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| National Basketball Conference |
 |
| Sport |
Basketball |
| Founded |
2004 |
| No. of teams |
10 |
| Country |
 Philippines |
| Current champions |
Ozamiz Cotta |
The National Basketball Conference is a regional-based basketball league in the Philippines formed in 2004. The league is sanctioned by the Philippine national sport association for basketball, the BAP-Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Teams are also sponsored by the local government and sponsors.
[edit] History
In 2004, the National Basketball Conference played its first season, under the name National Basketball League (NBL) with 12 teams participating. This was a formation to revived the format used by the now-defunct Metropolitan Basketball Association. For the championship, Tribu Sugbu, a team based in Cebu City, defeated Forward Taguig in a best-of-three showdown for the championship.
In 2005, new teams joined the league that included the Parañaque Jets, who made headlines by defeating the Basketball Association of the Philippines-sponsored RP-Cebuana Lhuillier Team in the NBC Preseason tournament. The Jets, though, failed to make the playoffs as the Ozamiz Cotta won the championship.
For the 2006 season, the tournament was divided into two conferences, similar to the format used by the Philippine Basketball Association and the Philippine Basketball League. Ozamiz Cotta won the first conference title, while the second conference is currently ongoing.
[edit] Champions
- 2004: Tribu Sugbu
- 2005: Ozamiz Cotta
- 2006:
- First Conference: Ozamiz Cotta
- Second Conference: Ozamiz Cotta
[edit] Current
[edit] Former Teams
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