2016 PCBL Chairman's Cup

The 2016 PCBL Chairman's Cup was the second and the last conference of the inaugural season of the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League and the first and the last offering of PCBL for the year 2016.[1] It was opened on March 6, 2016 at the Malolos Sports and Convention Center in Malolos, Bulacan. The PCBL games will be televised on a delayed basis on AksyonTV.

2016 PCBL Chairman's Cup
2016
Tournament information
SportBasketball
DateMarch 6 – May 27, 2016
Venue(s)Malolos Sports and Convention Center & Marikina Sports Center
Teams7
Final positions
ChampionsJumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants (2nd title)
1st runners-upMighty Sports (1st finals appearance)
2nd runners-upEuro-Med Laboratories
MVPFinals: Jeff Viernes
Conference MVP:
Kiefer Ravena

On May 27, 2016, the 2016 PCBL Chairman's Cup championship was awarded to Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants setting the first record for back to back championship wins for the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League, after beating the heavily star-studded team Mighty Sports 80-68 on Game 3. Jeff Viernes also was named as the Finals MVP averaging 22.7 points per game.

Developments

The Chairman's Cup will be the first conference of the PCBL under new commissioner Joel Banal, who replaced Ato Batolato.[2] The PCBL also welcomed two new teams in the fledgling league, the SCTEX Road Warriors to be led by former PBA players Ervin Sotto, Ford Arao and Borgie Hermida,[3] and Mighty Sports, bannered by former UAAP men's basketball MVP Kiefer Ravena and retired PBA player Ty Tang.[4]

The SCTEX, under the ownership of Manila North Tollways Corporation, is also the reigning champion of the men's basketball competition in the 2016 MVP Olympics, after beating Mediaquest team, 90–80 in a one-game finals match on March 4, 2016 at the Meralco gym.[5] PCBL will be the first major league of the Mighty Sports franchise to carry their own brand, after their appearances in small-time basketball tournaments such as Republica Cup held in Malolos, Bulacan where they won a championship.[6]

Returning teams including Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants, the 2015 PCBL Founder's Cup champion., Sta. Lucia, Euro-Med, Foton and Supremo Lex-Our Lady of Fatima University. The team will also use imports for the conference. Notable imports which will be seen in the Champion's Cup are Bright Akhutie playing for Mighty Sports and Allwell Oraeme playing for Jumbo Plastic.[3]

Format

The tournament format was observed during the conference as it follows:

  • The elimination round will be a double round-robin classification.
  • At the end of elimination round, the top 6 teams will advance to the playoffs, while the 7th placer team is eliminated.
    • The 2 teams with the best record will go outright semifinals.
  • The next 4 teams will undergo in the best-of-three quarterfinal round.
  • Semifinals: (best-of-3 series)
    • SF1: #1 vs. QF1 winner
    • SF2: #2 vs. QF2 winner
  • Third-place playoff:
    • SF1 vs. SF2 losers
  • Finals: (best-of-3 series)
    • F1: SF1 vs SF2 winner

Venues
Host cities Arenas Seating Capacities
Malolos Malolos Sports and Convention Center 3,500
Marikina Marikina Sports Center Un­known
The front view of the Malolos Sports and Convention Center.

Eliminations

Standings

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

Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification
1 Mighty Sports Cavaliers 10 2 .833 — Bye to the semi-finals
2 Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 8 4 .667 2
3 Biyaheng SCTEX 7 5 .583 3 Qualified for the
best-of-three quarter-finals
4 Euro-Med Laboratories 6 6 .500 4
5 Foton Toplanders 5 7 .417 5
6 Sta. Lucia Realtors 5 7 .417 5
7 Supremo Lex Builders 1 11 .083 9 Eliminated
Source:
Rules for classification: a. head-to-head records; b. winning percentage; c. win–loss record; d. quotient system**

Schedule
 Round 1Round 2
Team ╲ Game123456789101112
Euro-MedSLRJBPMIGSCTSLBFOT
Foton ToplandersSLBSLRSCTJBPMIGEUR
Jumbo Plastic Linoleum GiantsMIGEURSLRSLBFOTSCT
Mighty Sports CavaliersJBPSLBEURSLRFOTSCTSCT
Sta. Lucia RealtorsEURFOTJBPMIGSCTSLB
Biyaheng SCTEXFOTEURSLRSLBJBPMIGMIG
Supremo Lex-OLFU BuildersFOTMIGJBPEURSCTSLR
Source:
  = Win;   = Loss

Results
Team EUR FOT JBP MIG SLR SCT SLB
Euro-Med 93–81 65–83 63–81 64–66 76–87 97–87
Foton 79–84* 87–82 89–104 70–62 102–99** 88–92
Jumbo Plastic 75–72 79–68 70–79 75–87 60–62 79–70
Mighty Sports 73–87 84–83* 73–74 80–67 74–70 75–68
Sta. Lucia 75–83 72–86 61–80 85–92 85–72 80–67
SCTEX 70–67 91–60 60–68 79–87 78–65 69–62
Supremo Lex 65–75 63–72 46–75 62–75 76–80 66–80
Source:
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoffs

Bracket
 
Quarter-finals
Best-of-three series		Semi-finals
Best-of-three series		Finals
Best-of-three series
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(2) Jumbo Plastic2
 
 
 
(6) Sta. Lucia1
 
(3) Biyaheng SCTEX1
 
 
 
(6) Sta. Lucia2
 
(2) Jumbo Plastic2
 
 
(1) Mighty Sports1
 
 
 
 
 
(1) Mighty Sports2
 
 
 
(4) Euro-Med0 Bronze medal match
 
(4) Euro-Med2
 
 
 
(5) Foton1
 
(4) Euro-Med79
 
 
(6) Sta. Lucia71
 

Euro-Med vs. Foton
May 6, 2016
07:00 pm
Euro-Med Laboratories 77–73 Foton Toplanders
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 29–20, 20–14, 24–23
Pts: Ola Adeogun 20 Pts: Gomez 23
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina
May 8, 2016
05:00 pm
Euro-Med Laboratories 76–79 (OT) Foton Toplanders
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 12–16, 16–13, 15–20, Overtime: 8–10
Pts: Hernandez 36 Pts: Eloy Poligrates 19
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina
May 11, 2016
07:00 pm
Euro-Med Laboratories 68–52 Foton Toplanders
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 13–13, 12–7, 23–17
Pts: Parala 15 Pts: Hernandez 13
Euro-Med wins series, 2–1
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

Biyaheng SCTEX vs. Sta. Lucia

Semifinals

This round is in a best-of-three playoff. The first team who wins 2 games advances to the finals and the losing team will go for the third-place playoff.

Mighty Sports vs. Euro-Med

Game 1
May 15
17:00
Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 94, Sta. Lucia Realtors 89 (OT)
Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 21-22, 14-30, 20-15, Overtime: 13-8
Pts: Arafat 16
Rebs: Taganas 9		 Pts: Vidal 14
Jumbo Plastic leads series, 1-0
Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan

Game 2
May 18
19:00
Sta. Lucia Realtors 68, Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 62
Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 27-19, 15-10, 9-18
Pts: Vidal 15
Rebs: Sanjo 12		 Pts: Martinez 15
Series tied, 1-1
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

Game 3
May 20
18:00
Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 70, Sta. Lucia Realtors 56
Scoring by quarter: 20-12, 24-16, 12-15, 14-13
Pts: Taganas 13 Pts: Sanjo 17
Jumbo Plastic enters PCBL Finals, 2-1
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

Third-place playoff
May 25
17:00
Euro-Med Laboratories 79–71 Sta. Lucia Realtors
Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 15-15, 20-23, 20-13
Pts: Bangga 16 Pts: Custodio 19
Euro-Med wins third place trophy.
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

Finals

Game 1
May 22
18:00
Mighty Sports Cavaliers 79–67 Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 14–13, 22–23, 23–19
Pts: Ravena 20
Rebs: Akhuetie 19		 Pts: Viernes 16
Malolos Sports and Convention Center,
Malolos, Bulacan

Game 2
May 25
19:00
Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 89–87 (OT) Mighty Sports Cavaliers
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 29–20, 19–18, 16–23, Overtime: 9–7
Pts: Viernes, Martinez 31 each
Rebs: Viernes 4
Asts: Viernes 6		 Pts: Akhuetie 27
Rebs: Akhuetie 22
Asts: Ravena 2
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

Game 3
May 27
18:00
Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 80–68 Mighty Sports Cavaliers
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 13–19, 25–17, 27–16
Pts: Viernes 21
Rebs: Viernes 6
Asts: Viernes 8		 Pts: Akhuetie 14
Rebs: Akhuetie 15
Jumbo Plastic wins PCBL Finals, 2–1
Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

This is the first playoff (finals) meeting between the Mighty Sports and the Giants.

Awards
Individual Category
Award Winner Team
Conference MVP Philippines Kiefer Ravena Mighty Sports
Defensive Player of the Conference Award Philippines Jeff Viernes Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants
Best Import of the Conference Award Cameroon Bright Akhuetie Mighty Sports
Team Category
Awards Members Team
The Mythical Five Philippines Kiefer Ravena Mighty Sports
Cameroon Bright Akhuetie
Philippines Jeff Viernes Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants
Philippines Raul Soyud Biyaheng SCTEX
Philippines Cedrick Ablaza Foton Toplanders
The All-Defensive

Team

 Philippines Kent Salado Sta. Lucia Realtors
Philippines Marlon Gomez Foton Toplanders
Philippines Rocky Acidre Supremo Lex Builders
Philippines Stephen Siruma Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants
Philippines Jay-R Taganas

References
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