1998 PBA Governors' Cup

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1998 PBA Governors' Cup
Duration October 9 - December 9, 1998
TV partner(s) VTV (IBC)
Finals
Champions Formula Shell
Runners-up Mobiline Phone Pals
Awards
Best Import Silas Mills (Mobiline)
PBA Governors' Cup chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 1998 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the fourth conference of the 1998 PBA season. It started on October 9 and ended on December 9, 1998. 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:

  • One-round robin eliminations; Teams' won-loss record in the Centennial Cup were carried over
  • The top four teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. [1]
  • Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the standings back to zero.
  • The top two teams will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a Best of three series. [2]

Elimination Round

Team standings

Qualified for semifinals
# Team W L PCT GB
1 Mobiline Phone Pals 9 6 .600 --
2 San Miguel Beermen 9 6 .600 --
3 Formula Shell 9 6 .600 --
4 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 9 6 .600 --
5 Pop Cola 800s 8 7 .533 1
6 Ginebra San Miguel 7 8 .467 2
7 Sta. Lucia Realtors 6 9 .400 3
8 Alaska Milkmen 6 9 .400 3

Semifinal round

Team standings

Qualified for finals
Qualified for battle-for-third
# Team W L PCT GB Playoff
1 Mobiline Phone Pals 12 9 .571 -- Symbol confirmed.svg
2 Formula Shell 12 9 .571 -- Symbol confirmed.svg
3 San Miguel Beermen 12 9 .571 -- Symbol unrelated.svg
4 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 12 9 .571 -- Symbol unrelated.svg

Double finals berth playoff

November 22
Mobiline Phone Pals 84, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 80
November 22
Formula Shell 87, San Miguel Beermen 83

Battle for third place

November 24
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 94, San Miguel Beermen 88
November 27
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 90, San Miguel Beermen 101
December 1
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 99, San Miguel Beermen 96
Purefoods wins series, 2-1

Finals

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November 24
Formula Shell 110, Mobiline Phone Pals 90
November 27
Formula Shell 67, Mobiline Phone Pals 94
November 29
Formula Shell 78, Mobiline Phone Pals 81
December 1
Formula Shell 109, Mobiline Phone Pals 97
December 4
Formula Shell 81, Mobiline Phone Pals 88
December 6
Formula Shell 80, Mobiline Phone Pals 77
December 9
Formula Shell 93, Mobiline Phone Pals 91
Formula Shell wins series, 4-3

References

  1. Reward Sports Flash, November 6-12, 1998
  2. Ticket for two Sports Flash, November 20-26, 1998

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