Collegiate Champions League (Philippines)

The Collegiate Champions League (CCL), is a collegiate tournament in the Philippines. Patterned after the UEFA Champions League and NCAA's March Madness, the CCL aims to crown the champions of Filipino collegiate basketball. It was established in 2002.

Due to preponderance of collegiate leagues in the county, it is difficult to determine which champion team is the nation's best. As such, the different collegiate leagues send out their best teams in a postseason tournament to determine the "champion of champions."

In 2008, it was announced that the event would be reformatted to become the Philippine Collegiate Championship, an event sanctioned by the BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, the country's national basketball federation. [ [http://www.sbp.com.ph/news/news031208.php BAP-SBP launches the Philippine Collegiate Championship - March 12, 2008] ] The organizers of the CCL have since become the official organizers of the new tournament.

Tournament results

ummaries

Bracket

First round - Feb. 11/13:
* EAC 55, UP 78
*UMin 93, USP 74
*UC 109, WNC 83
* UM 79, San Beda 85 |91||84||92
November 28 - The Arena||54|UAAPteam|Ateneo|name=Ateneo|71
November 28 - The Arena||87"'|UAAPteam|UST|name=UST (OT)|81

Notes

Related links

* [http://www.collegiatechampionsleague.net Official Site of the Collegiate Champions League]