Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup

History

The entire tournament is organized by Filoil EcoOil Sports, formerly Filoil Flyving V Sports, of the Villavicencio Group of Companies. It was first held as a post-season tournament in 2006 where it was known as the Homegrown Cup. Starting in 2007, Filoil Flying V Sports decided to hold it every summer and it was subsequently renamed as the Filoil Flying V Preseason Cup.

The De La Salle Green Archers won the first two editions of the tournament, making them, to this day, the only back-to-back tournament champions. The UE Red Warriors won the third edition of the tournament in 2008, followed by the FEU Tamaraws in 2009, the San Sebastian Stags in 2010, the Ateneo Blue Eagles in 2011, and the NU Bulldogs in 2012. UE would reclaim the title in 2013 before starting a period from 2014 through 2019 where five of the six tournaments held were won by either De La Salle or the San Beda Red Lions. De La Salle claimed their fourth in 2016, the most out of any school, while San Beda won three in five years. The only outlier during this period was Ateneo in 2018.

The 2020 and 2021 editions of the tournament were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before resuming with its 15th edition in 2022, where it was also rebranded as the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup, in which NU would win. In 2024, it was announced that the 17th edition of the tournament would be named after Eduardo Cojuangco Jr., renaming it as the ECJ Preseason Cup. The UP Fighting Maroons would win three straight titles in the 2023, 2024, and 2025 editions, making them the first school to do so and, consequently, bagging the ECJ Perpetual Trophy.

Tournament format

All participating teams are divided into two groups. Since 2023, teams are grouped based on association. The single round-robin tournament is used for each group.

The top four teams from each group advance to the single-elimination playoffs. The first round, the crossover quarterfinals, have the first-seeded teams matched against the fourth-seeded teams from the opposing group. The same is also applied for the second-seeded and third-seeded teams. The winner of each game advances to the next round until one team remains to become the Preseason Cup champion.

Results

By tournament

By school

By league

Media coverage

The tournament has had multiple media coverage partners over the years, beginning with ABS-CBN, whose now-defunct sports division was a broadcast partner from 2006 until 2016. The tournament was left without a broadcast partner in 2017, before signing a deal with ESPN5 for 2018 and 2019. The 2023 edition was then broadcast by Solar Sports.

References

References

1. (April 11, 2008). "Ninong of collegiate basketball".
2. (December 18, 2006). "La Salle Homegrown champion".
3. (March 25, 2011). "Archers, Blazers on target".
4. (March 22, 2012). "Seventh FilOil Flying V tourney launched".
5. (May 10, 2020). "With no preseason, Filoil to air old games on FB".
6. (February 17, 2022). "Filoil cancels plan to hold preseason tournament for UAAP teams".
7. (June 18, 2022). "Filoil preseason tourney seeks July return with 16 teams in tow".
8. (June 18, 2022). "Filoil preseason hoops tiff returns in July".
9. (July 27, 2025). "UP takes down National U for historic 3rd straight FilOil preseason crown".
10. (July 27, 2025). "UP completes first-ever Filoil three-peat, routs NU".
11. (April 16, 2024). "UAAP, NCAA teams out in full force for Filoil Preseason Cup".
12. (June 13, 2011). "Ateneo snags first ever FilOil crown".
13. (June 12, 2012). "National U bags first Filoil Championship; Parks MVP".
14. (June 12, 2013). "UE stuns NU for Filoil crown; Sumang named MVP".
15. (June 8, 2014). "UAAP beats NCAA: La Salle downs San Beda to win FilOil title".
16. (June 14, 2015). "San Beda Red Lions are Filoil Cup champs after hammering La Salle in final".
17. (June 12, 2016). "Mbala dominates as DLSU wins Filoil title".
18. (June 26, 2017). "Bolick drains dagger vs DLSU as San Beda reclaims FilOil crown".
19. (June 30, 2018). "Ateneo dominates San Beda, sweeps way to Filoil title".
20. (June 23, 2019). "Canlas, Nelle show way as San Beda rips La Salle to claim Filoil Flying V Cup".
21. (August 27, 2022). "NU completes perfect run, rules FilOil tiff with win vs FEU".
22. (August 25, 2022). "Adamson begs off from Filoil bronze game, takes on UV in Surigao".
23. (June 21, 2023). "UP edges La Salle to cop Filoil Preseason title".
24. (June 12, 2024). "Maroons repeat as FilOil preseason champs".
25. (July 27, 2025). "UP pummels NU, completes FilOil Preseason Cup 3-peat".
26. (July 13, 2025). "FilOil: Remogat the hero as UP ousts La Salle to enter Finals; NU tames UST".
27. (April 9, 2018). "Premier Cup boasts 19 squads, returns to TV".