2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup

2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup
Duration	February 23 - July 13, 2003
TV partner(s)	NBN/IBC
Finals
Champions	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals
Runners-up	Coca Cola Tigers
Awards
Best Player	Asi Taulava (TNT)
Finals MVP	Asi Taulava (TNT)
PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology
< 2002 2004–05 >
PBA conference chronology
< 2002 All-Filipino 2003 Invitational >

The 2003 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Cup, or known as the 2003 Samsung-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2003 PBA season. It started on February 23 and ended on July 13, 2003. 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:

The teams were divided into 2 groups.

Group A:

Group B:

Teams were divided into two groups but will play a two-round eliminations; 18 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams.
The top four teams per group will qualify to the quarterfinals
Quarterfinals will be a single round robin affair within the groups. Results from the elimination will not be carried over.
The top two teams per group will qualify to the semifinal round.
Best-of-five semifinals:
- SF1: A1 vs. B2
- SF2: B1 vs. A2
Third-place playoff: losers of the semifinals
Best-of-seven finals: winners of the semifinals

Elimination round

Group A

	Qualified for quarterfinals

#	Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB
1	San Miguel Beermen	12	6	.667	--
2	FedEx Express	10	8	.556	2
3	Alaska Aces	9	9	.500	3
4	Sta. Lucia Realtors	8	10	.444	4
5	Purefoods TJ Hotdogs	5	13	.227	7

Group B

	Qualified for quarterfinals

#	Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Red Bull Thunder	14	4	.778	--
2	Coca Cola Tigers	11	7	.611	3
3	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	10	8	.556	4
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	6	12	.333	8
5	Shell Turbo Chargers	5	13	.277	9

Quarterfinal round

Group A

	Qualified for semifinals

#	Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Alaska Aces	2	1	.667	--
2	Sta. Lucia Realtors	2	1	.667	--
3	San Miguel Beermen	1	2	.333	1
4	FedEx Express	1	2	.333	1

Alaska beat Sta.Lucia, 75-66, and the Aces got a free ride to the semifinals from the San Miguel Beermen, which beat FedEx, 96-87. The Express were hoping to create a possible three-way tie. ^[1]

Group B

	Qualified for semifinals

#	Team standings	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Coca Cola Tigers	3	0	1.000	--
2	Talk 'N Text Phone Pals	2	1	.667	1
3	Red Bull Thunder	1	2	.333	2
4	Barangay Ginebra Kings	0	3	.000	3

Talk 'N Text and Coca Cola advances to the semifinals, the Phone Pals defeated Barangay Ginebra, 99-86, while the Tigers nip Batang Red Bull, the team with the best record in the eliminations, 80-79. ^[2]

Alaska Aces 88, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 92
Talk 'N Text wins series, 3-2.

Coca Cola Tigers 99, Sta. Lucia Realtors 93
Coca Cola wins series, 3-1.

Alaska Aces 102, Sta. Lucia Realtors 79
Alaska clinch third place

Coca Cola Tigers 76, Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 78
Talk 'N Text wins series, 4-2.

2003 PBA All-Filipino Cup

Format

Elimination round

Group A

Group B

Quarterfinal round

Group A

Group B

Best-of-five semifinals

Alaska-Talk 'N Text series

Coca Cola-Sta. Lucia series

Playoff for third place

Finals

References

External links