Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.

Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc.

Abbreviation	CESAFI
Formation	2001
Type	Collegiate sports league
Headquarters	Cebu City
Region served	Cebu
Membership	12 member schools
President	Bernard Nicolas Villamor (CIT-U)
Commissioner	Felix Tiukinhoy, Jr.
Main organ	CESAFI Board of Trustees
Website	www.cesafi.com

The Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. (CESAFI) is a sports association of 12 schools, colleges and universities in Cebu, Philippines. The CESAFI was established in 2001.^[1]

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Member schools
  
  
  
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    2.1 Seniors' division
    
  
  
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    2.2 Juniors' division
    
  
  
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    2.3 Other member schools
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Sports
  


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  4 CESAFI Basketball Championship
  
  
  
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    4.1 List of CESAFI basketball champions
    
  
  
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    4.2 Most Valuable Players
    
    
    
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      4.2.1 Season
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    4.3 Number of championships by school
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Media coverage
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 External links
  


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  8 References
  

History

Before CESAFI's creation, there was already a collegiate league in Cebu, named the Cebu Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The league was created sometime in the 1930s and was the country's second college sports league, only preceded by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) which was created in 1924, and way before the creation of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) in 1938. The CCAA was regarded as clearly the best college sports league outside Metro Manila and one of the three major college leagues together with the UAAP and the NCAA, both of which are based in Manila. The CCAA has had a rich history from the 1930s until it dissolved in 2000, producing top Filipino basketball players such as Ramon Fernandez of USC, regarded as the greatest Filipino basketball player during the golden years of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in the 1970s and 1980s, alongside two time PBA MVP Abet Guidaben, Jojo Lastimosa, Zaldy Realubit, Bernie Fabiosa and Dondon Ampalayo of USJ-R (USJ-R). Other collegiate greats who became PBA legends include PBA star Dondon Hontiveros and Biboy Ravanes of the UC (UC), and Boy Cabahug, Al Solis and superstar Manny Paner of the UV (UV).

The CCAA took an unexpected turn, when in 1999 league commissioner Felix Tiukinhoy, Jr. barred a player of Salazar Colleges of Science and Institute of Technology. The school filed a case against Tiukinhoy and the CCAA. To avoid a lengthy court process, Tiukinhoy decided to dissolve the CCAA and create a new league, which was named as the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. or CESAFI, which was basically the same league but with a different name with the same teams except for Salazar College, which was expelled from the new league. For unknown reasons, the Southwestern University (Now named as Southwestern University-Phinma), who were the champions of the last season of the CCAA, decided to pull out from the new league after the first season. However, on 2006, SWU eventually returned to the CESAFI.

In the league's first 9 years, the University of the Visayas was considered to be the league's powerhouse, winning the basketball tournament for 9 consecutive years and was a contender for basically all the sports of the league. However, this changed in the league's 10th season, after the University of Cebu, led by June Mar Fajardo who is considered the greatest Filipino basketball player who ever lived, became the first team other than UV to win the basketball championship, the University of San Jose–Recoletos won the men's and women's volleyball championship, the University of Southern Philippines Foundation won the athletics championship. The University of Cebu also won the tennis tournament, a sport which UV has also dominated for a long time.

In 2013, a high school basketball player named Scott Aying, son of former PBA player Danny Aying, was ruled ineligible after failing to serve a two-year residency period after transferring from San Beda College to the University of San Carlos. Aying's parents sought legal action against CESAFI and the league's commissioner, Felix Tiukinhoy, Jr. Aying's parents argued that Tiukinhoy and other league officials “wrongfully interpreted the tournament’s rules and "unjustly disqualified" our son".^[2] The judge later allowed the younger Aying to play, stating that Aying did not violate the league's two-year residency rule.^[3][4]

In 2015, the Southwestern University was found to have fielded overaged basketball players in their high school team after it was discovered that nine of its players have submitted the tampered versions of their birth certificates. To avoid inflicting more damage to the school's name, SWU eventually pulled out all of its teams in the high school division and also considered to pull out all of its college teams but decided not to as the school is considered as a perennial contender in the seniors' division especially in the basketball championship.^[5] The university had also issued an apology to the CESAFI about this incident.^[6]

In 2018, University of Cebu-Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue Campus becomes the thirteenth member school to join the CESAFI tournament.^[7]

Member schools

Seniors' division

There are a total of ten member schools in the seniors' division

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Nickname	Population	School colors
Cebu Eastern College	Cebu City	1915	Private, Non-sectarian	Dragons	---
Cebu Institute of Technology – University	Cebu City	1946	Private, Non-sectarian	Wildcats	~35,000
Don Bosco Technology Center	Cebu City	1954	Private, Salesian	Greywolves	---
Southwestern University PHINMA	Cebu City	1946	Private, Non-sectarian	Cobras	~10,000
University of Cebu	Cebu City	1964	Private, Non-sectarian	Webmasters	~61,000
University of Cebu - Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue Campus	Mandaue City	1995	Private, Non-sectarian	UCLM Webmasters
University of San Carlos	Cebu City	1595	Private, Society of the Divine Word	Warriors	~27,000
University of San Jose–Recoletos	Cebu City	1947	Private, Augustinian Recollect	Jaguars	~14,000
University of Southern Philippines Foundation	Cebu City	1927	Private, Non-sectarian	Panthers	~18,000
University of the Visayas	Cebu City	1919	Private, Non-sectarian	Green Lancers	~35,000

Juniors' division

There are eleven teams in the juniors' division. All ten schools in the seniors' division have a team in the juniors' division. Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu is the only school without a team in the seniors' division.

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Nickname	Population	School Colors
Cebu Eastern College	Cebu City	1915	Private, Non-sectarian	Dragons	---
Cebu Institute of Technology – University	Cebu City	1946	Private, Non-sectarian	Wildkittens	---
Don Bosco Technology Center	Cebu City	1954	Private, Salesian	Baby Greywolves	---
Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu	Mandaue City	1955	Private, Jesuits	Magis Eagles	---
Southwestern University PHINMA	Cebu City	1946	Private, Non-sectarian	Baby Cobras	---
University of Cebu	Cebu City	1964	Private, Non-sectarian	Junior Webmasters	---
University of Cebu - Lapu-Lapu and Mandaue Campus	Mandaue City	1995	Private, Non-sectarian	UCLM Junior Webmasters	---
University of San Carlos	Cebu City	1595	Private, Society of the Divine Word	Baby Warriors	---
University of San Jose–Recoletos	Cebu City	1947	Private, Augustinian Recollect	Baby Jaguars	---
University of Southern Philippines Foundation	Cebu City	1927	Private, Non-sectarian	Baby Panthers	---
University of the Visayas	Cebu City	1919	Private, Non-sectarian	Baby Lancers	---

Other member schools

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Nickname	Population	School colors
Cebu Doctors' University	Mandaue City	1975	Private, Non-sectarian	White Stallions	~17,500
The Sisters of Mary Boystown	Minglanilla, Cebu	1992	Private, Sisters of Mary	Aloysians	2,200
Velez College	Cebu City	1957	Private, Non-sectarian	Green Cougars	---

Sports

The league currently has ten schools competing in 15 different sports:

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  Athletics
  


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  Badminton
  


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  Basketball
  


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  Beach volleyball
  


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  Chess
  


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  Dancesport
  


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  Football
  


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  Gymnastics
  


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  Karatedo
  


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  Lawn tennis
  


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  Sepak takraw
  


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  Table tennis
  


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  Taekwondo
  


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  Volleyball
  

The league also plans to add golf, weightlifting^[8] and bowling^[9] in the far future. Unlike the University Athletic Association of the Philippines and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, CESAFI teams do not compete for an overall championship.

CESAFI Basketball Championship

CESAFI Basketball Championship

Sport	Basketball
Founded	2001
No. of teams	16 teams (as of 2017): 7 - Seniors Division 9 - Juniors Division
Most recent champion(s)	Seniors' UV Green Lancers Juniors' UC Junior Webmasters
Most titles	Seniors' UV Green Lancers (13) Juniors' UV Baby Lancers (7)

CESAFI's basketball tournament is arguably its most popular event, and is considered as one of the country's top collegiate basketball tournaments, along with the UAAP and NCAA's basketball tournaments. Below is the list of champions of the CESAFI Basketball Tournament.

List of CESAFI basketball champions

Academic Year	Seniors'	Juniors'
2001–02	University of the Visayas	University of the Visayas
2002–03	University of the Visayas	University of San Jose – Recoletos
2003–04	University of the Visayas	University of the Visayas
2004–05	University of the Visayas	University of the Visayas
2005–06	University of the Visayas	University of the Visayas
2006–07	University of the Visayas	University of Cebu
2007–08	University of the Visayas	University of the Visayas
2008–09	University of the Visayas	University of Cebu
2009–10	University of the Visayas	Cebu Institute of Technology
2010–11	University of Cebu	Cebu Eastern College
2011–12	University of Cebu	University of the Visayas
2012–13	Southwestern University	Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu
2013–14	University of the Visayas	No champion awarded
2014–15	Southwestern University	Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu
2015–16	University of San Carlos	Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu
2016–17	University of the Visayas	Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu
2017–18	University of the Visayas	University of the Visayas
2018–19	University of the Visayas	University of Cebu

Most Valuable Players

Season

Season	Seniors'		Juniors'
	Seniors' MVP	School	Juniors' MVP	School
2001	Jerry Cavan	Cebu Institute of Technology	Reed Juntilla	University of the Visayas
2002	Neil Rañeses	University of the Visayas	Ranulfo John Malinao	University of San Jose – Recoletos
2003	JR Quiñahan	University of the Visayas	Harold Cincoflores	University of the Visayas
2004	JR Quiñahan	University of the Visayas	Eulogio Lasala, Jr.	University of the Visayas
2005	Mark Ababon	University of the Visayas	Phil Mercader	University of the Visayas
2006	Enrico John Llanto	University of San Carlos	Reynan Capoy †	University of Cebu
2007	Enrico John Llanto	University of San Carlos	Junard Premacio	University of the Visayas
2008	Greg Slaughter	University of the Visayas	Marty John Pearce	University of Cebu
2009[cm 1]	Greg Slaughter June Mar Fajardo	University of the Visayas University of Cebu	Mark Jayven Tallo	Cebu Institute of Technology
2010	June Mar Fajardo	University of Cebu	Nikee Montalvo	Cebu Eastern College
2011	June Mar Fajardo	University of Cebu	Paul Desiderio	University of the Visayas
2012	Hernal Escosio	University of the Visayas	Dawn Hynric Ochea	Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu
2013	Mark Jayven Tallo	Southwestern University	No award given
2014	Mark Jayven Tallo	Southwestern University	Felixberto Jaboneta IV	Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu
2015	Shooster Olago	University of San Carlos	Jed Cedrick Colonia	Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu
2016	Rey Anthony Suerte	University of the Visayas	Jed Cedrick Colonia	Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu
2017	Jaybie Mantilla	University of San Jose-Recoletos	Beirn Anthony Laurente	University of the Visayas
2018	Rey Anthony Suerte	University of the Visayas	Jerick Jan Ranido	University of Cebu

Notes

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   ^ Fajardo and Slaughter shared the MVP award in 2009.
   

Number of championships by school

University/School	Seniors'	Juniors'	Total	Last championship
University of the Visayas	13	7	20	2018-19 Seniors'
University of Cebu	2	3	5	2018–19 Juniors'
Sacred Heart School – Ateneo de Cebu	0	4	4	2016–17 Juniors'
Southwestern University PHINMA	2	0	2	2014–15 Seniors'
University of San Carlos	1	0	1	2015–16 Seniors'
Cebu Eastern College	0	1	1	2010–11 Juniors'
Cebu Institute of Technology – University	0	1	1	2009–10 Juniors'
University of San Jose – Recoletos	0	1	1	2002–03 Juniors'

Media coverage

Since its inception in 2001, replacing the old Cebu Amateur Athletic Association, CESAFI has received extensive coverage from the Cebu media and local and national newspapers like Sun.Star and The Philippine Star, but still lags behind in terms of its Manila-based counterparts UAAP and the NCAA in terms of publicity. Also, unlike the UAAP and NCAA, CESAFI had no national television partners. However, this changed as on its 15th season, the CESAFI went into nationwide TV coverage after signing an agreement with IBC 13 and Viva Sports. This agreement allowed the basketball, football and volleyball games to be televised on the channel.^[10] For its 16th season, CESAFI and Viva Sports partnered with AksyonTV to broadcast the basketball games, which is aired every Monday to Friday from 6 to 8 p.m.^[11]

See also

• University Athletic Association of the Philippines


• National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)


• United Central Luzon Athletic Association


• Philippine Collegiate Champions League

External links

• Official website


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  Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation, Inc. on Facebook
  

References

1. 
   ^ Philstar.com: "...since the inception of the CESAFI in 2001."
   


2. 
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   ^ Mayol, Ador Vincent; Napallacan, Jhunnex (October 2, 2013). "Judge issues order against Cesafi, says Scott Aying didn't violate league's rules". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
   


4. 
   ^ Manto, Mylen P. (October 2, 2013). "Court rules athlete can play in CESAFI". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
   


5. 
   ^ Manlosa, Rommel C. (July 29, 2015). "To save face, SWU pulls out high school squad". Sun.Star. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
   


6. 
   ^ Villaruel, Emmanuel (July 31, 2015). "SWU says sorry to CESAFI". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
   


7. 
   ^ "UCLM to join major event before Cesafi starts". Sun.Star. August 14, 2018. Retrieved September 9, 2018.
   


8. 
   ^ Villaruel, Emmanuel (July 17, 2013). "CESAFI mulls adding golf and weightlifting this year". The Philippine Star. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
   


9. 
   ^ Limpag, Mike (September 19, 2015). "Limpag: Will bowling meet Cesafi's conditions?". Sun.Star. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
   


10. 
    ^ Alison, Mars (July 29, 2015). "CESAFI basketball to be televised nationwide for the first time". Rappler. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
    


11. 
    ^ "CEBU'S FIERCELY COMPETITIVE COLLEGIATE BASKETBALL LEAGUE, CESAFI, TO BE TELECAST ON AKSYON TV". Philboxing. August 1, 2016. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
    

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