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| Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association |
| Sport |
Basketball and other sports |
| Founded |
1938 |
| No. of teams |
varies |
| Country(ies) |
 Philippines |
| Ceased |
1981 |
The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) is a defunct sports tournament which existed from 1938 to 1981. It is best known for its basketball league for amateur players.
The basketball league was first held in 1938 under the control of the Basketball Association of the Philippines, with players being ordinary employees holding day jobs, as the name of the league would imply. However, the league eventually turned into more of a semi-professional league, with the best players in the country participating. This became the first legitimate basketball league in the Philippines until 10 of its teams broke away to form the very first professional basketball league in Asia, the Philippine Basketball Association, in 1975. The MICAA would continue as a farm league of sorts for the PBA in the days before the creation of the PBA Rookie Draft until it eventually closed down in 1981.
[edit] Former Teams
[edit] Teams After the Creation of the PBA
- Apcor
- 7-Up Uncolas
- Crispa Redmanizers
- Delta Motors/Frigidaire/MAN Diesel (Toyota's farm team)
- Manila Bank Golden Bankers
- Presto
- San Miguel (Royal Tru-Orange's farm team)
- Solid Mills (U-tex's farm team)
- YCO Red Painters (Tanduay's farm team)
[edit] Notable Players
[edit] TV Coverage
- The Official TV Sports coverage was ABS-CBN from 1953 to 1972, and was shut down in 1972 during the Martial Law by the late former President Ferdinand Marcos.
[edit] Trivia
- It was closed in 1981 due to arguing problems.
[edit] External links
