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The 1986 PABL season is the fourth season of the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL). ==Summary== The Invitational First Conference features commercial ballclubs and collegiate schools divided into two groups, barely a few weeks before the tournament started, teams started knocking on the PABL door as efforts to solicit team sponsorship rose to a fever pitch, the participating teams were down to only four; ESQ Marketing, RFM-Swifts, Mama's Love and newcomer Lhuillier Jewelers of Cebu when the league had a board meeting in early March. Last year's challenge to champions titlist Army Jungle Fighters of coach Charlie Badion and another new member Hope Cigarettes, to be handled by Arturo Valenzona, came in as last minute entries. Two collegiate squads comprises the 8-team field in Division I, De La Salle University and the University of the Philippines, originally assigned to the second division but has been moved on the request of coach Joe Lipa and will play under the banner of Converse-Milkland. Division II were consist of UE Warriors, UST Glowing Goldies, Ateneo Blue Eagles, San Sebastian College, Letran Knights, Perpetual Help College, University of Manila and NCBA. 〔(PABL Invitational Tournament '86 )〕 Noteworthy among the players from their respective teams were Samboy Lim, Jojo Lastimosa, Al Solis, Jun Tan, Peter Aguilar, Peter Jao and Jesus Ramirez of Lhuillier, Allan Caidic of ESQ Merchants, Zaldy Realubit and Yves Dignadice of Mama's Love, Renato Agustin, Edgar Tanuan, Adriano Polistico and Jeffrey Graves of Hope, Ronnie Magsanoc, Duane Salvaterra and a 17-year-old rookie Benjie Paras of Converse/Milkland. Lhuillier and Hope played in the best-of-five Division I championship, the Jewelers with assistant coach Alfredo Enriquez, a former PBA backcourt man, calling the shots from regular coach Raul "Yayoy" Alcoseba, who is serving a one-year suspension imposed on him by the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) for leading University of San Jose-Recoletos' walkout during the National Students basketball championships last year in Naga City, won the finals series, 3 games to 1. ESQ Marketing, RFM-Swifts and Mama's Love were the only remaining teams in the PABL Second Conference called Founder's Cup, making a comeback are the Magnolia Ice Cream squad of coach Derrick Pumaren, known as Lagelite Beer last year, and the Country Fair Hotdogs, coach by Larry Mumar. The new teams were Purefoods Corporation, a giant food company joining the basketball scene, to be handled by former Masagana 99 mentor Domingo Panganiban, and Fuji Soy Sauce. Magnolia Ice Cream, with a star-studded lineup led by Allan Caidic, Elmer Reyes and Jerry Codinera, completed a conference sweep, winning all their six games in the elimination round and three games in the four-team semifinals, the Ice Cream Makers scored a 3-0 sweep over the Hector Calma-led ESQ Merchants in the best-of-five finals series for a perfect 12-0. The Third Conference, known as "Filipino Cup", dedicated to the countless brave souls who took part in the People Power Revolution, opens on October 18 with the usual parade of competing teams with their muses and the giving of plaques of appreciation to members of the 1936 Berlin Olympics, 1951 Asian Games, 1954 World Basketball Championships, Gold medalists in the Seoul Asiad and the Philippine national team which took the bronze medal in the 10th Asian games. The league marked the return of Crispa Redmanizers and YCO to the amateur scene. Crispa combined forces with the Lhuillier quintet while YCO, the most dominant team in the 1960's, decided to build its nucleus from the now-defunct Fuji Soy Sauce squad, and has enlisted such players as Asian gamers Edgar Tanuan, Alvin Patrimonio and Eric Altamirano, other teams with massive player transfers; Jojo Lastimosa and Harmon Codiñera are seeing action for Crispa-Lhuillier, together with Peter Aguilar, Al Solis and new recruit Arthur Dela Cruz, San Sebastian's prized slotman in the NCAA. Magnolia had Allan Caidic, Nelson Asaytono, Jerry Codiñera, Dindo Pumaren, David Zamar and Benjie Gutierrez. Purefoods boasts of Cayetano Salazar of NCAA champion Letran, Salvador Ramos, George Ella and Loreto Manaog. RFM-Swift's were led by former Mama's love stalwart Elmer Cabahug, Anthony Mendoza, Alex Regis and former pro Jerry Pingoy. Nat Canson's ESQ Merchants, to be known as ESQ-Sta.Lucia Realty, had Jojo Villapando, Tony Dela Cerna, Edgar Macaraya, Hernani Demegillo, former pro Lawrence Merced and slippery guard Jerry Gonzales. Newcomer Philips Sardines of national coach Joe Lipa had the UP Maroons tandem of Benjie Paras and Ronnie Magsanoc. Guest team Golden Dragon of Taiwan will see action in the semifinals. 〔(Yco outshines Crispa )〕 The YCO Shine Masters, coach by Edgardo Gomez and led by Alvin Patrimonio, won the Filipino Cup title via 3-0 sweep over ESQ-Sta.Lucia. Crispa-Lhuillier takes third place with a 2-1 series win over Magnolia Ice Cream. 〔(Yco clinches cage crown )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1986 Philippine Amateur Basketball League season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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