UAAP Season 61

UAAP Season 61
The Filipino Spirit Shining Through Sports
Host schoolUniversity of the East
Overall
SeniorsUST school colors University of Santo Tomas
JuniorsUST school colors University of Santo Tomas
Seniors' champions
Sport
Men
Women
Basketball La Salle school colors La Salle FEU school colors FEU
Juniors' champions
Sport
Boys
Girls
Basketball UST school colors UST N/A
(NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport;
(Ex) = Exhibition;
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UAAP Season 61 is the 1998–99 season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines which was hosted by the University of the East. The season opened on 11 July 1998, thirty days after the nation's 100th anniversary of declaration of independence from Spain and eleven days after the installation of Joseph Ejercito Estrada as the nation's 13th president.

Basketball

Men's tournament

Elimination round

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 La Salle school colors De La Salle Green Archers 13 1 .929 — Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2 FEU school colors FEU Tamaraws 11 3 .786 2
3 UE school colors UE Red Warriors (H) 7 7 .500 6 Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4 UST school colors UST Growling Tigers 7 7 .500[a] 6
5 UP school colors UP Fighting Maroons 7 7 .500[a] 6
6 Ateneo school colors Ateneo Blue Eagles 5 9 .357 8
7 NU school colors NU Bulldogs 5 9 .357 8
8 Adamson school colors Adamson Falcons 1 13 .071 12
Source: 1998–99 UAAP basketball tournament
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:
  1. ^ a b Fourth–seed playoff: UST 80–72 UP

Playoffs

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)		Finals
(Best-of-three series)
La Salle school colors La Salle5156
UST school colors UST5551
1La Salle school colors La Salle7263
2FEU school colors FEU4759
FEU school colors FEU6883
UE school colors UE8161

Championships summary

Seniors Division championships

Rank MEN'S
Basketball Volleyball Swimming Chess Table tennis Tennis Badminton Track and field Taekwondo Judo Baseball Football
1st DLSU UST UP UST UP UP UP UE DLSU UST AdU ADMU
2nd FEU FEU DLSU UP DLSU UST UST FEU UST UP UP UST
3rd UE DLSU UST DLSU UE DLSU UE DLSU UP ADMU UST UP
4th UST NU ADMU UE UST ADMU ADMU UST UE UE DLSU DLSU
5th UP AdU UE FEU FEU AdU FEU UP ADMU DLSU NU FEU
6th ADMU UP AdU AdU AdU UE DLSU AdU FEU AdU ADMU UE
7th NU UE ADMU NU AdU ADMU AdU
8th AdU ADMU NU ADMU NU
Rank WOMEN'S
Basketball Volleyball Swimming Chess Table tennis Badminton Track and field Taekwondo Judo Softball Football
1st FEU FEU UST FEU UP UP FEU DLSU UST AdU DLSU
2nd UST DLSU UP UP UST FEU UST UP UST FEU
3rd UP UE DLSU UE DLSU ADMU DLSU ADMU
UST		 ADMU UP UP
4th AdU UST ADMU UST AdU UST AdU UP DLSU DLSU ADMU
5th DLSU UP AdU AdU UE DLSU UE UE UE UE UST
6th UE AdU UE DLSU FEU AdU UP FEU AdU ADMU
7th ADMU NU ADMU NU UE ADMU AdU
8th ADMU ADMU NU

Juniors Division championships

Rank BOYS' GIRLS'
Basketball Volleyball Swimming Chess Table tennis Track and field Volleyball Swimming
1st USTHS DLSZ USTHS ADMU UE AdU DLSZ USTHS
2nd ADMU ADMU &
USTHS		 DLSZ AdU AdU &
ADMU		 ADMU USTHS DLSZ
3rd AdU ADMU UST USTHS UE AdU
4th DLSZ UE AdU UE USTHS UPIS NU UE
5th UE UPIS UPIS NU UPIS DLSZ UPIS UPIS
6th UPIS NU UE NU UE
7th NU DLSZ

Overall Championship race

The host school is boldfaced. Final.