Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association

Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
Sport Basketball and other sports
Founded 1938
Ceased 1981
No. of teams varies
Country  Philippines

The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) was a sports association which existed in the Philippines from 1938 to 1981. Throughout its existence, it staged various sports and was participated by prominent Philippine companies.

After World War II, its basketball tournament became the country's premier basketball league until 1975, when nine of its members broke away to form the very first professional basketball league in Asia, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Afterwards, it would continue as a farm league of sorts for the PBA until the league closed down before the end of 1981.

MICAA basketball champions

1960s and the YCO-Ysmael rivalry:

Champions from 1970 to 1981:

Basketball teams

Pre-PBA era (1938-1975):

New teams in the post-PBA era (1975-1981):

  • APCOR Financiers
  • Bax Jeans
  • Filsyn
  • Imperial Textile Mills (ITM)
  • Jag Jeans
  • L.R Villar/A&W Records
  • Romago
  • Solid Mills / Solidenims
  • St.George Whisky

Notable basketball players

(A-K)

(L-Z)

TV Coverage

During the 1960s, the basketball games were covered by MBC TV-11 with Willie Hernandez as chief anchor. Later on, other networks like ABS-CBN (DZXL TV-9 and later at DZAQ TV-3), ABC TV5, RBS TV-7, KBS TV-9 and IBC TV-13 would cover the basketball games.

External links

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