2016 PBA Commissioner's Cup


The 2016 Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner's Cup, also known as the 2016 Oppo-PBA Commissioner's Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the second conference of the 2015–16 PBA season. The tournament allowed teams to hire foreign players or imports with a height limit of 6'9" for the top eight teams of the 2015–16 PBA Philippine Cup, while the bottom four teams were allowed to hire imports with no height limit.

Format

Due to the preparations of the Philippines men's national basketball team for the upcoming 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the opening of Governors' Cup was moved at the conclusion of the FIBA tournament.
The following format was observed for the duration of the conference:
  • 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 #2 and #8 seeds.
  • Quarterfinals:
  • *QF1: #1 vs #8
  • *QF2: #2 vs #7
  • *QF3: #3 vs #6
  • *QF4: #4 vs #5
  • Semifinals :
  • *SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
  • *SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
  • Finals
  • *F1: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Imports

The following is the list of imports, which had played for their respective teams at least once, with the returning imports in italics. Highlighted are the imports who stayed with their respective teams for the whole conference.

Awards

Conference