UNTV Cup Season 4

UNTV Cup Season 4
LeagueUNTV Cup
Season2015–16
DurationAugust 24, 2015 – March 14, 2016
Games played56
Teams12
TV partner(s)UNTV
Elimination round
Top seedAFP Cavaliers
Season MVPAntonio Lustestica, Jr. (NHA Home Masters)
Finals
ChampionsAFP Cavaliers
  Runners-upPNP Responders
SemifinalistsMMDA Blackwolves (Third placers)
NHA Home Masters
Finals MVPBoyet Bautista (AFP Cavaliers)
Awards
Scoring ChampionAntonio Lustestica, Jr. (NHA Home Masters)
Most Improved PlayerSamuel Ignacio (Malacañang Patriots)
Records
Highest scoringAFP Cavaliers 111–98 HOR Solons
Seasons

The UNTV Cup Season 4 was the 2015–2016 season of the public service-based basketball league, the UNTV Cup, based in the Philippines. It was opened on August 24, 2015 at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay, as part of the activities for the 11th anniversary of UNTV Life.[1][2] Its final games was ended on March 14, 2016 at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City.

BMPI-UNTV chairman and CEO, and league founder Daniel Razon, together with the Vice President for Operations Gerry Panghulan and UNTV cup commissioner Fortunato "Atoy" Co, led the opening ceremonies, together with government officials including Sen. Sonny Angara, Sen. Bam Aquino, Pasig Rep. Roman Romulo and Court Administrator Midas Marquez, followed by the drawing of lots to determine the first teams to compete in the first game.

In the finals, the AFP Cavaliers and the PNP Responders competed in a best-of-three championship series, of which the AFP crowns as the champion. AFP Cavaliers has received 4 million pesos prize (3.5 million pesos for beneficiaries and 500 thousand pesos for the champion team),[3] while the second-placer, PNP Responders has received a 4 million pesos prize. wherein 3.5 million will go to their chosen beneficiary, the AFP Educational Benefit System Office. Ten other teams will also receive cash grants for their donors and the team at the end of the season.

  1. ^ "Judiciary eyes 4th UNTV Cup victory". Manila Bulletin. Yahoo! Sports. January 10, 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. ^ "UNTV Cup starts today". Manila Bulletin. August 23, 2015. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  3. ^ "Omiping, PNP foil AFP, near UNTV crown". The Philippine Star. March 1, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.