The Philippine University Games, abbreviated as the UNIGAMES, is a national collegiate sports competition in the Philippines organized by UNIGAMES, Incorporated. Founded in 1996, it was first held at the University of St. La Salle, the founding host, in Bacolod, Philippines.
History Founded in 1996 by then University of St. La Salle president Br. Rolando Dizon, FSC, and Visayas-based volleyball coach (and later president of the Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association) Roger Banzuela, the first UNIGAMES was held in Bacolod City with volleyball as the games's sole competition.
In its early days, UNIGAMES hosted numerous editions in the western side of Visayas with both Bacolod and Dumaguete alternating hosting rights, until 2003 with its first UNIGAMES outside Visayas in the city of Dasmariñas, Cavite in the Luzon area. Since then, UNIGAMES have been held in cities on the western side of Visayas, even holding a few editions in Iloilo City and Roxas City. Roxas City created a first for the UNIGAMES as the Colegio de la Purisima Concepcion was the first college to host the games, a deviation from the usual selection of a local university. The games were interrupted between 2020 and 2023 due to the coronavirus disease pandemic, until 2024 when the city of Dipolog held its first UNIGAMES on the island of Mindanao marking the resumption of the games.
Sports The UNIGAMES is composed of fourteen (14) sports disciplines namely athletics, badminton, basketball, football, chess, karatedo, lawn tennis, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, volleyball, and beach volleyball.
In the 2010 UNIGAMES held in Silliman University, Dumaguete, archery was also introduced."Profile: About the UNIGAMES". 2010 Philippine University Games. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Chess Football Karate Sepak takraw Softball Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Volleyball Beach volleyball
Editions EditionYearHost LocalityHost Institution/Notes1st1996BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle2nd1997BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle3rd1998BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle4th1999BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle5th2000DumagueteFoundation University6th2001BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle7th2002DumagueteFoundation University8th2003DasmariñasDe La Salle University – Dasmariñas9th2004BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle10th2005BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle11th2006BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle12th2007BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle13th2008DumagueteFoundation University14th2009Iloilo CityCentral Philippine University15th2010DumagueteSilliman University16th2011Roxas CityColegio de la Purisima Concepcion17th2012BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle18th2013BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle19th2014Iloilo CityUniversity of San Agustin20th2015BacolodUniversity of St. La Salle21st2016DumagueteFoundation University22nd2017DumagueteFoundation University23rd2018DumagueteFoundation University24th2019Iloilo CityUniversity of San Agustin2020-2023Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.25th2024DipologJose Rizal Memorial State University26th2025BacolodSilay Talisay Various
List of hosts + By city/municipality Host City/Municipality Event Hosted Bacolod 13 Dumaguete 8 Iloilo City 3 Dasmariñas 1 Roxas City 1 Dipolog 1 Silay 1 Talisay 1
+ By province Host Province Event Hosted Negros Occidental (NIR) 15 Negros Oriental (NIR) 8 Iloilo (R-6) 3 Cavite (R-4A) 1 Zamboanga del Norte (R-9) 1
+ By region Host Region Event Hosted Negros Island Region (NIR) 23 Western Visayas (R-6) 3 Calabarzon (R-4A) 1 Zamboanga Peninsula (R-9) 1
+ By inter-island Host Inter-Island Event Hosted Luzon (NCR) 1 Visayasa 26 Mindanao 1
2015 UNIGAMES Bacolod The 20th edition of the Unigames was hosted by University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City. from October 24–30. 40 colleges and universities from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao participated in the 13 sporting disciplines of the games.
These were the winners of the recently concluded games.
Sport Champion Men's Athletics Far Eastern University Women's Athletics Far Eastern University Men's Badminton College of Saint Benilde Men's Basketball College of Saint Benilde Men's Chess Far Eastern University Women's Chess University of Mindanao Men's Football University of the Philippines-Diliman Women's Football De La Salle University Men's Karatedo Holy Angel University Women's Karatedo Xavier University Men's Lawn Tennis College of Saint Benilde Women's Lawn Tennis College of Saint Benilde Sepak Takraw Rizal Technological University Men's Taekwondo College of Saint Benilde Women's Taekwondo College of Saint Benilde Table Tennis San Beda College Men's Volleyball De La Salle University Women's Volleyball Far Eastern University Men's Beach Volleyball Southwestern University Women's Beach Volleyball Southwestern University
Footnotes
External links UNIGAMES 2010 Official website