UAAP Season 59 is the 1996–97 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), which was hosted by De La Salle University-Manila. The season opened on July 13, 1996, at the Araneta Coliseum. The 3rd Annual UAAP Cheerdance Competition was also held after the opening ceremonies.
Basketball Men's tournament Elimination round
Playoffs
Championships summary Seniors' division championships + Men's Rank 1st UST FEU DLSU UST UST UST ADMU UE UP UST UP UST DLSU 2nd DLSU UST UP UP AdU UP UST FEU ADMU DLSU UP ADMU 3rd UP DLSU UST DLSU UP DLSU UP UST DLSU UP DLSU UST 4th UE UP AdU UE UE ADMU DLSU DLSU UE UE NU FEU 5th ADMU UE UE FEU FEU UE NU UP ADMU& FEU AdU UE 6th FEU& NU AdU ADMU AdU DLSU AdU UE ADMU ADMU UP 7th NU NU ADMU AdU 8th AdU ADMU NU
+ Women's Rank 1st FEU UST DLSU UP UP FEU UP UST UP UP FEU 2nd DLSU FEU UP FEU ADMU UST ADMU DLSU AdU ADMU 3rd UST UP UST DLSU DLSU DLSU DLSU UP DLSU DLSU 4th UP UE ADMU UST UST UE UE UST UST 5th AdU DLSU AdU& UE UE UE UP ADMU ADMU UP 6th UE ADMU AdU NU AdU FEU 7th ADMU AdU NU ADMU 8th NU ADMU
Juniors' division championships Rank BOYS' GIRLS' 1st USTHS DLSZ UST ADMU AdU& UE ADMU DLSZ USTHS 2nd ADMU UE DLSZ UE AdU UPIS AdU 3rd DLSZ ADMU ADMU USTHS NU USTHS USTHS UE 4th AdU UPIS UE NU USTHS DLSZ UE DLSZ 5th UE NU AdU AdU ADMU UE &UPIS NU UPIS 6th UPIS USTHS UPIS DLSZ UPIS 7th NU FEU DLSZ 8th FEU
Overall championship race The host school is boldfaced. Final.
Juniors' division Rank School Points 1st USTHS 87 2nd UE 77 3rd DLSZ 74 4th Ateneo 68 5th Adamson 59 6th UPIS 44 7th NU 32 8th FEU-FERN 3
Seniors' division
Rank School Points 1st UST 254 2nd UP 233 3rd La Salle 225 4th Ateneo 131 5th FEU 130 6th UE 121 7th Adamson 75 8th NU 30
Note for Seniors division: Point totals in italics are partial results. The results for the Men and Women's Judo tournaments, in which only Ateneo, La Salle, UP, and UST joined in, are incomplete. UP won both tournaments. Fencing is a demonstration sport, and is not included in the final tally.
Individual awards Top Athletes: Men: Herminio Gallo, Jr. (Volleyball) Women: Emmilyn Ong Jimenez (Swimming) Junior: Rufino Manotok (Swimming)
References Tigers, Archers seal 3rd straight title showdown, Manila Standard UST Tigers take Game 1 vs Archers, Manila Standard Four-rific!, Manila Standard
External links WebArchive - UAAP Season 59 hosted by DLSU-Manila WebArchive - UAAP Online '96