Pasig City MCW Sports

Pasig City MCW Sports is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Pasig. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. They are one of four teams based in Metro Manila's Eastern District and play their home games at Ynares Sports Arena.

Pasig City MCW Sports
LeagueMBA (1998–2000)
MPBL (2018–present)
FilBasket (2021–2022)
Founded1998 (1998)
HistoryMBA:
Pasig Blue Pirates (1998)
Pasig-Rizal Pirates (1999–2000)
MPBL:
Pasig Pirates (2018–2019)
Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors (2019–2021)
Pasig City (2022)
Pasig City MCW Sports (2022–present)
ArenaYnares Sports Arena
LocationPasig
Team colors     
Main sponsorMCW Sports
Head coachBoyet Fernandez

The team's first incarnation was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), which ran until 2000. The Pirates would later be revived with an MPBL expansion team for the 2018–19 season. Since the 2022 MPBL playoffs, the team has been sponsored by MCW Sports, an online sports news portal in the Philippines.

The Pasig-based franchise also took part in FilBasket and in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3.

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