2022 FilBasket Summer Championship

2022 Filbasket Summer Championship
Tournament details
Country	Philippines
Venue(s)	Muntinlupa Sports Center
Dates	March 18 – May 8, 2022
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Nueva Ecija Capitals
Runner-up	San Juan Knights
Semifinalists	All-Star Bacolod Ballers; Tanduay Rum Masters;
	← Subic 2021 International 2022 →

The 2022 FilBasket Summer Championship, officially known as the Puregold – FilBasket 2022 Summer Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the second tournament of FilBasket, now known as AsiaBasket, the first tournament of 2022, and the first as a professional league, being granted professional status by the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) in February 2022.^[1]^[2] The tournament began on March 18, 2022, with the playoffs running from April 25 until May 8, 2022.^[3] The Nueva Ecija Capitals would defeat the San Juan Knights in the Finals, igniting a rivalry between the two teams.

The 2022 Summer Championship is the first and currently only tournament to take place across multiple cities, with San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Quezon City, and Muntinlupa hosting the games, with the latter also hosting the Finals series.

Teams

On top of the eleven Filipino teams taking part, the Kuala Lumpur Aseel based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, served as the league's first international team, putting the total to twelve teams.^[4]

Name	Locality / College	Last appearance	Best result
AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers	Makati	Subic 2021	Elimination round (1x)
All-Star Bacolod Ballers	Bacolod	Debut
AMA Online Education Titans	AMA University	Debut
Danao City MJAS Zenith	Danao, Cebu	Debut
ICC Blue Hawks	Immaculada Concepcion College	Debut
Kuala Lumpur Aseel (guest team)	Kuala Lumpur	Debut
Muntinlupa Angelis Resort - EOG Cooly	Muntinlupa	Subic 2021	Quarterfinalist (1x)
Nueva Ecija Capitals	Nueva Ecija	Debut
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors	Pasig	Subic 2021	Semifinalist (1x)
San Juan Knights	San Juan	Subic 2021	Runner-up (1x)
Tanduay Rum Masters	Batangas City	Subic 2021	Quarterfinalist (1x)
Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines	Zamboanga Peninsula	Debut

Format

All participating teams played in a single round-robin format, where each team plays one game against all other teams, for a total of 11 games.

The top eight teams then advanced to a three-round, single-elimination playoff bracket. The Quarterfinals gives the top three a twice-to-beat advantage, needing them only one win to advance while their opponents need to win twice. The 4–5 match would instead be a single game affair. The Semifinals and Finals are both best-of-three series.

Elimination round

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Tanduay Rum Masters	11	11	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in Quarterfinals
2	Nueva Ecija Capitals	11	10	1	.909	1
3	All-Star Bacolod Ballers Bingo Plus	11	7	4	.636	4
4	Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors	11	6	5	.545^[a]	5	Single-game knockout in Quarterfinals
5	San Juan Knights	11	6	5	.545^[a]	5	Single-game knockout in Quarterfinals
6	AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers	11	6	5	.545^[a]	5	Twice-to-win in Quarterfinals
7	Kuala Lumpur Aseel	11	6	5	.545^[a]	5
8	Muntinlupa Angelis Resort - EOG Sports	11	5	6	.455^[b]	6
9	Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines	11	5	6	.455^[b]	6
10	Danao City MJAS Zenith	11	3	8	.273	8
11	AMA Online Education Titans	11	1	10	.091	10
12	ICC Blue Hawks	11	0	11	.000	11

Source: Standings – via Genius Sports
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d PSG (2–1) and SJK (2–1) win tiebreaker over AFMC (1–2) and KLA (1–2) based on head-to-head standings; PSG (1–0) wins tiebreaker over SJK (0–1) based on head-to-head matchup; AFP (1–0) wins tiebreaker over KLA (0–1) based on head-to-head matchup.
^ ^a ^b MUN (1–0) wins tiebreaker over ZAM (0–1) based on head-to-head matchup.

Results

Teams	ASBB	AMA	DAN	ICC	KLA	MUN	NEC	PSG	SJK	TAN	ZAM
AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers	69–77	98–81	89–86	104–86	83–76	104–102	63–93	74–79	63–80	60–106	78–74
All-Star Bacolod Ballers		94–91	84–75	99–89	80–77	77–80	74–86	69–62	77–73	59–66	70–79
AMA Online Education Titans			85–97	99–94	71–90	87–112	80–91	76–99	76–105	80–122	65–98
Danao City MJAS Zenith				89–80	67–80	66–73	77–84	80–90	90–88	70–77	64–76
ICC Blue Hawks					87–115	91–109	82–116	83–95	84–95	80–90	74–101
Kuala Lumpur Aseel						90–79	69–95	84–83	64–92	59–66	91–84
Muntinlupa Angelis Resort							88–102	78–91	83–86	67–81	80–73
Nueva Ecija Capitals								92–81	95–92	82–86	99–76
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors									72–71	74–82	65–84
San Juan Knights										76–78	98–82
Tanduay Rum Masters											72–71
Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines

Source: Schedule – via Genius Sports
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Bracket

Quarterfinals (Twice-to-beat / single game)				Semifinals (Single game)					Finals (Best-of-3)

1	Tanduay Rum Masters	89	–

8	Muntinlupa Angelis Resort	74	–
				1	Tanduay Rum Masters	75	81	–

				5	San Juan Knights	101	92	–
4	Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors	91	–

5	San Juan Knights	93	–
									5	San Juan Knights	61	71	88

									2	Nueva Ecija Capitals	77	65	90
2	Nueva Ecija Capitals	101	–

7	Kuala Lumpur Aseel	83	–
				2	Nueva Ecija Capitals	88	88	–

				3	All-Star Bacolod Ballers	77	72	–
3	All-Star Bacolod Ballers	83	–

6	AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers	78	–

Quarterfinals