UAAP Season 85

This is the calendar of sports events of UAAP Season 85. The list includes the tournament host schools and the venues.

First Semester

Sport (Division)	Event Host	Duration	Venue/s
Basketball (Collegiate)	Adamson University	Oct 1 – Dec 19, 2022	SM Mall of Asia Arena PhilSports Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum UST Quadricentennial Pavilion Ynares Center
Badminton (Collegiate)	National University	Oct 29 – Nov 13, 2022	Centro Atletico Badminton Center
Chess (Collegiate & High School)	Far Eastern University	Nov 12 – Dec 17, 2022	FEU Diliman Sports Complex FEU Institute of Technology Gym
Beach Volleyball (Collegiate)	University of the East	Nov 19–29, 2022	Sands at SM by the Bay
Table Tennis (Collegiate & High School)	De La Salle University	Nov 20–26, 2022	Makati Coliseum
Swimming (Collegiate & High School)	University of the Philippines	Nov 24–27, 2022	Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Pool
Athletics (Collegiate & High School)	University of the Philippines	Nov 30 – Dec 4, 2022	PhilSports Football and Athletics Stadium
Cheerdance (Coed)	Special Events Committee	December 10, 2022	SM Mall of Asia Arena
Taekwondo (Poomsae) (Coed)	Ateneo de Manila University	December 13, 2022	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Taekwondo (Kyorugi) (Collegiate & High School)		Dec 13–15, 2022
Judo (Collegiate & High School)		Dec 17–18, 2022

Second Semester

Sport	Event host	Duration	Venue(s)
Basketball (High School)	De La Salle University	Jan 15 – March 17, 2023	Filoil EcoOil Centre San Andres Sports Complex Paco Arena
Football (Collegiate & High School)	Far Eastern University	Jan 22 –	UP Diliman Football Pitch
Volleyball (High School)	University of the East	Feb 13 – Mar 21, 2023	Paco Arena
Softball (Collegiate)	University of the Philippines	Feb 18 – March 18, 2023	UP Diliman Baseball/Softball Field
Fencing (Collegiate & High School)	University of Santo Tomas	Feb 23–26, 2023	UST Quadricentennial Pavilion
Volleyball (Collegiate)	Adamson University	Feb 25 –May 14,2023	SM Mall of Asia Arena PhilSports Arena Smart Araneta Coliseum Filoil EcoOil Centre
Lawn Tennis (Collegiate)	National University	March 11 – April 29	Felicisimo Ampon Tennis Court
Baseball (Collegiate)	University of the Philippines	March 12 – April 21, 2023	UP Diliman Baseball/Softball Field
3x3 Basketball (High School)		April 29–30, 2023	Ateneo Blue Eagle Gym
Beach Volleyball (High School)		April 29 – May 7, 2023	Sands at SM by the Bay

The tournament started on October 1, 2022, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena[2] and games are scheduled three times a week (every Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays). Four basketball games are scheduled every Wednesdays, and two games every Saturdays and Sundays. All teams play in the Wednesday play dates. The reason behind the quick tournament is to give way for the fifth window of the FIBA World Cup 2023 Asian Qualifiers in November.[2][3] The men's and women's basketball tournaments still follows the same format: A double-round elimination stage, semi-finals (final four), and best-of-three finals.

The Coach's Challenge system implemented in both men's and women's basketball tournaments as part of the innovation this Season 85. This is in accordance with one of the new rules of the world basketball governing body FIBA.[4]

The playing venue of the basketball games were not only held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Season 85. Basketball games were played in various venues unlike in Season 84 where the entirety of the basketball tournament was held only in the SM Mall of Asia Arena in a bubble set-up due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The UAAP were expand out of the Mall of Asia Arena and back to other venues for the Season 85 basketball tournament. Apart from SM Mall of Asia Arena, the league returned for games at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, the PhilSports Arena (formerly ULTRA) in Pasig City, and the Ynares Center in Antipolo.[5]

Further pre-pandemic features of this season's basketball tournament also included the return of weekend double-header afternoon schedules, the return of the women's collegiate and boys' high school tournaments, and patron/VIP arena seating for fans.

Kicking off the tournament at MOA on opening day (Saturday, October 1) were the matches between host Adamson and UST at 2 pm (PHT), and La Salle versus defending champion UP at 4 pm (PHT).

Second day (Sunday, October 2) hostilities were the games between UE and NU, which started at 2 pm (PHT) and still at the MOA Arena, followed by the match between Ateneo and FEU at 4 pm (PHT).

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Ateneo Blue Eagles	11	3	.786[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	UP Fighting Maroons	11	3	.786[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	NU Bulldogs	9	5	.643	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons (H)	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
5	De La Salle Green Archers	7	7	.500[lower-alpha 2]	4
6	UE Red Warriors	5	9	.357[lower-alpha 3]	6
7	FEU Tamaraws	5	9	.357[lower-alpha 3]	6
8	UST Growling Tigers	1	13	.071	10

Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Head to head record: Ateneo 1–1 UP (Ateneo +3)
2. Fourth seed playoff: Adamson 80–76 La Salle
3. Head to head record: UE 1–1 FEU (UE +3)

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Final (Best-of-three series)
	1	Ateneo	81
	4	Adamson	60
						1	Ateneo	66	65	75
						2	UP	72	55	68
	2	UP	69
	3	NU	61

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	NU Lady Bulldogs	13	1	.929	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	De La Salle Lady Archers	12	2	.857	1
3	UST Tigresses	11	3	.786	2	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	Ateneo Blue Eagles	7	7	.500	6
5	UP Fighting Maroons	6	8	.429	7
6	Adamson Lady Falcons (H)	5	9	.357	8
7	FEU Lady Tamaraws	2	12	.143	11
8	UE Lady Warriors	0	14	.000	13

Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	NU		83
	4	Ateneo		64
							1	NU	93	76
							2	La Salle	61	64
	2	La Salle	57	74
	3	UST	68	69

Elimination round

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Adamson Baby Falcons	12	2	.857[lower-alpha 1]	—	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	12	2	.857[lower-alpha 1]	—
3	NSNU Bullpups	11	3	.786	1	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Tiger Cubs	7	7	.500	5
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles	6	8	.429	6
6	DLSZ Junior Archers (H)	4	10	.286	8
7	UE Junior Warriors	3	11	.214	9
8	UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons	1	13	.071	11

Source: UAAP on Livestats
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) head-to-head point differential; 5) overall point differential
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Head to head record: Adamson 2–0 FEU-D

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)						Final (Best-of-three series)
	1	Adamson		62
	4	UST		55
							1	Adamson	74	76
							2	FEU–D	85	77
	2	FEU–D	82	71
	3	NSNU	93	65

The tournament started on February 25, 2023,[6] at the SM Mall of Asia Arena and games are scheduled three times a week (every Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays). Four volleyball games are scheduled every Wednesdays, and two games every Saturdays and Sundays. All teams play in the Wednesday play dates. Both collegiate and high school volleyball tournaments still follows the same format: A double-round elimination stage, semi-finals (final four), and best-of-three finals.

The Video Challenge system implemented in both men's and women's volleyball tournaments as part of the innovation this Season 85. This is in accordance with one of the new rules of the world volleyball governing body FIVB. The first time the UAAP implemented the Video Challenge rule was back in 2020, but it did not last as the season got canceled at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. And will only be ready to use from second round of the tournament.[7][8]

The playing venue of the volleyball games were not only held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Season 85. Volleyball games were played in various venues unlike in Season 84 where the entirety of the volleyball tournament was held only in the SM Mall of Asia Arena in a closed-circuit set-up due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The UAAP were expand out of the Mall of Asia Arena and back to other venues for the Season 85 basketball tournament. Apart from SM Mall of Asia Arena, the league returned for games at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan City and the PhilSports Arena (formerly ULTRA) in Pasig City.[9]

Further pre-pandemic features of this season's volleyball tournament also included the return of weekend double-header afternoon schedules, the return of the men's collegiate, boys' and girls' high school tournaments, and patron/VIP arena seating for fans.

Kicking off the tournament at MOA on opening day (Saturday, February 25) were the matches between host Adamson and UE at 10 am and 12 pm (PHT), and Ateneo versus defending champion NU at 2 and 4 pm (PHT).[9]

Second day (Sunday, February 26) hostilities were the games between UP and FEU, which started at 10 am and 12 pm (PHT) and still at the MOA Arena, followed by the match between La Salle and UST at 2 and 4 pm (PHT).[9]

Elimination round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NU Bulldogs	14	14	0	40	42	9	4.667	1234	1012	1.219	Advance to the finals[lower-alpha 1]
2	UST Golden Spikers	14	11	3	32	37	18	2.056	1294	1189	1.088	Proceed to stepladder round 2
3	FEU Tamaraws	14	8	6	27	33	24	1.375	1293	1258	1.028	Proceed to stepladder round 1
4	De La Salle Green Spikers	14	8	6	24	29	22	1.318	1173	1126	1.042
5	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	7	7	18	26	30	0.867	1259	1250	1.007
6	UE Red Warriors	14	5	9	15	24	32	0.750	1207	1253	0.963
7	Adamson Soaring Falcons (H)	14	2	12	8	13	38	0.342	1026	1213	0.846
8	UP Fighting Maroons	14	1	13	4	10	41	0.244	1058	1243	0.851

Source: UAAP on Twitter
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host
Notes:

1. As NU won all of their elimination round games, the stepladder format will be used instead of the regular Final Four format.

Playoffs

	Stepladder round 1 (Single elimination)					Stepladder round 2 (Single elimination)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
											1	NU	3	3
						2	UST	3			2	UST	2	0
	3	FEU	3			3	FEU	0
	4	La Salle	1

Elimination round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	De La Salle Lady Spikers	14	13	1	37	40	8	5.000	1141	899	1.269	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	NU Lady Bulldogs	14	11	3	32	35	15	2.333	1158	958	1.209
3	Adamson Lady Falcons (H)	14	10	4	32	35	17	2.059	1199	1079	1.111	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Golden Tigresses	14	10	4	29	34	20	1.700	1209	1119	1.080
5	FEU Lady Tamaraws	14	6	8	16	21	31	0.677	1113	1164	0.956
6	Ateneo Blue Eagles	14	4	10	14	18	32	0.563	1043	1142	0.913
7	UP Fighting Maroons	14	1	13	5	10	40	0.250	989	1183	0.836
8	UE Lady Red Warriors	14	1	13	3	11	41	0.268	942	1250	0.754

Source: UAAP on Twitter
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Best-of-three series)
	1	La Salle	3
	4	UST	1
						1	La Salle	3	3
						2	NU	2	2
	2	NU	3
	3	Adamson	1

Elimination round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NSNU Bullpups	12	10	2	30	32	9	3.556	913	664	1.375	Twice-to-beat in the semifinals
2	FEU–D Baby Tamaraws	12	10	2	28	33	16	2.063	1007	816	1.234
3	UE Junior Warriors (H)	12	8	4	25	28	15	1.867	911	807	1.129	Twice-to-win in the semifinals
4	UST Tiger Cubs	12	8	4	23	26	15	1.733	899	713	1.261
5	Adamson Baby Falcons	12	4	8	14	19	24	0.792	823	730	1.127
6	Ateneo Blue Eagles	12	2	10	6	6	30	0.200	494	860	0.574
7	DLSZ Junior Archers	12	0	12	0	0	36	0.000	406	900	0.451

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for No. 2 or 4, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record
(H) Host

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Final (Best-of-three series)
	1	NSNU	3
	4	UST	1
						1	NSNU	3	2	0
						2	FEU–D	2	3	3
	2	FEU–D	3
	3	UE	1

Elimination round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	NSNU Lady Bullpups	10	10	0	29	30	5	6.000	818	587	1.394	Qualified to the Finals
2	Adamson Lady Baby Falcons	10	7	3	21	25	11	2.273	646	555	1.164
3	FEU–D Lady Baby Tamaraws	10	6	4	17	19	15	1.267	703	635	1.107
4	UST Junior Tigresses	10	5	5	17	20	16	1.250	804	699	1.150
5	UPIS Junior Fighting Maroons	10	1	9	3	4	27	0.148	621	835	0.744
6	DLSZ Junior Lady Archers	10	1	9	3	3	28	0.107	406	759	0.535

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) number of wins; 2) if tied for No. 2, one-game playoff; 3) match points; 4) sets ratio; 5) points ratio; 6) head-to-head record

Playoffs

	Final (Best-of-three series)
	1	NSNU	3	2	3
	2	Adamson	2	3	0

The UAAP Season 85 beach volleyball tournament began on November 19, 2022. The tournament venue is at the Sands SM by the Bay, SM Mall of Asia in Pasay, Metro Manila. University of the East is the tournament host. The format is a single round-robin in the elimination round, a single-elimination in the battle for third and a best-of-three series in the finals.

Elimination round

Team standings Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification 1  UST Tiger Sands 7 7 0 14 14 1 14.000 327 200 1.635 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals 2  NU Bulldogs 7 6 1 13 13 3 4.333 328 243 1.350 3  FEU Tamaraws 7 5 2 12 11 5 2.200 316 275 1.149 Twice-to-win in the semifinals 4  Ateneo Blue Eagles 7 4 3 11 8 6 1.333 264 249 1.060 5  UP Fighting Maroons 7 2[lower-alpha 1] 5 9 7 10 0.700 287 306 0.938 6  De La Salle Green Spikers 7 2[lower-alpha 1] 5 9 5 11 0.455 259 298 0.869 7  Adamson Soaring Falcons 7 2[lower-alpha 1] 5 9 4 11 0.364 234 281 0.833 8  UE Red Warriors (H) 7 0 7 7 0 14 0.000 138 294 0.469 Source: Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) match points; 5) sets ratio; 6) points ratio (H) Host Notes: Head to head record: UP 1–1, La Salle 1–1, ADU 1–1

Match-up results Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Adamson  Ateneo  La Salle  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST Source:   = Win;   = Loss

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Knockout)
	November 27
	1	UST	2
						November 29
	4	Ateneo	0
						1	UST	2
	November 27
						2	NU	0
	2	NU	2
	3	FEU	0
						3rd place (Knockout)
						November 29
						4	Ateneo	2
						3	FEU	0

Elimination round

Team standings Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification 1  UST Lady Spikers 7 7 0 14 14 0 MAX 298 178 1.674 Twice-to-beat in the semifinals 2  NU Lady Bulldogs 7 6 1 13 12 3 4.000 295 214 1.379 3  De La Salle Lady Spikers 7 5 2 12 10 5 2.000 287 252 1.139 Twice-to-win in the semifinals 4  UP Fighting Maroons 7 4 3 11 10 7 1.429 305 269 1.134 5  FEU Lady Tamaraws 7 3 4 10 7 8 0.875 289 257 1.125 6  Adamson Lady Falcons 7 2 5 9 4 11 0.364 203 277 0.733 7  Ateneo Blue Eagles 7 1 6 8 3 12 0.250 202 306 0.660 8  UE Lady Warriors (H) 7 0 7 7 0 14 0.000 169 297 0.569 Source: Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if tied for #2 or #4, one-game playoff; 3) head-to-head record; 4) match points; 5) sets ratio; 6) points ratio (H) Host

Match-up results Team ╲ Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Adamson  Ateneo  La Salle  FEU  NU  UE  UP  UST Source:   = Win;   = Loss

Playoffs

	Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)					Finals (Knockout)
	November 27
	1	UST	2
						November 29
	4	UP	0
						1	UST	2
	November 27
						2	NU	0
	2	NU	2
	3	La Salle	0
						3rd place (Knockout)
						November 29
						4	UP	2
						3	La Salle	1