Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup
Current season, competition or edition: Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup 2nd Conference | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 |
| Inaugural season | 2021 |
| CEO | Rocky Chan |
| COO | Chelito Caro |
| No. of teams | varies |
| Country | Philippines |
| Most recent champion(s) | Basilan Peace Riders (1st title) |
| TV partner(s) | MyTV Cebu Solar Sports[1] |
| Sponsor(s) | Bounty Agro Ventures[2] (Chooks-to-Go) |
| Official website | www |
The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, also known as the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league comprises teams from the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines. The league is the first basketball league to be based in the Visayas–Mindanao region since the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association (MVBA), which merged with the National Basketball Conference in 2008 to form Liga Pilipinas, which folded in 2011.[3]
As with its predecessors, the league aims to find and scout talent from southern Philippines (which comprises the Visayas and Mindanao regions).
The first tournament for the inaugural season of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup will provisionally open on April 9, 2021. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, at least its first conference will be held in a bio-secure bubble, with Alcantara, Cebu and Zamboanga City serving as hubs for Visayas- and Mindanao-based teams, respectively.[4] Cebu City was supposed to host the bubble for Visayas teams, but due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in the city and its surrounding localities, the town of Alcantara, located roughly 100 kilometers southwest of Cebu City, was chosen as replacement host.[5][6][7]
Format[]
The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup has two phases, the divisional tournaments and the Southern Finals. Participating teams are divided into to divisions in the first phase, where they only play teams within their geographic region (e.g. Visayas-based teams will only play against fellow Visayas-based teams; Mindanao-based teams will play only against fellow Mindanao-based teams).[8] The Southern Finals, acts as the league's grand finals where the champions of the Visayas and Mindanao divisions face off against each other.
Originally there was a plan to hold two tournaments (or conferences as customarily known in the Philippines) within a season: the first conference allows only Filipino players to play; the second conference allows each team to tap a foreign player. In addition, teams are also required to have at least six "home-grown" players: players who are from the general area the team is representing.[9]
Current teams[]
The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup consists entirely of teams from the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines.
  Warriors KCS Heroes Aquastars Mystics Voyagers Mariners |
 ALZA Peace Riders Sto. Niño Archangels Braves Brew Authoritea Explorers Vanguards JPS |
Current teams[]
| Team | Location | Main sponsor | Head coach | Joined (Conference and year) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/town | Province | ||||
| Visayas Division (1st Conference) | |||||
| ARQ Builders – Lapu-Lapu City Heroes | Lapu-Lapu | Cebu | ARQ Builders | Francis Auquico | 1st (2021) |
| Dumaguete Warriors | Dumaguete | Negros Oriental | Rommel Uka | ||
| KCS Computer Specialists–Mandaue | Mandaue | Cebu | Kiboy's Computer Solutions | Mike Reyes | |
| MJAS Zenith – Talisay City Aquastars | Talisay | Cebu | MJAS Zenith Trading | Aldrin Morante | |
| Tabogon Voyagers | Tabogon | Cebu | Expedito Delos Santos, Jr. | ||
| Tubigon–Bohol Mariners | Tubigon | Bohol | Gino Angelo Enriquez | ||
| Mindanao Division (2nd Conference) | |||||
| Basilan–BRT Peace Riders | Lamitan | Basilan | Jinno Manansala | 1st (2021) | |
| Iligan City Archangels | Iligan | Lanao del Norte | Amante "Kiko" Flores | ||
| Kapatagan Buffalo Braves | Kapatagan | Lanao del Norte | Jaime Rivera | ||
| Globalport ZValientes MisOr | N/A | Misamis Oriental | GlobalPort / Zamboanga Valientes | Vis Valencia | |
| Pagadian Explorers | Pagadian | Zamboanga del Sur | Gherome Ejercito | ||
| Roxas Vanguards | Roxas | Zamboanga del Norte | Alvin Grey | ||
| Zamboanga Sibugay Warriors | N/A | Zamboanga Sibugay | Anak Mindanao | Arnold Oliveros | 2nd (2021) |
Former teams[]
| Team | Location | Conference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City/town | Province | First | Last | |||
| Visayas Division | ||||||
| Siquijor Mystics[a] | Siquijor | Siquijor | 1st (2021)[a] | |||
| Mindanao Division | ||||||
| ALZA Alayon Zamboanga del Sur | N/A | Zamboanga del Sur | 1st (2021) | |||
| Clarin Sto. Niño | Clarin | Misamis Occidental | ||||
| Zamboanga City JPS | Zamboanga City | Zamboanga del Sur | ||||
- Notes
- ^ a b The Siquijor Mystics was expelled mid-season due to misconduct. See: 2021 Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup scandal
List of champions[]
Overall champions[]
| Year | Conference | Champion | Series | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1st | Basilan Jumbo Plastic | 3–0 | KCS Computer Specialist |
| 2nd | See Mindanao division | |||
Division champions[]
Visayas[]
| Year | Conference | Champion | Series | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1st | KCS Computer Specialist | 2–1 | MJAS Zenith Talisay Aquastars |
| 2nd | Not held | |||
Mindanao[]
| Year | Conference | Champion | Series | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1st | Basilan Peace Riders | 2–0 | Roxas Vanguards |
| 2nd | Zamboanga Sibugay Warriors | 2–0 | Kapatagan Buffalo Braves |
External links[]
- Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup on Facebook
- Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup on FIBA Live Stats - Genius Sports
- Official website
References[]
- ^ Galvez, Waylon (February 3, 2021). "GAB approves new league as VisMin Super Cup kicks off in April". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "Chooks-to-Go now backs Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup". BusinessWorld. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (October 13, 2020). "VisMin Super Cup opening in 2021 to unearth more talent from South". Spin.ph. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "VisMin Super Cup taps Dondon Hontiveros as ambassador". Tiebreaker Times. January 7, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ^ Rosal, Glendale (February 18, 2021). "Alcantara to host Visayas leg of Pilipinas Vismin Super Cup". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ "Alcantara andam mo-host sa Vismin Super Cup" [Alcantara prepared to host Vismin Super Cup]. SunStar Superbalita Cebu (in Cebuano). February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
- ^ Villaruel, Emmanuel B. (February 17, 2021). "Super Cup mapasalamaton sa Alcantara" [Super Cup thankful to Alcantara]. Banat News (in Cebuano). Retrieved February 19, 2021.
- ^ "Vis-Min Super League pormahon kon wala na'y hulga sa Covid-19" [Vis-Min Super League to be formed once Covid-19 threat disappears]. SunStar Superbalita Cebu (in Cebuano). September 11, 2020. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ Lozada, Bong (October 17, 2020). "VisMin hoops tournament to launch soon". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
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