2013 Philippine Collegiate Championship

The 2013 Philippine Collegiate Championship was the sixth edition of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL), the postseason tournament to determine the national collegiate champions in basketball organized by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), the national basketball federation. The tournament was the sixth edition of the tournament in its current incarnation, and the eleventh edition overall.

2011 Philippine Collegiate Championship

Men's Finals G1 G2 Wins SWU Cobras 54 61 0  De La Salle Green Archers 64 70 2
Duration	December 16–17
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Jeron Teng
Winning coach	Juno Sauler
Semifinalists	FEU Tamaraws  San Beda Red Lions
TV network(s)	Studio 23
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The De La Salle Green Archers defeated the SWU Cobras in the best-of-three championship series, 2–0. There was no third-place game in this year's edition of the tournament, and so the FEU Tamaraws and the San Beda Red Lions shared the third-place honors.

Qualifying

#	UAAP	NCAA	CESAFI	Other leagues
1st	De La Salle Green Archers	San Beda Red Lions	UV Green Lancers	various
2nd	UST Growling Tigers	Letran Knights	SWU Cobras	—
3rd	FEU Tamaraws	San Sebastian Stags	USC Warriors
4th	NU Bulldogs	Perpetual Altas	—
5th	Ateneo Blue Eagles*	EAC Generals
6th	UE Red Warriors	Arellano Chiefs**

*Replaced by UP.
**Replaced by Lyceum.

  Qualified to Final Four
  Qualified to regionals
  Qualified to zonals

Zonals

• 5th-6th NCAA and UAAP teams seeded to the Metro Manila regionals
• League champions from other than CESAFI, NCAA and UAAP are seeded to nearest zonal tournaments.

Regionals

• 2nd-4th UAAP and NCAA teams seeded to the Metro Manila–Luzon regionals
• Top 3 CESAFI teams seeded to the Southern regionals

Final four

• NCAA and UAAP champions qualify to the Final Four automatically.

Zonals

The delay in the completion of NCAA Season 89 has led to the rescheduling of the qualifying tournaments. The tournaments were supposed to start on October 25.^[1]

Metro Manila

The Metro Manila zonals were held at the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) gym from November 20 to 22.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification		UE	TIP	LPU	LCC
1	UE Red Warriors	3	3	0	1.000	—	Qualified to the Metro Manila playoff			81–79	77–74	73–50
2	TIP Engineers	3	2	1	.667	1					84–78	75–61
3	Lyceum Pirates	3	1	2	.333	2						84–62
4	La Consolacion Scions	3	0	3	.000	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification		CEU	EAC	UP	SFACS
1	CEU Scorpions	3	3	0	1.000	—	Qualified to the Metro Manila playoff			73–54	81–63	78–64
2	EAC Generals	3	2	1	.667	1						76–66
3	UP Fighting Maroons	3	1	2	.333	2						87–83
4	St. Francis Doves	3	0	3	.000	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Luzon

South Luzon/Bicol

• Quezon champion: Calayan Cougars
• Legaspi champion: STI Sta. Rosa Olympians
• Tabaco champion: Amando Cope Green Serpents
• Naga champion: Naga College Foundation Tigers
• Sorsogon champion: Lewis Blazing Fox
• Batangas champion: U of Batangas Brahmans

North/Central Luzon

The North/Central Luzon zonal was held at the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) gym from November 11 to 15.

• Vigan champion: UNP Sharks
• La Union champion: La Finns Scholastica Lionhearts
• Pampanga champion: Lyceum of Subic Bay Sharks
• Pangasinan champion: Lyceum Northwestern Dukes
• Baguio champion: U of Baguio Cardinals

Third-place playoff

November 11

U of Baguio Cardinals

82–87

La Finn's Scholastica Brave Hearts

University of Northern Philippines Gym, Vigan

Final

November 11

Lyceum of Subic Bay Sharks

86–74

Lyceum-NWU Dukes

University of Northern Philippines Gym, Vigan

Visayas

The Visayas zonals were supposed to be held at the Ormoc Superdome but due to the destruction of Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda), the games were moved to the Cebu Coliseum.^[2] Also, due to the typhoon and to the Bohol earthquake a month earlier, the champions from Bohol (Bohol Institute of Technology-International College Crusaders) and Ormoc (Western Leyte College Mustangs) skipped the tournament.^[3]

November 15

ACSAT Dumaguete Lightnings

0–20

Iloilo Doctors Medics

Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City

Mindanao

Northern Mindanao

STI-Cagayan de Oro Olympians defeated St. Columbian College, St. Paul University of Surigao, Christ the King College de Maranding, Bukidnon State University, and Mindanao State University-Marawi and Medical Center in the Northern Mindanao zonals.^[4]

Southern Mindanao

The Southern Mindanao zonals was held at the Almendras Gym in Davao City from November 10 to 13.

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification		HTC	AIFCP	JMC	SCC
1	HTC Wildcats	3	2	1	.667	—	Qualified to the zonal final				105–98	129–72
2	AIFCP Sailors	3	2	1	.667	—			94–89		64–69	?–?
3	JMC Kings	3	2	1	.667	—						?–?
4	SCC Bulldogs	3	0	3	.000	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Third-place playoff

November 11

JMC Kings

78–70

SCC Bulldogs

Almendras Gym Davao Recreation Center, Davao City

Final

November 11

HTC Wildcats

84–71

AIFCP Sailors

Almendras Gym Davao Recreation Center, Davao City

Regionals

Luzon–Metro Manila

The first two rounds were held at the First Asia Institute of Technology and Humanities (FAITH) Gym in Tanauan, Batangas from November 25 to 26; the final three rounds are held at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig from November 28 to December 3.

First 3 rounds

	Zonal finals					Second round					Quarterfinals
						NU		70
						Perpetual		67
											NU		73
	UE		85								UE		63
	CEU		77			UE		81
	U of Batangas		88			U of Batangas		60
	Lyceum of Subic Bay		81

Final 3 rounds

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Regional final
						UST		77
						Letran		60
											UST		68
	FEU		83								FEU		71
	San Sebastian		73			FEU		88
	NU		73			NU		70
	UE		63

Southern Islands

The Southern Islands regional was held at Cebu City's Cebu Coliseum from November 18 to 20.

	Zonal finals					Semifinals					Regional final
						UV		100
	HTC		98			HTC		80
	STI-Cagayan de Oro		94								UV		60
											SWU		68
						SWU		82
	USC		82			USC		73
	Iloilo Doctors		73

Final four

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification		SWU	DLSU	FEU	SBC
1	SWU Cobras	3	2	1	.667	—	Qualified to the Finals
2	De La Salle Green Archers	3	2	1	.667	—			58–68OT		80–60	64–60
3	FEU Tamaraws	3	1	2	.333	1			71–86			62–56
4	San Beda Red Lions	3	1	2	.333	1			77–49

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

High school exhibition games

Studio 23

December 16

Hope Christian Soldiers

77–72

La Salle Green Hills Greenies

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Studio 23

December 17

La Salle Green Hills Greenies

73–84

NUNS Bullpups

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Finals

Studio 23

December 16

SWU Cobras

54–64

De La Salle Green Archers

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan

Studio 23

December 17

SWU Cobras	61–70	De La Salle Green Archers
La Salle wins series 2–0

Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan