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The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938 is a sports association of eight universities in the Philippines. Each year, teams from universities play in 14 sports.

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[edit] Member schools

The UAAP was founded by four universities: Far Eastern University, National University, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas. At present, the UAAP has eight member universities, all located in Metro Manila.
Following is a list of those universities with their team designations.

Colors School Seniors' Juniors' Affiliation Year joined Population[1]
Men Women Boys Girls
Image:Adamson colors.PNG Adamson University Soaring Falcons Lady Falcons Baby Falcons (no girls teams) Private/Vincentian 1952*, 1970 17,389
Image:Ateneo colors.PNG Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles Lady Eagles Blue Eaglets (no girls teams) Private/Jesuit 1978 11,465
Image:La Salle colors.PNG De La Salle University-Manila Green Archers Lady Archers (see juniors section, below) Private/Lasallian 1986 17,512
Image:FEU colors2.PNG Far Eastern University Tamaraws Lady Tamaraws (see juniors section, below) Private/Non-sectarian 1938 28,285
Image:NU colors.PNG National University Bulldogs Lady Bulldogs Bullpups (no girls teams) Private/Non-sectarian 1938 1,382
Image:San Beda colors.PNG University of the East Red Warriors Lady Red Skirts Pages Lady Pages Private/Non-sectarian 1952 13,257
Image:UP colors.PNG University of the Philippines, Diliman Fighting Maroons Lady Maroons (see juniors section, below) Public/National 1938 21,788
Image:UST colors.PNG University of Santo Tomas Growling Tigers Tigresses (see juniors section, below) Private/Dominican 1938 33,013

[edit] Juniors' affiliate high schools

Colors School Juniors' Affiliation Year joined
Boys Girls
Image:La Salle colors.PNG De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School Junior Archers Lady Junior Archers Private/Lasallian 1986
Image:FEU colors2.PNG Far Eastern University - Nicanor Reyes Educational Foundation Baby Tamaraws (no girls teams) Private/Non-sectarian 1938
Image:UP colors.PNG University of the Philippines Integrated School Junior Maroons Lady Junior Maroons Public/National 1938
Image:UST colors.PNG University of Santo Tomas High School Tiger Cubs Lady Tiger Cubs Private/Dominican 1938

* Withdrew in 1953, readmitted in 1970.

[edit] Membership history

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[edit] Sports

Member universities compete in 14 sports. Basketball, being the most popular sport in the Philippines, is the most watched and most supported among all the sports.

Most of these sports have Men's and Women's divisions, with the exception of baseball, in which only men participate, and softball, which is for women only. Almost all of the sports also have a Junior division, in which the associated high schools of the universities participate.

As of now, only four of the eight member universities participate in all sports, namely the Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University-Manila, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas.

[edit] 1st semester sports (July-October)

[edit] 2nd semester sports (November-March)

[edit] Competitions

Men Women Boys Girls
Badminton (none)
Baseball Softball (none)
Basketball (none)
Chess (none)
Football (soccer) (none)
Judo (none)
Swimming
Taekwondo (none)
Tennis (none)
Track and field (none)
Volleyball

[edit] Rivalries

In the 70-year history of the league, it is but natural that rivalries will rise in name of school pride and honor. Below are some of the notable rivalries in the UAAP:

[edit] Ateneo-La Salle rivalry

Arguably the most storied interschool sports rivalry in the Philippines. No one is exactly sure how and when it started, leading to numerous urban legends about its origins. (See related entry in the article on the NCAA.)

[edit] Ateneo-UP rivalry

This rivalry traces its roots to when both of these schools were still in the city of Manila before the NCAA even began. The Ateneo and UP players would play friendly basketball games in Intramuros, and it was at this point that the Ateneo de Manila formed the first cheering squad in the Philippines. Now dubbed as the "Battle of Katipunan" with their present location along Katipunan Avenue in Quezon City.

[edit] FEU-UE rivalry

Aptly called "The Battle of Morayta" due to the street that runs between the schools, both FEU and UE have dominated the basketball tournament, as shown by the number of trophies between them.

[edit] Ateneo HS-USTHS rivalry

The rivalry is usually seen in the juniors' division where in almost all sports, Ateneo de Manila and UST would always meet in the Finals. In Junior's Basketball and Junior's Volleyball, there was a point that the Blue Eaglets and Tiger Cubs met for ten consecutive times. To sum it all up, the Blue Eaglets and the Tiger Cubs met in the Finals for 17 times in Junior's Basketball while 16 times in Junior's Volleyball. Likewise, in Junior's Taekwondo, Ateneo de Manila and UST have won 6 titles apiece. There also other sports that both these two teams dominate so the rivalry is really present in the juniors division.

[edit] UP-UST cheerdance rivalry

Further information: UAAP Cheerdance Competition#UST - UP Rivalry

Since the inception of the UAAP cheerdance competition, UP and UST have had the best winning records, and one is usually just a runner up to the other. Both schools' pep squads are famous for their stunts and high-energy performances.

[edit] UE-UST rivalry

From 1964 to 1971, the UST Glowing Goldies met the UE Red Warriors eight times in the Final of the basketball tournament, with the Warriors winning seven encounters. It is the longest finals appearance between two teams in the UAAP. In 1967, the two teams were the co-champions of the UAAP.

[edit] La Salle-UST rivalry

Both were known for their numerous basketball championship matches in the 1990s, with UST winning four straight titles at the expense of the Green Archers. In 1999, La Salle defeated the Growling Tigers to win the basketball crown. Their basketball rivalry diminished in latter years due to UST's decline but became a celebrated rivalry in Women's Volleyball, as the Lady Archers and the Tigresses met three times in the championship of the Shakey's V-League tournament with La Salle having a 2-1 edge. The rivalry was carried over to the UAAP.

On August 11, 2007, UST won their first men's basketball game against La Salle since Game 1 of the 1999 Finals to break UST's 17-game losing streak against the Archers.

[edit] La Salle-FEU rivalry

The rivalry sparked in the 1991 Finals when La Salle's final game win was protested by the FEU after a Green Archer was admitted into the playing court after being disqualified. The UAAP Board upheld the protest and ordered the replay. La Salle questioned the UAAP Board's decison upholding FEU's protest. FIBA and the BAP agreed with La Salle that it was the table official's fault and not La Salle's why Espinosa was allowed to play. FEU still had ample time to win the game as that incident happened with more than 2 minutes left in the game and La Salle leading by just 2 points. La Salle won 80-77. But the UAAP Board led by then UAAP President Dr. Cynthia Abad-Santos ordered for a replay of the first game. La Salle decided not to do the replay. La Salle was twice to beat; so FEU have to win 2 games to win the crown. On the replay date, the championship was handed to FEU automatically via default (even though DLSU has a twice to beat advantage, it was presumed that since La Salle had no intent on showing up for the first game, the board reckoned that La Salle also had no intention of showing up for the second game).

In 2004, La Salle defeated the defending champions Tamaraws in three games. In 2005, FEU swept La Salle in the Finals, but not without incident as the La Salle assistant team manager and alumnus, Manny Salgado hit FEU player Arwind Santos after La Salle's game 1 loss. [2] However, after the 2005 series, La Salle voluntarily returned their 2004 trophy when two Green Archers were found to have falsified documents, thus awarding FEU, their 2004 Finals opponent, the championship. And because of the issue, the UAAP suspended La Salle for 2006 due to negligence.[3]

[edit] UAAP Championships

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Population of Philippine Schools. May not be up-to-date and accurate.
  2. ^ Manila Bulletin/ October 1, 2005/Richard Dy
  3. ^ UAAP slaps 1-year ban on De La Salle Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 22, 2006

[edit] External links

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