List of MPBL champions explained
The MPBL finals, or the MPBL national finals, is the championship series of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League held at the conclusion of the league's postseason. Since its inception, the national finals is a best-of-five series. Since the 2019 edition, it is contested between the champions of the North Division and the South Division.
The team with the higher regular season record is given homecourt advantage in the series. The format currently being used is 2-2-1, where the team with homecourt advantage hosts games 1, 2, and 5.
Five different teams have won the national championship with neither winning more than once. Since the introduction of divisions, three teams did so as a member of the North Division, while one did so as a member of the South Division.
Champions
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of times that team has appeared in the MPBL finals, as well as each respective teams' MPBL finals record up to date.
National finals
| North Division champion | | South Division champion | |
- Notes
Invitational finals
Year | Winning team | Coach | Score | Losing team | Coach | Ref. |
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align=center | | Basilan | Jerson Cabiltes | align=center | 83–80 | | Carlo Tan | [7] |
align=center | | | Vic Ycasiano | align=center | 88–80 | Nueva Ecija | Jerson Cabiltes | [8] |
align=center | | Pampanga | | align=center | 93–75 | | Elvis Tolentino | [9] | |
Youth champions
Junior MPBL finals
| North Division champion | | South Division champion | |
Year | Season | 14-Under Division | 16-Under Division | 18-Under Division |
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Winning team | Series | Losing team | Winning team | Series | Losing team | Winning team | Series | Losing team |
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align=center | 2023 | align=center | | Cavite City | align=center | 2–0 | Mindoro | Davao | align=center | 2–0 | Quezon City | Mandaluyong | align=center | 2–1 | Davao |
align=center | 2024 | align=center | | To be determined | |
MPBL D-League finals
| North Division champion | | South Division champion | |
Results by franchise
† | Team has since departed the league | |
National finals
Team | W | L | | | Year(s) won | Year(s) lost |
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| 1 | 1 | 2 | | align=left | | align=left | 2019 |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | | align=left | | align=left | 2021 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | | align=left | | – |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | | align=left | | – |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | | align=left | | – |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | | – | align=left | 2018 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | | – | align=left | 2022 |
align=left bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | Bacoor City† | 0 | 1 | 1 | | – | align=left | 2023 | |
Invitational finals
Team | W | L | | | Year(s) won | Year(s) lost |
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align=left bgcolor="#FFCFCF" | Basilan† | 1 | 0 | 1 | | align=left | | – |
align=left | | 1 | 0 | 1 | | align=left | | – |
align=left | | 1 | 0 | 1 | | align=left | | – |
align=left | | 0 | 2 | 2 | | – | align=left | 2021, 2023 |
align=left | | 0 | 1 | 1 | | – | align=left | 2024 | |
See also
Notes and References
- News: Batangas holds off Muntinlupa to win inaugural MPBL championship. ABS-CBN News. 2018-06-29. en-US.
- Web site: MPBL: Batangas wins inaugural crown » Manila Bulletin Sports. Bulletin. The Manila. sports.mb.com.ph. en-US. 2018-06-29.
- News: San Juan Knights go for jugular in MPBL finals. April 21, 2019. BusinessWorld. May 29, 2021.
- News: Davao rides big Yee trey in OT to stun San Juan, lift MPBL title. March 21, 2021. spin.ph. May 29, 2021.
- News: Nueva Ecija finishes off Zamboanga in Game 4 to lift MPBL trophy . spin.ph . December 12, 2022 . December 13, 2022.
- News: Pampanga sweeps Bacoor to win MPBL title on the road . December 2, 2023 . Philippine Star. December 2, 2023.
- News: Leongson . Randolph . Manalang trey at the buzzer lifts Basilan past N Ecija in MPBL Finals . December 24, 2021. spin.ph. December 24, 2021.
- Web site: Zamboanga rules MPBL Preseason Cup . 2023-10-07 . Philstar.com.
- Web site: 2024-02-28 . Baltazar, Serrano lead Pampanga to MPBL Preseason crown. 2024-02-28 . Tiebreaker Times . en-US.