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team currently competing in the

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(MPBL) and the

Filbasket The Filipino Basketball League, also known as Filbasket, is a professional basketball league founded in 2021 in the Philippines. Its first season was launched on October 28, 2021, featured eleven teams and ran for a period of 26 days. AICC Man ...

. The team traces its roots to the original

Tanduay Rhum Masters The Tanduay Rhum Makers (1975-1987) and Tanduay Rhum Masters (1999-2001) were two basketball franchises associated with the same liquor brand that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The original franchise, owned by Elizald ...

that played in the

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(PBA) from

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

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and again from

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2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

. Batangas City, just as the original Tanduay team, is owned and affiliated with

Tanduay Distillers Tanduay Distillers, Inc. () is a Philippine alcoholic beverage company. It is a subsidiary of LT Group, a conglomerate owned by Filipino business magnate Lucio Tan. As of 2019, it is the world's largest rum brand. History Tanduay traces its or ...

. As part of the MPBL, the team is based in

Batangas Batangas, officially the Province of Batangas ( tl, Lalawigan ng Batangas ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Its capital is the city of Batangas, and is bordered by the provinces of Cavite and La ...

and has played its home games at the Batangas City Sports Coliseum, Batangas State University Gym and De La Salle Lipa Sentrum Gym.

History

* On January 27, 2018, Batangas City Athletics won its first game against the

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in the inaugural season of the

. * On April 19, the team was crowned as the inaugural MPBL Champions after defeating Muntinlupa Cagers, 68–66, in Game 4 of their best-of-5 finals series. * The team participated at the 2021 FilBasket Subic Championship as the MTrans Buracai de Laiya Batangas City Tanduay Athletics. * The team as the Tanduay Rum Masters has committed to participate in the 2022 Filbasket season. This would potentially mark the return of

' return to professional sports, if Filbasket turns to a professional league starting the upcoming season. The last involvement of Tanduay in professional basketball was when it organized the

in the

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Val Acuña Hezy Val B. Acuña II (born August 8, 1986) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Sta. Rosa Laguna Lions of the Pilipinas Super League. Collegiate career Acuña played straight out of the University of the East Red Warriors in t ...

(2018–2019) *

Lester Alvarez Lester Andrew F. Alvarez (born September 18, 1988) is a Filipino basketball player and head coach for the Valenzuela XUR Homes Realty Inc. of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Alvarez played college basketball for the Adamson Un ...

(2018–2019) *

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(2018–present) *

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(

) * Julius Pasculado (

) *

Bong Quinto Kier John R. "Bong" Quinto (born December 15, 1994) is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Meralco Bolts of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). PBA career statistics ''As of the end of 2022–23 season'' Season-by-season ...

(2018–2019) * Jhon Ragasa (

) * Moncrief Rogado (2018–present) * Adrian Santos (2018–present) * Bernabe Teodoro (2018–present) * Paul Varilla (2018–present) *

Jeff Viernes Jeff Alvin Dumelod Viernes (born May 18, 1989) is a Filipino basketball player for the Sarangani Marlins of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL). Early life Viernes was born in May 18, 1989, in the province of Isabela. He hails fr ...

(2019–2020) * Dennice Villamor (2018–2019)

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