UAAP Season 70 was the 2007-08 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by the University of Santo Tomas. The theme of season 70 was "Winners All, Recreating the Value of Honesty through Sports"GMANews.tv July 2, 2007 It opened on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum. De La Salle University returned to active participation after being suspended in Season 69.
Basketball
The UAAP Season 70 basketball tournament began on July 7, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host was University of Santo Tomas and tournament commissioner was Edgardo "Ed" Cordero.
Men's basketball games were held at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium, the Cuneta Astrodome and the Araneta Coliseum. The women's and juniors' games were held at the school gyms of Adamson University, Ateneo de Manila University and Far Eastern University.
Seniors division Men's tournament
Elimination round Team standings
Playoffs
Awardees Most Valuable Player (Finals): JV Casio and Cholo Villanueva (La Salle; co-awardees) Most Valuable Player (Season): Jervy Cruz (UST) Rookie of the Year: JR Cawaling (FEU).
Women's tournament Elimination round
Playoffs
Awardees Most Valuable Player (Finals): Most Valuable Player (Season): Rookie of the Year:
Juniors division Boys' tournament Elimination round
Playoffs
Awardees Most Valuable Player (Season): Samuel Marata (UPIS) Rookie of the Year: Dave Kurt De Guzman (UE)
Football
The UAAP Football tournament officially opened on January 12, 2008 at the Ateneo Erenchun Football Field of the Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights Quezon City. Tournament host was Ateneo de Manila.
This year marked the introduction of high school football in the UAAP as a demonstration sport. The initial participating schools were Ateneo de Manila University, De La Salle-Santiago Zobel School, University of Santo Tomas High School and FEU - Diliman.
Three championship titles are disputed in UAAP football, one for each division, namely the men's, women's and juniors. The tournament is a double round robin elimination. A Team that sweeps both rounds automatically wins the championship. Otherwise, the number one and two ranked teams meet in the Finals round with the former having a twice-to-beat advantage over the number two team. Games in the Finals go into extra time if the score is a draw at the end of Regulation Time. The extra time consists of two 15-minute periods. If there is still no winner after the extra time, then the game will go to a penalty shootout (free kick) to decide the winner.
Seniors division
Men's tournament Elimination round TeamWDLPts. 6 1 2 19 6 1 2 19 4 2 3 14 3 4 2 13 2 0 6 6 1 1 7 4 Qualified for the Finals
Women's tournament Elimination round TeamWDLPts. 5 1 2 16 4 3 1 15 4 2 2 14 3 2 3 11 0 0 8 0 Qualified for the Finals
Juniors division Boys' tournament Elimination round TeamWDLPts. 5 0 1 15 5 0 1 15 2 0 4 6 0 0 6 0 Qualified for the Finals
Volleyball
The UAAP volleyball tournament opened on December 1, 2007 at the Blue Eagle Gym hosted by University of the Philippines. The Ateneo de Manila University Men's Volleyball Team took on University of the East Men's Volleyball as the opening game for the Season.
Men's volleyball games were mostly held at the Blue Eagle Gym and some at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. Women's volleyball action meanwhile had its opening games at the Blue Eagle Gym and transferred to Ninoy Aquino Stadium in the succeeding games. The boys' and Girls' volleyball games were mostly held at the University of the East Gymnasium with some games held at the University of the Philippines College of Human Kinetics Gym.
Men's tournament Elimination round
Playoffs
Women's tournament All the won games of De La Salle from January 15, 2008 up to the time it was discovered that one of its players, Jacqueline Alarca, continued playing despite her being on leave of absence were forfeited. The UAAP rule requires a player to be enrolled while playing. UAAP: Ineligibility woes haunt La Salle anew, Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Elimination round
The three-way tie for #1 was broken as follows: Teams were seeded by the number of sets won ratio. Adamson held the advantage with a +2, while UST and FEU had each a –1. In the playoffs for the first seed, Adamson with a better win record drew a bye and waited for the winner of the UST versus FEU match. FEU defeated UST in 4 sets and gained the right to play Adamson for the number one seeding. UST was relegated to #3 seed. Adamson defeated FEU in 5 sets in their playoff for the first seed.
Playoffs
Boys' tournament Elimination round
RankTeamWLGB 1 80— 2 622 3 444 4 266 5 088 UE's 8–0 sweep: awards them the title outright.
Girls' tournament Elimination round RankTeamWLGB 1 60— 2 42 2 3 244 4 066 UST's 6–0 sweep: awards them the title outright.
Beach Volleyball The UAAP Beach Volleyball tournament started on September 8, 2007 at the University of the East Caloocan sand courts in Caloocan, Metro Manila.
Men's tournament Team standings RankTeamWLGB 1 * 7 0 -- 2 6 1 1 3 5 2 2 4 4 3 3 5 3 4 4 6 2 5 5 7 1 6 6 8 0 7 7*Clinched twice-to-beat advantage.
Awards Most Valuable Player: Rookie of the Year:
Women's tournament Team standings RankTeamWLGB 1 * 7 0 -- 2 6 1 1 3 5 2 2 4 4 3 3 5 2 5 5 6 2 5 5 7 1 6 6 8 1 6 6*Clinched twice-to-beat advantage.
Awards Most Valuable Player: Wendy Ann Semana (FEU) Rookie of the Year: Shaira Gonzalez (FEU)
Softball The UAAP Softball tournament opened July 12, 2007. Games were played at the UST Open Field.
University of the Philippines Lady Maroons clinched the title automatically after sweeping the elimination round.
Elimination round RankTeamWLGB 1 100 -- 2 822 3 644 4 377 4 377 6 01010
Chess Three championship titles were disputed in the UAAP Chess tournament.
Seniors division
Men's tournament Team standings
RankTeam 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Women's tournament Team standings
RankTeam 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Juniors division Boys' tournament Team standings
RankTeam 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Taekwondo The UAAP Taekwondo tournament started on September 15, 2007 at the University of Santo Tomas Gym in España Boulevard, Sampaloc, Manila.
Seniors division
Men's tournament Team standings
RankTeamWLGB 1 5 0 -- 2 4 1 1 3 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 5 1 4 4 6 0 5 5
Women's tournament Team standings
RankTeamWLGB 1 5 0 - 2 4 1 1 3 3 2 2 4 2 3 3 5 1 4 4 6 0 5 5
Juniors division Boys' tournament Team standings
RankTeamWLGB 1 - - - 2 - - - 3 - - - 4 - - - 5 - - - 6 - - -
Table Tennis The UAAP Table Tennis tournament started on September 18, 2007 at the Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagle Gym in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
Seniors division
Men's tournament Team standings
RankTeamGPWLPCT 1 6 5 1 .833 2 6 5 1 .833 3 6 4 2 .667 4 6 4 2 .667 5 6 2 4 .333 6 6 1 5 .167 7 6 0 6 .000
Women's tournament Team standings
RankTeamGPWLPCT 1 5 5 0 1.000 2 5 4 1 .800 3 5 3 2 .600 4 5 2 3 .400 5 5 2 3 .400 6 5 0 5 .000
Juniors division Boys' tournament Team standings
RankTeamGPWLPCT 1 6 6 0 1.000 2 6 5 1 .833 3 6 4 2 .667 4 6 3 3 .500 5 6 2 4 .333 6 6 1 5 .167 7 6 0 6 .000
Swimming The UAAP Season 70 Swimming Championships was held on September 20–23, 2007 at the Trace Aquatics Centre in Los Baños, Laguna.
Team ranking is determined by a point system, similar to that of the overall championship. The points given are based on the swimmer's/team's finish in the finals of an event, which include only the top eight finishers from the preliminaries. The gold medalist(s) receive 15 points, silver gets 12, bronze has 10. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating swimmers/teams according to their order of finish.
Seniors division
Men's tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1 UP 0 3 1 4 56 2 3 1 1 5 51 3 0 1 2 3 37 4 2 0 1 3 33
Women's tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1 0 3 1 4 56 2 2 1 2 5 55 3 2 1 1 4 48 4 1 0 1 2 16 5 0 0 0 0 4
Juniors division
Boys' tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1 29 11 11 41 386 2 170 3 100 4 0 12 3 15 - 5 -
Girls' tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1 11 14 15 - - 2 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 4 - - - - -
Judo
The UAAP Judo tournament started on October 6, 2007 and ended on October 7, 2007 at the Blue Eagle Gym of the Ateneo de Manila University in Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.
Seniors division
Men's tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1 3 1 1 5 37 2 0 2 3 5 16 3 1 0 1 2 12 4 0 1 2 3 9
Women's tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1 4 3 0 7 55 2 0 1 2 3 9 3 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 2 2 4 5 0 0 1 1 2
Juniors division Boys' tournament Rank Team Medals Points Total 1 7 4 5 16 121 2 1 1 2 4 37 3 0 2 0 2 28 4 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 4
Cheerdance
The 2007 Cheerdance Competition was held on September 16, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City. Cheer dance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the general championship are not awarded to the participants.
The UP Pep Squad clinched their fourth UAAP cheerdance title after 5 years. UST settled for second place, and the third place went to FEU.
Rank Pep squad Score 1st UP Pep Squad 92.66 2nd UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe 92.16 3rd FEU Cheering Squad 91.66 4th Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion 91.63 5th Adamson Pep Squad 91.62 6th UE Cheering Squad 91.55 7th DLSU Pep Squad 89.54 8th NU Pep Squad 84.23
General championship summary The general champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.
Medals table
Seniors' division
Juniors' division
General championship tally Seniors' division
Juniors' division
Individual awards Athletes of the Year: Seniors': Juniors':
See also NCAA Season 83
References