1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup

1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup
1996 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Duration	February 18 - May 26, 1996
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (IBC)
Finals
Champions	Alaska Milkmen
Runners-up	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs
Awards
Best Player	Alvin Patrimonio; (Purefoods TJ Hotdogs)
Finals MVP	Jojo Lastimosa; (Alaska Milkmen)
PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology
	< 1995 1997 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 1995 Governors' 1996 Commissioner's >

The 1996 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Cup was the first conference of the 1996 PBA season. It started on February 18 and ended on May 26, 1996. The tournament is an All-Filipino format, which doesn't require an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

Double-round robin eliminations; 14 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.^[1]
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining five teams. Results from the eliminations will be carried over.^[2] A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least five of their eight semifinal games.^[3]
The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams (or the loser of the playoff incentive and the fourth seeded team) dispute the third-place trophy in a one-game playoff.

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Alaska Milkmen	10	4	.714	—	Semifinal round
2	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	9	5	.643	1
3	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	8	6	.571	2
4	San Miguel Beermen	8	6	.571	2
5	Ginebra San Miguel	7	7	.500	3
6	Sta. Lucia Realtors	6	8	.429	4
7	Sunkist Orange Juicers	4	10	.286	6
8	Pepsi Mega Bottlers	4	10	.286	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Semifinal round

Team standings

Cumulative standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	14	8	.636	—	Advance to the finals^[a]
2	Alaska Milkmen	13	9	.591	1	Guaranteed finals berth playoff
3	Ginebra San Miguel	12	10	.545^[b]	2	Qualify to finals berth playoff
4	San Miguel Beermen	12	10	.545^[b]	2	Proceed to third-place playoff
5	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	11	11	.500	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

^ If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright.
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Ginebra 3–1 San Miguel

Semifinal round standings:

Pos	Team	W	L	Qualification
1	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	6	2
2	Ginebra San Miguel	5	3	Qualify to finals berth playoff^[a]
3	San Miguel Beermen	4	4
4	Alaska Milkmen	3	5
5	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	2	6