Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
January 17, 2023
The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) was a sports association which existed in Manila, Philippines from 1938 to 1981. Throughout its existence, it staged various sports and was participated by prominent Philippine companies.
Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
After World War II, its basketball tournament became the country's premier basketball league until 1975, when nine of its members broke away to form the very first professional basketball league in Asia, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Afterwards, it would continue as a farm league of sorts for the PBA until the league closed down before the end of 1981.
Old records says the pre-war MICAA champions were Heacock's (1938) and the Manila Ports Terminal (1939). The Terminal would win three straight titles a decade later from 1948–1950. The MICAA champion a year before (1947) was Olympic Sporting Goods.
Philippine Airlines was the MICAA champion in 1951-52. In 1952, the Skymasters beat San Miguel Brewery for the title.
PRISCO (Price Stabilization Corporation) became champions in 1953–54. The All-Stars defeated YCO Redshirts for the 1953 MICAA title.
The YCO Redshirts won its first MICAA title in 1954 under coach Leo Prieto, winning against Republic Supermarket in the finale.
In 1955, 7-UP Bottlers won their first championship on their maiden year, defeating San Miguel Brewery.
YCO captured two titles in 1956-57. On July 27, 1957, the Redshirts beat 7-UP in the finale for their third championship in the last four years.[1]
The Ysmael Steel Admirals won the MICAA crown in 1958.
In 1959, the Chelsea Clippers under coach Mateo Adao, defeated the YCO Painters to win their first championship.[2]
1960s and the YCO-Ysmael rivalry:
The YCO Painters and the Ysmael Steel Admirals battled against each other for cage supremacy in the 1960s era. YCO won over Ysmael in 1960, 1963 and 1964, while the Admirals defeated the Painters in 1961, winning the title by default after the Painters refuses to play in the third game of their best-of-three series.[3] Ysmael repeated over YCO the following year in 1962 to retain the title.[4]
Ysmael regains the MICAA championship in 1965, defeating Floro Redmanizers. The Admirals beat old rival YCO Painters for the title in 1966 and won their third straight crown in 1967.
In 1968, Mariwasa Akai won the crown, under coach Lauro Mumar, becoming the second team to win the title in their first season in the league. The following year in 1969, Mariwasa retains the MICAA crown.
Champions from 1970 to 1981:
1970: The Crispa-Floro Redmanizers dethroned Mariwasa in the finals. The Redmanizers won the National Open crown earlier in the year and in the MICAA tournament, went undefeated with a 13-game win streak to capture their first title.
1971 All-Filipino: The Redmanizers began a new rivalry with the Meralco Reddy Kilowatts, with coach Lauro Mumar moving from Mariwasa to Meralco and taking over from Tito Eduque. In the 1971 All-Filipino finals, Crispa-Floro won their third straight title, defeating San Miguel Braves.
1972 Open: Mariwasa Akai won their third title in the last five years. The Recorders beat Crispa-Floro via two-game sweep in the championship series. Mariwasa coach Tito Eduque won his fourth MICAA title, first winning it with YCO in 1964 and with Ysmael in 1966-1967.
1972 All-Filipino:Crispa-Floro Redmanizers retains the All-Filipino crown, repeating over San Miguel Brewery in a finals rematch as the Braves just could not crack a MICAA title and were runner-up for the fourth time in their franchise history.
1973 All-Filipino: Mariwasa Akai wins the All-Filipino crown, defeating the highly-favored Crispa Redmanizers. The title series was best known for the "Crispa Six" scandal where six Redmanizers - Jun Papa, Danny Florencio, Rey Alcantara, Rudolf Kutch, Virgilio Abarrientos and Ernesto de Leon - admitted their participation in a gambling syndicate's bid to "manipulate" the result of the Mariwasa-Crispa MICAA finals.
1973: The Toyota Comets (coached by Nilo Verona), playing with the reinstated Robert Jaworski and Alberto "Big Boy" Reynoso, captured their first MICAA crown, winning over Concepcion Motorolas in "cinderella fashion". The Comets previously played as Komatsu Komets in the National Open and Panamin basketball tournament.
1974: The Crispa-Floro Redmanizers won their fourth MICAA title and regains the All-Filipino crown with a 2-0 series victory over defending champion Toyota Comets in their best-of-three playoffs. The Redmanizers clinched the title in Game two, 103-99 on October 15. Crispa-Floro was supposed to face U/Tex in the finals, but Toyota filed a protest that resulted to a scheduled replay. U/Tex refused to play and lost by forfeiture. This was the first-ever Crispa-Toyota finals meeting and the last MICAA championship before the professional Philippine Basketball Association was born.[5]
1975: The YCO Painters, under coach Ed Ocampo, finally ended a long, title-drought, winning over Manilabank to capture the crown.[6]
1976: Manilabank (coached by Honesto Mayoralgo) wins its first MICAA title, defeating the YCO Painters.[7]
1977: Crown Motors (coached by Nat Canson) defeated Solid Mills for their first championship. ITM (coached by Nardo Marquicias) won the Invitational tournament, defeating Crown Motors.
1978: Solid Mills (coached by Arturo Valenzona) scored a 2-1 finals series victory over YCO Painters, winning the deciding third game for their first championship.[8]
1979:YCO Painters (coached by Freddie Webb) defeated Frigidaire in the third and final game of their best-of-three series as the Painters were once again champions after a four-year title drought.
1980: Multi-titled coach Arturo Valenzona won another championship in leading the APCOR Financiers to a 2-1 series win over YCO Painters. APCOR became the fourth team to win the MICAA crown in its first participation in the league.[9] APCOR repeated as champions in the season-ending invitational tournament, defeating Presto Fun Drinks.
1981: APCOR won their third MICAA title by defeating Crispa 400 in the first tournament of the year. The second conference which started in the first week of July, turn out to be the final MICAA tournament. APCOR defeated Jag Jeans on August 17, 1981, for their fourth title (sixth overall counting the National Open championships) to become the most dominant amateur ballclub at the start of the new decade and became the last MICAA basketball champions as the league folded up after failing to stage a tournament the following year.
ABS TV-3 (now ABS-CBN) was the first network to cover the basketball games during the 1950s with Jake Romero as chief anchor of the coverage. During the 1960s, the basketball games were covered by MBC TV-11 with Willie Hernandez as chief anchor. Later on, other networks like ABC TV5, RBS TV-7 (now GMA Network), KBS TV-9 and IBC TV-13 would cover the basketball games.[citation needed]
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The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association MICAA was a sports association which existed in Manila Philippines from 1938 to 1981 Throughout its existence it staged various sports and was participated by prominent Philippine companies Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic AssociationSportBasketball and other sportsFounded1938Ceased1981No of teamsvariesCountry PhilippinesAfter World War II its basketball tournament became the country s premier basketball league until 1975 when nine of its members broke away to form the very first professional basketball league in Asia the Philippine Basketball Association PBA Afterwards it would continue as a farm league of sorts for the PBA until the league closed down before the end of 1981 Contents 1 MICAA basketball champions 2 Basketball teams 3 Notable basketball players 4 Coaches 5 TV coverage 6 References 7 External linksMICAA basketball champions EditOld records says the pre war MICAA champions were Heacock s 1938 and the Manila Ports Terminal 1939 The Terminal would win three straight titles a decade later from 1948 1950 The MICAA champion a year before 1947 was Olympic Sporting Goods Philippine Airlines was the MICAA champion in 1951 52 In 1952 the Skymasters beat San Miguel Brewery for the title PRISCO Price Stabilization Corporation became champions in 1953 54 The All Stars defeated YCO Redshirts for the 1953 MICAA title The YCO Redshirts won its first MICAA title in 1954 under coach Leo Prieto winning against Republic Supermarket in the finale In 1955 7 UP Bottlers won their first championship on their maiden year defeating San Miguel Brewery YCO captured two titles in 1956 57 On July 27 1957 the Redshirts beat 7 UP in the finale for their third championship in the last four years 1 The Ysmael Steel Admirals won the MICAA crown in 1958 In 1959 the Chelsea Clippers under coach Mateo Adao defeated the YCO Painters to win their first championship 2 1960s and the YCO Ysmael rivalry The YCO Painters and the Ysmael Steel Admirals battled against each other for cage supremacy in the 1960s era YCO won over Ysmael in 1960 1963 and 1964 while the Admirals defeated the Painters in 1961 winning the title by default after the Painters refuses to play in the third game of their best of three series 3 Ysmael repeated over YCO the following year in 1962 to retain the title 4 Ysmael regains the MICAA championship in 1965 defeating Floro Redmanizers The Admirals beat old rival YCO Painters for the title in 1966 and won their third straight crown in 1967 In 1968 Mariwasa Akai won the crown under coach Lauro Mumar becoming the second team to win the title in their first season in the league The following year in 1969 Mariwasa retains the MICAA crown Champions from 1970 to 1981 1970 The Crispa Floro Redmanizers dethroned Mariwasa in the finals The Redmanizers won the National Open crown earlier in the year and in the MICAA tournament went undefeated with a 13 game win streak to capture their first title 1971 All Filipino The Redmanizers began a new rivalry with the Meralco Reddy Kilowatts with coach Lauro Mumar moving from Mariwasa to Meralco and taking over from Tito Eduque In the 1971 All Filipino finals Crispa Floro won their third straight title defeating San Miguel Braves 1971 Open On July 11 1971 Meralco Reddy Kilowatts beats Crispa Redmanizers 65 58 to rule the MICAA Open championship 1972 Open Mariwasa Akai won their third title in the last five years The Recorders beat Crispa Floro via two game sweep in the championship series Mariwasa coach Tito Eduque won his fourth MICAA title first winning it with YCO in 1964 and with Ysmael in 1966 1967 1972 All Filipino Crispa Floro Redmanizers retains the All Filipino crown repeating over San Miguel Brewery in a finals rematch as the Braves just could not crack a MICAA title and were runner up for the fourth time in their franchise history 1973 All Filipino Mariwasa Akai wins the All Filipino crown defeating the highly favored Crispa Redmanizers The title series was best known for the Crispa Six scandal where six Redmanizers Jun Papa Danny Florencio Rey Alcantara Rudolf Kutch Virgilio Abarrientos and Ernesto de Leon admitted their participation in a gambling syndicate s bid to manipulate the result of the Mariwasa Crispa MICAA finals 1973 The Toyota Comets coached by Nilo Verona playing with the reinstated Robert Jaworski and Alberto Big Boy Reynoso captured their first MICAA crown winning over Concepcion Motorolas in cinderella fashion The Comets previously played as Komatsu Komets in the National Open and Panamin basketball tournament 1974 The Crispa Floro Redmanizers won their fourth MICAA title and regains the All Filipino crown with a 2 0 series victory over defending champion Toyota Comets in their best of three playoffs The Redmanizers clinched the title in Game two 103 99 on October 15 Crispa Floro was supposed to face U Tex in the finals but Toyota filed a protest that resulted to a scheduled replay U Tex refused to play and lost by forfeiture This was the first ever Crispa Toyota finals meeting and the last MICAA championship before the professional Philippine Basketball Association was born 5 1975 The YCO Painters under coach Ed Ocampo finally ended a long title drought winning over Manilabank to capture the crown 6 1976 Manilabank coached by Honesto Mayoralgo wins its first MICAA title defeating the YCO Painters 7 1977 Crown Motors coached by Nat Canson defeated Solid Mills for their first championship ITM coached by Nardo Marquicias won the Invitational tournament defeating Crown Motors 1978 Solid Mills coached by Arturo Valenzona scored a 2 1 finals series victory over YCO Painters winning the deciding third game for their first championship 8 1979 YCO Painters coached by Freddie Webb defeated Frigidaire in the third and final game of their best of three series as the Painters were once again champions after a four year title drought 1980 Multi titled coach Arturo Valenzona won another championship in leading the APCOR Financiers to a 2 1 series win over YCO Painters APCOR became the fourth team to win the MICAA crown in its first participation in the league 9 APCOR repeated as champions in the season ending invitational tournament defeating Presto Fun Drinks 1981 APCOR won their third MICAA title by defeating Crispa 400 in the first tournament of the year The second conference which started in the first week of July turn out to be the final MICAA tournament APCOR defeated Jag Jeans on August 17 1981 for their fourth title sixth overall counting the National Open championships to become the most dominant amateur ballclub at the start of the new decade and became the last MICAA basketball champions as the league folded up after failing to stage a tournament the following year Basketball teams EditPre PBA era 1938 1975 Caltex Oilers Consolidated Foods CFC Litton Jeans Great Taste Presto Fun Drinks Chelsea Clippers Concepcion Motorola Crispa Floro Redmanizers Florotex Crispa 400 E R Squibb Grepa Life Underwriters Heacock s Speed Merchants Jacinto Rubber Manila Ports Terminal Philippine Ports Terminal Mariwasa Akai Recorders Maurice Enterprises Meralco Reddy Kilowatts NADECO National Development Company Olympic Sporting Goods PRATRA Philippine Relief and Trade Rehabilitation Administration PRISCO Price Stabilization Corporation successor of PRATRA Philippine Airlines Skymasters Viscounts Puyat Steel Sheetmakers Manila Bank Golden Bankers Republic Super Market Greyhounds Sampaguita Pictures San Miguel Brewery San Miguel Corporation Seven Up Marauders Uncolas Toyota Comets Delta Crown Motors Frigidaire MAN Diesel U Tex Spinners Weavers YCO Painters Yellow Taxi Ysmael Steel Admirals Yutivo Opel New teams in the post PBA era 1975 1981 APCOR Financiers Bax Jeans Filsyn Imperial Textile Mills ITM Jag Jeans L R Villar A amp W Records Romago Electric Co Solid Mills Solidenims St George WhiskyNotable basketball players Edit A K Emilio Achacoso YCO Bogs Adornado Crispa Engracio Arazas Ysmael Meralco Kurt Bachmann Ysmael Carlos Badion YCO Clemente Bargas Ysmael Rafael Barreto San Miguel Narciso Bernardo Ysmael Crispa Ramoncito Campos YCO Loreto Carbonell YCO Orly Castelo YCO Benjamin Cleofas YCO Ricardo Cleofas YCO Eddie Cruz Ysmael Geronimo Cruz Ysmael Romeo Diaz Crispa Ysmael Estoy Estrada San Miguel Danny Florencio YCO Crispa U Tex Napoleon Flores 7 Up Antonio Genato YCO Rafael Hechanova YCO Rudy Hines Manilabank 1975 MVP Robert Jaworski YCO Meralco Toyota Fernando Abrilla Concepcion Bonifacio de Jesus Manilabank YCO Manuel Jocson Ysmael Cesar Jota Ysmael Rudolf Kutch Crispa L Z Emerito Legaspi Crown 1976 MVP Eduardo Lim YCO Bobby Littaua YCO Renato Lobo Solidmills Carlos Loyzaga YCO Julian A Macoy Yutivo Rogelio Magale 7 Up Eddie Marquicias Heacocks Alfonso Marquez Ysmael Mariwasa Meralco Concepcion Alex Marquez YCO 1980 MVP Yoyong Martirez San Miguel Rogelio Tembong Melencio Yutivo Concepcion Lauro Mumar PRISCO Republic Supermarket 7 Up Roehl Nadurata Ysmael Crispa Edgardo Ocampo YCO Constancio Ortiz Jr Crispa Eduardo Pacheco Ysmael YCO Manny Paner San Miguel Adriano Jun Papa Jr Ysmael Crispa Lou Pucillo Chelsea Rolando Pineda Crown Motors 1978 MVP Cristobal Ramas Ysmael Crispa Alberto Reynoso Ysmael Meralco Toyota Edgardo Roque Ysmael YCO Joselino Roa Yutivo Opel San Miguel Agapito Rogado Mariwasa Crispa Agustin Salgado PAL Simon Pelagio Crispa Elias Tolentino YCO Mariano Tolentino 7 Up Mario Uson 7 Up Elpidio Villamin Solidmills APCOR 1979 MVP Freddie Webb YCO Roberto Yburan Crispa YCO Coaches EditCoach TeamsMateo Adao ChelseaOrly Bauzon Bax JeansNarciso Bernardo Crispa 400Mon Cannu Imperial Textile MillsNat Canson Crown Motors Frigidaire MAN DieselEnrique Crame Manila Yellow Taxicab Ysmael SteelVirgilio Baby Dalupan Crispa FloroBoy de Vera CFCValentin Eduque YCO Ysmael Steel Mariwasa MeralcoFelicisimo Fajardo San Miguel Brewery Ysmael Steel Meralco YCOGabriel Fajardo PRISCO All StarsFreddie Gonzales Solid MillsLeonardo Skip Guinto PAL SkymastersCarlos Loyzaga YCODanny Macahilig 7 Up UncolasFranco Marquicias Heacock s Speed MerchantsHonesto Mayoralgo ManilaBankLauro Mumar Mariwasa AKAI Meralco U TexEdgardo Ocampo YCOLeo Prieto YCOFilomeno Pilo Pumaren Crispa 400Ignacio Ning Ramos San Miguel BreweryBenet Salvador San Miguel CorporationArturo Valenzona Solid Mills APCORNilo Verona Komatsu ToyotaNemie Villegas A amp W RecordsFreddie Webb YCOTV coverage EditABS TV 3 now ABS CBN was the first network to cover the basketball games during the 1950s with Jake Romero as chief anchor of the coverage During the 1960s the basketball games were covered by MBC TV 11 with Willie Hernandez as chief anchor Later on other networks like ABC TV5 RBS TV 7 now GMA Network KBS TV 9 and IBC TV 13 would cover the basketball games citation needed References Edit YCO retains MICAA crown Chelsea wins MICAA crown Ysmael wins MICAA crown by default Ysmael Steel wins MICAA title Crispa beats Toyota regains title Crispa Toyota blogspot YCO returns to MICAA throne Manilabank MICAA champions At last Solid Mills bags MICAA 78 crown APCOR wins MICAA 80 crownExternal links EditBitoball wordpress com Philippine Basketball 1940s 1950s video48 blogspot com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association amp oldid 1127894380, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
