The UAAP softball championship is a women's softball tournament by the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). There is no men's softball tournament.
History Softball in the UAAP started in 1953. However, there were years when the tournament was not held. It was not held for eight years until the 1984–85 academic school year. Far Eastern University (FEU) reportedly dominated the period before the hiatus, winning twenty titles.
Softball returned in January 1994 as an exhibition tournament. It was supposed to start in November 1993 but was delayed due to the conduct of the 1993 Asian Athletics Championships. The University of the Philippines Lady Maroons were the champions of the event. Softball became a regular event the following season.
UAAP softball champions
UAAP Season Champion 16 (1953–54) 17 (1954–55) 18 (1955–56) Manila Central University 19 (1956–57) Manila Central University 20 (1957–58) Manila Central University 21 (1958–59) Manila Central University 22 (1959–60) Manila Central University 23 (1960–61) Manila Central University 24 (1961–62) Manila Central University 25 (1962–63) 26 (1963–64) 27 (1964–65) 28 (1965–66) 29 (1966–67) 30 (1967–68) 31 (1968–69) 32 (1969–70) 33 (1970–71) Not played 34 (1971–72) Not played 35 (1972–73) Not played 36 (1973–74) 37 (1974–75) 38 (1975–76) 39 (1976–77) 40 (1977–78)
UAAP Season Champion 41 (1978–79) 42 (1979–80) 43 (1980–81) 44 (1981–82) 45 (1982–83) 46 (1983–84) 47 (1984–85) 48 (1985–86) Not played 49 (1986–87) Not played 50 (1987–88) Not played 51 (1988–89) Not played 52 (1989–90) Not played 53 (1990–91) Not played 54 (1991–92) Not played 55 (1992–93) Not played 56 (1993–94) Not played 57 (1994–95) Exhibition 58 (1995–96) 59 (1996–97) 60 (1997–98) 61 (1998–99) 62 (1999–00) 63 (2000–01) 64 (2001–02) 65 (2002–03)
UAAP Season Champion 66 (2003–04) 67 (2004–05) 68 (2005–06) 69 (2006–07) 70 (2007–08) 71 (2008–09) 72 (2009–10) 73 (2010–11) 74 (2011–12) 75 (2012–13) 76 (2013–14) 77 (2014–15) 78 (2015–16) 79 (2016–17) 80 (2017–18) 81 (2018–19) 82 (2019–20) rowspan="2" 83 (2020–21) 84 (2021–22) Not played 85 (2022–23) 86 (2023–24) 87 (2024–25) 88 (2025–26) 89 (2026–27) 90 (2027–28)
Number of championships by school School Titles Adamson University 22 19 Manila Central University* 7 4 2 2 1 0 0*School withdrew from the UAAP in Season 25 (1962-63)
See also NCAA Philippines Softball Championship
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