| Mpblyear: | 2022 |
| Team: | Rizal Golden Coolers |
| Team2: | Rizal Golden Coolers |
| Arena: | Ynares Center |
| Wins: | 10 |
| Losses: | 11 |
| Division Place: | 6 |
| Division: | South |
| Playoffs: | Division Semifinals |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Rizal Golden Coolers season was the third season of the franchise in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL).
Returning to the South Division, Rizal made a splash by soaring to a 10–5 record in their first fifteen games, a far cry from their previous two seasons, where they were had the worst record of the division. Despite that, they would fall in their last six games to finish the regular season 10–11, one game below .500. It is still enough for the Golden Coolers to clinch the sixth seed in the South Division.
Rizal was matched against third-seeded Sarangani, who are six games ahead, but it did not make any difference as the Golden Coolers stunned the Marlins in a Division Quarterfinals sweep.[1] They would, however, be swept by the Batangas City Embassy Chill in the Division Semifinals.[2]
The team played both of their home games this season at Ynares Center in Antipolo.
Rizal was one of 22 teams that took part in the 2021 MPBL Invitational, competing as Rizal Emkai Xentromall. They would fail to make the playoffs after finishing in fifth place in Group D.[3]
| 2021 Rizal Emkai Xentromall Invitational schedule | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stage | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap < | -- Group stage --> |
| Group stage | 1 | December 12 | W 73–66 | 1–0 | ||||
| 2 | December 13 | L 59–89 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 1–1 | ||||
| 3 | December 16 | Bulacan | L 79–87 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 1–2 | |||
| 4 | December 18 | L 83–86 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 1–3 | ||||
| 5 | December 20 | L 79–90 | SM Mall of Asia Arena | 1–4 | ||||
| Source: Schedule |
| 2022 Rizal Golden Coolers season schedule | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Record | Recap < | -- Games 1–7 --> |
| 1 | May 21 | Ynares Center | 0–1 | ||||
| 2 | June 7 | 0–2 | |||||
| 3 | June 11 | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–2 | ||||
| 4 | June 21 | Orion Sports Complex | 2–2 | ||||
| 5 | June 27 | Ynares Center | 3–2 | ||||
| 6 | July 9 | Orion Sports Complex | 3–3 | ||||
| 7 | July 15 | Caloocan Sports Complex | 4–3 | ||||
| 8 | July 23 | 5–3 | |||||
| 9 | July 29 | Laguna Sports Complex | 6–3 | ||||
| 10 | August 8 | Nueva Ecija Coliseum | 7–3 | ||||
| 11 | August 12 | San Jose del Monte Sports Complex | 7–4 | ||||
| 12 | August 20 | 8–4 | |||||
| 13 | August 23 | Batangas City Coliseum | 9–4 | ||||
| 14 | August 29 | 9–5 | |||||
| 15 | September 3 | Ynares Sports Arena | 10–5 | ||||
| 16 | September 12 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 10–6 | ||||
| 17 | September 15 | Ynares Sports Arena | 10–7 | ||||
| 18 | September 17 | Strike Gymnasium | 10–8 | ||||
| 19 | September 23 | Nueva Ecija Coliseum | 10–9 | ||||
| 20 | September 29 | Batangas City Coliseum | 10–10 | ||||
| 21 | October 11 | Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | 10–11 | ||||
| Source: Schedule |
| 2022 Rizal Golden Coolers playoff schedule | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Game | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Series | Recap < | -- Division Quarterfinals --> |
| Division Quarterfinals | 1 | October 21 | Batangas City Coliseum | 1–0 | Recap | |||
| 2 | October 28 | Sarangani | 2–0 | Recap | ||||
| Division Semifinals | 1 | November 8 | Mayor Vitaliano D. Agan Coliseum | 0–1 | Recap | |||
| 2 | November 12 | Batangas City | Batangas City Coliseum | 0–2 | Recap | |||
| Source: Schedule |