1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup

First conference of the 1998 PBA season 1998 All-Filipino Cup McDonalds-PBA All Filipino Cup logo.png 250px February 1 - May 8, 1998 VTV (IBC) Nelson Asaytono (San Miguel Beermen) Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska Milkmen) Alaska Milkmen San Miguel Beermen 1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup 1997 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup 1999 1997 Governors' 1997 PBA Governors' Cup 1998 Commissioner's 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup The 1998 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Centennial All-Filipino Cup, also known as the 1998 McDonald's-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 1998 PBA season. It started on February 1 and ended on May 8, 1998. 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: The teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A: Alaska Milkmen Gordon's Gin Boars Formula Shell San Miguel Beermen Group B: Mobiline Phone Pals Sta. Lucia Realtors Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies Pop Cola 800s Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5ZYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5329%2C1438863 Gordon's, SLR must do it today Manila Standard The top six teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6JYVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9goEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3637%2C1756307 Purefoods makes semis despite loss to San Miguel Manila Standard Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least seven of their ten 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 will qualify for a one-game playoff for third place. Elimination round Team standings main WL percentage yes yes none complete ALA 9 2 Alaska Milkmen GOR 5 6 Gordon's Gin Boars MOB 4 7 Mobiline Phone Pals PF 5 6 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies POP 5 6 Pop Cola 800s SHL 4 7 Formula Shell Zoom Masters SLR 5 6 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 7 4 San Miguel Beermen SF SF SF SF SF SF Q before green1 Semifinal round Semifinal round Team standings main WL Overall standings percentage yes yes none complete ALA 14 7 Alaska Milkmen GOR 7 14 Gordon's Gin Boars PF 8 13 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies POP 10 11 Pop Cola 800s SLR 12 9 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 15 6 San Miguel Beermen F PO2 PO 3rd Q before green1 Advance to the Finals If a team outside the top two teams wins at least seven semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last Finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright. yellow1 Proceed to third place playoff blue1 Guaranteed Finals berth playoff blue2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff main WL Semifinal round standings wins no yes none complete ALA 5 5 Alaska Milkmen GOR 2 8 Gordon's Gin Boars PF 3 7 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies POP 5 5 Pop Cola 800s SLR 7 3 Sta. Lucia Realtors SMB 8 2 San Miguel Beermen PO Q before blue2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff San Miguel qualified outright as #1 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: Alaska 77–69 Sta. Lucia Finals berth playoff #eee April 19 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 77 Sta. Lucia Realtors 69 Third place playoff #eee April 24 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Sta. Lucia Realtors 60 Pop Cola 800s 66 Pop Cola wins third place trophy. Finals 1998 PBA All-Filipino Cup Finals #eee April 24 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV San Miguel Beermen 76 Alaska Milkmen 69 April 26 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV San Miguel Beermen 64 Alaska Milkmen 80 #eee April 28 Cebu Coliseum, Cebu City VTV San Miguel Beermen 84 Alaska Milkmen 89 May 1 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV San Miguel Beermen 97 Alaska Milkmen 90 #eee May 3 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay OT VTV San Miguel Beermen 78 Alaska Milkmen 73 May 5 Cuneta Astrodome, Pasay VTV Alaska Milkmen 99 San Miguel Beermen 61 #eee May 8 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City VTV Alaska Milkmen 72 San Miguel Beermen 63 Alaska wins series, 4–3 References Category:PBA Philippine Cup All-Filipino Cup