1990 PBA Third Conference

	Qualified for finals
	Qualified for battle-for-third

1990 PBA Third Conference
Duration	September 30 - December 20, 1990
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	Purefoods Hotdogs
Runners-up	Alaska Air Force
Awards
Best Import	Bobby Parks (Shell Rimula X)
PBA Third Conference chronology
	1991 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 1990 All-Filipino 1991 First >

The 1990 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Third Conference was the third and last conference of the 1990 PBA season. It started on September 30 and ended on December 20, 1990. The tournament is a two-import format, which requires each team to have two American reinforcements.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

The teams were divided into 2 groups.

Group A:

Group B:

Teams in a group will play against each other twice and against teams in the other group once; 10 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. ^[1]
The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.
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 five of their eight semifinal games. ^[2]
The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-five championship series. The next two teams will qualify for a best-of-three playoff for third place.

Elimination round

Team standings

#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Alaska Air Force	8	2	.800	–-
2	Shell Rimula X	7	3	.700	1
3	Presto Tivolis	6	4	.600	2
4	Purefoods Hotdogs	6	4	.600	2
5	Sarsi Sizzlers	5	5	.500	3
6	San Miguel Beermen	4	6	.400	4
7	Añejo Rum 65ers	4	6	.400	4
8	Pepsi Hotshots	0	10	.000	8

Semifinal round

Team standings

#	Team	Cumulative				SF		Playoff
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	W	L	Playoff
1	Alaska Air Force	12	6	.667	–-	4	4
2	Purefoods Hotdogs	11	7	.611	1	5	3
3	Shell Rimula X	11	7	.611	1	4	4
4	Presto Tivolis	11	7	.611	1	5	3
5	Sarsi Sizzlers	7	11	.389	5	2	6

Finals berth incentive playoff

Vintage

December 4

recap

Shell Rimula X 137, Presto Tivolis 114

The ULTRA, Pasig

Two teams, Shell and Presto, earned the finals berth playoff incentives. This meant that two teams will playoff to determine the other team that will face the Purefoods, #2 seed, in the finals berth playoff. The losers in the two playoffs will play for third place. ^[3]