League | Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League |
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Sport | Basketball |
Founded | 2018 |
No. of teams | 14 |
Most recent champion(s) | Pampanga Giant Lanterns (1st title) |
Most titles | San Juan Knights (2 titles) |
The North Division is one of two divisions in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), the other being the South Division. Both divisions were formed as a result of the league's national expansion in the 2018–19 season.[1] As of 2024, the North Division consists of 14 teams.
The most recent realignment occurred in the 2024 season. In that season, three expansion teams entered the league and were placed in the North Division, those being the Abra Weavers, Pangasinan Heatwaves, and Tarlac United Force. Two teams, the Makati OKBet Kings and Pasig City MCW Sports all departed from the league entirely. The league then realigned the Parañaque Patriots to the South Division to balance both divisions. Mid-season, Tarlac pulled out due to financial concerns, leaving the North Division with 14 teams.
2024 standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | GB |
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1 | San Juan Knights[a] | 7 | 7[b] | 0 | — |
2 | Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards[a] | 7 | 7[b] | 0 | — |
3 | Pampanga Giant Lanterns | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0.5 |
4 | Rizal Golden Coolers | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
5 | Manila Batang Sampaloc | 10 | 6[c] | 4 | 2.5 |
6 | Valenzuela Classic | 10 | 6[c] | 4 | 2.5 |
7 | Caloocan Batang Kankaloo | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1.5 |
8 | Pasay Voyagers | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
9 | Abra Weavers | 9 | 4[d] | 5 | 4 |
10 | Quezon City Toda Aksyon | 9 | 4[d] | 5 | 4 |
11 | Bataan Risers | 9 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
12 | Pangasinan Heatwaves | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
13 | Marikina Shoemasters | 9 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
14 | Bulacan Kuyas | 10 | 1 | 9 | 7.5 |
– | Tarlac United Force[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Head-to-head point differential; 4) Head-to-head points scored; 5) Overall point differential; 6) Overall points scored.
Notes:
- ^ a b Nueva Ecija and San Juan are placed higher in the standings by virtue of undefeated record.
- ^ a b San Juan (+162) wins tiebreaker over Nueva Ecija (+130) based on overall point differential.
- ^ a b Manila wins tiebreaker over Valenzuela based on head-to-head record.
- ^ a b Abra (+26) wins tiebreaker over Quezon City (-21) based on overall point differential.
- ^ The Tarlac United Force was pulled out by the league due to the team's failure to comply with financial obligations.
Teams
Current
Team | Locality | Years in division |
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Abra Weavers | Abra | 2024–present |
Bataan Risers | Bataan | 2018–present |
Bulacan Kuyas | Bulacan | 2018–2020; 2023–present |
Caloocan Batang Kankaloo | Caloocan | 2018–present |
Manila Stars | Manila | 2018–present |
Marikina Shoemasters | Marikina | 2019–present |
Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards | Nueva Ecija | 2019–present |
Pampanga Giant Lanterns | Pampanga | 2018–present |
Pangasinan Heatwaves | Pangasinan | 2024–present |
Pasay Voyagers | Pasay | 2018–2020; 2023–present |
Quezon City Toda Aksyon | Quezon City | 2018–present |
Rizal Golden Coolers | Rizal | 2019–2020; 2023–present |
San Juan Knights | San Juan | 2018–present |
Valenzuela Classic | Valenzuela | 2018–present |
Former
Team | Locality | Years in division | Current division |
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Makati OKBet Kings | Makati | 2018–2023 | Inactive |
Mandaluyong El Tigre | Mandaluyong | 2018–2019 | Inactive |
Navotas Uni-Pak Sardines | Navotas | 2018–2020 | Inactive |
Parañaque Patriots | Parañaque | 2019–2020; 2023 | South Division |
Pasig City MCW Sports | Pasig | 2018–2023 | Inactive |
Tarlac United Force | Tarlac | 2024[a] | Inactive |
- Notes
- ^ The Tarlac United Force withdrew before their first game of the 2024 season due to not being able to fulfill the league's financial obligations to join the following season.
Timeline
Denotes team that is currently in the division | |
Denotes team that has left the division | |
Denotes period in which the team is/was in the opposing division |
North Division Finals history
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of times that team has appeared in the North Division Finals, as well as each respective teams' North Division Finals record up to date.
Won MPBL Finals |
Season | Champion | Series | Runner-Up |
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2018–19 Datu Cup |
San Juan (1, 1–0) |
2–1 | Manila (1, 0–1) |
2019–20 Lakan Cup |
San Juan (2, 2–0) |
2–1 | Makati (1, 0–1) |
2022 | Nueva Ecija (1, 1–0) |
2–1 | San Juan (3, 2–1) |
2023 | Pampanga (1, 1–0) |
2–0 | San Juan (4, 2–2) |
Season results
Legend | |
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Won MPBL Finals | |
Won Division Finals, but lost the MPBL Finals | |
Qualified for the playoffs |
Season | Team | |||||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | |
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2018–19 Datu Cup |
BAN (23–2) |
MKT (21–4) |
SJ (20–5) |
MNL (20–5) |
BUL (14–11) |
NAV (13–12) |
QC (12–13) |
CAL (11–14) |
PAM (11–14) |
VAL (10–15) |
MDL (8–17) |
PSY (8–17) |
PSG (4–21) |
— | — | — |
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2019–20 Lakan Season |
SJ (26–4) |
MNL (25–5) |
MKT (22–8) |
PAM (21–9) |
BAN (20–10) |
BUL (19–11) |
PSG (18–12) |
PSY (17–13) |
CAL (16–14) |
VAL (11–19) |
NE (10–20) |
QC (10–20) |
MAR (8–22) |
PAR (8–22) |
NAV (7–22) |
RZL (6–23) |
2022 | NE (21–0) |
PSG (14–7) |
SJ (14–7) |
PAM (14–7) |
BAN (13–8) |
VAL (10–11) |
QC (9–12) |
MAR (8–13) |
CAL (6–15) |
MNL (6–15) |
MKT (2–19) |
— | — | — | — | — |
2023 | PAM (26–2) |
NE (23–5) |
MKT (21–7) |
CAL (20–8) |
PSG (19–9) |
SJ (19–9) |
PSY (17–11) |
MAR (16–12) |
BAN (13–15) |
RZL (12–16) |
PAR (11–17) |
BUL (7–21) |
MNL (4–23) |
QC (3–25) |
VAL (3–25) |
— |
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Rivalries
Nueva Ecija vs. San Juan
References
- ^ Henson, Joaquin M. "Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League opens next joust June 12". Philstar.com. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
- ^ "P3M at stake in MPBL preseason joust". Philstar.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.