UAAP Season 59 is the 1996–97 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines, which was hosted by De La Salle University-Manila. The season opened on July 13, 1996, at the Araneta Coliseum. The 3rd Annual UAAP Cheerdance Competition was also held after the opening ceremonies.
| UAAP Season 59 | |||||||||
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| The New Generation of Sports Excellence | |||||||||
| Host school | De La Salle University | ||||||||
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| Seniors |  University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||
| Juniors | University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||
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| (NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition; | |||||||||
Basketball
editMen's tournament
editElimination round
edit| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  De La Salle Green Archers (H)
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11 | 3 | 25 | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | UST Growling Tigers
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10 | 4 | 24 | |
| 3 |  UP Fighting Maroons
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9 | 5 | 23 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 |  UE Red Warriors
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8 | 6 | 22 | |
| 5 |  Ateneo Blue Eagles
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7 | 7 | 21 | |
| 6 |  FEU Tamaraws
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4 | 10 | 18 | |
| 7 |  NU Bulldogs
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4 | 10 | 18 | |
| 8 |  Adamson Falcons
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3 | 11 | 17 |
Playoffs
edit| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | ||||||||
| 1 | La Salle | 67 | |||||||
| 4 | UE | 55 | |||||||
| 1 | La Salle | 60 | 54 | ||||||
| 2 | UST | 65 | 57 | ||||||
| 2 | UST | 63 | |||||||
| 3 | UP | 56 | |||||||
Championships summary
editSeniors' division championships
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| 1st | UST | FEU | DLSU | UST | UST | UST | ADMU | UE | UP | UST | UP | UST | DLSU |
| 2nd | DLSU | UST | UP | UP | AdU | UP | UST | FEU | ADMU | DLSU | UP | ADMU | |
| 3rd | UP | DLSU | UST | DLSU | UP | DLSU | UP | UST | DLSU | UP | DLSU | UST | |
| 4th | UE | UP | AdU | UE | UE | ADMU | DLSU | DLSU | UE | UE | NU | FEU | |
| 5th | ADMU | UE | UE | FEU | FEU | UE | NU | UP | ADMU & FEU |
AdU | UE | ||
| 6th | FEU & NU |
AdU | ADMU | AdU | DLSU | AdU | UE | ADMU | ADMU | UP | |||
| 7th | NU | NU | ADMU | AdU | |||||||||
| 8th | AdU | ADMU | NU |
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| 1st | FEU | UST | DLSU | UP | UP | FEU | UP | UST | UP | UP | FEU |
| 2nd | DLSU | FEU | UP | FEU | ADMU | UST | ADMU | DLSU | AdU | ADMU | |
| 3rd | UST | UP | UST | DLSU | DLSU | DLSU | DLSU | UP | DLSU | DLSU | |
| 4th | UP | UE | ADMU | UST | UST | UE | UE | UST | UST | ||
| 5th | AdU | DLSU | AdU & UE |
UE | UE | UP | ADMU | ADMU | UP | ||
| 6th | UE | ADMU | AdU | NU | AdU | FEU | |||||
| 7th | ADMU | AdU | NU | ADMU | |||||||
| 8th | NU | ADMU |
Juniors' division championships
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| 1st | USTHS | DLSZ | UST | ADMU | AdU & UE |
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| 2nd | ADMU | UE | DLSZ | UE | AdU | UPIS | AdU | ||
| 3rd | DLSZ | ADMU | ADMU | USTHS | NU | USTHS | USTHS | UE | |
| 4th | AdU | UPIS | UE | NU | USTHS | DLSZ | UE | DLSZ | |
| 5th | UE | NU | AdU | AdU | ADMU | UE & UPIS |
NU | UPIS | |
| 6th | UPIS | USTHS | UPIS | DLSZ | UPIS | ||||
| 7th | NU | FEU | DLSZ | ||||||
| 8th | FEU | ||||||||
Overall championship race
editThe host school is boldfaced. Final.
Juniors' divisionedit
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Seniors' divisionedit
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Note for Seniors division: Point totals in italics are partial results. The results for the Men and Women's Judo tournaments, in which only Ateneo, La Salle, UP, and UST joined in, are incomplete. UP won both tournaments. Fencing is a demonstration sport, and is not included in the final tally.
Individual awards
editTop Athletes:
Men: Herminio Gallo, Jr. (Volleyball)
Women: Emmilyn Ong Jimenez (Swimming)
Junior: Rufino Manotok (Swimming)
References
edit- Tigers, Archers seal 3rd straight title showdown, Manila Standard
- UST Tigers take Game 1 vs Archers, Manila Standard
- Four-rific!, Manila Standard