THE VISAYAS regional games of the Philippine Collegiate Champions League (PCCL) gets underway this weekend at Macias gym in Dumaguete City.
According to PCCL executive director Joe Lipa, the Visayas leg participants are the champion teams from Dumaguete (Asian College Lightnings), Ormoc (Western Leyte College Mustangs), Bohol (Philippine Maritime Institute Navigators, Bacolod (University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos Rams) and Iloilo (John B. Lacson Foundation Dolphins).
Four regional titles are at stake namely, North-Central Luzon, South Luzon-Bicol, Visayas Islands and Mindanao. The Luzon winners will advance to the Luzon-Metro Manila qualifying games while the Visayas and Mindanao champions will compete in the Visayas-Mindanao qualifiers.
The champions in the qualifiers will advance to the Elite Eight.
The Mindanao games will be held in Cagayan de Oro on Oct. 7 and 8.