The 2001–02 season of the Philippine Basketball League (PBL).
2001-02 Challenge Cup Team standings Win Loss Head coach Welcoat Paints 9 5 Junel Baculi Shark Energy Drink 9 5 Leo Austria ICTSI-La Salle 9 5 Franz Pumaren Kutitap Toothpaste 8 6 Koy Banal Blu Detergent 7 7 Tony dela Cerna ANA Freezers 5 9 Rudy Mendoza Montaña Jewels 5 9 Arturo Valenzona Ateneo-Pioneer 4 10 Ricky Dandan ICTSI-La Salle and Shark Power Boosters battled in a sudden death playoff for an outright semifinals berth along with Welcoat Paints. ANA Freezers and Montaña collided for the last quarterfinals slot.
Finals
Shark Energy Drink and Welcoat Paints battled for the fourth straight time in the finals series, the Energy Drink Kings retained the Challenge Cup title with a 4–1 series victory, winning game five in overtime, 64–58. After the finals, Welcoat co-team owner Raymund Yu confirmed that the Paintmasters would take a leave of absence for two conferences before resuming its PBL campaign.
Individual awards Challenge Cup Most Valuable Player: Yancy De Ocampo (Welcoat) Sportsmanship Award: Dondon Mendoza (ANA Freezers) Most Improved Player Award: Gary David (Montaña) Finals MVP: Warren Ybañez (Shark) Mythical Five Yancy De Ocampo (Welcoat) Chester Tolomia (Shark) Renren Ritualo (Welcoat) Warren Ybañez (Shark) Allan Salangsang (Welcoat)
2002 Chairman's Cup Qualified for semifinals #Team standingsWLPCTGB1 Ateneo-Hapee-NENACO 8 3 .727 -- 2 Blu Sun Power 7 4 .636 1 3 ICTSI-La Salle 7 4 .636 1 4 Shark Energy Drink 6 5 .545 2 5 Kutitap Toothpaste 6 5 .545 2 6 ANA Freezers 6 5 .545 2 7 John-O-Juzz 5 6 .455 3 8 Montaña Jewels 2 9 .181 6 9 RP Youth-Burlington 0 8 .000 8 The RP Nationals did not win a single game in all their outings against the eight regular ballclubs.
Kutitap took the last semifinals slot, following a victory over John-O in a do-or-die game.
Ana Freezers were tied with Shark and Kutitap with a 6-5 won-loss slate, but were eliminated via lower quotient.
Finals
Ateneo-Hapee added another chapter to its history, joining the elite list of PBL champions by winning their finals series over Blu Sun Power. Enrico Villanueva was voted the conference Most Valuable Player and finals MVP. Villanueva powered his way to 24 points in the title-clinching game four. Joel Banal coached the Blue Eagles for the first time. Other Eagles who did their share for the championship victory included Rich Alvarez, Larry Fonacier, Celino Cruz and Gec Chia.
References
External links www.philippinebasketball.ph