MANILA – The Sharks Billiards Association (SBA) Season 2 in September promises to be better and more exciting.

From four teams of five players each, Season 2 features five teams with six players each. They will vie in a point system round-robin format, each team facing the other teams at least three times leading up to the best-of-five finals.

Joining are Season 1 champion Taguig, Quezon City, Manila, Negros Occidental and newcomer Makati.

The drafting is set on June 29.

“Season 1 was very successful. We were very happy. And we introduced the audience engagement where the audience can cheer even when players are taking their shots,” SBA founder Hadley Mariano said during the Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) forum Tuesday at the conference hall of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

Mariano said the tournament supported by Smart Sports, Cignal TV and MSW will have three events — the King of the Hill, a one-on-one format where after each rack a new player comes in; Doubles; and One-on-One.

“It's no longer an individual sport. Chemistry is needed and it is better. It became a team sport," Mariano said in the weekly session presented by San Miguel Corporation, PSC, Philippine Olympic Committee, MILO, Smart/PLDT, and the country’s 24/7 app ArenaPlus. (PNA)