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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...
(PBA) All-Filipino Cup was the first conference of the
1996 PBA season The 1996 PBA season was the 22nd season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Board of governors Executive committee * Jun Bernardino (Commissioner) * Teodoro L. Dimayuga (Chairman, representing Purefoods TJ Hotdogs) * Nazario L. A ...
. It started on February 18 and ended on May 26, 1996. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.


Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: * Double-round robin eliminations; 14 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. * The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. * Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining five teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least five of their eight semifinal games. * The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams (or the loser of the playoff incentive and the fourth seeded team) dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff.


Elimination round


Team standings


Semifinal round


Team standings


Finals berth playoff


Third place playoff


Finals


References


External links


PBA.ph
{{PBA Philippine Cup All-Filipino Cup PBA Philippine Cup