| UAAP Season 59 | |||||||||
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| Host school | De La Salle University | ||||||||
| Tagline | "The New Generation of Sports Excellence" | ||||||||
| Overall | |||||||||
| Seniors |  University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||
| Juniors | University of Santo Tomas | ||||||||
| Seniors' champions | |||||||||
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| Juniors' champions | |||||||||
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| (NT) = No tournament; (DS) = Demonstration Sport; (Ex) = Exhibition; | |||||||||
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UAAP Season 59 is the 1996–97 season of theUniversity Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), which was hosted byDe La Salle University-Manila. The season opened on July 13, 1996, at theAraneta Coliseum. The 3rd AnnualUAAP Cheerdance Competition was also held after the opening ceremonies.
| Pos | Team | W | L | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  De La Salle Green Archers(H) | 11 | 3 | 25 | Twice-to-beat in the semifinals |
| 2 | UST Growling Tigers | 10 | 4 | 24 | |
| 3 |  UP Fighting Maroons | 9 | 5 | 23 | Twice-to-win in the semifinals |
| 4 |  UE Red Warriors | 8 | 6 | 22 | |
| 5 |  Ateneo Blue Eagles | 7 | 7 | 21 | |
| 6 |  FEU Tamaraws | 4 | 10 | 18 | |
| 7 |  NU Bulldogs | 4 | 10 | 18 | |
| 8 |  Adamson Falcons | 3 | 11 | 17 |
| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 havetwice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | ||||||||
| 1 | La Salle | 67 | |||||||
| 4 | UE | 55 | |||||||
| 1 | La Salle | 60 | 54 | ||||||
| 2 | UST | 65 | 57 | ||||||
| 2 | UST | 63 | |||||||
| 3 | UP | 56 | |||||||
| Rank |  | _pictogram.svg) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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| 1st | UST | FEU | DLSU | UST | UST | UST | ADMU | UE | UP | UST | UP | UST | DLSU |
| 2nd | DLSU | UST | UP | UP | AdU | UP | UST | FEU | ADMU | DLSU | UP | ADMU | |
| 3rd | UP | DLSU | UST | DLSU | UP | DLSU | UP | UST | DLSU | UP | DLSU | UST | |
| 4th | UE | UP | AdU | UE | UE | ADMU | DLSU | DLSU | UE | UE | NU | FEU | |
| 5th | ADMU | UE | UE | FEU | FEU | UE | NU | UP | ADMU & FEU | AdU | UE | ||
| 6th | FEU & NU | AdU | ADMU | AdU | DLSU | AdU | UE | ADMU | ADMU | UP | |||
| 7th | NU | NU | ADMU | AdU | |||||||||
| 8th | AdU | ADMU | NU |
| Rank | | | | | | | | | |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | FEU | UST | DLSU | UP | UP | FEU | UP | UST | UP | UP | FEU |
| 2nd | DLSU | FEU | UP | FEU | ADMU | UST | ADMU | DLSU | AdU | ADMU | |
| 3rd | UST | UP | UST | DLSU | DLSU | DLSU | DLSU | UP | DLSU | DLSU | |
| 4th | UP | UE | ADMU | UST | UST | UE | UE | UST | UST | ||
| 5th | AdU | DLSU | AdU & UE | UE | UE | UP | ADMU | ADMU | UP | ||
| 6th | UE | ADMU | AdU | NU | AdU | FEU | |||||
| 7th | ADMU | AdU | NU | ADMU | |||||||
| 8th | NU | ADMU |
| Rank | BOYS' | GIRLS' | |||||||
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| 1st | USTHS | DLSZ | UST | ADMU | AdU & UE | ADMU | DLSZ | USTHS | |
| 2nd | ADMU | UE | DLSZ | UE | AdU | UPIS | AdU | ||
| 3rd | DLSZ | ADMU | ADMU | USTHS | NU | USTHS | USTHS | UE | |
| 4th | AdU | UPIS | UE | NU | USTHS | DLSZ | UE | DLSZ | |
| 5th | UE | NU | AdU | AdU | ADMU | UE & UPIS | NU | UPIS | |
| 6th | UPIS | USTHS | UPIS | DLSZ | UPIS | ||||
| 7th | NU | FEU | DLSZ | ||||||
| 8th | FEU | ||||||||
The host school is boldfaced. Final.
Juniors' division[edit]
| Seniors' division[edit]
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Note for Seniors division: Point totals in italics are partial results. The results for the Men and Women's Judo tournaments, in which only Ateneo, La Salle, UP, and UST joined in, are incomplete. UP won both tournaments. Fencing is a demonstration sport, and is not included in the final tally.
Top Athletes:
Men: Herminio Gallo, Jr. (Volleyball)
Women: Emmilyn Ong Jimenez (Swimming)
Junior: Rufino Manotok (Swimming)
