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.
PBA Development League current teams | ||||||
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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 |
Conference format as it follows: [3] [4]
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]
These are the team standings at the end of the elimination round:
Team | Win | Loss | PCT | Qualification |
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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 |
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 | ||||||||
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