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1999 MBA Season

sports season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ140378892 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1999 MBA season was the second season of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. The season started on February 7, 1999 and concluded on December 8, 1999 when the Manila Metrostars defeated the Cebu Gems in six games in the 1999 MBA National Finals.

This season saw the league expand to 15 teams, with the San Juan Knights, Nueva Ecija Patriots and Surigao Miners as expansion teams.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “1999 MBA Season” is sports season. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Season, sports and season, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Season, sports and season is the immediate research focus.
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