2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season
LeagueChooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3
Sport3x3 basketball
Number of teams12–13
President's Cup
ChampionsPasig (1st title)
  Runners-upBataan
Patriot's Cup
ChampionsBasilan (1st title)
  Runners-upBalanga
Magiting Cup
ChampionsBalanga (1st title)
  Runners-upPasig

The 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season is the inaugural season of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 basketball league.

Teams

12 teams, many of which are from the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL), participated in the inaugural conference.[1][2][3]

For the Patriot's Cup, the second conference two foreign teams were invited to participate, VetHealth-Delhi 3BL from India and Moscow Inanomo from Russia. However Moscow will start playing in the second leg of the conference. The Thunder Pateros Hunters played in lieu of the Marikina Shoemasters in the first leg as a guest team.[4]

Teams can name up to six players in their rosters for each conference but can opt not to fill up all six slots right away. However they cannot replace any player.[5]

TeamPresident'sPatriot'sMagiting
Bacoor StrikersYes
Phenom-Basilan SteelYes
1Bataan Risers / Wilkins Balanga PureYesYes
Bicol VolcanoesYes
Bulacan KuyasYes
Inoza-Gulf Supreme Bulacan BoostersYes
Cebu-Max 4 BiradaYesYes
VetHealth-Delhi 3BL (India)Yes
Marikina ShoemastersYesYes
(except 1st leg)
Mindoro TamarawsYesYes
Moscow Inanomo (Russia)Yes
(except 1st leg)
Pasig Grindhouse Kings / Gold's Gym-Pasig KingYesYes
Pasay VoyagersYes
Southwestern University CobrasYes
Thunder Pateros HuntersYes
(1st leg guest team)
Quezon City-Zark's JawbreakersYes
Tycoon-Quezon City BallersYes
San Juan-Go for Gold KnightsYes
Valenzuela ClassicYes
Vigan Wolves / MiGuard-Vigan WolvesYesYes
Zamboanga Valientes / Zamboanga Valientes MLVYesYesYes

Pre-season events

Manok ng Bayan-SBP 3X3

The Manok ng Bayan-SBP 3X3, a basketball youth tournament for boys and girls was held in Cebu as the official kickoff event of the 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season. The event was an attempt to break the record for the biggest FIBA-sanctioned youth tournament by participants, as well as to accumulate FIBA Federation Ranking points for the Philippines in order for the country to gain enough points to qualify to send a team to the 3x3 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

2019 President's Cup

The President's Cup is the first conference of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 season. The conference is exclusive to Filipinos and imports or foreigners are ineligible. However players of foreign descent who can prove their Filipino heritage are eligible to play.[2] The conference consisted of five legs each considered as a separate tournament. A sixth leg, the Grand Finals, was planned[5] but later scrapped.

The top placing team in the grand final qualifies for the FIBA 3x3 World Tour while the next top two teams gain a berth each at the inaugural Asia-Pacific Super Quest.[6]

Leg venues and winners

LegDate[5]Venue[5]FinalWinning players
Champions Score Runner-up
11st TourFebruary 16SM Megamall
(Mandaluyong)
Bataan19–18Pasig
22nd TourFebruary 24SM Megamall
(Mandaluyong)
Pasig21–18Bataan
33rd TourMarch 1SM Fairview
(Quezon City)
Bataan21–19Pasig
44th TourMarch 9SM Megamall
(Mandaluyong)
Pasig14–12Pasay
55th TourMarch 31SM Fairview
(Quezon City)
Pasig14–12Bataan

2019 Patriot's Cup

The Patriot's Cup (also known as 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 Patriot's Cup presented by Coca-Cola for sponsorship reasons) is the second conference of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 league. Unlike the President's Cup, the tournament as a reinforced conference allows each of the participating teams to field a single foreign import. The conference will feature at least five legs with a Super Quest tournament possibly to be held as the sixth leg. The conference is set to commence on June 16, 2019 with the first leg scheduled be held in Cebu.[14]

All of the twelve teams which played in the first conference will play in the Patriot's Cup with four or eight teams being considered to be allowed to make their debut in this conference. This includes two foreign teams each from Indonesia and Japan.[14]

Leg venues and winners

LegDate[5]Venue[5]FinalWinning players
Champions Score Runner-up
11st TourJune 16SM Seaside City Cebu
(Cebu)
Gold's Gym-Pasig Kings
(Pasig)
21–15Phenom Basilan CTC Construction
(Basilan)
22nd TourJune 23SM Fairview
(Quezon City)
VetHealth Delhi 3BL
(India)
21–20Phenom Basilan CTC Construction
(Basilan)
  • India Inderbir Sing Gill
  • India Bikramjil Gill
  • India Kiram Shastri
  • India Amjyot Singh Gil
33rd TourJuly 6SM MuntinlupaPhenom Basilan CTC Construction
(Basilan)
21–16Wilkins Balanga Pure
(Balanga)
  • PhilippinesUnited States Franky Johnson
  • PhilippinesUnited States Troy Rike
  • Philippines Gab Dagangon
  • United States Marcus Hammonds II
44th TourJuly 13SM MegamallWilkins Balanga Pure
(Balanga)
21–17Gold's Gym-Pasig Kings
(Pasig)
55th TourJuly 27SM MegamallPhenom Basilan CTC Construction
(Basilan)
21–20Wilkins Balanga Pure
(Balanga)

2019 Magiting Cup

The Magiting Cup (also known as 2019 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 Magiting Cup presented by Coca-Cola for sponsorship reasons) is the third conference of the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 league.

Leg venues and winners

LegDate[5]Venue[5]FinalWinning players
Champions Score Runner-up
11st TourSeptember 1SM City Clark
(Angeles, Pampanga)
Wilkins Balanga Pure
(Balanga)
21–20Phenom Basilan CTC Construction
(Basilan)
22nd TourSeptember 6SM Fairview
(Quezon City)
Fyr Fyter Bacolod
(Bacolod)
21–19Mindoro Tamaraws 7A
(Mindoro)
33rd TourSeptember 10SM BF Parañaque
(Parañaque)
Wilkins Balanga Pure
(Balanga)
21–20Equalivet Pasig
(Pasig)
44th TourSeptember 15SM BF Parañaque
(Parañaque)
Equalivet Pasig
(Pasig)
21–18Wilkins Balanga Pure
(Balanga)
55th TourSeptember 20SM Megamall
(Mandaluyong)
Wilkins Balanga Pure
(Balanga)
21–19Equalivet Pasig
(Pasig)

MelMac Cup

In addition to the three regular conference, Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas also organized the MelMac Cup. The MelMac Cup had two tournaments or "seasons", each with multiple legs. Wilkins Balanga Pure is the winner of Season 2 which ended on October 31, 2019.[21][22] Pasig was the winner of the first season which concluded on October 22, 2019.[23] The first season also featured a women's tournament which had Ever Bilena as winners.[24]

Notes

  1. Ababou, who is part of Pasig's roster for the 4th Tour, didn't play for Pasig in the tour final after being injured in the middle of the tournament rendering him unavailable for the semifinals and onwards.

References

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  21. Saldejano, Ivan Stewart (31 October 2019). "Balanga wins final leg of Chooks 3x3 MelMac Cup". Philippine News Agency. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
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