| Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol | |
| League: | MPBL |
| History: | Cebu City Sharks 2018–2019 Cebu Sharks[1] 2019 Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol 2019–present |
| Arena: | USJ-R Basak Coliseum Hoops Dome Aznar Coliseum[2] |
| Location: | Cebu, Philippines |
| Sponsor: | International Pharmaceuticals Inc. |
| Coach: | Expedito "Noynoy" Falcasantos[3] |
The Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol were a Filipino semi-professional basketball team based in the province of Cebu. The team last competed in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) and played their home games in multiple venues across the province.
The team began play in the 2018–19 season as the Cebu City Sharks and have been inactive following the 2019–20 season.
The team was owned by International Pharmaceuticals Incorporated with sponsorship from Casino Ethyl Alcohol.[4]
The Cebu City Sharks were one of sixteen expansion teams in the 2018–19 MPBL season, as well as the first team based in Visayas. That season saw Cebu make the playoffs despite having a losing record, they eventually lost to the Davao Occidental Tigers.
In the 2019–20 season, the team finished ninth, one game behind the eighth-place team in the South Division, the Bicol Volcanoes.
The Cebu franchise was among the teams that were set to return for the 2023 season,[5] but ultimately did not make the final cut.
| 2018–present | ||||||||||||||
| Name | Start | End | Regular season | Playoffs | Best finish | Achievements | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center | 1 | 2018 | July 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||
| align=center | 2 | 2018 | 2019 | 34 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 2 | South Division Playoffs - First round | – | |||
| align=center | 3 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||||||
| Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol notable players | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Tenure | Awards | All-Star | ||
| Will McAloney | 2018–2020 | — | align=left | 1 (2020) | ||
| Patrick Cabahug | 2018–2020 | — | align=left | 1 (2019) | ||
| League champions | ||
| Division champions | ||
| Qualified for playoffs | ||
| Best regular season record |
| Season | Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Finish | W | L | PCT | Stage | Results | ||
| Cebu City Sharks | ||||||||
| 2018–19 Datu Cup | South | 8th | 11 | 14 | ||||
| Cebu Casino Ethyl Alcohol | ||||||||
| 2019–20 | South | 9th | 15 | 15 | Did not qualify | |||
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| 2023 | ||||||||
| 2024 | ||||||||
| All-time regular season record | 26 | 29 | 1 playoff appearance | |||||
| All-time playoff record | 0 | 2 | 0 Finals appearances | |||||
| All-time overall record | 26 | 31 | 0 championships | |||||