AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship | |
Year: | 2023 |
Dates: | July 21–30 |
City: | Las Piñas |
Num Teams: | 10 |
Second: | CSB Blazers |
Third: | Sanzar Pharmaceuticals |
Fourth: | Corsa Tires |
Country: | Philippines |
Prev Season: | International 2023 |
Next Season: | Dasmariñas 2023 |
The 2023 AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship was the fifth tournament under AsiaBasket, the second under the AsiaBasket name, and the second of three tournaments held in 2023. The tournament began from July 21 to 30, 2023 at the Villar Coliseum in Las Piñas with 10 teams from both collegiate and professional clubs.[1]
It is also the first tournament since Summer 2022 to be held in the Philippines as well as the first since Subic 2021 to feature an all-Filipino lineup. The league originally intended to use the original FilBasket moniker under these circumstances,[2] but ultimately, the AsiaBasket name was still used.
The Ateneo Blue Eagles won the championship after defeating CSB Blazers at score 60–57 in the final tournament.[3]
Name | Locality | Head coach | |
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Ateneo Blue Eagles | Quezon City | Tab Baldwin | |
CSB Blazers | Malate, Manila | Charles Tiu | |
Corsa Tires | Monch Gavieres | ||
FEU Tamaraws | Sampaloc, Manila | Denok Miranda | |
Letran Knights | Intramuros, Manila | Rensy Bajar | |
Pilipinas Aguilas | Andrew Felix | ||
Mike Saguiguit | |||
Andre Santos | |||
Sanzar Pharmaceuticals | Egay Billones | ||
Uratex | Carmelo Lim |
The ten teams are divided into two groups of five, from there each team plays one game against all other teams from the same group, with each team playing four games.
The single-elimination knockout stage was expanded to now have the top four teams from each group, instead of the top. The first round is a crossover quarterfinals, where one team from both groups is matched against one another. The winning teams advance to the next round. In the semifinals, the losing teams advance to a third place game.
The top four teams from the elimination round advanced to the quarterfinals. The winners advanced to a semifinal. The winners advanced to a one-game final while the losers contested in the third-place play-off game.
Category | Player | Team | Statistic | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Points per game | Adeshokan Odou | Sanzar Pharmaceuticals | 24.0 | |
Rebounds per game | Salomon Kone | Sanzar Pharmaceuticals | 16.6 | |
Assists per game | Kurt Spencer Reyson | 7.8 | ||
Steals per game | Xyrus Torres Edrian Ramirez | FEU Tamaraws Pilipinas Aguilas | 2.8 | |
Blocks per game | Mouhammed Fatty | 2.6 | ||
FG% | Ola Adeogun | Uratex | 59.7% | |
FT% | Edrian Ramirez | Pilipinas Aguilas | 85.7% | |
3FG% | Kobe Monje | 85.7% |
Category | Team | Statistic | |
---|---|---|---|
Points per game | 85.4 | ||
Rebounds per game | 58.0 | ||
Assists per game | 23.2 | ||
Steals per game | 11.8 | ||
Blocks per game | 5.4 | ||
Turnovers per game | Uratex | 19.8 |
The individual league awards was given before the Finals of the 2023 AsiaBasket Las Piñas Championship at the Villar Coliseum in Las Piñas.
Most Valuable Player | Kainoa Ballungay | Ateneo Blue Eagles | |
All-AsiaBasket First Team | Justine Sanchez | Corsa Tires | |
Adeshokan Odou | Sanzar Pharmaceuticals | ||
Kainoa Ballungay | Ateneo Blue Eagles | ||
Tony Ynot | Corsa Tires | ||
Will Gozum | CSB Blazers | ||
All-AsiaBasket Second Team | Xyrus Torres | FEU Tamaraws | |
Ian Torres | Sanzar Pharmaceuticals | ||
Miguel Oczon | CSB Blazers | ||
Kevin Santos | Letran Knights | ||
Joseph Obasa | Ateneo Blue Eagles | ||
Coach of the Tournament | Tab Baldwin | Ateneo Blue Eagles |