STUDENTS of Ateneo de Manila University made history when they became the first Filipino team to win the HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Case Competition.

Senior Management students Julianne Co and Louie Angelo Miranda, and BS Management Engineering students Joyce Heidi Ong and Darren Peter Carandang bested other universities in the global Final Round to emerge as overall champion in the global competition.

They were mentored by coaches James Soriano, Gabe Sin, and Timi Fandino, and supported by coaches Johnny Filart, Jose Gerardo Cruz, and Michael Tan.

This year, Ateneo was joined in the final round by Belgrade University in Serbia, RMIT University in Vietnam, and City University of Hong Kong.

To compete in the final round, the team had to qualify by garnering enough points from Round 1 and Round 2, where they outqualified universities from Australia, Canada, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Ateneo’s best finish was in 2020 when it bagged first runner-up honor.

The university began competing in the tilt back in 2013.

Now on its 16th year, the HSBC/HKU Asia Pacific Business Case Competition is an annual event participated by over 180 universities around the world.

It enhances the traditional strengths of the case method of teaching by moving the business case from the classroom into a global competition format.

During the competition, students from across the globe are judged by senior executives who make decisions on a daily basis.