Liga Pilipinas was a regional

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league in the

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. It was sanctioned by the

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, the country's national basketball federation, and owned by Pinoy Basketbol, Inc.

History

The

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and the

Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association The Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association (MVBA) was a community-based amateur commercial basketball league in Southern Philippines sanctioned by the country's National Sports Association for basketball, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP). ...

, along with Third Force Inc., were merged to officially form the league. The league's launch was on May 31, 2008, and games started on June 18, 2008. In 2010, a merger between Liga Pilipinas and the

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was proposed. The professional

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had hoped to form a "developmental league" from the two leagues, similar to the

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of the

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. Through an agreement between Liga Pilipinas and the PBL, a joint tournament was held starting in June 2010. The joint tournament was held as a dry-run of the proposed developmental league. The tournament was named the Tournament of the Philippines. Tournament of the Philippines used Liga Pilipinas' home-and-away leg format where 9 teams were involved, 3 from the Philippine Basketball League and 6 from Liga Pilipinas. The tournament started on June 9, 2010, and ended on September 13, 2010, when the M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Niños became the TOP Champions by defeating the Misamis Oriental Meteors in a best-of-five final, 3-2. After the tournament, merger talks between the 2 leagues went sour and was put off for good. After the failure of the merger, the Philippine Basketball Association decided to independently form their own developmental league, called the

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. After the PBA D-League was formed, Liga Pilipinas was able to hold one more tournament before folding in 2011 with Misamis Oriental Meteors finally winning their second Liga title by defeating Cebu Ninos in the finals of Conference V.

Tournament of the Philippines teams (2010)

* M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños * Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters *

Misamis Oriental Meteors The Misamis Oriental Meteors is a Philippine basketball team that is a participant in the third-tier (after the PBA and the PBL) community league Liga Pilipinas. It is based in the province of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao, and its main sponsor is ...

* MP-Gensan Warriors * Treston-Laguna Stallions * Taguig-Hobe Bihon * Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA Cultivators (

) * Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters (

) *

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2010 TOP Leg Winners

1st Leg: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños *Host Team: Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA *Teams in Leg: Treston-Laguna Stallions, Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters, Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA, M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños 2nd Leg: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men *Host Team: MP-Gensan Warriors *Teams in Leg: Misamis Oriental Meteors, Treston-Laguna Stallions, Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, MP-Gensan Warriors 3rd Leg: Treston-Laguna Stallions *Host Team: Treston-Laguna Stallions *Teams in Leg: Treston-Laguna Stallions, Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters, Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters 4th Leg: Misamis Oriental Meteors *Host Team: Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters *Teams in Leg: Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters, Misamis Oriental Meteors, MP-Gensan Warriors, Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA 5th Leg: Taguig-Hobe Bihon *Host Team: Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters *Teams in Leg: Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters, Taguig-Hobe Bihon, Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, MP-Gensan Warriors 6th Leg: M. Lhuillier-Niños *Host Team: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños *Teams in Leg: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños, Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters, Taguig-Hobe Bihon, Misamis Oriental Meteors 7th Leg: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men *Host Team: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men *Teams in Leg: Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men, M.Lhuillier-Cebu Niños, Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA, MP-Gensan Warriors 8th Leg: M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños *Host Team: Misamis Oriental Meteors *Teams in Leg: Misamis Oriental Meteors, M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños, Taguig-Hobe Bihon, Ascof Lagundi Natural Cough Busters 9th Leg: Taguig-Hobe Bihon *Host Team: Taguig-Hobe Bihon *Teams in Leg: Taguig-Hobe Bihon, Agri Nurture Inc.-FCA, Treston-Laguna Stallions, Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters

2010 TOP Rankings

#M. Lhuillier-Cebu Niños #Misamis Oriental Meteors #Taguig-Hobe Bihon #Treston-Laguna Stallions #Cobra Energy Drink Ironmen #Ascof Lagundi Cough Busters #Agri Nurture-FCA Cultivators #MP-Gensan Warriors #Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters (eliminated)

Champions

Teams

* Laguna Golden Lions * Ilocos Sur-CS Tigers * M. Lhuillier-Cebu Ninos * Mandaue-Cebu Landmasters *

* MP-Gensan Warriors * Pagadian Explorers * Manila Capitals * Iloilo Mang Inasals * Toyota-Bacolod Turbos * Lipa-Batangas Barakos * Tagaytay-Cavite Heroes * Baguio Victory * Zanorte Babami * Taguig Batang Global * Zamboanga Amores * EKB-Apayao Rapids * Trace-Laguna Stallions * Smart-Pampanga Buddies * Quezon Red Oilers

External links

Statistics
{{Sports Leagues in the Philippines 2008 establishments in the Philippines Sports leagues established in 2008 Defunct basketball leagues in the Philippines