# 2019 PCCL National Collegiate Championship

The 2019 PCCL National Collegiate Championship is the eleventh edition of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) in its current incarnation, the postseason tournament to determine the national collegiate champions in basketball. The tournament will be the 16th edition overall.
Due to the adjustments done in the schedules of most collegiate basketball tournaments due to the Philippines' hosting of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games, the National Collegiate Championship commenced in February 2020.

## Tournament format

The tournament format was unveiled in November 2019.
* Qualifying round
** UAAP–NCAA Challenge
*** 2 teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)
*** 2 teams from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
** Luzon qualifiers
*** 1 team from University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)
*** 1 team from NCR
*** 1 team from North/Central Luzon
*** 1 team from South Luzon/Bicol
** Visayas/Mindanao qualifiers
*** 2 teams from Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI)
*** 1 team from Visayas
*** 3 teams from Mindanao
* Final round
** Luzon qualifiers winner
** Visayas/Mindanao qualifiers winner
** top two teams from UAAP–NCAA challenge

## Qualifying teams
### UAAP–NCAA Challenge

| School | Team | League | City/Town |
| Ateneo de Manila University | Ateneo Blue Eagles | UAAP | Quezon City |
| Colegio de San Juan de Letran | Letran Knights | NCAA | Manila |
| San Beda University | San Beda Red Lions | NCAA | Manila |
| University of Santo Tomas | UST Growling Tigers | UAAP | Manila |

### Luzon

| School | Team | League | City/Town |
| Annunciation College of Bacon Sorsogon | ACBS Panthers | BICCS | Sorsogon City |
| Diliman College | DC Blue Dragons | UCBL | Quezon City |
| Don Honorio Ventura State University | DHVSU Wildcats | UCAAP | Bacolor |
| Naga College Foundation | NCF Tigers | BUCAL | Naga |
| University of the Philippines | UP Fighting Maroons | UAAP | Quezon City |

### Visayas/Mindanao

| School | Team | League | City/Town |
| Asian College–Dumaguete | AC Lightnings | CSL (Escandor Cup) | Dumaguete |
| Holy Cross of Davao College | HCDC Crusaders | CSL (Escandor Cup) | Davao City |
| Holy Trinity College of General Santos City | HTC Wildcats | CSL (Escandor Cup) | General Santos |
| MATS College of Technology | MATS Navigators | CSL (Escandor Cup) | Davao City |
| Southwestern University | SWU Cobras | CESAFI | Cebu City |
| University of the Visayas | UV Green Lancers | CESAFI | Cebu City |

## Qualifying rounds

All times are local (UTC+8).

### UAAP–NCAA Challenge qualifiers

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | Ateneo | San Beda | UST | Letran |
| 1 | Ateneo Blue Eagles | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Final four | — | 83–69 | 82–71 | 79–61 |
| 2 | San Beda Red Lions | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | Final four | | — | 77–68 | 76–53 |
| 3 | UST Growling Tigers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | | | | — | 95–65 |
| 4 | Letran Knights | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | | | | | — |
* February 8, 2020 (2020-02-08) 2:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| Letran Knights | 65–95 | UST Growling Tigers |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 11–29, 10–20, 27–20 |||
| Pts: Reyson 12 Rebs: Rocacurva 7 Asts: Yu 5 | | Pts: Cansino 13 Rebs: Chabi Yo 10 Asts: Garing 4 |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
* February 8, 2020 (2020-02-08) 4:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | 83–69 | San Beda Red Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 21–14, 20–18, 26–25 |||
| Pts: Belangel 25 Rebs: Kouame 14 Asts: Belangel 5 | | Pts: Oftana 11 Rebs: Oftana 8 Asts: Oftana 4 |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
* February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09) 2:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| San Beda Red Lions | 76–53 | Letran Knights |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 16–13, 20–16, 19–8 |||
| Pts: Oftana 17 Rebs: Kwekuteye 10 Asts: Oftana 6 | | Pts: Ambohot 13 Rebs: Ambohot, Muyang, 7 each Asts: Yu 3 |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
* February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09) 4:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| UST Growling Tigers | 71–82 | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 23–19, 27–18, 6–16 |||
| Pts: Abando, Cuajao 14 each Rebs: Chabi Yo 6 Asts: Manalang 6 | | Pts: Belangel 26 Rebs: Kouame 13 Asts: Mamuyac 5 |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
* February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15) 1:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| San Beda Red Lions | 77–68 | UST Growling Tigers |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 20–14, 23–19, 15–22 |||
| Pts: Kwekuteye 14 Rebs: Cariño, Kwekuteye 7 each Asts: Kwekuteye 7 | | Pts: Cansino 21 Rebs: Cansino, Chabi Yo 9 each Asts: Nonoy 4 |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan
* February 15, 2020 (2020-02-15) 3:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| Letran Knights | 61–79 | Ateneo Blue Eagles |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 19–24, 4–30, 22–14 |||
| Pts: Javillonar 15 Rebs: Ambohot 8 Asts: Reyson 3 | | Pts: Mallillin, D. Ramos 16 each Rebs: Kouame 12 Asts: Tio 5 |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

### Luzon qualifiers

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | UP | DC | NCF | ACBS |
| 1 | UP Fighting Maroons | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Final four | — | 78–75 | 83–45 | 94–44 |
| 2 | Diliman Blue Dragons | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | | | — | 77–61 | 86–62 |
| 3 | NCF Tigers | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | | | | — | 78–57 |
| 4 | Annunciation Panthers | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | | | | | — |
* One Media TV 48
* February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09) 4:00 p.m.
| Diliman Blue Dragons | 86–62 | Annunciation Panthers |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–8, 21–18, 16–14, 24–22 |||
* Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum, Naga
* One Media TV 48
* February 9, 2020 (2020-02-09) 6:00 p.m.
| UP Fighting Maroons | 83–45 | NCF Tigers |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–7, 14–12, 23–7, 17–19 |||
* Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum, Naga
* One Media TV 48
* February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10) 4:00 p.m.
| Annunciation Panthers | 44–94 | UP Fighting Maroons |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–19, 18–23, 13–27, 6–25 |||
* Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum, Naga
* One Media TV 48
* February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10) 6:00 p.m.
| Diliman Blue Dragons | 77–61 | NCF Tigers |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 13–15, 22–17, 20–18 |||
* Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum, Naga
* One Media TV 48
* February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11) 3:30 p.m.
| NCF Tigers | 78–57 | Annunciation Panthers |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |||
* Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum, Naga
* One Media TV 48
* February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11) 5:30 p.m.
| UP Fighting Maroons | 78–75 | Diliman Blue Dragons |
| Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, – |||
* Jesse M. Robredo Coliseum, Naga

### Visayas/Mindanao qualifiers

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification | UV | SWU | AC | HTC |
| 1 | UV Green Lancers | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | — | Final four | — | 76–67 | 89–69 | 97–79 |
| 2 | SWU Cobras | 2 | 1 | .667 | 1 | | | — | 74–47 | 80–63 |
| 3 | AC Lightnings | 1 | 2 | .333 | 2 | | | | — | 87–84 |
| 4 | HTC Wildcats | 0 | 3 | .000 | 3 | | | | | — |
* March 2, 2020 (2020-03-02) 5:00 p.m.
| Holy Trinity Wildcats | 79–97 | UV Green Lancers |
* Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center, Dumaguete
* March 2, 2020 (2020-03-02) 6:30 p.m.
| AC Lightnings | 47–74 | SWU Cobras |
* Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center, Dumaguete
* March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03) 5:00 p.m.
| SWU Cobras | 80–63 | Holy Trinity Wildcats |
* Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center, Dumaguete
* March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03) 6:30 p.m.
| UV Green Lancers | 89–69 | AC Lightnings |
* Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center, Dumaguete
* March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04) 5:00 p.m.
| Holy Trinity Wildcats | 84–87 | AC Lightnings |
* Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center, Dumaguete
* March 4, 2020 (2020-03-04) 6:30 p.m.
| UV Green Lancers | 76–67 | SWU Cobras |
* Lamberto Macias Sports and Cultural Center, Dumaguete

## Final four
### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| March 7 | March 7 |
| Ateneo | 95 |
| Ateneo | 95 | March 8 | March 8 |
| UV | 63 | March 8 | March 8 |
| UV | 63 | Ateneo | 57 |
| March 7 | March 7 | | Ateneo | 57 |
| March 7 | March 7 | San Beda | 46 |
| UP | 63 | San Beda | 46 |
| San Beda | 65 | | |
| San Beda | 65 | Third place | Third place |
| | | March 8 | March 8 |
| | | UV | 93 |
| | | UP | 63 |

### Semifinals

* March 7, 2020 (2020-03-07) 2:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | 95–63 | UV Green Lancers |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 15–21, 25–26, 33–6 |||
| Pts: SJ Belangel 20 Rebs: Kouame 9 Asts: Gian Mamuyac 8 | | Pts: Lassina Coulibaly 21 Rebs: Lassina Coulibaly 9 Asts: Gabriel Cometa 7 |
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig Referees: J. Serapia, O. Angeles, R. Bermejo
* March 7, 2020 (2020-03-07) 4:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| UP Fighting Maroons | 63–65 | San Beda Red Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 20–11, 10–24, 23–16 |||
| Pts: Ricci Rivero 27 Rebs: James Spencer 8 Asts: James Spencer 6 | | Pts: Calvin Oftana 16 Rebs: James Kwekuteye 8 Asts: Franz Abuda 3 |
* Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig Referees: B. Jullia, C. Bautista, M. De Guzman

### Third place

* March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08) 2:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| UV Green Lancers | 93–63 | UP Fighting Maroons |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 26–14, 32–20, 17–15 |||
| Pts: Jancork Cabahug 21 Rebs: Lassina Coulibaly 15 Asts: Gabriel Cometa 4 | | Pts: 3 players 13 each Rebs: Bruel Kamga 8 Asts: 3 players 3 each |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan Referees: L. Julia, M. De Guzman, R. Bermejo

### Final

* March 8, 2020 (2020-03-08) 4:00 p.m.
* Boxscore
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | 57–46 | San Beda Red Lions |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 16–8, 5–16, 18–5 |||
| Pts: Kouame 17 Rebs: Kouame 17 Asts: Tio, Navarro 2 each | | Pts: Calvin Oftana 14 Rebs: Calvin Oftana 6 Asts: Pedro Alfaro 3 |
* Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player: SJ Belangel (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
* Mythical Five:
** SJ Belangel (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
** Ange Kouame (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
** Lassina Coulibaly (UV Lancers)
** Calvin Oftana (San Beda Red Lions)
** Ralph Penuela (San Beda Red Lions)