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| Duration | December 8 | |||||||||
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| Arena(s) | Araneta Coliseum | |||||||||
| Finals MVP | JV Casio | |||||||||
| Winning coach | Franz Pumaren | |||||||||
| Semifinalists |  Letran Knights San Beda Red Lions | |||||||||
| TV network(s) | C/S 9 | |||||||||
The 2008 Philippine Collegiate Championship is the inaugural tournament of the Philippine Collegiate Championship (PCC) for basketball in its current incarnation, and the sixth edition overall. The champion teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) and 3 other Metro Manila leagues took part in the final tournament dubbed as the "Sweet Sixteen". Other teams had to qualify in the zonal tournaments to round out the 16 teams in the tournament.
The De La Salle Green Archers defeated arch-rivals Ateneo Blue Eagles in the championship; budding rivals Letran Knights and the San Beda Red Lions disputed third place, with Letran winning.
The winners would have qualified for the 2009 Summer Universiade in Serbia as the Philippine representative. However, FISU thumbed down an application by the SBP and the Philippine Olympic Committee. As a result, other international tournaments were lined up for the champion team. The 1967 UE Red Warriors led by Robert Jaworski and Danny Florencio was the last team to participate in the Universiade's basketball tournament.[1]
Solar Sports served as the main coverage partner, with the games broadcasting on C/S 9 and Basketball TV.
- ^ Fisu nixes Archers’ Serbia Universiade stint Archived 2012-02-26 at the Wayback Machine by Jasmine Payo, Philippine Daily Inquirer.