbors in recent years.

The Battle of Intramuros may also refer to the "original" rivalry between University of the Philippines Manila (UP) and Ateneo de Manila in which first began on 1915 when UP and Ateneo played basketball games on Intramuros. Eventually the rivalry died down and was revived when both schools competed in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and is now called the "Battle of Katipunan" from the avenue that connects Ateneo's new campus at Quezon City and University of the Philippines Diliman (The Manila university stopped sponsoring collegiate athletics after World War II.)

Another "Battle of Intramuros", though not as prominent as the one between Letran and Mapúa, was formed when Lyceum of the Philippines University, another Intramuros-based institution sandwiched between Letran's and Mapúa's campuses, joined the NCAA as a guest team in 2011 and was advertised as such whenever the Pirates play either the Knights or the Cardinals. However, due to Lyceum's status as a guest team, it is not considered a rivalry for now.

Men's basketball results[]

Both teams are guaranteed to face each other at the elimination round (regular season) twice, while they can meet for a maximum of three times in the playoffs. Mapua leads the eliminations 26-20 over Letran.

Elimination round[]

Date	Letran	Mapua	Venue	Note/s
July 22, 1992	Letran 70	Mapua 76	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
August 22, 1992	Letran 66	Mapua 78	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila	Mapua's had Record 13-0 Record was Going to 5-peat Championship win against Letran.
August 10, 1993	Letran 65	Mapua 79	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
September 8, 1993	Letran 64	Mapua 75	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
August 4, 1998	Letran 71	Mapua 82	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
September 8, 1998	Letran 60	Mapua 62	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
August 17, 1999	Letran 60	Mapua 67	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
September 7, 1999	Letran 61	Mapua 78	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
July 25, 2001	Letran 71	Mapua 76	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
September 18, 2001	Letran 55	Mapua 62	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
July 26, 2002	Letran 76	Mapua 73	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
September 4, 2002	Letran 71	Mapua 80	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
June 28, 2003	Letran 58	Mapua 66	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Opening day game.
August 13, 2003	Letran 67	Mapua 77	Makati Coliseum, Makati
July 2, 2004	Letran 76	Mapua 86	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
August 20, 2004	Letran 60	Mapua 62	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
July 20, 2005	Letran 69	Mapua 67	Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay	Letran had a 5–0 record prior to the game.
August 24, 2005	Letran 66	Mapua 71	Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay	Letran had an 11–0 record prior to the game.
July 21, 2006	Letran 74	Mapua 71	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila	Letran had a 5–0 record prior to the game.
August 23, 2006	Letran 49	Mapua 54	Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila
June 23, 2007	Letran 84	Mapua 80	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Opening day game.
August 8, 2007	Letran 82	Mapua 89	The Arena in San Juan, San Juan
July 23, 2008	Letran 67	Mapua 60	Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay	Letran had a 5–0 record prior to the game.
August 29, 2008	Letran 52	Mapua 69	Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay
July 13, 2009	Letran 73	Mapua 51	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
August 24, 2009	Letran 70	Mapua 65	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Letran ends an 8-year 2nd round losing skid against Mapua.Letran's 1st sweep against Mapua and Letran eliminated Mapua from the semifinals contention
July 30, 2010	Letran 51	Mapua 66	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Mapua ends a 6-year 1st round losing skid and a 3-game losing skid against Letran since 2008
August 25, 2010	Letran 60	Mapua 63	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Letran was leading with as much as 14 points in the last 3 minutes until Mapua surges and regains the lead and eventually wins.Mapua's 1st sweep against Letran since 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004
July 2, 2011	Letran 76	Mapua 65	Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City	Opening day game.
September 7, 2011	Letran 69	Mapua 67	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	OT
July 16, 2012	Letran 66	Mapua 60	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
August 23, 2012	Letran 72	Mapua 60	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
July 6, 2013	Letran 87	Mapua 68	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Letran had a 6-0 record prior to the game.
August 31, 2013	Letran 77	Mapua 70	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
July 9, 2014	Letran 79	Mapua 67	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
September 29, 2014	~~Letran 20~~	~~Mapua 0~~	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Mapua forced to forfeit their game against Letran due to the suspensions of their players.
August 14, 2015	Letran 80	Mapua 77	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Letran overcame a late Mapua run in the 2nd half to win the game.
September 15, 2015	Letran 77	Mapua 82	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Mapua ends a 9-game losing skid to Letran since 2011 and a 4-year 2nd round losing skid since 2011.
August 9, 2016	Letran 75	Mapua 79	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Last game of the 1st round. Both teams had a 5-3 record prior to the game.
September 13, 2016	Letran 72	Mapua 77	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Letran's loss to Mapúa would mean they'll miss the final four for the 1st time since 2014 and this is the 1st time that a defending champion would miss the playoffs since 2000, ironically the defending champion that miss the final four that time was the Knights themselves.
July 11, 2017	Letran 75	Mapua 78	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	Letran's first game of the season. As of September 22, 2017, this is Mapúa's only win of the season.
September 22, 2017	Letran 88	Mapua 79	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
August 21, 2018	Letran 84	Mapua 63	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
September 21, 2018	Letran 84	Mapua 69	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
July 30, 2019	Letran 89	Mapua 84	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
September 13, 2019	Letran 101	Mapua 105	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan	2OT

Playoffs[]

Date	Stage	Letran	Mapua	Venue	Note/s
October 2, 1997	Stepladder Semifinals 1st round	Letran 68	Mapua 57	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila	Letran lost to San Beda in the Stepladder Semifinals 2nd round
September 10, 2003	Semifinals	Letran 72	Mapua 66	Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila	Letran went on to win the championship.vs. San Sebastian
September 15, 2008	2nd-4th classification	Letran 62	Mapua 52	Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay	Both teams tied with 9-5 records along with 2 others necessitated games to break the ties.
October 20, 2015	Semifinals	Letran 91	Mapua 90	Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay	Letran went on to win the championship. vs. San Beda

Juniors basketball results[]

Juniors games between Letran and Mapua have not been played under this label. While Letran's high school has always been at Intramuros, Mapua's high schools have always been outside its walls, staying at the Santa Cruz district for most of its history, then the current Malayan High School of Science now being found at Paco.

References[]

NCAA historical results