1997 PBA All-Filipino Cup
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The 1997
Philippine Basketball Association
(PBA) All-Filipino Cup
, is the first conference of the 1997 PBA season
. It started on February 16 and ended on May 25, 1997.
1997 PBA season
The 1997 PBA season was the 23rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable occurrences:*The entry of Fil-Americans in the PBA, for the first time in league history, the top two picks of the Annual Rookie draft was born outside the Philippines, the 6-9 Andrew John Seigle, a discovery...
Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
(PBA) All-Filipino Cup
PBA Philippine Cup
The Philippine Basketball Association Philippine Cup is the award given at PBA's all-Filipino conference. The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports. Prior to 2004-05 season, the tournament was then known as the PBA All-Filipino Cup...
, is the first conference of the 1997 PBA season
1997 PBA season
The 1997 PBA season was the 23rd season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable occurrences:*The entry of Fil-Americans in the PBA, for the first time in league history, the top two picks of the Annual Rookie draft was born outside the Philippines, the 6-9 Andrew John Seigle, a discovery...
. It started on February 16 and ended on May 25, 1997.
Team standings
| Qualified for semifinals | |
| Eliminated |
| # | |Team | W | L | PCT Winning percentage In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. It is defined as wins divided by wins plus losses . Ties count as a ½ loss and a ½ win... | GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gordon's Gin Boars Barangay Ginebra Kings The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional basketball team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979 and owned by the Ginebra San Miguel, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation... |
10 | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2 | Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys | 8 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 3 | Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realtors The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta... |
8 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Beermen The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food... |
7 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 5 | Mobiline Cellulars | 7 | 7 | -- | -- |
| 6 | Alaska Milkmen | 6 | 8 | -- | -- |
| 7 | Pop Cola Bottlers Pop Cola Panthers The Pop Cola Panthers is a former Philippine Basketball Association team from 1990-2001 under the ownership of Cosmos Bottling Corporation, a subsidiary of RFM Corporation. Cosmos was sold to Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc., then-owned by San Miguel Corporation in 2001 which also includes the... |
5 | 9 | -- | -- |
| 8 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 4 | 10 | -- | -- |
Team standings
| Qualified for finals | |
| Qualified for finals playoff | |
| Qualified for battle-for-third | |
| Eliminated |
| S | |Team | |Cumulative | |Semifinals | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | |L | |GB Games behind In sports, the phrase games behind or games back , is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division... | |W | |L | ||
| 1 | Gordon's Gin Boars | 14 | 8 | –- | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Purefoods Cowboys | 14 | 8 | –- | 6 | 2 |
| 3 | Sta. Lucia Realtors Sta. Lucia Realtors The Sta. Lucia Realtors was a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association.The Universal Robina Corporation team is one of the founding members of the PBA. Formerly known as Great Taste and Presto-Tivoli Ice Cream, they have won a total of 6 championships. Sta... |
12 | 10 | –- | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | San Miguel Beermen San Miguel Beermen The Petron Blaze Boosters is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team has been a member of the league since its inception in 1975 and hold the most PBA titles with 19.The team is owned by the Petron Corporation, a subsidiary of the Philippines' largest food... |
11 | 11 | -- | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Mobiline Cellulars | 9 | 13 | -- | 2 | 6 |