Country-Wide Basketball League
The Countrywide Basketball League or the CWBL is a planned regional basketball league in the Philippines.
Background
On July 2016, it was announced that the planned first conference of the Countrywide Basketball League, which was tentatively set on August 7, 2016, has been cancelled after broadcast partner ABS-CBN's withdrawal of support, due to financial difficulties, according to CWBL vice president of operations Joe Lipa.
On August 2017, it was announced that the league will push through with their launch.
Season format
The league will have two regular conferences per season. After the regular conferences, the top four teams with the best cumulative record will compete in a championship series to determine the overall season champion. All games will be held during weekends. For its inaugural conference in 2017, CWBL had limited the number of participants to six teams. A pre-season tournament is being planned to be launched by 2018.
Media coverage
Before the league's cancellation in 2016, CWBL chairman, Rey Gamboa, stated that the coverage of the games was to focus on localities. The league was supposed to be exclusively covered by ABS-CBN Sports to aired live coverage on ABS-CBN Sports+Action and its regional counterparts with telecast nationwide and all ABS-CBN Regional Network Group. ABS-CBN Later withdrew support which also led to the league's cancellation.
Teams
- Albay
- Bogo-Cebu Landmasters
- Tanauan, Batangas
- Naga, Camarines Sur
- TBA
- TBA