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LAGUNA'S SANTA ROSA CITY TO HOST ASIAN UNIVERSITY CAGEFEST
By: Graham C. Lim, August 8, 2018
For the first time in a decade, the city of Santa Rosa in Laguna province will host the 10th Asian University Basketball Championship (AUBC) from November 18 to 23.
Six collegiate teams, including a pair of foreign entries from the People’s Republic of China and South Korea, are taking part in the prestigious regional competitions to be held at the tradition-steeped Santa Rosa Sports Complex. Indonesia and Malaysia or Thailand might be seeing action.
The local participants qualifying under the supervision of the National Basketball League (NBL) will be spearheaded by the top school league-organizations from the Laguna Colleges Universities Athletic Association (LACUAA), State Colleges Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA), PISCUAA, CESAFI, PRISAA, CAAP, and other regional clubs.
Universities from the People’s Republic of China and South Korea, both of which have won AUBC titles in the past, will be around to test the mettle of the best collegiate squads from different regions from the North and South.
The event is being held in partnership with the Laguna Provincial Chapter of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) as represented by Leonardo Andres Sr. and Asian University Basketball Federation (AUBF) Secretary-General Alvin Kwong.
The agreement was and witnessed by BAP Board Secretary Ruel Roa Daba and NBL Executive Officers.
Hereunder are some of the results of the Asian University Basketball Championship:
Muongji University of Korea topped the 4th AUBC tournament hosted by Dumaguete City in 2005.
Huaqiao University, on the other hand, whipped local bet University of the Visayas (then powered by a young Greg Slaughter) during the 6th AUBC finals held in Cebu City in 2008. An international school, Huaqiao is located in Xiamen, China and has been supportive of AUBF activities since 2005.
In 2011, Guangdong University of the PROC bested a Taiwanese squad to annex the crown at the Bintulu Stadium in Sarawak, Malaysia. The following year, the University of the East Red Warriors, led by Roi Sumang, Chris Javier and Cameroonian import Charles Mammie, ascended to the AUBC throne in hostilities held at the Trinity University of Asia in Quezon City and participated in by foreign schools Hangtuah University of Indonesia and Universiti Technologi MARI of Malaysia.
Honorable government officials from the Laguna province will be the main speakers during the AUBC opening ceremony.
Prominent sports personalities invited to grace the opening rites include Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP) president Baldomero Estenzo, BAP president Prof. Robert Milton Calo, AUBF President Shin Dong Pa, AUBF secretary-general and deputy secretary general Alvin Kwong and Park Hyun Mo, respectively, and LACUAA Chairman Leonardo Andres Sr.
By: Graham C. Lim, August 8, 2018
For the first time in a decade, the city of Santa Rosa in Laguna province will host the 10th Asian University Basketball Championship (AUBC) from November 18 to 23.
Six collegiate teams, including a pair of foreign entries from the People’s Republic of China and South Korea, are taking part in the prestigious regional competitions to be held at the tradition-steeped Santa Rosa Sports Complex. Indonesia and Malaysia or Thailand might be seeing action.
The local participants qualifying under the supervision of the National Basketball League (NBL) will be spearheaded by the top school league-organizations from the Laguna Colleges Universities Athletic Association (LACUAA), State Colleges Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA), PISCUAA, CESAFI, PRISAA, CAAP, and other regional clubs.
Universities from the People’s Republic of China and South Korea, both of which have won AUBC titles in the past, will be around to test the mettle of the best collegiate squads from different regions from the North and South.
The event is being held in partnership with the Laguna Provincial Chapter of the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) as represented by Leonardo Andres Sr. and Asian University Basketball Federation (AUBF) Secretary-General Alvin Kwong.
The agreement was and witnessed by BAP Board Secretary Ruel Roa Daba and NBL Executive Officers.
Hereunder are some of the results of the Asian University Basketball Championship:
Muongji University of Korea topped the 4th AUBC tournament hosted by Dumaguete City in 2005.
Huaqiao University, on the other hand, whipped local bet University of the Visayas (then powered by a young Greg Slaughter) during the 6th AUBC finals held in Cebu City in 2008. An international school, Huaqiao is located in Xiamen, China and has been supportive of AUBF activities since 2005.
In 2011, Guangdong University of the PROC bested a Taiwanese squad to annex the crown at the Bintulu Stadium in Sarawak, Malaysia. The following year, the University of the East Red Warriors, led by Roi Sumang, Chris Javier and Cameroonian import Charles Mammie, ascended to the AUBC throne in hostilities held at the Trinity University of Asia in Quezon City and participated in by foreign schools Hangtuah University of Indonesia and Universiti Technologi MARI of Malaysia.
Honorable government officials from the Laguna province will be the main speakers during the AUBC opening ceremony.
Prominent sports personalities invited to grace the opening rites include Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP) president Baldomero Estenzo, BAP president Prof. Robert Milton Calo, AUBF President Shin Dong Pa, AUBF secretary-general and deputy secretary general Alvin Kwong and Park Hyun Mo, respectively, and LACUAA Chairman Leonardo Andres Sr.
CESAFI Commissioner, Felix O. Tiukinhoy Jr.
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Newly built- Santa Rosa City Multi-Sports Complex, Laguna Province
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(L-R) Wong Chung Min; AUBF Honorary President Dato' Yeoh Choo Hock; Alvin Kwong.
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