U-Belt Collegiate Invitational Season 2

2026 U-Belt Collegiate Invitational
U-Belt Collegiate Invitational Season 2
Tournament details
Country	Philippines
Cities	Manila; Pasay; Quezon City; Las Piñas
Venue	see venues
Teams	16
Defending champions	NU Bulldogs
Final positions
Champions	JRU Heavy Bombers (1st title)
Runners-up	EAC Generals
Third place	San Beda Red Lions
Fourth place	UST Growling Tigers

The 2026 U-Belt Collegiate Invitational Cup, officially referred to as the U-Belt Collegiate Invitational Season 2, is the second edition of the U-Belt collegiate basketball tournament. The tournament was contested by five teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), seven from the NCAA Philippines (NCAA), two from the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU), and one each from the Universities and Colleges Athletic League (UCAL) and the Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association (ISAA).^[1]^[2]

The NU Bulldogs entered this tournament as the defending champions.^[3]

Teams

Team	College	Association
Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson University	UAAP
Arellano Chiefs	Arellano University	NCAA
Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University	UAAP
Benilde Blazers	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde	NCAA
CEU Scorpions	Centro Escolar University	UCAL
EAC Generals	Emilio Aguinaldo College	NCAA
FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University	UAAP
Letran Knights	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	NCAA
LCCM Blue Royals	La Consolacion College Manila	ISAA
NU Bulldogs	National University	UAAP
OLFU Phoenix	Our Lady of Fatima University	NAASCU
Perpetual Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA	NCAA
San Beda Red Lions	San Beda University	NCAA
San Sebastian Stags	San Sebastian College – Recoletos	NCAA
St. Clare Saints	St. Clare College of Caloocan	NAASCU
UST Growling Tigers	University of Santo Tomas	UAAP

Venues

College	Facility	Location	Rounds
Arellano University	Arellano Gym Legarda	Sampaloc, Manila	Eliminations Quarterfinals Semifinals
Arellano University	Arellano Gym Taft	Pasay	Eliminations
Centro Escolar University	Tech Center Gym	San Miguel, Manila	Eliminations
N/A	Hoops Haven	Pasay	Eliminations
Far Eastern University Diliman	FEU Diliman Sports Complex	Quezon City	Eliminations
N/A	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	Malate, Manila	Battle for Third Finals
University of Perpetual Help System DALTA	UPHSD Gymnasium 2	Las Piñas	Eliminations
San Beda University	RC Gym	San Miguel, Manila	Eliminations

Elimination round

The league did not complete the elimination round games with Letran vs. St. Clare, Ateneo vs. EAC, and Ateneo vs. Perpetual not being played before the start of the playoffs. It is unknown how the seedings were determined despite an uneven number of games played.

Group A

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PCT	GB
1	JRU Heavy Bombers	7	7	0	648	461	+187	1.000	—
2	Adamson Soaring Falcons	7	4	3	466	492	−26	.571	3
3	UST Growling Tigers	7	4	3	555	520	+35	.571	3
4	Benilde Blazers	7	4	3	504	500	+4	.571	3

5	Letran Knights	6	3	3	485	453	+32	.500	3.5
6	St. Clare Saints	6	3	3	406	407	−1	.500	3.5
7	OLFU Phoenix	7	3	4	495	524	−29	.429	4
8	FEU Tamaraws	7	0	7	445	577	−132	.000	7

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Results

Team	Game
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Adamson Soaring Falcons (AdU)	FEU 70–61	UST 73–67	CSJL 61–69	JRU 58–81	CSB 80–79	SCC 45–63	OLFU 79–72
Benilde Blazers (CSB)	JRU 63–67	FEU 68–56	CSJL 76–87	OLFU 80–75	AdU 79–80	SCC 65–70	UST 73–65
Letran Knights (CSJL)	JRU 91–93	FEU 97–64	AdU 69–61	CSB 87–76	OLFU 64–75	UST 77–84
FEU Tamaraws (FEU)	AdU 61–70	CSJL 64–97	OLFU 67–72	CSB 56–68	JRU 50–93	UST 75–94	SCC 72–83
JRU Heavy Bombers (JRU)	OLFU 84–61	CSJL 93–91	CSB 67–63	SCC 74–61	UST 79–77	FEU 93–50	AdU 81–58
OLFU Phoenix (OLFU)	JRU 61–84	SCC 68–65	FEU 72–67	UST 79–85	CSB 75–80	CSJL 75–64	AdU 75–79
St. Clare Saints (SCC)	UST 64–83	OLFU 65–68	JRU 61–74	CSB 70–65	AdU 63–45	FEU 83–72
UST Growling Tigers (UST)	SCC 83–64	AdU 67–73	JRU 77–79	OLFU 85–79	FEU 94–75	CSJL 84–77	CSB 65–73

Source:
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss

Group B

Team standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB
1	NU Bulldogs	7	7	0	1.000	—
2	San Beda Red Lions	7	5	2	.714	2
3	EAC Generals	6	4	2	.667	2.5
4	CEU Scorpions	7	4	3	.571	3

5	Arellano Chiefs	7	4	3	.571	3
6	Ateneo Blue Eagles	5	1	4	.200	5
7	Perpetual Altas	6	1	5	.167	5.5
8	LCCM Blue Royals	7	0	7	.000	7

Source:

Results

Team	Game
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ateneo Blue Eagles (ADMU)	SBU 65–88	CEU 73–80	LCCM 86–60	NU 73–76	AU 85–97
Arellano Chiefs (AU)	CEU 80–86	NU 86–93	UPHSD 89–87	LCCM 107–70	SBU 81–68	EAC 72–79	ADMU 97–85
CEU Scorpions (CEU)	ADMU 80–73	AU 86–80	UPHSD 74–69	EAC 66–70	SBU 68–85	NU 53–62	LCCM 101–80
EAC Generals (EAC)	NU 64–69	SBU 60–63	LCCM 91–69	CEU 70–66	UPHSD 69–66	AU 79–72
LCCM Blue Royals (LCCM)	SBU 59–101	EAC 69–91	ADMU 60–86	AU 70–107	NU 60–84	CEU 80–101	UPHSD 68–90
NU Bulldogs (NU)	EAC 69–64	AU 93–86	SBU 66–58	LCCM 84–60	CEU 62–53	UPHSD 68–57	ADMU 76–73
San Beda Red Lions (SBU)	ADMU 88–65	LCCM 101–59	EAC 63–60	NU 58–66	CEU 85–68	AU 68–81	UPHSD 79–73
Perpetual Altas (UPHSD)	CEU 69–74	AU 87–89	EAC 66–69	NU 57–68	LCCM 90–68	SBU 73–79	–

Source:
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss

Playoffs

The single-elimination playoffs will start with the crossover quarterfinals, where the first-seeded teams play the fourth-seeded team from the opposing association group, same goes for the second-seeded and third-seeded teams.

St. Clare replaced Adamson in the quarterfinals while San Beda replaced NU in the third-place match.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship game

May 27 – Arellano Gym Taft

A1

JRU

73

May 29 – Arellano Gym Taft

B4

CEU

70