{{Short description|Philippine athletic event}} {{use mdy|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox Philippine college sports general championship | name = UAAP Season 83 | cancelled = y | image = | tagline = "Fully Alive. Champions for Life!" | host = [[De La Salle University]] | league = UAAP | prev = 82 | seasonlist = List of UAAP seasons | next = 84 }}
'''UAAP Season 83''' was the canceled 2020–21 athletic year of the [[University Athletic Association of the Philippines|University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP)]]. This season was to be hosted by the [[De La Salle University]].<ref name="notposition">{{cite news|last1=Leongson|first1=Randolph|title=UAAP not in a position to make decision on new season, says Saguisag|url=https://www.spin.ph/basketball/uaap-men/saguisag-explains-uaap-fate-not-entirely-in-league-s-hands-a2437-20200502|access-date=4 May 2020|work=Sports Interactive Network Philippines|date=3 May 2020}}</ref> Eight member universities of the UAAP would compete in the league's sixteen sport disciplines to vie for the [[UAAP Overall Championship|general championship]].
The [[COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines]] caused [[UAAP Season 82|Season 82]], which was supposed to end in May 2020, to be cancelled in April 2020. This had to be done to avoid logistical issues in organizing Season 83, which was planned to open in January 2021 but the plan was scrapped in December 2020, taking into account training that is usually held months prior to the opening of a UAAP season and the imposition of [[COVID-19 community quarantines in the Philippines|general community quarantine measures]] in Metro Manila.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Villanueva|first1=Eros|title=UAAP open to granting extra year of eligibility to second sem athletes, says Saguisag|url=https://tv5.espn.com/basketball/colleges/story/_/id/29122075/uaap-open-giving-extra-year-eligibility-affected-athletes|access-date=4 May 2020|work=ESPN5 |date=1 May 2020}}</ref>
==Plans== Initial plans were for UAAP Season 83 to retain a full calendar with 15 sports. All events were to be held during the second semester of the 2020–21 academic year, with the basketball and volleyball tournaments, two events that are traditionally conducted in different semesters, to be held simultaneously.<ref>{{cite news|title=UAAP considering opening Season 83 in 2021 with all sports to be played in second semester|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/sports/2020/6/16/UAAP-opening-Season-83-2021-all-sports-second-semester.html|access-date=17 June 2020|work=CNN Philippines|date=16 June 2020|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616154125/https://cnnphilippines.com/sports/2020/6/16/UAAP-opening-Season-83-2021-all-sports-second-semester.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> However, by December 2020, the possibility of hosting only two tournaments, men's basketball and women's volleyball, deemed "centerpiece events for this season," was being entertained.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Li |first1=Matthew |title=UAAP eyes just two events for Season 83 |url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/uaap-eyes-just-two-events-for-season-83/197821 |access-date=December 9, 2020 |work=Tiebreaker Times |date=December 7, 2020}}</ref>
==Cancellation== The whole season was cancelled on December 11, 2020, to allow for the UAAP's member schools to focus on their academic program as well as their future participation in Season 84. UAAP Season 83 was planned to commence as early as September 2020, but government-restrictions on live classes did not allow for the league to start the season in that month. Prior to the cancellation, there were plans to open the season in April 2021.<ref>{{cite news |title=UAAP cancels 83rd season |url=https://mb.com.ph/2020/12/11/uaap-cancels-83rd-season/ |access-date=December 11, 2020 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=December 11, 2020}}</ref>
==Broadcast== The UAAP also announced [[Cignal TV]] as its broadcast partner, after its contract with [[ABS-CBN]] has expired and not further renewed in light of the latter's franchise expiration. Select games of the now-cancelled UAAP Season 83 was supposed to be aired through, Cignal, [[One Sports]], and other affiliate channels.<ref>{{cite news|title=UAAP announces TV partnership with CIGNAL, SMART|url=https://tiebreakertimes.com.ph/tbt/uaap-announces-tv-partnership-with-cignal-smart-one/192880|date=23 October 2020}}</ref>
==See also== * [[NCAA Season 96]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{UAAP seasons}}
[[Category:University Athletic Association of the Philippines seasons|83]] [[Category:2021 in Philippine sport|UAAP]] [[Category:Multi-sport events cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic]]