2016 PBA D-League Foundation Cup

The 2016 PBA-D-League Foundation Cup is the second conference of the 2015-16 PBA Developmental League season. Seven (7) teams including new team Blustar Detergent Dragons composed of the Westports Malaysia Dragons players will be compete in the two-month conference that will start on June 2, 2016, at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig.[1] The games will be aired on AksyonTV, Hyper and Sports5.ph.

Teams edit

PBA Development League current teams
Team Company Colors Joined D-League PBA Affiliate Titles Head Coach
Tanduay Light Rhum Masters Tanduay Distillers Inc. Gold, White and Red 2011 none 0 Lawrence Chongson
Cafe France Bakers - Centro Escolar University CaféFrance Corporation Blue, White and Red 2011 Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 1 Edgar Macaraya
Racal Tile Masters Racal Group of Companies Red and White 2014 Meralco Bolts 0 Caloy Garcia
AMA Online Education Titans AMA Computer University Crimson Red and White 2014 none 0 Mark Herrera
Blustar Detergent Dragons Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. Red and White 2016 Blackwater Elite 0 Goh Cheng Huat[2]
Topstar Z.C. Mindanao Aguilas Kings Janitorial Services and Cooperative of Zamboanga Orange and White 2016 GlobalPort Batang Pier 0 Jade Marvin Padrigao
Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. Green and Gold 2016 Phoenix Fuel Masters 1 Eric Gonzales

Format edit

Conference format as it follows:[3][4]

  • All seven teams will play in a double round-robin elimination phase.
  • Top 4 teams of the elimination round will advanced in the semifinals round.
  • In case of ties in the elimination round standings, it will be broken via the quotient system.
  • Top 2 teams will get a twice-to-beat semifinals incentives.
  • The two teams who won the semifinals matches will battle in a best-of-3 finals series.

Eliminations edit

Eliminations matches will be held at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig and the JCSGO Gym, Quezon City. The league also had an out-of-town game held on June 23, 2016, at the Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite.[5]

Standings edit

These are the team standings at the end of the elimination round:

Team Win Loss PCT Qualification
Racal Tile Masters 10 2 .875 Twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals
Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators-FEU 9 3 .750
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU 9 3 .750 Twice-to-win disadvantage in the semifinals
Tanduay Rhum Masters 8 4 .667
AMA Online Education Titans 4 8 .333 Eliminated
Blustar Detergent Dragons 2 10 .167
Topstar Z.C. Mindanao Aguilas 0 12 .000

Schedule edit

 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112
AMATANRCLPNXCFEBLUPNXTSRBLUCFE
Blustar DetergentTANCFEPNXRCLTSRAMATANCFERCLAMABLU
Café France-CEUTSRRCLBLUTANAMARCLBLUPNXTANAMA
Phoenix-FEUTANTSRAMABLUTSRRCLTANAMACFERCL
RacalAMACFETSRBLUTANCFEPNXTSRBLUPNXTAN
TanduayAMAPNXBLUCFERCLBLUTSRPNXTSRCFERCL
Topstar Z.C. MindanaoCFEPNXRCLBLUPNXTANRCLTANAMABLU
Source: [citation needed]
  = Win;   = OT win;   = Loss;   = OT loss

Results edit

Team AMA BLU CAF PHO RAC TAN TOP
AMA 81–78 86–70 89–97 67–100 66–72 109–84
Blustar Detergent 84–113 83–98 94–97 60–122 71–94 89–75
Café France-CEU 92–86 90–61 96–93 83–79 80–84 89–64
Phoenix-FEU 109–70 78–93 98–79 108–78
Racal 90–83 72–78 90–88 96–90 102–83
Tanduay 105–102 75–74 95–108 81–90 84–81
Topstar Z.C. Mindanao 93–98 77–126 65–124 78–133
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs edit

Semifinals
(Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage)
Finals
(Best-of-three series)
1Racal Tile Masters8670
4Tanduay Rhum Masters8881
4Tanduay Rhum Masters768978
2Phoenix-FEU Accelerators847587
2Phoenix-FEU6889
3Cafefrance-CEU7878

Semifinals edit

Racal vs. Tanduay edit

AksyonTV
August 11
4:00 pm
Tanduay Rhum Masters 88–86 Racal Tile Masters
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 33–21, 17–20, 16–23
Pts: Alolino 26
Rebs: Celda 8
Asts: Celda 6
Pts: Grey 21
Rebs: Grey 6
Asts: Grey 4
Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite
AksyonTV
August 15
7:00 pm
Racal Tile Masters 70–81 Tanduay Rhum Masters
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 25–16, 16–28, 16–32
Pts: Ortuoste 16 Pts: Celda 21
Rebs: Celda 8
Asts: Alolino, Celda 4 each
Tanduay wins series, 2–0
Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite

Phoenix vs. Cafefrance series edit

AksyonTV
August 10
6:00 pm
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 68, Cafefrance-CEU Bakers 78
Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 18-17, 18-26, 16-23
Pts: Belo 23
Rebs: Belo 11
Asts: Tolomia 3
Steals: Tolomia 2
Pts: Ebondo 19
Rebs: Ebondo 18
Blocks: Ebondo 2
Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite
AksyonTV
August 16
Cafefrance-CEU Bakers 78, Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 89
Pts: Ebondo 25
Rebs: Ebondo 19
Pts: Tolomia 31
Rebs: Belo 14
Asts: Tolomia 4
Phoenix wins series in two games
Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite

References edit

  1. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (May 19, 2016). "Bakers, Aguilas clash in 2016 Foundation Cup opener". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  2. ^ Leongson, Randolph B. (June 8, 2016). "PBA D-League: Blustar names Goh as coach". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
  3. ^ "D-League Foundation Cup didribol sa Hunyo 2 (D-League Foundation Cup dribbles on June 2)" (in Tagalog). Pang-Masa. May 15, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2016.
  4. ^ Li, Matthew (May 14, 2016). "Seven teams vie for 2016 PBA D-League Foundation Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
  5. ^ "RACAL, TANDUAY SEEK TO BREAK TIE". PBA D-League. June 22, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016.