The Pilipinas Super League (PSL) is a professional

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league in the

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History

The Pilipinas Super League (PSL) was founded in December 2021 by former officials of another league; the

Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, also known as GlobalPort 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 Phil ...

. It was established by former VisMin Cup CEO Rocky Chan and former COO Chelito Caro. Chan assumed the post of PSL President and Caro as the league commissioner. Former professional basketballer

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was appointed as commissioner in January 2022 succeeding Caro. The PSL aims to garner at least 10 teams for its inaugural season. The league is aimed primarily for players in

Mindanao Mindanao ( ) ( Jawi: مينداناو) is the second-largest island in the Philippines, after Luzon, and seventh-most populous island in the world. Located in the southern region of the archipelago, the island is part of an island group of ...

and

Visayas The Visayas ( ), or the Visayan Islands (Bisayan languages, Visayan: ''Kabisay-an'', ; tl, Kabisayaan ), are one of the three Island groups of the Philippines, principal geographical divisions of the Philippines, along with Luzon and Mindanao ...

like the VisMin Cup. It will have three conferences, one which will allow foreign players or imports. There is also a plan for a under-21 division.

Teams

Most teams are based in

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in the northern part of the Philippines and in

and

regions of southern Philippines.

Former teams

U-21 teams (2022)

Champions

U-21 champions

References

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