UAAP Season 81

Host school

National University

Tagline

It All Begins Here

Overall

Seniors

University of Santo Tomas^[1]

Juniors

University of Santo Tomas^[1]

Seniors' champions

Sport		Men	Women
Basketball		Ateneo	NU
Volleyball		NU	Ateneo
Beach Volleyball		UST	UST
Football		Ateneo	La Salle
Baseball		La Salle	NT
Softball		NT	Adamson
Fencing		UE	Ateneo
Swimming		Ateneo	Ateneo
Badminton		NU	Ateneo
Chess		FEU	La Salle
Judo		UST	UST
Table tennis		UST	UST
Tennis		NU^[2]	NU
Track and field		UP	UST
Taekwondo		NU	NU
Poomsae	La Salle (Coed)
Cheerdance	NU (Ex - Coed)
Street dance	La Salle (Ex - Coed)
Ballroom	^{[to be determined]} (Ex - Coed)

Juniors' champions

Sport	Boys	Girls
Basketball	NU	NT
Volleyball	NU	La Salle
Football	FEU	NT
Baseball	Ateneo	NT
Fencing	UE	UE
Swimming	La Salle	La Salle
Judo	UST	UE
Table tennis	UE	UE
Track and field	UE	UE
Taekwondo	UST	NT

(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport;
(Ex) = Exhibition;

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UAAP Season 81 is the 2018–19 athletic year of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). This season is hosted by National University.^[3]

Eight member universities of the UAAP competed in the league's fifteen sports to vie for the general championship.

Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on September 8, 2018 at the Mall of Asia Arena with the tagline "It All Begins Here". The ceremony kicked off with an intermission number led by the NU Chorale, NU Underdawgz and the NU Pep Squad. NBA star Stephen Curry made a special appearance and led the oath of sportsmanship for the athletes. Local artists Sponge Cola, James Reid and South Korean singer-songwriter and former 2NE1 member Minzy also performed inside the arena.^[4]

The opening games were UP vs. UE in the first game and followed by NU vs. UST in the main game.

A press conference was also held at the SM Mall of Asia a few days before the opening.

Sports calendar

This is the calendar of sports events of UAAP Season 81. The list includes the tournament host schools and the venues.^[5]

First semester

Sport/Division	Event Host	Start Date	Venue/s
Basketball (Seniors)	National University	Men - Sept.8, 2018 Women - Sept.9, 2018	Smart Araneta Coliseum, SM Mall of Asia Arena, FilOil Flying V Centre, Blue Eagle Gym, Ynares Center Antipolo
Chess (Seniors/Juniors)	University of Santo Tomas	Sept. 19, 2018	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion
Table Tennis (Men/Women/Boys)	University of the Philippines	Sept. 23, 2018	UP College of Human Kinetics Gym
Badminton (Seniors)	University of the East	Sept. 24, 2018	Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall
Beach Volleyball (Seniors)	University of Santo Tomas	Sept. 24, 2018	Sands at SM by the Bay
Volleyball (Juniors)	Far Eastern University	Oct. 13, 2018	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Taekwondo (Kyorugi) (Men/Women/Boys)	Far Eastern University	Nov. 6, 2018	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Taekwondo (Poomsae) (Men/Women/Boys)	Far Eastern University	Nov. 6, 2018	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Swimming (Seniors/Juniors)	University of the Philippines	Nov. 7, 2018	Rizal Memorial Swimming Complex
Baseball (Boys)	Adamson University	Nov. 10, 2018	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Basketball (Boys)	Ateneo de Manila	Nov. 11, 2018	Filoil Flying V Centre Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Cheerdance (Coed)	Special Events Committee	Nov. 17, 2018	Mall of Asia Arena
Fencing (Seniors/Juniors)	University of the East	Nov. 22, 2018	Victoria Sports Tower in Quezon City,
Athletics (Seniors/Juniors)	Adamson University	Nov. 28, 2018	Philsports Arena Oval Track / Vermosa Sports Hub
Football (Boys)	De La Salle University	Dec. 1, 2018	Rizal Memorial Football Stadium
Judo (Seniors/Juniors)	De La Salle University	December 8–9, 2018.	DLSU Enrique Razon Sports Center

Second semester

Sport/Division	Event Host	Start Date	Venue
Volleyball (Seniors)	National University	Feb. 16, 2019	Filoil Flying V Centre, SM Mall of Asia Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum, Ynares Center Antipolo
Lawn Tennis (Seniors)	Ateneo de Manila	Feb.16, 2019	Colegio San Agustin Bulacan Tennis Stadium San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan
Softball (Women)	Adamson University	Feb. 16, 2019	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Baseball (Men)	Adamson University	Men - Feb 17, 2019	Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Football (Seniors)	De La Salle University	Men - Feb 17, 2019 Women-Mar.2,2019	Men's-Moro Lorenzo Football Field FEU-Diliman Football Field in Quezon City Women's-CV Pitch Circulo Verde Quezon City
Basketball 3 × 3 (Srs-demo sport)	National University	March 2–3, 2019	Ayala Malls Feliz Pasig
Ballroom Formation Dance (demo sport)	Special Events Committee	May 3, 2019	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion
Streetdance (Coed)	De La Salle University	Mar. 23, 2019	Smart Araneta Coliseum

Basketball

Main article: UAAP Season 81 basketball tournaments

The UAAP Season 81 Seniors' tournament basketball tournament began on September 8, 2018 at the Mall of Asia Arena. The tournament host was National University. Edmundo "Junel" Baculi and Antonio "Tonichi" Pujante were the tournament commissioner and assistant commissioner, respectively. The UAAP adopted FIBA rules on technicals, timeouts, among others. The primary playing venues were the Mall of Asia Arena and the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The Filoil Flying V Centre and the Ynares Center Antipolo served as the alternate venues when the MOA Arena and Araneta Coliseum were unavailable. the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) tapped the services of its own exclusive group of referees in Season 81.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	12	2	.857	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Adamson Soaring Falcons	10	4	.714	2	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	UP Fighting Maroons	8	6	.571^[a]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	FEU Tamaraws	8	6	.571^[a]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	De La Salle Green Archers	8	6	.571^[a]	4
6	UST Growling Tigers	5	9	.357	7
7	NU Bulldogs (H)	4	10	.286	8
8	UE Red Warriors	1	13	.071	11

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: UP 3–1, FEU 2–2, La Salle 1–3; Fourth-seed playoff: FEU 71–70 La Salle

Playoffs


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	Ateneo		80

4	FEU		61
				1	Ateneo	88	99

				3	UP	79	81
2	Adamson	71	87

3	UP	73	89*

*Game went into overtime.

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Bright Akhuetie (UP Fighting Maroons)^[6]
Rookie of the Year: Angelo Kouame (Ateneo Blue Eagles)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs (H)	14	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals^[a]
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	9	5	.643^[b]	5	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	Adamson Lady Falcons	9	5	.643^[b]	5	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	UST Tigresses	8	6	.571^[c]	6	Proceed to stepladder round 1
5	De La Salle Lady Archers	8	6	.571^[c]	6
6	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	10	.286^[d]	10
7	UE Lady Warriors	4	10	.286^[d]	10
8	UP Fighting Maroons	0	14	.000	14

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.
^ ^a ^b Second-seed playoff: FEU 67–63 Adamson
^ ^a ^b Fourth-seed playoff: UST 79–67 La Salle
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Ateneo 2–0 UE

Playoffs


Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)			Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



						1	NU	71	67

			2	FEU	68	2	FEU	59	61

3	Adamson	69	4	UST	66

4	UST	78

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Grace Irebu (UST Tigresses)^[7]
Rookie of the Year: Reynalyn Ferrer (UST Tigresses)

Juniors' tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NUNS Bullpups (H)	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	11	3	.786	2	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	9	5	.643^[a]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Baby Falcons	9	5	.643^[a]	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UST Tiger Cubs	7	7	.500	6
6	DLSZ Junior Archers	4	10	.286	9
7	UE Junior Warriors	2	12	.143	11
8	UPIS Junior Maroons	1	13	.071	12

Updated to match(es) played on February 10, 2019. Source: ABS-CBN Sports
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: FEU 2–0 Adamson

Playoffs


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	NSNU	94

4	Adamson	72
			1	NSNU	70	64

			2	Ateneo	58	53
2	Ateneo	90

3	FEU Diliman	82

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Kai Zachary Sotto (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
Rookie of the Year:

3×3 basketball

The UAAP expanded its number of tournaments by holding 3×3 basketball games in the men's and women's divisions as a demonstration sport in Season 80. The inclusion of 3×3 basketball in the list of UAAP tournaments is timely as 3×3 basketball is now an Olympic event. 3×3 basketball may be reclassified as a regular sport next season after the positive responses from member schools who all fielded a team.

The UAAP Season 81 seniors' 3×3 basketball tournament was held on March 2–3, 2019. The tournament venue was the Ayala Malls Feliz, Pasig.^[8] and the tournament commissioner was Xavier Nunag.

Men's tournament

Team standings

UST Growling Tigers competed in the 3x3 tournament for the first time, while the runner-up of last seasons' tournament UE Red Warriors did not join this season's tournament.

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	6	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals	—	13–11	11–10	21–13	13–8	14–11	13–8
2	UST Growling Tigers	3	3	.500^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals		—	12–8	10–9	9–11	16–14	8–9
3	UP Fighting Maroons	3	3	.500^[a]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals			—	15–13	13–11	13–15	13–8
4	De La Salle Green Archers	3	3	.500^[a]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals				—	17–9	15–13	12–10
5	FEU Tamaraws	3	3	.500^[a]	3						—	12–11	w/o^[b]
6	Adamson Soaring Falcons	2	4	.333	4							—	w/o^[b]
7	NU Bulldogs (H)	1	5	.167	5								—

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) head-to-head goal average (quotient); 4) overall quotient
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Head-to-head record: UST 2–1, UP 2–1, La Salle 1–2, FEU 1–2; UST 1.107, UP 1.000, La Salle 1.147, FEU 0.795
^ ^a ^b Adamson and FEU won by default after NU forfeited their last two games.

Playoffs

Semifinals (Single-elimination)			Finals (Single-elimination)

1	Ateneo	15

4	La Salle	7
			1	Ateneo	21

			2	UST	13
2	UST	14

3	UP	11

Women's tournament

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs (H)	7	0	1.000	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals	—	12–7	12–2	20–10	13–10	12–3	14–8	14–9
2	UE Lady Warriors	4	3	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals		—	3–0	7–6	10–15	8–14	8–5	9–6
3	Adamson Lady Falcons	4	3	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals			—	9–7	10–6	10–9	7–10	11–6
4	UST Tigresses	4	3	.571^[a]	3	Twice-to-win in the semifinals				—	10–9	9–8	14–10	15–11
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3	4	.429^[b]	4						—	8–6	8–11	13–6
6	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3	4	.429^[b]	4							—	12–7	13–11
7	De La Salle Lady Archers	2	5	.286	5								—	5–6
8	UP Lady Maroons	1	6	.143	6									—

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) head-to-head record; 3) head-to-head goal average (quotient); 4) overall quotient
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head record: UE 2–0, Adamson 1–1, UST 0–2
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Ateneo 1–0 FEU

Playoffs

Semifinals (Single-elimination)			Finals (Single-elimination)

1	NU	19

4	UST	5
			1	NU	21

			3	Adamson	3
2	UE	12

3	Adamson	14

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Ateneo	UST	UP
Women's tournament	NU	Adamson	UST

Volleyball

Main article: UAAP Season 81 volleyball tournaments

Seniors' division

The UAAP Season 81 Seniors' tournament volleyball tournaments will begin on February 16, 2019. The tournament main venue is the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan City while selected games will be played at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The tournament host is the National University. Yul C.Benosa is the tournament commissioner.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs (H)	14	13	1	38	39	6	6.500	1079	855	1.262	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU Tamaraws	14	11	3	32	36	16	2.250	1208	1042	1.159	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	10	4	33	36	16	2.250	1225	1098	1.116	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	9	5	24	27	25	1.080	1175	1140	1.031	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UST Growling Tigers	14	5	9	18^[a]	25	32	0.781	1231	1259	0.978
6	De La Salle Green Archers	14	5	9	13^[a]	18	32	0.563	1068	1159	0.921
7	UE Red Warriors	14	2	12	7	12	39	0.308	982	1210	0.812
8	UP Fighting Maroons	14	1	13	3	14	41	0.341	1104	1309	0.843

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: UST 1–1 La Salle; UST +5

Playoffs


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	NU	3

4	Adamson	0
			1	NU	3	3

			2	FEU	1	1
2	FEU	3

3	Ateneo	1

Awards

Finals Most Valuable Player: Bryan Bagunas (NU Bulldogs)
Season Most Valuable Player: Bryan Bagunas (NU Bulldogs)
Rookie of the Year: Angelo Nicolas Almendras (NU Bulldogs)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Ateneo Lady Eagles	14	12	2	34	37	14	2.643	1177	1018	1.156	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UST Tigresses	14	10	4	30^[a]	35	17	2.059	1230	1072	1.147	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	De La Salle Lady Archers	14	10	4	32^[a]	34	15	2.267	1137	973	1.169	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	9	5	23	30	28	1.071	1240	1240	1.000	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UP Lady Maroons	14	6	8	17	24	32	0.750	1228	1222	1.005
6	NU Lady Bulldogs (H)	14	4	10	10	19	35	0.543	1112	1288	0.863
7	UE Lady Warriors	14	3	11	13	17	35	0.486	1057	1177	0.898
8	Adamson Lady Falcons	14	2	12	9	16	36	0.444	1043	1234	0.845

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Second-seed playoff: UST 3–1 La Salle

Playoffs


2nd-seed playoff		Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat				Finals Best-of-three series



		1	Ateneo	2	3

			FEU	3	1

						1	Ateneo	0	3	3

						2	UST	3	1	0

La Salle	1	2	UST		3

UST	3	3	La Salle		2

Awards

Finals Most Valuable Player: Bea de Leon (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
Season Most Valuable Player: Cherry Ann Rondina (UST Tigresses)
Rookie of the Year: Ejiya Laure (UST Tigresses)

Juniors' division

The UAAP Season 81 Juniors volleyball tournament started on October 13, 2018. The playing venue this season was at the Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym. This is a change from last season's playing venue at FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan City. This is the second change in playing venue for the Juniors tournament The Adamson gym hosted the competition for three years since 2014.

Far Eastern University is the tournament host. The Juniors volleyball tournament Director is Ms. Karen Del Rosario.

The number of participating schools in the boys' and Girls' tournaments increased to eight and seven, respectively. Far Eastern University fielded boys' and girls' volleyball teams beginning season 77. Adamson fielded a boys' team starting season 79. Since there are now more than six participating schools in each tournament, both tournaments will have a Final Four format. The UAAP Board decided to move the high school volleyball tournaments from 2nd semester to 1st semester in Season 78 due to the basketball juniors tournament being moved from the 1st semester to 2nd semester.

Boys' tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NUNS Bullpups	14	13	1	38	40	9	4.444	1214	903	1.344	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws (H)	14	10	4	27^[a]	31	20	1.550	1164	1007	1.156	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	UST Tiger Cubs	14	10	4	30^[a]	34	16	2.125	1180	972	1.214	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Baby Falcons	14	9	5	28	32	19	1.684	1161	1012	1.147	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UE Junior Warriors	14	8	6	26	30	19	1.579	1072	1035	1.036
6	DLSZ Junior Archers	14	4	10	13	18	31	0.581	975	1089	0.895
7	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	14	2	12	4	7	40	0.175	780	1135	0.687
8	UPIS Junior Maroons	14	0	14	2	4	42	0.095	735	1128	0.652

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Second-seed playoff: FEU 3–2 UST

Playoffs


2nd-seed playoff		Semifinals Top seeds twice-to-beat				Finals Best-of-three series



		1	NSNU		3

			Adamson		0

						1	NSNU	3	3

						2	FEU	1	0

UST	2	2	FEU	0	3

FEU	3	3	UST	3	2

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Jose Magdalino Javelona (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Rookie of the Year: Mac Arvin Bandola (NUNS Bullpups)

Girls' tournament

Elimination round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NUNS Lady Bullpups	12	10	2	29^[a]	33	12	2.750	1059	833	1.271	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	DLSZ Junior Lady Archers	12	10	2	28^[a]	32	13	2.462	1055	887	1.189	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	UST Junior Tigresses	12	8	4	25	30	14	2.143	993	905	1.097	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	12	7	5	20	25	21	1.190	995	963	1.033	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws (H)	12	5	7	18	22	22	1.000	976	947	1.031
6	UE Junior Lady Warriors	12	2	10	6	6	31	0.194	675	892	0.757
7	UPIS Junior Lady Maroons	12	0	12	0	1	36	0.028	602	928	0.649

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: NSNU 1–1 DLSZ; NSNU +1

Playoffs


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	NSNU	3

1	Adamson	0
			1	NSNU	2	2

			2	DLSZ	3	3
2	DLSZ	3

3	UST	0

Awards

Finals Most Valuable Player: Justine Jazareno (DLSZ Junior Lady Archers)
Season Most Valuable Player: Angel Anne Canino (DLSZ Junior Lady Archers)
Rookie of the Year:

Beach volleyball

The UAAP Season 81 beach volleyball tournament began on September 24, 2018. The tournament venue is at the Sands SM by the Bay, SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, Metro Manila. University of Santo Tomas is the tournament host. Beach volleyball is a single round-robin elimination tournament. The tournament concluded on October 7, 2018.^[9]^[10]

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	FEU Tamaraws	7	7	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	UST Growling Tigers (H)	7	6	1	.857	1	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	NU Bulldogs	7	5	2	.714	2	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons	7	4	3	.571	3	Qualified to stepladder round 1
5	UE Red Warriors	7	2	5	.286	5
6	UP Fighting Maroons	7	2	5	.286	5
7	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	2	5	.286	5
8	De La Salle Green Archers	7	0	7	.000	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs


Stepladder round 1 (One-game playoff)			Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



						1	FEU	0	1

			2	UST	2	2	UST	2	2

3	NU	2	3	NU	0

4	Adamson	0

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Anthony Arbasto (UST Growling Tigers)
Rookie of the Year: Jaron Requinton (UST Growling Tigers)

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	UST Tigresses (H)	7	7	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	7	6	1	.857	1	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	NU Lady Bulldogs	7	5	2	.714	2	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	UP Lady Maroons	7	3	4	.429^[a]	4	Qualified to stepladder round 1
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles	7	3	4	.429^[a]	4
6	Adamson Lady Falcons	7	2	5	.286^[b]	5
7	FEU Lady Tamaraws	7	2	5	.286^[b]	5
8	UE Lady Warriors	7	0	7	.000	7

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Fourth-seed playoff: UP 2–0 Ateneo
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Adamson 1–0

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs


4th–seed playoff (One–game playoff)		First round (One–game playoff)			Semifinals (No. 2 seed has twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



								1	UST	2	2

					2	La Salle	2	2	La Salle	0	0

		3	NU	1	4	UP	1

Ateneo	0	4	UP	2

UP	2

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Cherry Ann Rondina (UST Tigresses)
Rookie of the Year: Babylove Barbon (UST Tigresses)

Football

Main article: UAAP Season 81 football tournaments

The UAAP Season 81 football tournaments started on December 1, 2018 for the Juniors' tournament and on February 17, 2019 for the Seniors' tournament. The venue for the Juniors' tournament was at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium while the Men's tournament was played at the Moro Lorenzo Football Field and the FEU-Diliman Football Field. The Women's tournament was played at the CV Pitch Circulo Verde Quezon City. The tournament host was De La Salle University.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	8	2	4	37	12	+25	26	Qualified to the semifinals
2	UP Fighting Maroons	14	8	2	4	24	17	+7	26
3	De La Salle Green Archers (H)	14	8	1	5	21	17	+4	25
4	FEU Tamaraws	14	7	3	4	22	18	+4	24
5	UST Growling Tigers	14	6	5	3	21	21	0	23
6	Adamson Soaring Falcons	14	2	6	6	13	27	−14	12
7	NU Bulldogs	14	2	4	8	14	27	−13	10
8	UE Red Warriors	14	2	3	9	8	21	−13	9

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

	Round 1							Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Results

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	AdMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson	—	0–4	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Ateneo	7–1	—	1–2	1–1	4–0	0–1	1–2	5–0
De La Salle	4–2	1–3	—	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–3
FEU	3–1	1–4	0–1	—	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–2
NU	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–2	—	2–0	3–0	2–2
UE	1–1	0–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	—	1–2	2–3
UP	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–0	—	1–1
UST	0–1	2–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on May 2, 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Playoffs

Semifinals			Finals

1	Ateneo	1

4	FEU	0
			1	Ateneo	2

			3	La Salle	1
2	UP	1

3	La Salle	2

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Javier Augustine Gayoso (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Shanden Vergara (De La Salle Green Archers)
Best Striker: Javier Augustine Gayoso (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Best Goalkeeper: Alexandre Jae Arcilla (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Best Midfielder: Darius Joseph Diamante (De La Salle Green Archers)
Best Defender: Yoshiharu Koizumi (De La Salle Green Archers)
Fair Play Award: UST Growling Tigers

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	De La Salle Lady Archers (H)	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Qualified to the Finals
2	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Qualified to the Finals
3	UST Tigresses	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
4	UP Lady Maroons	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
5	Ateneo Lady Eagles	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

	Round 1				Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Results

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdMU	DLSU	FEU	UP	UST
Ateneo	—	0–3	0–3	1–0	1–2
De La Salle	4–2	—			2–2
FEU	1–1	1–1	—	0–2	1–0
UP	1–1		0–0	—	1–2
UST	1–1	0–0		0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on February 18, 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Finals

Finals

1	La Salle	2

2	FEU	0

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Sara Castaneda (De La Salle Lady Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Alisha Del Campo (De La Salle Lady Archers)
Best Striker: Alisha Del Campo (De La Salle Lady Archers)
Best Midfielder: Sara Castaneda (De La Salle Lady Archers)
Best Goalkeeper: Natasha Lacson (De La Salle Lady Archers)
Best Defender: Hannah Pachejo (FEU Lady Tamaraws)
Fair Play Award: De La Salle Lady Archers

Boys' tournament

The UAAP Season 81 juniors' football tournament started on November 18, 2018. The playing venue was at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium. La Salle is the tournament host.

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	8	5	2	1	29	6	+23	17	Finals
2	NUNS Bullpups	8	4	4	0	6	2	+4	16	Finals
3	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	8	4	2	2	0	0	0	14
4	UST Tiger Cubs	8	1	2	5	6	16	−10	5
5	DLSZ Junior Archers (H)	8	1	0	7	4	26	−22	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

Match-up results

	Round 1				Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
AdMU
DLSU
FEU
NU
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Draw; = Loss

Results

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdMU	DLSU	FEU	NU	UST
Ateneo	—	1–0	0–4	0–0	4–1
La Salle	1–7	—	0–5	0–2	0–1
FEU	3–4	9–0	—	0–0	2–1
NU	2–1	1–0	0–0	—	1–0
UST	1–1	1–2	1–6	0–0	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Yellow = draw; Red = top row team win.

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	1 vs 0	NUNS Bullpups

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Macky Tobias (FEU–D Baby Tamaraws)
Rookie of the Year:
Best Striker:
Best Midfielder:
Best Defender:
Best Goalkeeper:
Fair Play Award:

Baseball

The UAAP Season 81 Men's division baseball tournament will begin on February 17, 2019 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate, Manila. The tournament host is Adamson.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	De La Salle Green Archers	10	8	2	.800	—	Qualified to the Finals
2	Ateneo Blue Eagles	10	7	3	.700	1	Qualified to the Finals
3	UST Growling Tigers	10	4	6	.400	4
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons (H)	10	5	5	.500	3
5	NU Bulldogs	10	4	6	.400	4
6	UP Fighting Maroons	10	2	8	.200	6

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

Match-up results[edit]

	Round 1					Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
AdU
AdMU
DLSU
NU
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Results

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	AdMU	DLSU	NU	UP	UST
Adamson	—	9–6	2–10	2–1	4–1	7–10
Ateneo		—	13–11	7–1	16–5	14–3
La Salle	6–5	16–5	—		12–2	3–10
NU		6–1		—	2–1	2–16
UP	4–6	6–23			—	7–1
UST		10–11	5–21	9–4		—

Updated to match(es) played on February 26, 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ateneo Blue Eagles	7–9	De La Salle Green Archers'
Ateneo Blue Eagles	7–3	De La Salle Green Archers
Ateneo Blue Eagles	9–11	De La Salle Green Archers'

Awards

Season Most Valuable Player: Diego Lozano (De La Salle Green Archers)
Finals Most Valuable Player: Kiko Gesmundo (De La Salle Green Archers)
Rookie of the Year: Mark John Philip Beronilla (UST Growling Tigers)
Best Pitcher: Mar Joseph Carolino (NU Bulldogs)
Best Hitter: Boo Barandiaran (De La Salle Green Archers)
Best Slugger: Diego Lozano (De La Salle Green Archers)
Most Runs Batted-In: Iggy Escaño (De La Salle Green Archers)
Most Home-runs: Diego Lozano (De La Salle Green Archers)
Most Stolen Bases: Erwin Bosito (Adamson Soaring Falcons)

Boys' tournament

The UAAP Season 80 Boys' division baseball tournament began on January 20, 2018 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. NU fielded a boys' baseball team starting with Season 80. This brought the number of participating teams to four. Since there are now four teams participating, baseball will no longer be a demonstration sport in the Boys' Juniors' tournament. It will be a regular sport with the participating schools earning points for the Juniors General Championship. The tournament host is Adamson.

Elimination round

Team standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eaglets	6	4	2	.667	—	Qualified to the Finals
2	NUNS Bullpups	2	2	0	1.000	—	Qualified to the Finals
3	UST Tiger Cubs	3	1	2	.333	1.5
4	DLSZ Junior Archers	2	0	2	.000	2

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential

Match-up results[edit]

	Round 1			Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6
AdMU
DLSZ
NU
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Scores

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdMU	DLSU	NU	UST
Ateneo	—	12–11	2–12	6–1
De La Salle	3–12	—
NU	9–2		—
UST	3–4			—

Updated to match(es) played on February 18, 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	6–3	NUNS Bullpups
Ateneo Blue Eaglets	2-0	NUNS Bullpups

Awards

Season Most Valuable Player: Kiel Olazo (NUNS Bullpups)
Finals Most Valuable Player: Zach Urbina (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
Rookie of the Year:
Best Pitcher:
Best Hitter: Kiel Olazo (NUNS Bullpups)
Best Slugger: Kiel Olazo (NUNS Bullpups)
Most Runs Batted-In: Matthew San Juan (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
Most Home-runs: Dax Fabella (Ateneo Blue Eaglets) and Rezel Esqulit (NUNS Bullpups)
Most Stolen Bases: Marcel Guzman (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)

Softball

The UAAP Season 81 softball tournament will begin on February 16, 2019 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in Malate Manila. The tournament host is Adamson. Softball is a sport for women only in the UAAP.

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Adamson Lady Falcons (H)	12	11	1	.917	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	12	8	4	.667	3	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	UST Tigresses	12	7	5	.583	4	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	NU Lady Bulldogs	12	6	6	.500	5	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	UP Lady Maroons	12	6	6	.500	5
6	UE Lady Warriors	12	3	9	.250	8
7	Ateneo Lady Eagles	12	1	11	.083	10

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts

Match-up results[edit]

	Round 1						Round 2
Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
AdU	*		*	*	*
AdMU	*	*	*	*	*	*
DLSU	*	*	*	*	*
NU	*	*	*	*	*
UE	*	*	*	*	*
UP	*	*	*			*
UST	*	*	*	*		*

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Results

Results on top and to the right of the dashes are for first-round games; those to the bottom and to the left of it are second-round games.

Teams	AdU	AdMU	DLSU	NU	UE	UP	UST
Adamson	—	10–0		6–0	14–1	0–3	14–0
Ateneo	0–15	—	0–3	2–9	4–5	0–6	0–5
De La Salle			—	4–5	5–3	4–2	0–7
NU	1–2	7–0	5–6	—	3–6	2–4	9–6
UE	3–5	0–1			—	1–9	3–2
UP		5–1		1–8		—	11–12
UST		7–0	0–7			12–11	—

Updated to match(es) played on February 18, 2019. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.

Playoffs


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)				Finals (Best-of-three series)



1	Adamson		2

	NSNU		1
				1	Adamson	12	11

				3	UST	2	2
2	La Salle	6	2

	UST	12	9

Awards

Season Most Valuable Player: Arianne Vallestero (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Finals Most Valuable Player: Lyca Basa (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Rookie of the Year: Charlotte Sales (UST Tigresses)

Best Pitcher: Arianne Vallestero (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Best Slugger: Arianne Vallestero (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Best Hitter: Arianne Vallestero (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Most Runs Batted-In: Arianne Vallestero (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Most Stolen Bases:
- Arianne Vallestero (Adamson Lady Falcons)
- Angelu Gabriel (Adamson Lady Falcons)
Most Home-runs:
- Arianne Vallestero (Adamson Lady Falcons)
- Charlotte Sales (UST Tigresses)

Badminton

The UAAP Season 81 badminton tournament began on September 24, 2018. The tournament venue is the Rizal Memorial Badminton Hall in Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. Badminton is a single round-robin elimination tournament. University of the East is the tournament host.

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	6	6	0	1.000	—	Advance to the Finals
2	UP Fighting Maroons	6	5	1	.833	1	Twice-to-beat in stepladder round 2
3	Ateneo Blue Eagles	6	4	2	.667^[a]	2	Qualified to stepladder round 1
4	De La Salle Green Archers	6	4	2	.667^[a]	2	Qualified to stepladder round 1
5	Adamson Soaring Falcons	6	2	4	.333	4
6	UST Growling Tigers	6	1	5	.167	5
7	UE Red Warriors (H)	6	0	6	.000	6

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Ateneo 1–0 La Salle

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs


Stepladder round 1 (Single-elimination)			Stepladder round 2 (No. 2 has twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



						1	NU	3	3

			2	UP	3	2	UP	2	0

3	Ateneo	3	3	Ateneo	2

4	La Salle	1

Awards

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Women's tournament

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	UP Lady Maroons	6	5	1	.833	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	NU Lady Bulldogs	6	5	1	.833	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
3	Ateneo Lady Eagles	6	4	2	.667^[a]	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	De La Salle Lady Archers	6	4	2	.667^[a]	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
5	Adamson Lady Falcons	6	2	4	.333	3
6	UST Tigresses	6	1	5	.167	4
7	UE Lady Warriors (H)	6	0	6	.000	5

Source: ABS-CBN Sports
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Ateneo 1–0 La Salle

Match-up results

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6
AdMU
AdU
DLSU
NU
UE
UP
UST

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = Loss

Playoffs


Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)			Finals (Best-of-three series)



UP		3

La Salle		1
			1	UP	2	0

			3	Ateneo	3	3
NU	1	2

Ateneo	3	3

Awards

Co-Most Valuable Players: Chanelle Lunod and Joella Geva de Vera (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Sarah Joy Barredo (NU Lady Bulldogs)

Judo

The UAAP Season 81 Judo Championships will be held from November 2018 at the De La Salle Zobel Sports Pavilion in Ayala Alabang, Muntinlupa. The tournament host is De La Salle University.

Men's tournament[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Rank	Team		Points
Rank	Team	Total	Points
	Ateneo
	UST
	La Salle
4	UP
5	UE
6	Adamson

Event host in boldface

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Women's tournament[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Rank	Team		Points
Rank	Team	Total	Points
	UST
	UE
	UP
4	La Salle
5	Ateneo

Event host in boldface

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Medal	Pts.
1st	10
2nd	5
3rd	2

Boys' tournament[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Rank	Team		Points
Rank	Team	Total	Points
	Ateneo
	UST
	La Salle
4	FEU
5	UE
6	UP

Event host in boldface

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Girls' tournament (demonstration event)[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Rank	Team		Points
Rank	Team	Total	Points
	UST
	FEU
	La Salle
4	UE

Event host in boldface

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player:
Rookie of the Year:

Swimming

The UAAP Season 81 Swimming Championships was held from November 11–15, 2018 at the Rizal Memorial Swimming Pool in Vito Cruz St., Malate, Manila. The tournament host is University of the Philippines and tournament commissioner is __________ . The number of participating teams in the Girls' tournament increased by one school with the participation of Ateneo. There are now six schools participating.

Team ranking is determined by a point system, similar to that of the overall championship. The points given are based on the swimmer's/team's finish in the finals of an event, which include only the top eight finishers from the preliminaries. The gold medalist(s) receive 15 points, silver gets 12, bronze has 10. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating swimmers/teams according to their order of finish.

Men's tournament[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Rank	Team	Medals				Rec	Points
Rank	Team				Total	Rec	Points
	Ateneo	11	8	4	23	2	475
	La Salle						380
	UST		1	3	4		180
4	UP						173
5	UE						24

Rec - Number of new swimming records established
Event host in boldface

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player: Jessie Khing Lacuna (Ateneo Blue Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Maurice Sacho Ilustre (De La Salle Green Archers)

Women's tournament[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Rank	Team	Medals				Rec	Points
Rank	Team				Total	Rec	Points
	Ateneo	10	8	6	24		530
	UP						352
	La Salle						143
4	UST			3			127
5	UE						6

Rec - Number of new swimming records established
Event host in boldface

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player: Kirsten Chloe Daos (Ateneo Lady Eagles)
Rookie of the Year: Dara Michelle Carreon (Ateneo Lady Eagles)

Pos.	Pts.
1st	15
2nd	12
3rd	10
4th	8
5th	6
6th	4
7th	2
8th	1

Boys' tournament[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Rank	Team	Medals				Rec	Points
Rank	Team				Total	Rec	Points
	La Salle						409.5
	UST	4	10	8	22		338
	Ateneo	8		3	11		150
4	UE
5	UP

Rec - Number of new swimming records established
Event host in boldface

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player: Phillip Joaquin Santos (Ateneo Blue Eaglets)
Rookie of the Year:

Girls' tournament[edit]

Team standings[edit]

Rank	Team	Medals				Rec	Points
Rank	Team				Total	Rec	Points
	DLSZ						398
	UST	9	4	3	16		319
	UPIS
4	Ateneo			3	3	2	30
5	UE

Rec - Number of new swimming records established
Event host in boldface

Awards[edit]

Most Valuable Player: Camille Lauren Buico (UST Growling Tigers)
Rookie of the Year: Alexa Natividad (UPIS Junior Lady Maroons)

Pos.	Pts.
1st	15
2nd	12
3rd	10
4th	8
5th	6
6th	4
7th	2
8th	1

Performance sports

Cheerdance

The UAAP Season 81 cheerdance competition was held on November 17, 2018 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. It was hosted by ABS-CBN Sports Anchor Nikko Ramos and "Upfront" host Janeena Chan. Cheerdance competition is an exhibition event. Points for the overall championship are not awarded to the participating schools.

Team standings

Rank	Team	Order	Tumbling	Stunts	Tosses	Pyramids	Dance	Penalties	Points	Percentage
1	NU Pep Squad	5	89.00	88.50	77.00	87.00	369.50	0	711.00	88.88 %
2	FEU Cheering Squad	7	82.50	85.00	70.00	75.00	347.00	–4	655.50	81.94 %
3	Adamson Pep Squad	8	73.50	86.00	69.00	78.00	334.00	–2	638.50	79.81 %
4	UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe	3	78.50	76.50	75.00	72.00	346.00	–10	638.00	79.75 %
5	UE Pep Squad	1	79.50	79.00	79.00	71.00	298.00	–4	602.50	75.31 %
6	UP Pep Squad	2	67.50	73.00	59.00	65.00	318.00	–14	568.50	71.06 %
7	Ateneo Blue Babble Battalion	6	62.50	77.00	47.00	64.00	316.50	–9	558.00	69.75 %
8	DLSU Animo Squad	4	58.50	68.00	34.00	63.00	257.00	–21	459.50	57.44 %

Order refers to order of performance.

General championship summary

The general champion is determined by a point system. The system gives 15 points to the champion team of a UAAP event, 12 to the runner-up, and 10 to the third placer. The following points: 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 are given to the rest of the participating teams according to their order of finish.

Medals table

Seniors' division[edit]


Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	University of Santo Tomas	7	6	4	17
2	Ateneo de Manila University	7	3	4	14
3	National University*	7	2	1	10
4	De La Salle University	4	6	5	15
5	University of the Philippines Diliman	1	6	6	13
6	Far Eastern University	1	6	1	8
7	Adamson University	1	0	4	5
7	University of the East	1	0	4	5
Totals (8 entries)		29	29	29	87

* Host nation (Season host); General champions
Notes: Results are final.

High school division[edit]


Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	University of the East	5	0	0	5
2	De La Salle Zobel	3	1	1	5
3	Nazareth School of National University*	2	3	0	5
4	Ateneo de Manila University	2	1	2	5
5	Far Eastern University–Diliman	1	1	1	3
6	University of Santo Tomas	0	6	3	9
7	UP Integrated School	0	0	1	1
8	Adamson University	0	0	0	0
Totals (8 entries)		13	12	8	33

* Host nation (Season host); General champions
Notes: Results are final.

General championship tally

Seniors' division

v t e																															Total
Rank	Team	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	C	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	M	W	C	Overall
1	UST	4	10	6	12	15	15	10	8	6	6	10	6	15	15	4	4	12	12	12	15	15	8	12	6	10	1	15	6	12	118	152	12	282
2	La Salle	6	6	4	10	1	12	12	10	1	15	4	12	6	12	8	10	6	10	15	8	8	15	10	12	15	6	6	12	8	101	144	15	260
3	Ateneo	15	4	10	15	2	6	15	15	2	1	12	10	1	4	10	15	4	6	4	12	6	12	2	15	6	4	4	10	15	124	109	4	237
3	UP	12	1	1	6	4	10	8	12	4	12	6	8	4	10	12	12	8	8	10	10	12	4	6	10	8	15	10	8	6	106	121	10	237
5	NU (H)	2	15	15	4	10	8	—	—	12	2	15	15	12	2	15	8	15	15	8	—	—	6	8	2	—	8	—	—	—	112	77	8	197
6	FEU	8	12	12	8	12	2	—	—	15	4	—	—	10	8	—	—	2	2	6	—	—	—	—	8	12	12	12	4	4	83	64	6	153
7	UE	1	2	2	2	6	1	6	6	8	8	8	—	2	6	2	2	10	4	2	6	10	—	4	1	—	10	8	15	10	77	63	2	142
8	Adamson	10	8	8	1	8	4	—	—	10	10	2	—	8	1	6	6	—	—	—	—	—	10	15	4	—	2	2	—	—	68	47	0	115

(H) Season host; = Champion; = Runner-up; = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

High school division

v t e															Total
Rank	Team	B	B	G	B	G	B	G	B	B	B	B	B	G	B	G	Overall
1	UST	6	10	10	12	12	12	—	12	10	8	—	12	12	82	34	116
2	UE	2	6	4	8	6	15	15	6	—	—	15	15	15	67	40	107
3	DLSZ	4	4	15	15	15	—	12	10	8	6	—	—	—	47	42	89
4	Ateneo	12	2	—	10	8	—	—	15	15	10	—	—	8	64	16	80
5	NSNU (H)	15	15	12	—	—	—	—	—	12	12	—	—	—	54	12	66
6	FEU–D	10	12	6	—	—	—	—	8	—	15	—	—	—	45	6	51
7	Adamson	8	8	8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	8	24
8	UPIS	1	1	2	6	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	12	20

(H) Season host; = Champion; = Runner-up; = Third place; — = No team.
Notes: Results are final.

Broadcast notes

For the 3rd straight season since its broadcast deal renewal, ABS-CBN Sports will provide television and online coverage for all UAAP events. The games will be aired live on S+A Channel 23, S+A HD Channel 166, Liga & Liga HD and their website, sports.abs-cbn.com.

Commentator[edit]

Boom Gonzales
Mico Halili (Basketball only)
Nikko Ramos (Basketball only)
Anton Roxas
Billie Capistrano (Volleyball only)
Martin Javier (Volleyball only)
Eric Tipan

Analyst[edit]

Marco Benitez
Bea Daez
Enzo Flojo
Martin Antonio
Kirk Long
Christian Luanzon
Ronnie Magsanoc

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