BPBL 18-U Region 7 finals: 4 teams to vie in Carmen for ticket to national hoops finals
BPBL 18-U Region 7 Finals: Barangay Pakigne G Sports is one of the teams who will compete in the tournament. | Contributed photo
BOHOL, Philippines — The stage is set for the Batang Pilipino Basketball League (BPBL) Under-18 Region 7 finals that will kick off over the weekend at the Municipality of Carmen sports complex in north Cebu.
There are four competing teams comprised of the winners of the regional qualifying tournament held around Cebu happening in the past months.
These teams are Negros Oriental-Sibulan, the winner of the Cebu Province level 1 qualifiers; Barangay Pakigne G Sports, the winning team in the Cebu Province South level 1; Barangay Sambag 2 Future Basketball Academy, the top team in the Cebu Tri-Cities level 1; and the San Roque-Carmen, the top team in the Cebu Province North level 1.
BPBL 18-U Region 7 Finals: Negros Oriental-Sibulan, the team who won the Cebu Province level 1 qualifiers, will also attempt to win the region 7 finals to play in the national championships in Manila. | Contributed photo
These four teams will compete in a single-round robin format with the top two teams to proceed to the championship game.
The regional finals is hosted by no less than the Municipality of Carmen headed by its mayor Carlo Villamor and Vice Mayor Gerald Teves Villamor. This also sponsored by RD Pawnshop, and the Sisters of Mary School Boystown and Girlstown.
BPBL 18-U Region 7 Finals: Barangay Sambag 2 Future Basketball Academy, who is also one of the qualifiers of the Region 7 finals will give the other competing teams a run for their money in the tournament. | Contributed photo
The champion team will receive P10,000 and will represent Region 7 in an all-expense paid trip to Manila in the December BPBL National Finals.
The national champion in the boys’ division will receive P300,000, while the second placer gets P200,000, and P100,000 for the third placer.
In the girls’ division, the national champion will pocket P200,000. The second and third placers will take home P100,000 and P50,000, respectively.
BPBL 18-U Region 7 Finals: San Roque-Carmen is the top team in Cebu Province North Level 1 will try to win the Region 7 championship. | Contributed photo
The tournament headed by BPBL national commissioner Ron Camara and Region 7 coordinator Van Halen Parmis organized this tournament to provide action at the local grassroots level of basketball which was entirely halted due to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the regional finals held around the country, they were able to draw more than a hundred teams representing various towns and cities.
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