UAAP Cheerdance Competition
| Founded | 1994 |
|---|---|
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Most recent champion(s) |
 National University
|
| TV partner(s) | ABS-CBN Sports (ABS-CBN Sports and Action, ABS-CBN Sports + Action HD) |
The UAAP Cheerdance Competition is an annual one-day event of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines for cheerdancing. UAAP Cheerdance Competition is now part of the tabulation to determine the UAAP Overall Championship. The sequence of the performance are determined by drawing of lots prior the competition.
Since 2006, side-court reporters of each participating universities join the main host of the event. Before the announcement of winners and after all squads have performed, a recap is shown during the telecast. Only the Top 3 are announced at the end of the competition. The 2015 UAAP Cheerdance Competition was the most attended UAAP event with a record-breaking 25,388 paying audience.
The competition rules has been revised through the years since it began. The following is based on the most recent rules drafted in 2012.
Prior 2009, the panel of judges compose of representative from 8 UAAP-member schools and a representative from a credible gymnastics organizations. In 2009, UAAP replaced the panel of judges with representatives from various cheerleading, dance, and gymnastics organizations.
In 2013, a different way of composing the panel of judges was made. A single judge was assigned in every element in the cheerleading criteria. For the dance criteria, four judges were tasked to judge this particular criteria.
The criteria for judging varies year-on-year. In 2008, the criteria were changed to a more cheerleading-focused point-system, giving a maximum score for each element of cheerleading and/or dancing. For 2013 edition, the criteria were divided into two: cheerleading and dance criteria. Cheerleading criteria were sub-divided into four elements (tumbling, stunt, tosses, and pyramid) with a maximum of 100 points for each element, while the dance criteria, which had a maximum of 100 points per number of judges for dance, were subdivided into four sub-criteria (over-all effectiveness, choreography, technique and execution).
Every season, the host school for the UAAP Cheerdance Competition may or may not be different from the league's season host school.
Notes:
In 2011, UAAP introduced the Group Stunts Competition. However, only five members per school competed where Adamson Pep Squad, DLSU Animo Squad, and UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe did not participate. In 2012, six member-schools participated in the Group Stunts Competition. This includes AdU, NU, DLSU, FEU, UP, and UST. In 2014, only Ateneo did not join.
The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe won the first three years of competition from 1994 to 1996. During those years, UP used to send its own dance troupe, the UP Filipiniana Dance Troupe. In the 1998 season, UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe did not compete and instead joined the 1st Lipton Cheering Cup Competition. Also in that year, UP established a new pep squad, called UP Varsity Pep Squad, as its official delegate to the competition to replace the UP Filipiniana Dance Troupe.
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