The
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