List of UAAP Final Four results

The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) men's basketball Final Four is the postseason of the men's tournament of the UAAP Basketball Championship. Other divisions of UAAP basketball, the women's and juniors', also have their own versions of the Final Four.

The all-tournament team for the 2007 men's basketball tournament: Jervy Cruz, JV Casio, Chris Tiu (represented by his brother Charles), Mark Borboran and Rico Maierhofer, awarded in Game 2 of the 2007 Finals.

Since the UAAP is not a home-and-away league, the position of season host rotates among member universities, and the host pays for the arena rental and other facilities. Most Final Four games are held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, the Philippines' largest indoor arena. Other venues were the Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay, Blue Eagle Gym in Quezon City, Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila, and the PhilSports Arena in Pasig. Since 2012, several Final Four and championship games are now also played at the Mall of Asia Arena.

The league uses a modified Shaughnessy playoff system: the top four teams enter the playoffs, while the top two seeds are given the "twice-to-beat" advantage. This advantage for the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds is that for them to be eliminated in the semifinals, they have to be beaten twice by the No. 4 and No. 3 seeds respectively; however, they need to win only once to advance. The winners in the semifinals dispute the championship trophy in a best-of-three series.

Winning percentage by the teams in the group stage since 2000; La Salle's forfeited wins were not taken into account.

In its institution in 1993, if a team wins all of its group stage games (the "sweep"), the sweeping team wins the championship outright. In that same year, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) won all fourteen games and were awarded the championship trophy, scrapping the postseason.[1] As a result, the "stepladder" format was used from 1994 to 2007 if a team sweeps the group stage – the sweeping team advances outright to the best-of-three finals, while the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds face off in a playoff to face the No. 2 seed still possessing the twice-to-beat advantage. After University of the East (UE) swept the group stage in 2007 (the first since UST's sweep in 1993),[2] they were beaten by De La Salle University 2–0 in the finals series after a 21-day layoff. As a result, the league modified the "sweeper clause" by instituting the "bonus rule" – the sweeping team has to be beaten thrice in the finals, while its opponent has to be beaten only twice.[3] The "bonus rule" was later repealed in 2016 for most UAAP sports. In the new rule, a team which finishes the group stage has a bye to the finals and the championship is a best-of-3 series only, while the other three teams will play in a stepladder semifinals round with the number 2 seed getting a twice-to-beat advantage. The stepladder round winner advances to the finals against the sweeping team.[4]

Until 2009, ties among teams that qualified for the playoffs, including those tied for the fourth seed, were resolved by playing a game. If there were three teams tied, two games were to be played to break the tie. By 2009, it was instituted that "common sense" will be used to break ties to avoid "senseless" games.[5]

This list includes men's basketball games played under the Final Four format since the 1994 season, a year after the format was instituted, and one-game playoffs in which teams tied after the group stage for a Final Four berth played an extra game to determine which team clinches the higher seed in the playoffs.

Results

For the semifinal columns, the No. 1 vs. No. 4 matchup is given first.

Legend
Adamson school colors AdamsonAdamson University
Ateneo school colors AteneoAteneo de Manila University
La Salle school colors La SalleDe La Salle University
FEU school colors FEUFar Eastern University
NU school colors NUNational University
UE school colors UEUniversity of the East
UP school colors UPUniversity of the Philippines Diliman
UST school colors USTUniversity of Santo Tomas
(OT)Game went into overtime.
strikethroughGame was forfeited.
SeasonFinalsSemifinalsOne-game playoff
Higher seedScoresLower seedHigher seedScore/sLower seedWinnerScoreLoserSeed
1993
(details)		UST UST school colors–UST named automatic champions after 14–0 group stage record.
1994
(details)[6]		La Salle La Salle school colors77–74
75–89
76–77		UST school colors UST La Salle La Salle school colors65–63FEU school colors FEU None
UE UE school colors81–87
74–83		UST school colors UST
1995
(details)[7]		UST UST school colors78–88
66–62
67–64		La Salle school colors La Salle UST UST school colors65–76
74–68		FEU school colors FEU
La Salle La Salle school colors86–79UE school colors UE
1996
(details)[8]		La Salle La Salle school colors60–65
54–57		UST school colors UST La Salle La Salle school colors67–55UE school colors UE
UST UST school colors63–56UP school colors UP
1997
(details)[9]		FEU FEU school colors62–60
65–64		La Salle school colors La Salle FEU FEU school colors69–70
70–69		UP school colors UP
UST UST school colors73–82
72–74		La Salle school colors La Salle
1998
(details)[10]		La Salle La Salle school colors72–47
63–59		FEU school colors FEU La Salle La Salle school colors51–55
56–51[11]		UST school colors UST UST UST school colors80–72UP school colors UP4th
FEU FEU school colors68–81
83–61		UE school colors UE
1999
(details)[12]		La Salle La Salle school colors60–62
81–74
78–75 (OT)		UST school colors UST La Salle La Salle school colors91–69FEU school colors FEU La Salle La Salle school colors84–79UST school colors UST1st
UST UST school colors75–74Ateneo school colors Ateneo
2000
(details)[13]		La Salle La Salle school colors67–64
74–65		FEU school colors FEU La Salle La Salle school colors65–62UST school colors UST UST UST school colors65–61UE school colors UE4th
Ateneo Ateneo school colors60–61
67–75		FEU school colors FEU
2001[nb 1]
(details)[14]		La Salle La Salle school colors74–68
72–76
93–88		Ateneo school colors Ateneo La Salle La Salle school colors111–85NU school colors NU NU NU school colors108–102 (2OT)UE school colors UE4th
Ateneo Ateneo school colors67–63FEU school colors FEU
2002
(details)[15]		La Salle La Salle school colors70–72
85–77
70–77		Ateneo school colors Ateneo La Salle La Salle school colors97–84UST school colors UST None
UE UE school colors78–84
70–72		Ateneo school colors Ateneo
2003
(details)[16]		Ateneo Ateneo school colors65–83
53–69		FEU school colors FEU Ateneo Ateneo school colors72–76 (OT)[nb 2]
74–68		La Salle school colors La Salle FEU FEU school colors80–75UE school colors UE2nd
FEU FEU school colors67–63UE school colors UE
2004
(details)[17]		FEU FEU school colors51–58[nb 2]
67–57
65–68[nb 2]		La Salle school colors La Salle FEU FEU school colors71–64UE school colors UE La Salle La Salle school colors82–69[nb 2]Ateneo school colors Ateneo2nd
La Salle returned their trophy.[nb 2]La Salle La Salle school colors69–55[nb 2]Ateneo school colors Ateneo
2005
(details)[19]		FEU FEU school colors75–73
73–71		La Salle school colors La Salle FEU FEU school colors78–57UE school colors UE Ateneo Ateneo school colors76–65UE school colors UE3rd
La Salle La Salle school colors74–57[nb 2]Ateneo school colors Ateneo
2006
(details)[20]		Ateneo Ateneo school colors73–72
71–87
74–76 (OT)		UST school colors UST Ateneo Ateneo school colors76–73Adamson school colors Adamson UST UST school colors85–71Adamson school colors Adamson3rd
UE UE school colors75–79
81–82		UST school colors UST
2007[nb 3]
(details)[21]		UE UE school colors63–64
64–73

La Salle school colors La Salle

 La Salle La Salle school colors64–65
65–60		Ateneo school colors Ateneo UST UST school colors80–69FEU school colors FEU4th
Ateneo Ateneo school colors69–64UST school colors UST La Salle La Salle school colors70–69Ateneo school colors Ateneo2nd
2008
(details)[22]		 Ateneo Ateneo school colors69–61
62–51		La Salle school colors La Salle Ateneo Ateneo school colors70–50UE school colors UE La Salle La Salle school colors62–59FEU school colors FEU2nd
La Salle La Salle school colors67–62FEU school colors FEU
2009
(details)		Ateneo Ateneo school colors78–71
68–88
71–58		UE school colors UE Ateneo Ateneo school colors81–64UST school colors UST None
FEU FEU school colors74–84
72–78		UE school colors UE
2010
(details)		FEU FEU school colors49–72
62–65		Ateneo school colors Ateneo FEU FEU school colors69–59 (OT)La Salle school colors La Salle
Ateneo Ateneo school colors68–55Adamson school colors Adamson
2011
(details)		Ateneo Ateneo school colors82–64
82–69		FEU school colors FEU Ateneo Ateneo school colors69–66UST school colors UST
Adamson Adamson school colors49–59
74–78		FEU school colors FEU
2012
(details)		 Ateneo Ateneo school colors83–78
65–62		UST school colors UST Ateneo Ateneo school colors66–63La Salle school colors La Salle La Salle La Salle school colors69–66FEU school colors FEU4th
UST UST school colors63–57NU school colors NU
2013
(details)		 La Salle La Salle school colors72–73
77–70
71–69 (OT)		UST school colors UST NU NU school colors62–71
69–76		UST school colors UST La Salle La Salle school colors74–69FEU school colors FEU2nd
La Salle La Salle school colors71–68FEU school colors FEU
2014
(details)		 FEU FEU school colors75–70
47–62
59–75		NU school colors NU Ateneo Ateneo school colors74–78
63–65		NU school colors NU NU NU school colors51–49UE school colors UE4th
FEU FEU school colors73–94
67–64		La Salle school colors La Salle FEU FEU school colors65–60La Salle school colors La Salle2nd
2015
(details)		UST UST school colors64–75
62–56
62–67		FEU school colors FEU UST UST school colors64–55NU school colors NU None
FEU FEU school colors76–74Ateneo school colors Ateneo
2016
(details)		La Salle La Salle school colors67–65
79–72		Ateneo school colors Ateneo La Salle La Salle school colors69–64Adamson school colors Adamson
Ateneo Ateneo school colors61–62
69–68 (OT)		FEU school colors FEU
2017
(details)		Ateneo Ateneo school colors76–70
83–92
88–86		La Salle school colors La Salle Ateneo Ateneo school colors67–80
88–84 (OT)		FEU school colors FEU
La Salle La Salle school colors82–75Adamson school colors Adamson
2018
(details)		Ateneo Ateneo school colors88–79
99–81		UP school colors UP Ateneo Ateneo school colors80–61FEU school colors FEU FEU FEU school colors71–70La Salle school colors La Salle4th
Adamson Adamson school colors71–73
87–89 (OT)		UP school colors UP
2019[nb 4]
(details)		Ateneo Ateneo school colors91–77
86–79		UST school colors UST UP UP school colors69–89
65–68		UST school colors UST None
FEU FEU school colors71–81UST school colors UST
2020 Not held Not held
2021[nb 5]
(details)		Ateneo Ateneo school colors74–81 (OT)
69–66
69–72 (OT)		UP school colors UP Ateneo Ateneo school colors85–72FEU school colors FEU
UP UP school colors80–83
78–74		La Salle school colors La Salle
2022
(details)		Ateneo Ateneo school colors66–72
65–55
75–68		UP school colors UP Ateneo Ateneo school colors81–60Adamson school colors Adamson Adamson Adamson school colors80–76La Salle school colors La Salle4th
UP UP school colors69–61NU school colors NU

See also

Notes
  1. Starting in 2001, each game was played with four 10-minute quarters and a 24-second shot clock. Games before 2001 were played with two 20-minute halves and a 30 second shot clock.
  2. In 2005, La Salle had to forfeit all of their won games (group stage and playoffs) from the 2003 to the 2005 seasons when two of their players were found to have falsified papers to enroll at the school, causing them to be ineligible. This led to the suspension all of La Salle's varsity teams (not just men's basketball) during the 2006–07 season and awarding Far Eastern University (FEU), their finals opponent, the 2004 men's basketball trophy.[18]
  3. In 2007, UE won all of their group stage games so the "stepladder" format was used for the first time.[2]
  4. In 2019, Ateneo became the first men's basketball team in the league's history to complete the 16–0 season sweep under the "stepladder" format.
  5. The basketball tournaments were held in the second semester of the 2021–2022 academic year and only featured the collegiate men's division due to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions at the time.

References
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