Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters | |
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League | MPBL |
Founded | 2018 |
History | Batangas City Athletics 2018–2021, 2024 Tanduay Rum Masters 2022 Batangas City Embassy Chill 2022–2023 Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters 2023, 2024–present |
Arena | Batangas City Sports Coliseum FPJ Arena (San Jose) |
Location | Batangas City, Batangas |
Main sponsor | Tanduay Distillers[1][2] |
Head coach | Pocholo Villanueva |
Championships | MPBL: 1 (2018) |
The Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters are a professional basketball team based in Batangas City, Batangas. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's South Division. The team splits its home games between Batangas City Sports Coliseum and FPJ Arena in San Jose.
The team joined in 2018 as one of the founding teams of the MPBL. The team first went by the Batangas City Athletics before changing to Batangas City Embassy Chill in 2022. The team then changed its name to the Tanduay Rum Masters in 2024. The Batangas City franchise has also played in FilBasket.
The team has been successful throughout its history, they clinched the inaugural championship in 2018 and has made the division finals in four of the last five seasons. To date, they are the only MPBL team to make a playoff appearance in every season of the league's existence.
The Rum Masters are one of five teams based in Calabarzon and since its establishment has been backed by Tanduay Distillers as part of the beverage company's athletics program.