The 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup or known as the 1999 McDonald's-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the First Conference of the 1999 PBA season. It started on February 7 and ended on June 6, 1999. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.
| 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup | |
|---|---|
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| Duration | February 7 – June 6, 1999 |
| TV partner(s) | VTV (IBC) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Formula Shell Zoom Masters |
| Runners-up | Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Eric Menk (Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters) |
| Finals MVP | Gerald Esplana (Formula Shell Zoom Masters) |
| PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
Format edit
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
- Two-round eliminations; 16 games per team. 8 teams will advance to the Quarterfinals.
- Quarterfinals: top 4 seeded teams will have twice-to-beat advantage
- QF1: 1st seed vs. 8th seed
- QF2: 2nd seed vs. 7th seed
- QF3: 3rd seed vs. 6th seed
- QF4: 4th seed vs. 5th seed
- Best-of-five Semifinals: winners of each pairings
- SF1: QF1 vs. QF4
- SF2: QF2 vs. QF3
- Third-place match: One-game playoff
- LSF1 vs. LSF2
- Finals: Best-of-7 championship series
- F1: WSF1 vs. WSF2
Elimination round edit
Team standings edit
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 11 | 5 | .688 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Milkmen | 9 | 7 | .563[a] | 2 | |
| 3 | Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters | 9 | 7 | .563[a] | 2 | |
| 4 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 9 | 7 | .563[a] | 2 | |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Pop Cola 800s | 7 | 9 | .438[b] | 4 | |
| 7 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | 7 | 9 | .438[b] | 4 | |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6 | 10 | .375[c] | 5 | |
| 9 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 6 | 10 | .375[c] | 5 |
Notes:
Eighth seed playoff edit
Bracket edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
| #1 twice-to-beat | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Mobiline | 67 | 81 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 81 | 82 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 0 | ||||||||||||
| #4 twice-to-beat | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | Formula Shell | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Formula Shell | 79 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | San Miguel | 73 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Formula Shell | 4 | ||||||||||||
| #2 twice-to-beat | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tanduay | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alaska | 74 | W | |||||||||||
| 7 | Purefoods | 86 | L | |||||||||||
| 2 | Alaska | 1 | Third place playoff | |||||||||||
| #3 twice-to-beat | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tanduay | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Tanduay | 91 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 95 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Pop Cola | 77 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Alaska | 73 | ||||||||||||
Quarterfinals edit
(1) Mobiline vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra edit
With a 7–0 start, Mobiline had a losing run to finish the elimination round. Being the #1 seed, they faced the ragtag Barangay Ginebra Kings with a twice to beat advantage.
The Kings managed to keep in step with the Phone Pals throughout the game; with Mobiline leading by one point in the closing seconds, Bal David converted a jump-shot as time expired that caused jubilation at the mostly pro-Ginebra crowd. Asi Taulava broke down and slumped to the bench right after David's game-clinching jumper and booked a flight to the United States the day after the game.[1]
(2) Alaska vs. (7) Purefoods edit
(3) Tanduay vs. (6) Pop Cola edit
(4) Shell vs. (5) San Miguel edit
Semifinals edit
(2) Alaska vs. (3) Tanduay edit
(4) Shell vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra edit
May 19
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| Formula Shell 98, Barangay Ginebra Kings 85 | ||
| Formula Shell wins series, 3–0 |
Bago Cultural Center, Bago, Negros Occidental
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Barangay Ginebra would come up short in their playoffs run as the Zoom Masters swept them in their semifinals series, 3–0. Game 2 had a free-for all bench-clearing brawl that saw punches being thrown; Shell player Jay Mendoza instigated the fight when he elbowed Ginebra's Wilmer Ong. A total of ₱235,000 worth of fines were issued by PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino, the second-greatest amount since the 1990 Finals played ironically, by Shell and Ginebra where Ginebra walked out to hand Shell the championship trophy.[2]
Third-place playoff edit
Finals edit
References edit
- ^ Reyes, Marc Anthony (1999-05-14). "Semis begin today; dejected Asi to US". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on May 26, 2000. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ Reyes, Marc Anthony (1999-05-18). "Shell cager slapped record P40,000 fine". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 21, 2000. Retrieved 2009-02-28.