The 2026 National Student Athletes Championship (NSAC) is a college basketball tournament organized by AsiaBasket. The tournament is being run from April 11 to May 31, 2026 and feature sixteen teams from three different associations.

Teams Sixteen (16) teams will compete at the tournament, up from fourteen (14) during the 2025 AsiaBasket College Campus Tour. The participants include seven teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), eight teams from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and one team from the National Athletic Association of Schools, Colleges and Universities (NAASCU).

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 De La Salle Green Archers De La Salle University UAAP FEU Tamaraws Far Eastern University UAAP Letran Knights Colegio de San Juan de Letran NCAA Lyceum Pirates Lyceum of the Philippines University NCAA Mapúa Cardinals Mapúa University NCAA NU Bulldogs National University UAAP 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 UP Fighting Maroons University of the Philippines Diliman UAAP UST Growling Tigers University of Santo Tomas UAAP

Venues The 2026 NSAC is planned to be held in six venues.

College Facility Location Rounds Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagle Gym Loyola Heights, Quezon City Group phase Finals De La Salle University Enrique Razon Sports Complex Malate, Manila Semifinals De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde Sports and Dormitory Complex Malate, Manila Classification round Quarterfinals University of Perpetual Help System DALTA UPHSD Gymnasium 2 Las Piñas Round of 16 San Beda University RC Gym San Miguel, Manila Group phase University of the Philippines Diliman Varsity Training Center Diliman, Quezon City Group phase Round of 16

Group phase The sixteen teams are divided into four groups of four. Each group competes in a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one game against their three group opponents. Standings from the group phase will determine seeding in the final phase.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final phase The sixteen teams are placed into a four-round single-elimination bracket. The final phase also includes classification games after the round of 16.

Round of 16

Classification round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Finals

Awards

Notes

See also U-Belt Collegiate Invitational Season 2

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