Tournament Format
Teams face each other in a double round-robin elimination format, with 3 points awarded for a win, 1 for a draw, and 0 for a loss.
By the end of the second round, top two teams in terms of league table points face each other in a finals series, with the top-seeded team having a twice-to-beat advantage. In the event that a team sweeps all the games during the eliminations, that team is immediately awarded the championship.
The tournament has three divisions: men, women and boys. As of today, six out of the eight member universities field a team in the men and women divisions: the Ateneo de Manila University, the De La Salle University, the Far Eastern University, the University of the East, the University of the Philippines, and the University of Santo Tomas. While in the boys division, four member universities field a team:the Ateneo de Manila University, the De La Salle University, the Far Eastern University and the University of Santo Tomas.
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