Following the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League regular season, the league holds a playoff tournament for the top teams in the league. In the final round of the playoffs, dubbed as the MPBL Finals or MPBL National Finals, the winning team of the series declared the season's champions. The National Finals is a best-of-five series, where the team with the higher regular season record is given homecourt advantage. The home-and-away format currently being used is 2-2-1 (the team with advantage hosts games 1, 2, and 5).

Five different teams have won the national championship with neither winning more than once. Since the introduction of divisions, three teams did so as a member of the North Division, while one did so as a member of the South Division.

Champions

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of times that team has appeared in the MPBL Finals, as well as each respective teams' MPBL Finals record up to date.

National Finals

North Division champion South Division champion
SeasonWinning teamCoachSeriesLosing teamCoachRef.
2018
Anta–Rajah Cup		Batangas City
(1, 1–0)		Mac Tan3–1Muntinlupa
(1, 0–1)		Aldrin Morante[1][2]
2018–19
Datu Cup		San Juan
(1, 1–0)		Randy Alcantara3–2Davao Occidental
(1, 0–1)		Don Dulay[3]
2019–20[A]
Lakan Cup		Davao Occidental
(2, 1–1)		Don Dulay3–1San Juan
(2, 1–1)		Randy Alcantara[4]
2022
Mumbaki Cup		Nueva Ecija
(1, 1–0)		Jerson Cabiltes3–1Zamboanga
(1, 0–1)		Vic Ycasiano[5]
2023Pampanga
(1, 1–0)		Dennis Pineda3–0Bacoor City
(1, 0–1)		Alex Angeles[6]
Notes
  • A In the 2019–20 season, the National Finals was played in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Invitational Finals

SeasonWinning teamCoachScoreLosing teamCoachRef.
2021Basilan
(1, 1–0)		Jerson Cabiltes83–80Nueva Ecija
(1, 0–1)		Carlo Tan[7]
2023Zamboanga
(1, 1–0)		Vic Ycasiano88–80Nueva Ecija
(2, 0–2)		Jerson Cabiltes[8]

Junior MPBL Finals

North Division champion South Division champion
SeasonUnder-18 DivisionUnder-16 DivisionUnder-14 Division
Winning teamSeriesLosing teamWinning teamSeriesLosing teamWinning teamSeriesLosing team
2023 Mandaluyong
(1, 1–0)		2–1Davao
(1, 0–1)		 Davao
(1, 1–0)		2–0Quezon City
(1, 0–1)		 Cavite City
(1, 1–0)		2–0Mindoro
(1, 0–1)

Results by franchise

National Finals

TeamWLApps.PCTYear(s) wonYear(s) lost
Davao Occidental112.50020212019
San Juan112.50020192021
Batangas City1011.0002018–
Nueva Ecija1011.0002022–
Pampanga1011.0002023–
Muntinlupa011.000–2018
Zamboanga011.000–2022
Bacoor City011.000–2023

Invitational Finals

TeamWLApps.PCTYear(s) wonYear(s) lost
Basilan1011.0002021–
Zamboanga1011.0002023–
Nueva Ecija022.000–2021, 2023

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Batangas holds off Muntinlupa to win inaugural MPBL championship". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  2. ↑ Bulletin, The Manila. "MPBL: Batangas wins inaugural crown » Manila Bulletin Sports". sports.mb.com.ph. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  3. ↑ "San Juan Knights go for jugular in MPBL finals". BusinessWorld. April 21, 2019. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Davao rides big Yee trey in OT to stun San Juan, lift MPBL title". spin.ph. March 21, 2021. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Nueva Ecija finishes off Zamboanga in Game 4 to lift MPBL trophy". spin.ph. December 12, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Pampanga sweeps Bacoor to win MPBL title on the road". Philippine Star. December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2023.
  7. ↑ Leongson, Randolph (December 24, 2021). "Manalang trey at the buzzer lifts Basilan past N Ecija in MPBL Finals". spin.ph. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Zamboanga rules MPBL Preseason Cup". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
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