Join Vivo Hoop Battle Championship in the Philippines and get a chance to bring home P3M in cash!

Vivo partners with Capdase PH for the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship in the Philippines. The event was launched at Vertis North Ayala last May 8 and attended by Vivo executives led by Vivo Brand director Annie Lim, Vivo Philippines VP for Sales Hazel Bascon,  AyalaLand Malls Synergies, Inc. (AMSI) Entertainment General Manager Gabby Katigbak, AMSI President Rowena Tomeldan, and Capdase CEO Alex Fong. 

If you are Filipino aged 18 years old and above, you are encouraged to join The Vivo HoopBattle Championship Philippines and may get a chance to bring home P3M in cash.


Basketball fans, listen up! The Stephen Curry-led global smartphone brand has formally launched the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship in the Philippines.

The global smartphone brand will be the official title sponsor of the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship Philippine.

The grand prize? Two groups from the Philippines will be sent to Guangzhou, China in August 2018 and play against other groups in Asia to claim the Hoop Battle Champion title.

Aside from a trip to China for a chance to play at an international basketball game, the two winning teams will get Php200,000 or Php100,000.

If the Philippine team enters the top three in the final games, they will also bring home RMB400,000 (around P3 million), RMB120,000 (around Php900,000), and RMB80,000 (around Php600,000).

The HoopBattle Championship is an annual 3x3 basketball tournament held in some districts in China and other Asian countries. In the Philippines, it will be held in various Ayala Malls in the metro.

Vivo and Ayala’s partnership was announced on April 14 during the Vivo V9 mall tour kickoff in Market! Market! Capdase is also another partner of the Vivo HoopBattle Championship Philippines.

How to join 

The Vivo HoopBattle Championship Philippines is open to Filipino teams aged 18 years old and above. Each team must be composed of a total of four members with at least two Filipino players. A team may opt to include two non-Filipino players if only they are currently residing in the Philippines. But only one non-Filipino player will be allowed to play in each game. A team may include one female player.

Applications must be submitted on June 3 at Glorietta Mall. Upon registration, all players must bring their passports, which should be valid until June 2019 at the very least so they can travel to China for the grand finals.

Only the top 48 teams will be accepted by the Hoop Battle Committee. Orientation for the games will be on June 17.

FIBA 3x3 game rules will be observed for the Vivo Hoop Battle Championship Philippines.

Celebrities battled it out with #VivoPerfectSelfieCup for Habitat for Humanity

After the first ever #VivoPerfectSelfieCup, top five premium global smartphone brand Vivo1 fulfilled its promise: donating all proceeds of the promo (a total of Php 101,980) Habitat for Humanity Philippines, a non-profit housing organization tacking poverty by building and renovating homes for families in need.

(L-R) Vivo brand executives Charisma Buan and Christian Jocson, Vivo brand director Annie Lim, Habitat for Humanity partnership manager Francis Hussein Mamasabulod, Habitat for Humanity individual giving manager, Rowena Kakilala and Vivo digital specialist Nelson Perez pose for a photo after Vivo gave its donation to Habitat for Humanity. 



Vivo brand director Annie Lim and Vivo brand executive Christian Jocson handed over the donation to Francis Hussein Mamasabulod, Habitat for Humanity Philippines partnership manager, and Rowena Kakilala, Habitat for Humanity Philippines individual giving manager last March 22 at the non-profit organization’s headquarters in Makati City.

Also present in the event were Vivo brand executive Charisma Buan, Vivo digital specialist Nelson Perez,  Habitat for Humanity Philippines individual giving officer Tricia Abrigo and Habitat for Humanity Philippines direct marketing officer Mateo Bautista.

In the #VivoPerfectSelfieCup, celebrities battled it out with a goal of garnering the most number of likes for their perfect selfies.

Selfies of Yeng Constantino, Erich Gonzales, Jessy Mendiola, Enchong Dee, Andrea Brillantes, Jane Oineza, Sue Ramirez, Miles Ocampo, Maris Racal, and Loisa Andallo were posted in the Vivo Philippines Instagram account (@vivophil), captured with the brand’s newest flagship phone, the V5 Plus, equipped with the world’s first 20-megapixel dual front camera and the most advanced selfie technology to date.

Tricia Abrigo, Habitat individual giving officer, Annie Lim, Vivo brand director, Francis Hussein Mamasabulod, Habitat for Humanity partnership manager, Mateo Bautista, Habitat for Humanity direct marketing officer, Christian Jocson, Vivo brand executive and Rowena Kakilala, Habitat for Humanity individual giving manager.


These selfless stars asked netizens to like their selfies on the Vivo Instagram page (@vivophil), with every vote equivalent to a one peso donation to Habitat for Humanity Philippines.

Teen star Andrea Brillantes emerged as the Vivo Perfect Selfie cup winner, with a total of 18,848 likes.

Although only one star emerged as the triumphant #VivoPerfectSelfieCup victor, every like for each celebrity photo was converted into one peso, raising Php 101,980, all given to Habitat for Humanity Philippines.

Annie Lim, Vivo Philippines brand director, expressed her gratitude to all the participants in the #VivoPerfectSelfieCup. “Vivo thanks everyone who joined our contest. Above all else, our brand always aims to help Filipinos have a better life and through participating, we gave hope to homeless families in the country,” she said.

Aside from the donation to Habitat for Humanity Philippines, Vivo also awarded brand new Vivo V5 Plus phones to ten lucky likers.

For inquiries about Vivo V5 Plus, visit the Vivo website at vivo.com/ph, or check out their Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/VivoPhil), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vivophil/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/vivo_phil) accounts. #

1according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker (http://www.idc.com/promo/smartphone-market-share/vendor;jsessionid=7595C1498F4F0FBF496CC767E273121B)