Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup

The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup, also known as the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup due to sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league comprises teams from the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines. The league is the first basketball league to be based in the Visayas–Mindanao region since the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association (MVBA), which merged with the National Basketball Conference in 2008 to form Liga Pilipinas, which folded in 2011.[4]

Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup
SportBasketball
Founded2020
Inaugural season2021
COORocky Chan
PresidentVicente Guingona[1]
No. of teams12
CountryPhilippines
Most recent
champion(s)		Basilan Peace Riders
(1st title)
TV partner(s)MyTV Cebu
Solar[2]
Sponsor(s)Bounty Agro Ventures[3] (Chooks-to-Go)
Official websitewww.visminsupercup.com
2021 Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup

As with its predecessors, the league aims to find and scout talent from southern Philippines (which comprises the Visayas and Mindanao regions).

The first conference or tournament for the inaugural season of the Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup will provisionally open on April 9, 2021. Due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines, at least its first conference will be held in a bio-secure bubble, with Alcantara, Cebu and Zamboanga City serving as hubs for Visayas- and Mindanao-based teams, respectively.[5] Cebu City was supposed to host the bubble for Visayas teams, but due to the rising cases of COVID-19 in the city and its surrounding localities, the town of Alcantara, located roughly 100 kilometers southwest of Cebu City, was chosen as replacement host.[6][7][8]

Format

As accustomed for many basketball leagues in the Philippines, the league will comprise two conferences or tournaments: the first conference allows only Filipino players to play; the second conference allows each team to tap a foreign player. In addition, teams are also required to have at least six "home-grown" players: players who are from the general area the team is representing.[9]

To minimize travel costs, teams will only play teams within their geographic region (e.g. Visayas-based teams will only play against fellow Visayas-based teams; Mindanao-based teams will play only against fellow Mindanao-based teams). [10]


Teams

The Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup consists entirely of teams from the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines. For its first season, the league will have seven teams from the Visayas region, all of which are from Central Visayas.

Warriors
KCS
Heroes
Aquastars
Mystics
Voyagers
Mariners
Locations of Visayas teams
ALZA
Peace Riders
Sto. Niño
Archangels
Braves
Brew Authoritea
Explorers
Vanguards
JPS
Locations of Mindanao teams

Teams
Team Location Main sponsor Head coach
City/town Province
Visayas Division
ARQ Builders – Lapu-Lapu City Heroes Lapu-Lapu Cebu ARQ Builders Francis Auquico
Dumaguete Warriors Dumaguete Negros Oriental Rommel Uka
KCS Computer Specialists–Mandaue Mandaue Cebu Kiboy's Computer Solutions Mike Reyes
MJAS Zenith – Talisay City Aquastars Talisay Cebu MJAZ Zenith Trading Aldrin Morante
Siquijor Mystics[lower-alpha 1] Siquijor Siquijor Jose Manuel Palapal
Tabogon Voyagers Tabogon Cebu Expedito Santos, Jr.
Tubigon–Bohol Mariners Tubigon Bohol Gino Angelo Enriquez
Mindanao Division
ALZA Alayon Zamboanga del Sur N/A Zamboanga del Sur Rodolfo Jose Abad Jr.
Basilan Peace Riders[lower-alpha 2] Lamitan Basilan Jumbo Plastic Jerson Allen Cabiltes
Clarin Sto. Niño Clarin Misamis Occidental Miguel Borilla Jr.
Iligan City Archangels Iligan Lanao del Norte Dane Lariosa
Kapatagan Buffalo Braves Kapatagan Lanao del Norte Tony Pardo
MisOr Brew Authoritea N/A Misamis Oriental Vis Valencia
Pagadian Explorers Pagadian Zamboanga del Sur Harold Sta. Cruz
Roxas Vanguards President Manuel A. Roxas Zamboanga del Norte Eddie Laure
Zamboanga City JPS Zamboanga City Zamboanga del Sur Tony Pardo
Notes
  1. The Siquijor Mystics was expelled due to game fixing.
  2. The Basilan Peace Riders was founded in 2018 from the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League.

2021 season

Visayas leg

All games were held in the Alcantara Civic Center in Alcantara, Cebu.

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars 10 0 1.000 — Advance to the Finals[lower-alpha 1]
2 KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City 8 2 .800 2 Twice-to-beat in semifinals
3 ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes 5 5 .500 5 Proceed to quarterfinals
4 Tabogon Voyagers 3 7 .300 7
5 Dumaguete Warriors 2 8 .200[lower-alpha 2] 8
6 Tubigon Bohol Mariners 2 8 .200[lower-alpha 2] 8
7 Siquijor Mystics[lower-alpha 3] 0 0 — 5 Expelled
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) overall goal average (quotient) 4) coin toss
Notes:
  1. As Talisay City won all elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular three-round format.
  2. Head-to-head record: Dumaguete 1–1 Tubigon Bohol, Dumaguete +14
  3. Siquijor was expelled from the league, and its records expunged. At the time of their expulsion, they had 1 win, 1 loss and 1 unfinished game.
Results
Teams DUM LAP MAN TAB TAL TUB
Dumaguete Warriors — 57–67 73–79 78–86 72–92 88–73
ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes 76–62 — 66–77 75–61 75–84 61–55
KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City 78–50 75–66 — 86–53 57–77 91–71
Tabogon Voyagers 85–90 76–73 71–82 — 65–85 102–99
MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars 77–66 99–62 81–73 104–75 — 104–66
Tubigon Bohol Mariners 62–61 67–101 50–80 92–77 65–97 —
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
  • This excludes Siquijor's 105–100 win over Dumaguete, 46–66 loss against Mandaue City, and a game against Lapu-Lapu City that was halted in halftime with them trailing 13–27.

Playoffs
  Quarterfinals round 2
One-game playoff		 Semifinals
#2 twice-to-beat		 Finals
Best-of-three series
                               
    1 Talisay City 66 63 75
    2 Mandaue City 52 74     2 Mandaue City 67 56 89
  3 Lapu-Lapu City 92     3 Lapu-Lapu City 67 64  
  4 Dumaguete 76  
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals round 1 Quarterfinals round 2
      
3 Lapu-Lapu City 73
6 Tubigon Bohol 69
3 Lapu-Lapu City 92
5 Dumaguete 76
4 Tabogon 65
5 Dumaguete 67

All of these are single-elimination games.

May 1
ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes 73–69 Tubigon Bohol Mariners
Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
May 1
Tabogon Voyagers 65–67 Dumaguete Warriors
Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
May 2
ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes 92–76 Dumaguete Warriors
Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
Semifinals

KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City possesses the twice-to-beat advantage.

May 4
KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City 52–67 ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes
Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
May 5
KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City 74–64 ARQ Builders Lapu-Lapu City Heroes
Mandaue City wins series in two games
Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
Finals

This is a best-of-three playoff.

May 7
MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars 66–67 KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City
Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
May 8
MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars 63–56 KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City
Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu
May 9
MJAS Zenith Talisay City Aquastars 75–89 KCS Computer Specialist Mandaue City
Mandaue City wins series 2–1, and qualifies to the Grand Finals
Alcantara Civic Center, Alcantara, Cebu

Mindanao leg

Games prior to July 17, are held in the Ipil Provincial Gym, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay.[11] Games scheduled on July 17 onwards, are to be held in thePlaza Luz Gym in Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur.[12]

Team standings
Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Basilan Peace Riders – Jumbo Plastic 8 0 1.000 — Advance to finals
2 Clarin Sto. Niño 7 1 .875 1 Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
3 Pagadian Explorers 5 3 .625[lower-alpha 1] 3
4 Roxas Vanguards 5 3 .625[lower-alpha 1] 3
5 JPS Zamboanga City 4 4 .500 4
6 ALZA-Alayon Zamboanga del Sur 3 5 .375 5 Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
7 MisOr Brew Authoritea 2 6 .250[lower-alpha 2] 6
8 Kapatagan Buffalo Braves 2 6 .250[lower-alpha 2] 6
9 Iligan City Archangels 0 8 .000 8
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) overall goal average (quotient) 4) coin toss
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head record: Pagadian 1–0 Roxas
  2. Head-to-head record: MisOr Brew Authoritea 1–0 Kapatagan
Results
Teams BAS CLA ILI KAP MSO PAG ROX ZAM ZDS
Basilan Peace Riders – Jumbo Plastic — 86–68 83–77 118–84 140–106 94–70 85–64 133–67 82–48
Clarin Sto. Niño — 98–65 76–65 73–63 83–77 72–66 95–69 96–91
Iligan City Archangels — 56–64 64–69 0–20 79–84 0–20 0–20
Kapatagan Buffalo Braves — 105–111 95–67 65–93 53–89 89–80
MisOr Brew Authoritea — 75–81 87–113 75–85 0–20
Pagadian Explorers — 82–80 82–68 73–78
Roxas Vanguards — 71–69 79–72
JPS Zamboanga City — 82–79
ALZA-Alayon Zamboanga del Sur —
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs
Finals
Best-of-three series
    
1 Basilan 81 89
4 Roxas 69 70
  Quarterfinals     Semifinals Round 1
Best-of-three series		     Semifinals Round 2
Best-of-three series
    (#2 twice-to-beat)                        
  2 Clarin 20    
  9 Iligan 0    
            2 Clarin 0    
    (#5 twice-to-beat)       5 JPS Zamboanga 2  
  5 JPS Zamboanga 69  
  6 ALZA 66    
    5 JPS Zamboanga 1
    (#3 twice-to-beat)     4 Roxas 2
  3 Pagadian 82 87  
  8 Kapatagan 96 76  
            3 Pagadian 0
    (#4 twice-to-beat)     4 Roxas 2    
  4 Roxas 20  
  7 MisOr 0    


Controversy
Main article: 2021 Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup scandal

The game between the ARQ Builders-Lapu Lapu City Heroes and the Siquijor Mystics was stopped at the half with Lapu Lapu leading, 27-13, ostensibly due to a power interruption. However, it was reported afterward that the game was stopped by officials after suspicious actions by the players -- including missed free throws and blown layups. One video circulating online showed a player take a free throw first with his left hand, then with his right. PILIPINAS VisMin Super Cup organizers expelled the Siquijor Mystics from the league. Fines and suspensions were also slapped against players and coaches of the Lapu-Lapu Heroes for their role in the controversial match.

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