Pop Cola Panthers

**Pop Cola Panthers** ƙwararriyar ƙungiyar ƙwallon kwando ce wacce ta taka leda a Ƙungiyar Kwando ta Philippine daga 1990 - 2001 . Kamfanin RFM ya mallaki ikon mallakar ikon amfani da sunan kamfani. A cikin 2001, lokacin da Kamfanin RFM ya sayar da dukkan hannun jarinsa na Cosmos Bottling Corporation zuwa Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), an haɗa ikon amfani da ikon amfani da sunan PBA a cikin ma'amala. Bayan mallakar CCBPI, ikon mallakar PBA ya sake suna Coca-Cola Tigers tun daga lokacin 2002 PBA  kuma an ɗauke shi azaman ƙungiyar faɗaɗawa.

Har ila yau, ikon mallakar ikon mallakar ikon mallakar ikon mallakar ya taka rawa a ƙarƙashin sunayen Pop Cola/Diet Sarsi Sizzlers, Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs, Swift Mighty Meaties, Sunkist Orange Juicers/Bottlers da Pop Cola 800s.

Pop Cola ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da ikon amfani da sunan kamfani guda biyu don shiga gasar a cikin 1990 kakar, tare da abokin hamayyar abin sha mai laushi Pepsi-Cola, yana ƙara yawan ƙungiyoyin memba a cikin gasar zuwa takwas.

A cikin shekaru 12 da suka yi a cikin PBA, an san su da Pop Cola Sizzlers, Sarsi, Swift Mighty Meaty, Sunkist Orange Juicers, Sunkist Orange Bottlers da Pop Cola 800s. Kungiyar ta yi amfani da sunan Pop Cola tun daga 1997 har zuwa kakar wasa ta karshe a PBA a 2001, duk da cewa an san kungiyar da Sunkist a gasar Kofin Kwamishinonin na 2000 kuma an san ta da Swift Panthers don wasannin farko na gasar cin kofin Gwamnoni na 2001. Fitowarsu ta farko ta wasan karshe ta zo ne a cikin 1991 All-Filipino, a matsayin Diet Sarsi, ta yi rashin nasara a hannun abokan hamayyar Purefoods TJ Hotdogs, wasanni 3 zuwa 2 a cikin mafi kyawun jerin wasannin karshe biyar. Taken PBA na farko na ƙungiyar ya zo a cikin 1992, lokacin da Swift ta doke 7-Up wasanni huɗu - babu wanda ya lashe taron PBA na uku a ƙarƙashin kocin Yeng Guiao .

Har ila yau, ikon mallakar ikon mallakar ikon mallakar ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da aka shigo da su a cikin tarihin PBA a Tony Harris, wanda ya zira kwallaye 105 na PBA don Swift lokacin da suka ci Ginebra 151-147 a wasan da aka gudanar a Iloilo City a ranar 10 ga Oktoba, 1992.

A cikin 1993, Swift ya yi cinikin Jack Tanuan, Ricric Marata da Andy De Guzman don Sta. Lucia a musayar tsoffin 'yan wasan su a cikin kwanakin su na PABL, Vergel Meneses da Zaldy Realubit, kuma wannan ya ba Swift gasar cin kofin zakarun na biyu da ake kira Kofin Kwamishina, suna samun ramuwar gayya a kan abokin hamayyarsu na kasuwanci, Purefoods Oodles, wasanni 4 zuwa 2, Hotdogs sun kasance. mai ƙarfi ta mafi kyawun shigo da Ronnie Thompkins. Kungiyar ta kasance kasa-kasa a kakar wasa mai zuwa inda babban kocin Yeng Guiao ya yanke shawarar komawa Pepsi Mega, kuma Derek Pumaren ya karbi aikin horarwa, Swift ya kai ga wasan karshe a gasar cin kofin gwamna na kakar wasa, inda ta sha kashi a hannun Alaska wasanni shida.

Lokacin 1995 ya zama shekarar tutoci ga ƙungiyar. A karkashin sunan **Sunkist Orange Juices**, tawagar kusan cimma wani rare baya-to-baya lashe All-Filipino da Commissioner ta Cup sunayen kafin gama na uku overall a kakar-kare Gwamna Cup. An dakatar da tawagar ta kakar MVP Vergel Meneses, Bonel Balingit, Boybits Victoria, Kenneth Duremdes da Rudy Distrito (wanda aka dakatar da shi a 1995 saboda mummunar mummunar bindiga ta da ta buga ta buga.

Sunkist/Pop Cola sun sha wahala a lokutan 1996 da 1997 kafin dukiyarsu ta canza a cikin 1998 lokacin da ƙungiyar ta ci nasara a matsayi na uku a ƙarƙashin kocin Norman Black, wanda har ma ya buga wasa ɗaya a lokacin Kofin Kwamishina don jagorantar 800s zuwa gama na uku a gasar da aka ce.

Pop Cola ya sha fama da rashin nasara sau biyu a cikin lokutan 1999 da 2000 amma ya yi nasara mai kyau a kakar wasan su ta PBA ta ƙarshe a 2001 a ƙarƙashin kocin Chot Reyes, inda ya sami matsayi na uku a cikin taron All-Filipino.

Haɗin kai ya ƙare lokacin da Kamfanin RFM ya siyar da ikon mallakar ikon mallakar ikon mallakar kamfani na PBA ga Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), dangane da siyar da Kamfanin Cosmos Bottling Corporation zuwa CCBPI a 2001.

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