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2019 PBA Philippine Cup
2019 PBA Philippine Cup
Duration	January 13 – May 15, 2019
TV partner(s)	Local: ; ESPN5 ; 5 ; PBA Rush (HD) ; International: ; AksyonTV International
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok
Awards
Best Player	June Mar Fajardo; (San Miguel Beermen)
Finals MVP	June Mar Fajardo; (San Miguel Beermen)
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The 2019 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Philippine Cup, also known as the 2019 Honda Click–PBA Philippine Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2019 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 41st PBA Philippine Cup began on January 13 and ended on May 15, 2019. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:^[1]

Single-round robin eliminations; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records.
Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoff games will be held only for the #8 seed.
Quarterfinals:
- QF1: #1 vs #8 (#1 twice-to-beat)
- QF2: #2 vs #7 (#2 twice-to-beat)
- QF3: #3 vs #6 (best-of-3 series)
- QF4: #4 vs #5 (best-of-3 series)
Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
- SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
- SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
Finals (best-of-7 series)
- F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team v t e	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters	9	2	.818	—	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
2	Rain or Shine Elasto Painters	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals
3	Barangay Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636^[a]	2	Best-of-three quarterfinals
4	TNT KaTropa	7	4	.636^[a]	2
5	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636^[a]	2
6	Magnolia Hotshots Pambansang Manok	6	5	.545	3
7	NorthPort Batang Pier	5	6	.455	4	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
8	Alaska Aces	4	7	.364^[b]	5	Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals
9	NLEX Road Warriors	4	7	.364^[b]	5
10	Columbian Dyip	4	7	.364^[b]	5
11	Meralco Bolts	3	8	.273	6
12	Blackwater Elite	2	9	.182	7

Source: PBA.ph
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), if tied for 8th, one-game playoff; 3) overall quotient 4) coin toss^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Barangay Ginebra 1.02, TNT 1.00, San Miguel 0.98
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: NLEX 1.19, Alaska 1.01, Columbian 0.84; 8th-seed playoff: Alaska defeated NLEX

Schedule

Team ╲ Game	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Alaska	ROS	COL	BWE	PHX	BGSM	MAG	NLEX	TNT	MER	SMB	NP
Barangay Ginebra	TNT	SMB	ROS	COL	BWE	ALA	PHX	MAG	NLEX	MER	NP
Blackwater	NP	MER	ROS	PHX	SMB	BGSM	ALA	COL	TNT	NLEX	MAG
Columbian	SMB	PHX	NP	NLEX	BGSM	ALA	MER	BWE	ROS	MAG	TNT
Magnolia	TNT	SMB	ROS	MER	PHX	ALA	COL	BGSM	NP	BWE	NLEX
Meralco	PHX	BWE	SMB	TNT	NLEX	COL	MAG	NP	ROS	ALA	BGSM
NLEX	ROS	NP	TNT	COL	MER	PHX	SMB	ALA	BWE	BGSM	MAG
NorthPort	BWE	NLEX	COL	ROS	PHX	MER	SMB	MAG	TNT	ALA	BGSM
Phoenix	MER	TNT	COL	BWE	NLEX	ROS	NP	ALA	MAG	BGSM	SMB
Rain or Shine	NLEX	BGSM	BWE	SMB	ALA	NP	PHX	MAG	TNT	COL	MER
San Miguel	COL	BGSM	MER	TNT	ROS	BWE	MAG	NLEX	NP	PHX	ALA
TNT KaTropa	BGSM	PHX	NLEX	SMB	MER	MAG	ROS	BWE	ALA	COL	NP

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
= Win; = OT win; = Loss; = OT loss

Results

Teams	ALA	BGSM	BWE	COL	MAG	MER	NLEX	NP	PHX	ROS	SMB	TNT
Alaska	—	104–78	103–101	94–72	86–103	92–77	70–91	84–94	80–94	72–85	96–114	78–92
Barangay Ginebra	—	—	85–67	97–85	97–93*	86–76	105–96	97–100	100–97	80–83	91–99	90–79
Blackwater	—	—	—	106–100	87–97	94–99	101–122	91–117	95–114	111–99	79–93	89–127
Columbian	—	—	—	—	83–109	86–85	97–107	110–100	98–108	85–82	124–118	98–101
Magnolia	—	—	—	—	—	92–86	102–74	103–90	87–89	74–75	92–113	75–80*
Meralco	—	—	—	—	—	—	83–87	126–123**	92–93*	85–88	93–105	88–77
NLEX	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	90–95	82–83	87–96	111–121	80–85
NorthPort	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	96–98	100–107	107–113	109–83
Phoenix Pulse	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	94–98*	96–93	93–84*
Rain or Shine	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	108–98	92–100
San Miguel	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	93–104
TNT	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.

2019 PBA Philippine Cup

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Schedule

Results

Eighth seed playoff

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) Phoenix vs. (8) Alaska

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) NorthPort

(3) Barangay Ginebra vs. (6) Magnolia

(4) TNT vs. (5) San Miguel

Semifinals

(1) Phoenix vs. (5) San Miguel

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (6) Magnolia

Finals

Awards

Conference

Players of the Week

Rookies of the Month

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistical leaders

References

External links