Philippine Patriots Explained

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Philippine Patriots
Leagues:ASEAN Basketball League
Founded:2009
Arena:Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig (2009–2012)
Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan (2012)
History:Philippine Patriots
(2009–2010)
AirAsia Philippine Patriots
(2010–2012)
Colors:Red, Blue, Black and White
President:Mikee Romero
Tony Boy Cojuangco
Coach:Glenn Capacio
Championships:1 (2009-10)
Withdrew:2012
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The Philippine Patriots, known as the AirAsia Philippine Patriots from 2010 to 2012 due to sponsorship reasons with Philippines AirAsia, were a professional basketball team that played in the ASEAN Basketball League. It was the first team from the Philippines to play in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) and one of the teams that played in the inaugural season of the ABL.[1] The team was co-owned by Michael "Mikee" Romero and businessman Antonio O. Cojuangco, Jr.

The Patriots played their home games at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. During its first season, some games were held at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. Both are located in Metro Manila.

The Patriots were the first ABL champions, winning the 2010 ABL playoffs (playing as the Philippine Patriots). Shortly after, the "AirAsia" name was added to the team after Romero and Cojuangco became investors in Philippines AirAsia airline.

On July 30, 2012, Romero purchased the Powerade Tigers Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) franchise to be rechristened as the GlobalPort Batang Pier.[2] [3] Romero opted to focus on his new PBA team and the Patriots did not return for the 2013 ABL season.[4]

Season-by-season records

League Season Regular season Playoffs
GPWLPtsPosRoundResult
ABL15 11 4 26 1st Philippines 2, Kuala Lumpur 0
Philippines 3, Satria Muda 0
15 9 6 18 2nd Philippines 2, Kuala Lumpur 0
Thailand 2, Philippines 0
21 16 5 32 2nd Indonesia 2, Philippines 0
Total regular season 51 36 15 3 playoff appearances
Total playoffs 10 6 4 2 finals appearances
Overall total 61 42 19 1 ABL championship

Achievements

YearABL regular-season positionABL grand-finals position
2009–10
  1. 1 seed
Champions
2010–11
  1. 2 seed
Runner-up

Notable players

Patriots in the PBA

Players that played first for the Patriots before playing in the PBA:

Patriots with prior PBA experience:

Imports

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.aseanbasketballleague.com/teams.html The Teams at the Asean Basketball League: KL Dragons, Satria Muda BritAma, Brunei Barracudas, Philippines Patriots, Singapore Slingers, Thailand Tigers
  2. Web site: Coca-Cola sells Powerade Tigers to Romero. 30 July 2012.
  3. Web site: Goodbye Tigers: Coca-Cola sells Powerade PBA franchise to Mikee Romero | InterAKTV . 2012-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120901094429/http://www.interaksyon.com/interaktv/goodbye-tigers-coca-cola-sells-powerade-pba-franchise-to-mikee-romero . 2012-09-01 .
  4. Web site: ABL looking to expand next year, says official. 16 June 2013.