The 2022 FilBasket Summer Championship, officially known as the Puregold – FilBasket 2022 Summer Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the second tournament of FilBasket, now known as AsiaBasket, the first tournament of 2022, and the first as a professional league, being granted professional status by the Games and Amusement Board (GAB) in February 2022. The tournament began on March 18, 2022, with the playoffs running from April 25 until May 8, 2022.
The Nueva Ecija Capitals defeated the San Juan Knights in the Finals, which ignited a rivalry between the two teams that would extend into other leagues.
The 2022 Summer Championship is the first and currently only tournament to take place across multiple cities, with San Jose del Monte, Bulacan, Quezon City, and Muntinlupa hosting the games, with the latter also hosting the Finals series.
Teams On top of the eleven Filipino teams taking part, the Kuala Lumpur Aseel based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, served as the league's first international team, putting the total to twelve teams. Name Locality / College Last appearance Best result AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers Makati Subic 2021 All-Star Bacolod Ballers Bacolod colspan=2 AMA Online Education Titans AMA University colspan=2 Danao City MJAS Zenith Danao, Cebu colspan=2 ICC Blue Hawks Immaculada Concepcion College colspan=2 Kuala Lumpur Aseel (guest team) colspan=2 Muntinlupa Angelis Resort - EOG Cooly Muntinlupa Subic 2021 Nueva Ecija Capitals Nueva Ecija colspan=2 Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors Pasig Subic 2021 San Juan Knights San Juan Subic 2021 Tanduay Rum Masters Batangas City Subic 2021 Zamboanga Family's Brand Sardines Zamboanga Peninsula colspan=2
Format All participating teams played in a single round-robin format, where each team plays one game against all other teams, for a total of 11 games.
The top eight teams then advanced to a three-round, single-elimination playoff bracket. The Quarterfinals gives the top three a twice-to-beat advantage, needing them only one win to advance while their opponents need to win twice. The 4–5 match would instead be a single game affair. The Semifinals and Finals are both best-of-three series.
Elimination round Standings
Results
Playoffs Bracket
Quarterfinals (1) Tanduay Rum Masters vs. (8) Muntinlupa Angelis Resort
(2) Nueva Ecija Capitals vs. (3) Kuala Lumpur Aseel
(3) All-Star Bacolod Ballers vs. (6) AFP-FSD Makati Cavaliers
(4) Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors vs. (5) San Juan Knights
Semifinals (1) Tanduay Rum Masters vs. (5) San Juan Knights
(2) Nueva Ecija Capitals vs. (3) All-Star Bacolod Ballers
Finals: (2) Nueva Ecija Capitals vs. (5) San Juan Knights Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
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