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. 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 |
| 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:
- 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.
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 1 | Round 2 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| AMA | TAN | RCL | PNX | CFE | BLU | PNX | TSR | BLU | CFE | |||
| Blustar Detergent | TAN | CFE | PNX | RCL | TSR | AMA | TAN | CFE | RCL | AMA | BLU | |
| Café France-CEU | TSR | RCL | BLU | TAN | AMA | RCL | BLU | PNX | TAN | AMA | ||
| Phoenix-FEU | TAN | TSR | AMA | BLU | TSR | RCL | TAN | AMA | CFE | RCL | ||
| Racal | AMA | CFE | TSR | BLU | TAN | CFE | PNX | TSR | BLU | PNX | TAN | |
| Tanduay | AMA | PNX | BLU | CFE | RCL | BLU | TSR | PNX | TSR | CFE | RCL | |
| Topstar Z.C. Mindanao | CFE | PNX | RCL | BLU | PNX | TAN | RCL | TAN | AMA | BLU | ||
= 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 |
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) | ||||||||||
| 1 | Racal Tile Masters | 86 | 70 | ||||||||
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 88 | 81 | ||||||||
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 76 | 89 | 78 | |||||||
| 2 | Phoenix-FEU Accelerators | 84 | 75 | 87 | |||||||
| 2 | Phoenix-FEU | 68 | 89 | ||||||||
| 3 | Cafefrance-CEU | 78 | 78 | ||||||||
Semifinals
Racal vs. Tanduay
| AksyonTV |
| August 11 4:00 pm |
| Report |
| 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 |
| Report |
| 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
| AksyonTV |
| August 10 6:00 pm |
| Report |
| 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 |
| Report |
| 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
- Leongson, Randolph B. (May 19, 2016). "Bakers, Aguilas clash in 2016 Foundation Cup opener". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- Leongson, Randolph B. (June 8, 2016). "PBA D-League: Blustar names Goh as coach". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 10, 2016.
- "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.
- Li, Matthew (May 14, 2016). "Seven teams vie for 2016 PBA D-League Foundation Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
- "RACAL, TANDUAY SEEK TO BREAK TIE". PBA D-League. June 22, 2016. Retrieved June 22, 2016.