The Bicol Volcanoes were a Filipino professional

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team based in

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. The team last competed in the

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(MPBL) from 2019 to 2020 and again from 2023 to 2024. The team played its home games at Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and Albay Astrodome. The team was known as the Bicolandia Oragons during its final season. The team was founded as one of six expansion teams for the league's 2019–20 season. As of 2025, the Volcanoes/Oragons are only team in the league's history to be based in the

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History

Founded in 2019, the Bicol franchise joined the

as an expansion team for its 2019–20 season. The franchise was originally going to named the Albay Volcanoes, but changed its location identifier to Bicol to represent the entire region. Led by ex-PBA cager Ronjay Buenafe, the Volcanoes finished with a 16–14 record, clinching the eighth seed in the playoffs. Bicol faced the first-seeded

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in the First Round. The team won game 2 to tie the series, marking the first time that an 8-seed won a playoff game against a 1-seed. Unfortunately, Bicol would lose the deciding game 3 in overtime. Bicol was one of the 22 teams that took part in the 2021 Invitational. After finishing second place in Group B, the team would lose to

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in the Quarterfinals. After opting out of the 2022 season, the team returned for the succeeding 2023 season. The team would go on to win only one game in the 28-game season, which came against

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in the 17th game. On March 2, 2024, the team formally announced a name change to the ''Bicolandia Oragons'', with Shawarma Shack as their main sponsor.

Home venues

The Bicol franchise has used two venues in the 2019–20 season: the Ibalong Centrum for Recreation and the Albay Astrodome, both located in

Personnel

Final roster

Head coaches

Notable players

MPBL All-Star Day

All-Star selections * Ronjay Buenafe –

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PBA players

Ex-PBA players * Ronjay Buenafe * Mark Cruz * Brian Ilad * Chris Javier * James Martinez * Alex Nuyles * Raphy Reyes *

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Season-by-season records

References

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