The 2019 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup is the first conference of the 2019 Philippine Basketball Association Developmental League (PBA D-League) season. This will be the eighth Aspirants' Cup.

Format

Twenty teams were included in the tournament. The elimination round will be divided into two groups of ten teams each. Each team will play the teams in its group once. The top four teams per group qualify for the quarterfinals. The higher-seed team in the quarterfinals will have the twice-to-beat advantage against the lower-seeded team from the other group. The quarterfinals winners advance to the semifinals, which is a best-of-3 series. The semifinals winners advance to the Finals, which is a best-of-5 series.

Venues

Most games will be played at the Ynares Sports Arena in

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Teams

Returning teams from the 2018 PBA D-League Foundation Cup: * AMA Online Education Titans * Batangas EAC Generals * CEU Scorpions * Che'Lu Bar and Grill Revellers * Go for Gold Scratchers **Partnered with the Benilde Blazers * Marinerong Pilipino Skippers Returning teams from previous conferences: * Cignal Hawkeyes **Partnered with the Ateneo Blue Eagles *

Perpetual Altas The Perpetual Altas and Lady Altas, or the UPHSD Altas and Lady Altas, are the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) teams of the University of Perpetual Help System DALTA. They are also popularly known as the Perps. Since join ...

* Wangs Basketball Couriers New teams: *CD14 Designs–Trinity White Stallions *Diliman College Blue Dragons–Gerry's Grill *FamilyMart–Enderun Titans *

FEU Tamaraws The FEU Tamaraws and Lady Tamaraws are the varsity teams of Far Eastern University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). The university's high school varsity teams are called the ''FEU-D Baby Tamaraws, Baby Tamaraws'' ...

*McDavid Apparels *Metropac Movers–San Beda Red Lions *Petron–Letran Knights *SMDC–NU Bulldogs *Ironcon–UST Growling Tigers *Valencia City–San Sebastian Stags *Virtual Reality–St. Clare Saints On May 7, the Cha Dao–FEU Tamaraws dropped the sponsorship by Cha Dao Milk Tea for lack of payments. FEU team manager Richie Ticzon said Cha Dao owed them a "substantial amount of money." The Far Eastern University now plan to press charges against James Machate after FEU and Cha Dao owner James Marcaida convened following their split in the 2019 PBA D-League.

Elimination round

Group A

Team standings

Results

Group B

Team standings

Results

Playoff bracket

Quarterfinals

Higher seeded teams has the twice-to-beat advantage against the lower seeded teams of the other group.

(A1) Cignal-Ateneo vs. (B4) Cha Dao-FEU

(B1) Valencia City-San Sebastian vs. (A4) Che'Lu

(A2) Virtual Reality-St. Clare vs. (B3) Metropac Movers-San Beda

(B2) CEU vs. (A3) Go for Gold-CSB

Semifinals

This round is in a best-of-3 format. The winner advances to the finals.

(A1) Cignal-Ateneo vs. (B1) Valencia City-San Sebastian

(B2) CEU vs. (A2) Virtual Reality-St. Clare

Finals: (A1) Cignal-Ateneo vs. (B2) CEU

This round is in a best-of-5 format. The winner wins the championship.

References

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