A VISION... A FUTURE

"With a firm purpose and rational programs, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas wants to bring basketball in the Philippines to greater heights. Unity... Commitment...Victory... National Pride and Identity...are the pillars from which SBP gathers its inspiration and strength. From ground up, it will build. From new to something, it will prove. We believe in this dream. I can already see it so vividly in my mind, the picture of the day when basketball athletes parade in the streets of Manila, overflowing with ecstatic onlookers, while the athletes' faces are beaming with pride after a triumphant game in the Olympics It is possible. With God's grace, we will do it."

Manuel V. Pangilinan
President
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S WELCOME MESSAGE

Welcome to the BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) website. The SBP is the Philippines’ national basketball sports association. Our organization aims to unite the different basketball organizations in the Philippines ensuring order, credibility, and consistency. We develop and provide sports competitions, camps, clinics, development programs, and other basketball events. The SBP is affiliated with Fiba (Federation Internationale de Basketball Amateur)

Fiba is the world governing body for basketball, formed by 213 National Federations of basketball around the world and that includes the Philippines. It is also recognized as the sole competent authority in basketball by the International Olympic Committee. As such, it establishes the official basketball rules, competition regulations, and equipment and facilities regulations.

As Executive Director of the SBP, you can be assured of my unanimity and commitment. I focus on programs instead of personalities. I have lived in Cebu and Davao for a total of 10 years that is why I know by heart the need for an honest to goodness countryside grassroots program for basketball.

Basketball here in the Philippines has the potential to elevate itself to greater heights. We aim to win. And the desire to win must emanate from the heart and not from the mind. In SBP, our passion is basketball.

"One Team. Our Dream" That is the battlecry of the SBP.

Patrick C. Gregorio
Executive Director

Term of Office

Except for the First Trustees, The Board of Trustees shall serve for a term of four (4) years and until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified as provided under the By-Laws. No Trustee shall be allowed to serve a cumulative term of more than eight (8) years

Election of the Board of Trustees

The election of the Board of Trustees shall be held in 2008 to synchronize with the Olympic Calendar of 2008-2012.

PRESS STATEMENT
(as of April 7, 2008)

SBP BOARD APPROVES FIRST BATCH OF ACTIVE MEMBERS
NATIONAL CONGRESS AND ELECTIONS SET ON 31ST MAY 2008

The Board of Trustees of BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (BAP-SBP) in a meeting held on 4th April 2008 approved the recommendation of the Nominations and Elections Committee (NOMELCOM), headed by Chairman Eliezer Capacio, to grant active and voting membership status to fifteen (15) basketball organizations nationwide. These qualified organizations are:

1. University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)
2. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
3. National Collegiate Athletic Association – South (NCAA-South)
4. Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)
5. Philippine Basketball League (PBL)
6. Cebu School Athletic Foundation, Inc (CESAFI)
7. National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges, and Universities (NAASCU)
8. Small Basketeers of the Philippines, Inc (SBPI)
9. National Capital Region Athletic Association (NCRAA)
10. Women’s National Collegiate Athletic Association (WNCAA)
11. Cagayan De Oro Schools Athletic Association (COSAA)
12. El Federacion Basketbolista de Zamboanga
13. Baguio-Benguet Educational Athletic League (BBEAL)
14. Pinoy Basketball, Inc.
15. Cagayan De Oro Basketball Federation (CDOBF)

The NOMELCOM was tasked by the Board to review the application and credentials of ninety six (96) basketball organizations, most of which were submitted by the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) and Pilipinas Basketball (PB) to FIBA. The validation of the members’ list is in fulfillment of the mandate given to the 3-Man Panel formed pursuant to the Tokyo Communiqué dated 28th August 2006, which Communiqué was agreed by both the BAP and PB and witnessed by FIBA.

As part of the validation process, the NOMELCOM has classified these organizations into active, associate, and affiliate members based on certain criteria defined under the BAP-SBP By-Laws.
Active members must be sports associations that actively conduct regular basketball tournaments for at least two (2) consecutive, uninterrupted years and in each of which years, the duration of the tournament is at least three months with at least six ball clubs or teams participating per tournament. Active members have voting rights.

Associate membership is open to sports associations that conduct programs in or allied with basketball as a competitive sport but do not qualify for active membership.

Affiliate membership is open to organizations that promote basketball in their activities.

The organizations that did not make active membership status as at the Board Meeting date of 4th April have been given by the Board up to 15th April 2008 to submit their credentials and proof of qualification in order to render them eligible to vote in the National Congress scheduled for next month. The NOMELCOM will process such credentials and is expected to make the necessary recommendations to the Board by 25th April. Soon thereafter, the Board – acting through its Executive Committee – will announce the final list of validated active members and call for nominations for sectoral representatives to the Board of Trustees which will be elected in May.

The Board has set the National Congress of members on 31st May 2008.

The Board also approved the recommendation of the NOMELCOM to grant membership status to the following organizations:

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (68)

1. Inter-Church Basketball League-Davao (ICBL-Davao)
2. Federation of School Sports Association of the Philippines (FESSAP)
3. State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (SCUAA)
4. Philippine Inter-Schools Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (PISCUAA)
5. University and Collegiate Athletic Association (UCAA)
6. Universities, Schools, Colleges Athletic Association (USCAA)
7. Universities, Schools, Colleges Athletic Association-South (USCAA-South)
8. Mindanao Visayas Basketball Asoociation (MVBA)
9. M. Lhuillier Development Foundation, Inc (MLSDF)
10. Cebu Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA)
11. Visayas Amateur Athletic Association (VAAA)
12. National Basketball League (NBL)
13. Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL)
14. National Basketball Conference (NBC)
15. Davao Basketball League (DBL)
16. Women’s Basketball League – Davao (WBL – Davao)
17. Leyte Amateur Athletic Association (LAAA)
18. Western Leyte Amateur Athletic Association (WLAAA)
19. Southern Leyte Amateur Athletic Association (SLAAA)
20. Eastern Samar Amateur Athletic Association (ESAAA)
21. Northern Samar Amateur Athletic Association (NSAAA)
22. Western Samar Amateur Athletic Association (WSAAA)
23. Manila Amateur Sports Association (MASA)
24. Philippine Integrated Chinese Athletic Association (PICAA)
25. Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPPSCEA)
26. Zamboanga City Sports Athletic Development Foundation, Inc.
27. Zamboanga Basketball League (ZBL)
28. United Regional Basketball League (URBL)
29. Bicol Colleges and Universities Athletic Association (BCUAA)
30. Region Eight Administrative League, Inc (REAL)
31. Air21 Express Basketball Club
32. Tanduay Basketball Club
33. Rizal Basketball League (RBL)
34. Rizal Colleges Athletic Association (RSCAA)
35. West Negros College Sports Foundation, Inc.
36. Businessmen Basketball League
37. Negros Occidental Basketball Association
38. Southern Luzon Colleges Athletic Association (SLCUAA)
39. Southern Tagalog Student Basketball Championship (STSBC)
40. Taguig-Pateros Private Schools Athletic Association (TPPSAA)
41. Bohol Schools Amateur Athletic Association (BSAAA)
42. Bohol Basketball Association (BBA)
43. Santa Rosa Basketball League (SRBL)
44. Quezon Province Athletic Association (QPAA)
45. Palawan Inter-College Basketball Championship (PICBC)
46. Cavite School Cultural Athletic Association (CAVSCAA)
47. Cavite Sports Inter School Basketball League (ISBL)
48. Filipino Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation (FCAAF)
49. Filipino Chinese Amateur Basketball Association (FICABA)
50. Basketball Association of Laguna (BAL)
51. Millennium Basketball League (MBL)
52. Biliran Amateur Athletic Association
53. Universities and Colleges Athletic Association of Pangasinan (UCAAP)
54. Bohol Professionals Basketball League (BPBL)
55. Panay Island Basketball Association (PIBA)
56. Baguio-Benguet Amateur Basketball League (BBABL)
57. CARAGA Region School and Colleges Basketball League (CRSCBL)
58. Iloilo Basketball League (IBL)
59. Basilan Basketball Association (BBA)
60. Cordillera Basketball League (CBL)
61. Filipino-Indian Basketball League (FIBL)
62. City Government of Puerto Princesa
63. Taguig Basketball Association (TBA)
64. The Hoops School
65. Pateros Sports Municipal Council
66. Basketball Institute and Resource Center
67. Basketball Coaches Association of the Philippines (BCAP)
68. BAP-BARECOM Ormoc Chapter R-VIII

AFFILIATE MEMBERSHIP (13)

1. Nokia
2. TAO Corporation
3. PLDT-SMART Foundation
4. Nike
5. Harbour Center
6. Cebuana Lhuillier
7. San Miguel Corporation
8. Accel
9. Molten
10. Petron
11. Victory Liner
12. Champion
13. Discovery-Primea

For further information, please contact:

Jose Emmanuel Eala , Executive Director, SBP
Email address : n_eala@yahoo.com
or thru Ms. Kaye Vista, Executive Asst.
Mobile No. 0929.889.22.96

Jose Emmanuel Eala , Executive Director, SBP
Email address : n_eala@yahoo.com
or thru Ms. Kaye Vista, Executive Asst.
Mobile No. 0929.889.22.96

for Secretariat , pls. contact

Jennifer Ann Hernandez , Head of Secretariat
Email address : jeynifur@yahoo.com
Phone : (632) 706.29.69 / (632) 706.29.70
Fax No. : (632) 706.29.68