The Valenzuela Classic , also known as Valenzuela Classic Dynacast for sponsorship reasons, is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Valenzuela . The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division . They are one of two teams based in Metro Manila 's Northern District, the other team being the Caloocan Batang Kankaloo . The team plays their home games at WES Arena.
19-542: The team joined in 2018 as one of the league's charter teams and has gone under multiple names, mostly integrating the title sponsor. The team is currently owned by the local government of Valenzuela. The Valenzuela-based franchise also took part in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3 and also has a Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association counterpart, the Valenzuela Classy . The Valenzuela Classic were one of
38-633: Is also, to date, the smallest season in terms of size. The inaugural season featured ten teams, all based in Luzon , with no division alignment. Since the MPBL was a semi-professional league at the time, its initial set of roster regulations are made to help promote local talents: The regular season began on January 25, 2018 with the opening ceremony at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City . It featured
57-595: The 2023 Preseason Invitational , the team was temporarily renamed as the Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters. As the MPBL postponed its fourth season to 2022, the Tanduay-backed franchise were among the teams that took part in FilBasket . The team first took part in the 2021 Subic Championship . The Athletics finished 8th, but lost to eventual champions AICC Manila. Right before the 2022 MPBL season,
76-710: The S+A channel in both SD and HD quality. Batangas City Athletics The Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters are a professional basketball team based in Batangas City , Batangas . The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division . They are one of five active teams based in the Calabarzon region and play their home games at Batangas City Sports Coliseum. The team joined in 2018 as one of
95-689: The Tanduay Rhum Masters that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 to 1987 and again from 1999 to 2001 . In 2018 , the Batangas City Athletics were founded as one of the league's ten charter teams. With a record of 8-1, Batangas City captured the league's best record and made it to the 2018 MPBL Rajah Cup finals , where they beat the Muntinlupa Cagers , three games to one, to become
114-516: The Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines in the First Round in three games. The team opted out of the 2021 Invitational before returning in 2022 , in which the team was renamed to Batangas City Embassy Chill. With a 17-4 record, the team made their fourth straight playoff appearance, once again making a run to the division finals, where they would once again fall to Zamboanga in three games. For
133-577: The MPBL's ten charter teams, one of six based in Metro Manila , and one of three Valenzuela finished as one of three teams with a 6-3 record, claiming the fourth seed in the playoffs . They beat the Quezon City Capitals in the Quarterfinals before losing to the first-seeded Batangas City Athletics . In the 2018–19 season, the team went 10-15, failing to make the playoffs as they ranked 10th in
152-585: The North Division. In the following season, the team ranked at 10th once again with a record of 11-19. Valenzuela then participated in the 2021 Invitational and failed to make the playoffs, ranking third in Group C after finishing 2-2. In the 2022 season , the team began playing home games at the Bahayang Pag-asa Sports Complex. The team finished 10-11, one game short of a winning record. Despite
171-497: The final game. The top eight teams overall advanced to a three-round, single-elimination playoffs, playing in best-of-three series in the quarterfinals and semifinals, and a best-of-five series in the finals, with homecourt advantage alternating between the higher seeds of each series (excluding the finals). Not all games are in home–away format. Each team plays every team once. Number of asterisks after each score denotes number of overtimes played. Teams in bold advanced to
190-681: The founding teams of the MPBL, backed by Tanduay Distillers as part of the beverage company's athletics program, having previously owned a team in the Philippine Basketball Association . The team first went by the Batangas City Athletics before changing to Batangas City Embassy Chill in 2022 to promote one of Tanduay's own products. The team later changed its name to the Tanduay Rum Masters in 2024. The Batangas City franchise has also played in FilBasket . One of
209-499: The franchise took part in the succeeding 2022 Summer Championship , marking the franchise's first professional outing. As the Tanduay Rum Masters, the team finished the elimination round 11–0, winning every game. During the playoffs, they first beat Muntinlupa in the quarterfinals but would get swept by the fifth-seeded San Juan Knights in the semifinals. The franchise has played most of its home slate at Batangas City Sports Coliseum. The team did play some games at other venues across
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#1732880154447228-542: The inaugural MPBL champions. In the 2018–19 season , Batangas City ended the season with a record of 13-10 to claim the second seed in the Southern Division. The team failed to defend their championship, after they lost to the Davao Occidental Tigers in the division finals in three games. In the 2019–20 season , Batangas City made their third straight playoff appearance with a record of 19-11, but lost to
247-548: The inaugural game which saw the Parañaque Patriots beating the Caloocan Supremos with a score of 70–60. Daniel San Juan de Guzman of the Parañaque Patriots made the league's first basket in that game. The ten teams played in a single round-robin format, playing one game against all other teams in the league. In each gameday, a series of games is played in a designated home arena, with the home team usually playing in
266-644: The losing record, the team still made the playoffs as the sixth seed, but were swept by the San Juan Knights in the First Round. All-Star selections Ex-PBA players 2018 MPBL season The 2018 MPBL season , also known as the MPBL Rajah Cup or the MPBL Anta–Rajah Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the inaugural season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League . The regular season began on January 25, 2018 with
285-458: The most successful teams in the MPBL, Batangas City won the inaugural championship in 2018 and has made three division finals appearances. They currently have the second-highest all-time regular season winning percentage among active teams at .717, only behind the San Juan Knights . To date, they are the only MPBL team to make a playoff appearance in every season of the league's existence. Tanduay's involvement with basketball can be traced back to
304-402: The next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage, the higher seeded team, are shown in italics . In the quarterfinals, the first- and second-seeded teams host games 1 and 3, while the third- and fourth-seeded teams host game 2. In
323-423: The opening ceremonies at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City , and ended on March 17. The playoffs began on March 20 and ended on April 19 when the Batangas City Athletics defeated the Muntinlupa Cagers in four games in the 2018 MPBL finals . The inaugural season featured ten teams, all based in Luzon , making it the only season to not have divisions nor feature teams from Visayas or Mindanao . It
342-496: The province, which includes a few games played at Batangas State University , a game played at De La Salle Lipa in Lipa , and a game at FPJ Arena in San Jose . Zamboanga and Batangas City have faced each other in the playoffs in three consecutive occasions from 2019 to 2022 , all of which went the full three games. Batangas City won the series in 2019. As of 2023, the two teams have met
361-430: The semifinals, the highest seeded team hosts games 1 and 3, while the second-highest seeded team hosts game 2. Due to Batangas City advancing after game 2, Muntinlupa instead hosted game 3. In the MPBL finals, the higher-seeded team hosts games 1, 2, and 5, while the lower-seeded team hosts games 3 and 4. This season marked the first of three years of ABS-CBN 's broadcast rights with the league. Games were aired on
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