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

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

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

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

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

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

Results

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:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

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

Racal vs. Tanduay series

AksyonTV
August 11
4:00 pm
Tanduay Rhum Masters 88, Racal Tile Masters 86
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, Tanduay Rhum Masters 81
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

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

  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.
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