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Format

The tournament format for this conference is as follows: * Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. *Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, a playoff game will be held only for the #8 seed. *Quarterfinals (higher seed with the twice-to-beat advantage): **QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed **QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed **QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed **QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed *Semifinals (best-of-5 series): **SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners **SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners *Finals (best-of-7 series) **Winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Meralco vs. (8) Blackwater

(2) TNT vs. (7) Rain or Shine

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) San Miguel

(4) Star vs. (5) NLEX

Semifinals

(1) Meralco vs. (4) Star

(2) TNT vs. (3) Barangay Ginebra

Finals

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in ''italics''. Highlighted in gold are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.

Awards

Conference

*Best Player of the Conference:

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*Bobby Parks Best Import of the Conference:

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Players of the Week

References

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