2019 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup

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2019 PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup
The 8th PBA Aspirant's Cup
DurationFebruary 14 - June 25, 2019
Number of teams20
TV partner(s) 5 Plus (ESPN 5) PBA Rush
Finals
Champions Cignal-Ateneo
Runners-up CEU
PBA D-League Aspirant's Cup chronology

The 2019 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup is the first conference of the 2019 Philippine Basketball Association Developmental League (PBA D-League) season. This will be the eighth Aspirants' Cup.

Contents

Format

Twenty teams were included in the tournament. The elimination round will be divided into two groups of ten teams each. Each team will play the teams in its group once. The top four teams per group qualify for the quarterfinals. The higher-seed team in the quarterfinals will have the twice-to-beat advantage against the lower-seeded team from the other group. The quarterfinals winners advance to the semifinals, which is a best-of-3 series. The semifinals winners advance to the Finals, which is a best-of-5 series. [1]

Venues

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Ynares Sports Arena
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Paco Arena
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JCSGO Gym
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Trinity Gym
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Venues of the PBA D-League

Most games will be played at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig. Other venues include the Paco Arena in Manila, JCSGO Gym and the Trinity University of Asia, both in Quezon City.

Teams

On May 7, the Cha Dao–FEU Tamaraws dropped the sponsorship by Cha Dao Milk Tea for lack of payments. FEU team manager Richie Ticzon said Cha Dao owed them a "substantial amount of money." [2]

The Far Eastern University now plan to press charges against James Machate after FEU and Cha Dao owner James Marcaida convened following their split in the 2019 PBA D-League. [3]

Elimination round

Group A

Team standings

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes 81.889—Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 Virtual Reality-St. Clare Saints 63.667 [lower-alpha 1] 2
3 Go for Gold-CSB Scratchers 63.667 [lower-alpha 1] 2Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
4 Che'Lu Bar and Grill Revellers 63.667 [lower-alpha 1] 2
5 Petron-Letran Knights 63.667 [lower-alpha 1] 2Eliminated
6 Ironcon-UST Growling Tigers 63.667 [lower-alpha 1] 2
7 FamilyMart-Enderun Titans 27.222 [lower-alpha 2] 6
8 Batangas-EAC Generals 27.222 [lower-alpha 2] 6
9 AMA Online Education Titans 27.222 [lower-alpha 2] 6
10 McDavid Apparels 18.1117
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss [4]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Head-to-head quotient: Virtual Reality-St. Clare 1.05, Go for Gold-CSB 1.01, Che'Lu 1.00, Petron-Letran 0.98, Ironcon-UST 0.97
  2. 1 2 3 Head-to-head quotient: FamilyMart-Enderun 1.11, Batangas-EAC 0.99, AMA 0.92

Results

Teams AMA BAT CHE CIG FAM GFG MCD PET UST VRE
AMA Online Education Titans —122–11977–11581–11194–11691–10980–6591–108108–11389–119
Batangas-EAC Generals —63–8946–9091–9087–10279–5773–11570–9473–80
Che'Lu Bar and Grill Revellers —88–10277–7292–101109–9996–9492–8077–82
Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes —82–68103–75106–3183–6498–11288–66
FamilyMart-Enderun Titans —69–7868–7370–7781–7464–71
Go for Gold-CSB Scratchers —119–101107–8782–9478–92
McDavid Apparels —64–8990–11182–93
Petron-Letran Knights —114–10191–90
Ironcon-UST Growling Tigers —78–75
Virtual Reality-St. Clare Saints —
Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Group B

Team standings

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1 Valencia City-San Sebastian Stags 81.889—Twice-to-beat in quarterfinals
2 CEU Scorpions 72.7781
3 Metropac Movers-San Beda Red Lions 63.667 [lower-alpha 1] 2Twice-to-win in quarterfinals
4 Cha Dao-FEU Tamaraws 63.667 [lower-alpha 1] 2
5 Marinerong Pilipino Skippers 54.5563Eliminated
6 Diliman Blue Dragons 45.444 [lower-alpha 2] 4
7 SMDC-NU Bulldogs 45.444 [lower-alpha 2] 4
8 Wangs Basketball Couriers 36.3335
9 Perpetual Help Altas 27.2226
10 CD14 Designs-Trinity White Stallions 09.0008
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) if two teams are tied, head-to-head record; if three or more teams are tied, head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss [4]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Cha Dao-FEU 1–0 Metropac Movers-San Beda
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head record: Diliman 1–0 SMDC-NU

Results

Teams CDD CEU DIL FEU MAR MET SMDC UPHD VAL WAN
CD14 Designs-Trinity White Stallions —69–9351–8881–10672–9170–11975–10775–8682–10569–89
CEU Scorpions —93–7669–7493–7680–7767–7490–6571–65116–72
Diliman-Gerry's Grill Blue Dragons —81–8886–8555–6782–7065–7180–91108–95
Cha Dao-FEU Tamaraws —63–8751–7584–6283–6453–7571–63
Marinerong Pilipino Skippers —88–85*86–7190–76104–110*78–88
Metropac Movers-San Beda Red Lions —94–8685–7592–96*94–70
SMDC-NU Bulldogs —100–7473–82102–71
Perpetual Altas —75–10664–75
Valencia City-San Sebastian Stags —96–64
Wangs Basketball Couriers —
Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

Playoff bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(Best-of-3 series)		Finals
(Best-of-5 series)
(A1 twice-to-beat)
A1 Cignal-Ateneo 67
B4 Cha Dao-FEU 60
A1 Cignal-Ateneo 2
(B1 twice-to-beat)
B1 Valencia City-San Sebastian 0
B1 Valencia City-San Sebastian 93
A4 Che'Lu 87
A1 Cignal-Ateneo 3
(B2 twice-to-beat)
B2 CEU 1
B2 CEU 8184
A3 Go for Gold-CSB 8474
B2 CEU 2
(A2 twice-to-beat)
A2 Virtual Reality-St. Clare 1
A2 Virtual Reality-St. Clare 65
B3 Metropac Movers-San Beda 60

Quarterfinals

Higher seeded teams has the twice-to-beat advantage against the lower seeded teams of the other group.

(A1) Cignal-Ateneo vs. (B4) Cha Dao-FEU

May 27
2:00 p.m.
Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes 67, Cha Dao-FEU Tamaraws 60
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 21–19, 16–10, 19–14
Pts: Ange Kouame 14
Rebs: Ange Kouame 14		Pts: Cade Flores 14
Rebs: Cade Flores 7
Cignal-Ateneo wins series in one game

(B1) Valencia City-San Sebastian vs. (A4) Che'Lu

May 27
4:00 p.m.
Valencia City-San Sebastian Stags 93, Che'Lu Bar and Grill Revellers 87 (OT)
Scoring by quarter:21–18, 23–12, 17–23, 19–27,  Overtime:13-7
Pts: JM Calma 19
Rebs: JM Calma 11		Pts: Rey Suerte 18
Rebs: Rey Suerte 9
Valencia City-San Sebastian wins series in one game

(A2) Virtual Reality-St. Clare vs. (B3) Metropac Movers-San Beda

May 28
4:00 p.m.
Virtual Reality-St. Clare Saints 65, Metropac Movers-San Beda Red Lions 60
Scoring by quarter: 10–10, 19–15, 22–13, 14–22
Pts: Joshua Fontanilla 12
Rebs: Mohammad Pare 10		Pts: James Canlas 14
Rebs: Donald Tankoua 12
Virtual Reality-St. Clare wins series in one game

(B2) CEU vs. (A3) Go for Gold-CSB

May 28
2:00 p.m.
CEU Scorpions 81, Go for Gold-CSB Scratchers 84
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 14–24, 28–23, 20–11
Pts: Judel Fuentes 22
Rebs: Maodo Malick Diuof 17		Pts: Roosevelt Adams 26
Rebs: Roosevelt Adams 13
May 30
4:00 p.m.
CEU Scorpions 84, Go for Gold-CSB Scratchers 74
Scoring by quarter:24–20, 20–16, 22–15, 18–23
Pts: Maodo Malick Diuof 25
Rebs: Maodo Malick Diuof 29		Pts: Roosevelt Adams 26
Rebs: Roosevelt Adams 11
CEU wins series in two games

Semifinals

This round is in a best-of-3 format. The winner advances to the finals.

(A1) Cignal-Ateneo vs. (B1) Valencia City-San Sebastian

June 3
4 p.m.
Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes 105, Valencia City-San Sebastian Stags 67
Scoring by quarter: 17-19, 17-16, 32-19, 39-13
Pts: Ange Kouame 19
Rebs: Ange Kouame 20		Pts: RK Ilagan 14
Rebs: Allyn Bulanadi 7
June 6
2 p.m.
Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes 100, Valencia City-San Sebastian Stags 73
Scoring by quarter: 19-28, 31-17, 28-7, 22-21
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 19
Rebs: Ange Kouame 18		Pts: RK Ilagan 22
Rebs: RK Ilagan 11
Cignal-Ateneo wins series 2–0

(B2) CEU vs. (A2) Virtual Reality-St. Clare

June 3
2 p.m.
CEU Scorpions 76, Virtual Reality-St. Clare Saints 75
Scoring by quarter:15-9, 17-22, 22-17, 22-27
Pts: Maodo Diouf 19
Rebs: Maodo Diouf 33		Pts: Irven Palencia 18
Rebs: Irven Palencia 8
June 6
4 p.m.
CEU Scorpions 50, Virtual Reality-St. Clare Saints 84
Scoring by quarter: 7-14, 12-22, 11-24, 20-24
Pts: Franz Diaz 17
Rebs: Maodo Diouf 22		Pts: Mohammed Pare 17
Rebs: Mohammed Pare 15
June 11
4 p.m.
CEU Scorpions 89, Virtual Reality-St. Clare Saints 72
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 22-18, 29-13, 22-20
Pts: Rich Guinitaran 23
Rebs: Dave Bernabe 14		Pts: Junjie Hallare 19
Rebs: Joshua Fontanilla 6
CEU wins series 2–1

Finals: (A1) Cignal-Ateneo vs. (B2) CEU

This round is in a best-of-5 format. The winner wins the championship.

June 13
4 p.m.
Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes 101, CEU Scorpions 66
Scoring by quarter:25-16, 29-15, 26-14, 21-21
Pts: Isaac Go 17
Rebs: Thirdy Ravena 7		Pts: Maodo Diouf 21
Rebs: Maodo Diouf 11
June 18
4 p.m.
Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes 74, CEU Scorpions 77
Scoring by quarter: 13-16, 26- 18, 13-19, 22-24
Pts: Adrian Wong 17
Rebs: Ange Kouame 10		Pts: Jerome Santos 28
Rebs: Maodo Diouf 16
June 20
4 p.m.
Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes 67, CEU Scorpions 52
Scoring by quarter:17-13, 15-14, 17-10, 18-15
Pts: Thirdy Ravena 12
Rebs: Thirdy Ravena 8		Pts: Maodo Diouf 19
Rebs: Maodo Diouf 20
June 25
4 p.m.
Cignal-Ateneo Hawkeyes 98, CEU Scorpions 66
Scoring by quarter:38-10, 10-17, 31-20, 19-19
Pts: Ange Kouame 18
Rebs: Ange Kouame 16		Pts: Rich Guinitaran 20
Rebs: Rich Guinitaran 4
Cignal-Ateneo wins series 3-1

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