2016 PBA D-League Foundation Cup


The 2016 PBA-D-League Foundation Cup is the second conference of the 2015-16 PBA Developmental League season. Seven 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. The games will be aired on AksyonTV, Hyper and Sports5.ph.

Format

Conference format as it follows:
  • All seven teams will play in a double round-robin elimination phase.
  • Top 4 teams of the elimination round will advanced in the semifinals round.
  • In case of ties in the elimination round standings, it will be broken via the quotient system.
  • Top 2 teams will get a twice-to-beat semifinals incentives.
  • The two teams who won the semifinals matches will battle in a best-of-3 finals series.

Eliminations

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.

Standings

These are the team standings at the end of the elimination round:
TeamWinLossPCTQualification
Racal Tile Masters102.875Twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals
Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators-FEU93.750Twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals
Cafefrance Bakers-CEU93.750Twice-to-win disadvantage in the semifinals
Tanduay Rhum Masters84.667Twice-to-win disadvantage in the semifinals
AMA Online Education Titans48.333Eliminated
Blustar Detergent Dragons210.167Eliminated
Topstar Z.C. Mindanao Aguilas012.000Eliminated