The MPBL Finals, or the MPBL National Finals, is the championship series of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League held at the conclusion of the league's postseason. Since its inception, the National Finals is a best-of-five series. Since the 2019 edition, it is contested between the champions of the North Division and the South Division.
The team with the higher regular season record is given homecourt advantage in the series. The format currently being used is 2-2-1, where the team with homecourt advantage hosts games 1, 2, and 5.
Five different teams have won the national championship with neither winning more than once. Since the introduction of divisions, three teams did so as a member of the North Division, while one did so as a member of the South Division.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of times that team has appeared in the MPBL Finals, as well as each respective teams' MPBL Finals record up to date.
North Division champion | South Division champion |
Year | Winning team | Coach | Series | Losing team | Coach | Ref. |
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2019 Rajah Cup |
Batangas City (1, 1–0) |
Mac Tan | 3–1 |
Muntinlupa (1, 0–1) |
Aldrin Morante | [1] [2] |
2019 Datu Cup |
San Juan (1, 1–0) |
Randy Alcantara | 3–2 |
Davao Occidental (1, 0–1) |
Don Dulay | [3] |
2021
[a] Lakan Season |
Davao Occidental (2, 1–1) |
Don Dulay | 3–1 |
San Juan (2, 1–1) |
Randy Alcantara | [4] |
2022 |
Nueva Ecija (1, 1–0) |
Jerson Cabiltes | 3–1 |
Zamboanga (1, 0–1) |
Vic Ycasiano | [5] |
2023 |
Pampanga (1, 1–0) |
Dennis Pineda | 3–0 |
Bacoor City (1, 0–1) |
Alex Angeles | [6] |
Year | Winning team | Coach | Score | Losing team | Coach | Ref. |
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2021 |
Basilan (1, 1–0) |
Jerson Cabiltes | 83–80 |
Nueva Ecija (1, 0–1) |
Carlo Tan | [7] |
2023 |
Zamboanga (1, 1–0) |
Vic Ycasiano | 88–80 |
Nueva Ecija (2, 0–2) |
Jerson Cabiltes | [8] |
2024 |
Pampanga (1, 1–0) |
Dennis Pineda | 93–75 |
South Cotabato (1, 0–1) |
Elvis Tolentino | [9] |
North Division champion | South Division champion |
Year | Season | 14-Under Division | 16-Under Division | 18-Under Division | ||||||
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Winning team | Series | Losing team | Winning team | Series | Losing team | Winning team | Series | Losing team | ||
2023 | Season 1 | Cavite City (1, 1–0) |
2–0 |
Mindoro (1, 0–1) |
Davao (1, 1–0) |
2–0 | Quezon City (1, 0–1) |
Mandaluyong (1, 1–0) |
2–1 | Davao (1, 0–1) |
† | Team has since departed the league |
Team | W | L | Apps. | PCT | Year(s) won | Year(s) lost |
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Davao Occidental | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2021 | 2019 |
San Juan | 1 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 2019 | 2021 |
Batangas City | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2018 | – |
Nueva Ecija | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2022 | – |
Pampanga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2023 | – |
Muntinlupa | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | – | 2018 |
Zamboanga | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | – | 2022 |
Bacoor City† | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | – | 2023 |
Team | W | L | Apps. | PCT | Year(s) won | Year(s) lost |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basilan† | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2021 | – |
Zamboanga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2023 | – |
Pampanga | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2024 | – |
Nueva Ecija | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | – | 2021, 2023 |
South Cotabato | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 | – | 2024 |