2004 PBA Fiesta Conference

2004 PBA Fiesta Conference
Duration February 22 - July 7, 2004
TV partner(s) ABC
Finals
Champions Barangay Ginebra Kings
Runners-up Red Bull Barako
Awards
Best Player Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra)
Best Import Victor Thomas (Red Bull)
Finals MVP Eric Menk (Barangay Ginebra)
PBA Fiesta Conference chronology
PBA conference chronology

The 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference, or known as the 2004 Gran Matador Brandy-PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, was tournament held by the Philippine Basketball Association and the first ever edition of the PBA Fiesta Conference. [1]

Prior to the formation of the said conference, the league had two import-laced conferences known as the PBA Commissioner's Cup (with an import height-limit of 6-8), and the PBA Governor's Cup (with an import height-limit of 6-4). However, in 2003, the two conferences were scrapped and was replaced with an Invitational tournament, with an All-Filipino local squad along with foreign teams) and an import-laced Reinforced Conference.

But, in 2004, the league changed its calendar from a calendar year to a fiscal year. As a preparation for the new format, the tournament was institutionalized in 2004 as a transitional tournament. The first Fiesta Conference was played from February–July 2004.

Opening ceremonies

The muses for the participating teams are as follows:

Team Muse
Alaska Aces Iya Villania
Barangay Ginebra Kings Belinda Bright and Maricar de Mesa
Coca-Cola Tigers Iza Calzado
FedEx Express Katarina Perez
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Jennylyn Mercado
Red Bull Barako
San Miguel Beermen Jenny Manuel
Shell Turbo Chargers Michelle Estevez
Sta. Lucia Realtors
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals Nancy Castiglione

2004 PBA All-Star Game

The league held its All-Star Weekend in August 2004 at the jam packed New Cebu City Coliseum, with the revived North vs South All-Stars format. The South All-Stars defeated the Northern selection 130-128, in a closely fought contest. Asi Taulava and Jimmy Alapag were named co-MVP of the All-Star Game.

Elimination round

Qualified for quarterfinals
Qualified for wildcards
#TeamWLGBPCTPD
1San Miguel Beermen 16 2 -- .889
2Alaska Aces 11 7 5 .611
3Coca-Cola Tigers 11 7 5 .611
4Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 11 7 5 .611
5Red Bull Barako 10 8 6 .556
6Sta. Lucia Realtors 8 10 8 .444
7Barangay Ginebra Kings 7 11 9 .389 +5
8Shell Turbo Chargers 7 11 9 .389 -5
9FedEx Express 5 13 11 .278
10Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 4 14 12 .222

Wildcard phase

Quarterfinals

Qualified for semifinals

Group A

#TeamWLGBPCT
1Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 3 0 -- 1.000
2Red Bull Barako 2 1 1 .667
3San Miguel Beermen 1 2 2 .333
4U.S. Pro-Am Selection 0 3 3 .000
June 13
U.S. Pro-Am Selection 91, Red Bull Barako 101
June 16
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 127, U.S. Pro-Am Selection 115
June 20
U.S. Pro-Am Selection 104, San Miguel Beermen 106

Group B

#TeamWLGBPCT
1Coca-Cola Tigers 3 0 -- 1.000
2Barangay Ginebra Kings 2 1 1 .667
3Alaska Aces 1 2 2 .333
4UBC Thunderbirds 0 3 3 .000

Two guest teams participated in the tournament, the University of British Columbia men's basketball team and the US Pro-Am Selection. Both never won a single game in the quarterfinals of the tournament.

Bracket

Semifinals (original seed)
(Best-of-3)
Finals
(Best-of-5)
      
A1 Talk 'N Text (4) 1
B2 Barangay Ginebra (7) 2
A2 Barangay Ginebra (7) 3
B2 Red Bull (5) 1
B1 Coca-Cola (3) 1
A2 Red Bull (5) 2

Semifinals

Talk 'N TextBarangay Ginebra series

June 27
Talk 'N Text Phone Pals 103, Barangay Ginebra Kings 111
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 21

Coca-ColaRed Bull series

June 27
Coca-Cola Tigers 91, Red Bull Barako 101
Red Bull wins series, 21

Third-place playoff

Finals

July 7
Red Bull Barako 86, Barangay Ginebra Kings 103
Barangay Ginebra wins series, 31

The Barangay Ginebra Kings ended their seven-year title drought with a 3-1 series victory over Red Bull Barako in the Finals.

Awards

Eric Menk of Barangay Ginebra was named the Best Player of the Conference while Red Bull's Victor Thomas is the conference Best Import.

Broadcast notes

Game Play-by-play Analyst
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Game 4 Mico Halili TJ Manotoc

References

External links

Preceded by
2003 PBA season
PBA seasons
Transitional conference
Succeeded by
2004-05 PBA season
Preceded by
2003 PBA Reinforced Conference
PBA conferences
2004
Succeeded by
2004-05 PBA Philippine Cup
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