The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University, Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle University (DLSU), Far Eastern University (FEU), National University (NU), University of the East (UE), University of the Philippines Diliman (UP), and the University of Santo Tomas (UST).
Varsity teams from these universities compete annually in the league's 19 sports categories to vie for the overall championship title, namely, 3x3 basketball, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, cheerdance, chess, fencing, football, formation dance, judo, softball, street dance, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo kyorugi & poomsae, tennis, and volleyball.
ABS-CBN Sports acquired the broadcast rights to the UAAP in 2000 (shortly before the dissolution of the MBA) which, alongside the NCAA, caused Studio 23 (later relaunched as S+A since 2014) to bolster it's ratings. The league was also aired on ABS-CBN for select games, specifically the Men's Basketball Finals games.
However, following the Shutdown of ABS-CBN, along with the eventual franchise denial, the rights of the UAAP were eventually transferred to One Sports.
Notable personalities[]
- Gretchen Fullido (courtside reporter)
- Ganiel Krishnan (courtside reporter, FEU Tamaraws)
- Denice Dinsay (courtside reporter, Ateneo Blue Eagles)
See also[]
- UAAP Varsity Channel on TV5 Wiki
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