2008-09 PBA Philippine Cup
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The 2008-09 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup or known as the 2008-09 KFC PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the first conference of the 2008-09 PBA season. It is scheduled to start on October 4 and is expected to end around February 2009. The new conference will have games on Thursday's and Saturday's. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
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[edit] Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
- Double-round robin eliminations; 18 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among points differences of the tied teams.
- Teams seeded #6, #7, #8 and #9 play in a single-round robin wildcard playoffs for the final berth in the quarterfinals.
- Records from the elimination round are carried over; the team that emerges at the top of the standings advances to the quarterfinals.
- If a team wins all of its games but still does not emerge at the top of the group, a one-game playoff will be held between the unbeaten team and the top team.
- #3, #4 and #5 teams automatically advance to the best of five quarterfinals:
- #3 team vs. winner of wildcard playoffs
- #4 vs. #5 teams
- #1 and #2 teams automatically advance to the best of seven semifinals:
- Winner of first quarterfinal vs. #1
- Winner of second quarterfinal vs. #2
- The winners in the semifinals advance to the best of seven Finals. The losers dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff.
[edit] Elimination round
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Qualified for quarterfinals | |
| Qualified for wildcards | |
| Eliminated |
[edit] Team standings
| # | Team | W | L | GB | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 1 | 0 | -- | 1.000 |
| 2 | Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters | 1 | 0 | -- | 1.000 |
| 3 | Alaska Aces | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.000 |
| 4 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.000 |
| 5 | Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.000 |
| 6 | Red Bull Barako | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.000 |
| 7 | San Miguel Beermen | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.000 |
| 8 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.000 |
| 9 | Air21 Express | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 |
| 10 | Coca-Cola Tigers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.000 |
[edit] References
[edit] See also
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| 2008-09 PBA season | |
| 2008-09 PBA Philippine Cup | 2009 PBA Fiesta Conference |
| Preceded by 2007-08 | PBA Philippine Cup 2008-09 | Succeeded by (incumbent) |
