2016 PCBL Chairman's Cup
# 2016 PCBL Chairman's Cup

The 2016 PCBL Chairman's Cup was the second and the last conference of the inaugural season of the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League and the first and the last offering of PCBL for the year 2016. It was opened on March 6, 2016 at the Malolos Sports and Convention Center in Malolos, Bulacan. The PCBL games will be televised on a delayed basis on AksyonTV.

On May 27, 2016, the 2016 PCBL Chairman's Cup championship was awarded to Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants setting the first record for back to back championship wins for the Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League, after beating the heavily star-studded team Mighty Sports 80-68 on Game 3. Jeff Viernes also was named as the Finals MVP averaging 22.7 points per game.

## Developments

The Chairman's Cup will be the first conference of the PCBL under new commissioner Joel Banal, who replaced Ato Batolato. The PCBL also welcomed two new teams in the fledgling league, the SCTEX Road Warriors to be led by former PBA players Ervin Sotto, Ford Arao and Borgie Hermida, and Mighty Sports, bannered by former UAAP men's basketball MVP Kiefer Ravena and retired PBA player Ty Tang.

The SCTEX, under the ownership of Manila North Tollways Corporation, is also the reigning champion of the men's basketball competition in the 2016 MVP Olympics, after beating Mediaquest team, 90–80 in a one-game finals match on March 4, 2016 at the Meralco gym. PCBL will be the first major league of the Mighty Sports franchise to carry their own brand, after their appearances in small-time basketball tournaments such as Republica Cup held in Malolos, Bulacan where they won a championship.

Returning teams including Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants, the 2015 PCBL Founder's Cup champion., Sta. Lucia, Euro-Med, Foton and Supremo Lex-Our Lady of Fatima University. The team will also use imports for the conference. Notable imports which will be seen in the Champion's Cup are Bright Akhutie playing for Mighty Sports and Allwell Oraeme playing for Jumbo Plastic.

## Format

The tournament format was observed during the conference as it follows:

* The elimination round will be a double round-robin classification.
* At the end of elimination round, the top 6 teams will advance to the playoffs, while the 7th placer team is eliminated.
   * The 2 teams with the best record will go outright semifinals.
* The next 4 teams will undergo in the best-of-three quarterfinal round.
* Semifinals: (best-of-3 series)
   * SF1: #1 vs. QF1 winner
   * SF2: #2 vs. QF2 winner
* Third-place playoff:
   * SF1 vs. SF2 losers
* Finals: (best-of-3 series)
   * F1: SF1 vs SF2 winner

## Venues

| Host cities | Arenas | Seating Capacities |
| - | - | - |
| Malolos | Malolos Sports and Convention Center | 3,500 |
| Marikina | Marikina Sports Center | Un­known |

## Eliminations

### Standings

These are the team standings at the end of elimination round:

| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mighty Sports Cavaliers | 10 | 2 | .833 | — | Bye to the semi-finals |
| 2 | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2 | Bye to the semi-finals |
| 3 | Biyaheng SCTEX | 7 | 5 | .583 | 3 | Qualified for the best-of-three quarter-finals |
| 4 | Euro-Med Laboratories | 6 | 6 | .500 | 4 | Qualified for the best-of-three quarter-finals |
| 5 | Foton Toplanders | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | Qualified for the best-of-three quarter-finals |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 5 | 7 | .417 | 5 | Qualified for the best-of-three quarter-finals |
| 7 | Supremo Lex Builders | 1 | 11 | .083 | 9 | Eliminated |

### Schedule

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Euro-Med | SLR | JBP | MIG | SCT | SLB | FOT | | | | | | |
| Foton Toplanders | SLB | SLR | SCT | JBP | MIG | EUR | | | | | | |
| Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants | MIG | EUR | SLR | SLB | FOT | SCT | | | | | | |
| Mighty Sports Cavaliers | JBP | SLB | EUR | SLR | FOT | SCT | | | | | | SCT |
| Sta. Lucia Realtors | EUR | FOT | JBP | MIG | SCT | SLB | | | | | | |
| Biyaheng SCTEX | FOT | EUR | SLR | SLB | JBP | MIG | | | | | | MIG |
| Supremo Lex-OLFU Builders | FOT | MIG | JBP | EUR | SCT | SLR | | | | | | |

### Results

| Team | EUR | FOT | JBP | MIG | SLR | SCT | SLB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Euro-Med | | 93–81 | 65–83 | 63–81 | 64–66 | 76–87 | 97–87 |
| Foton | 79–84* | | 87–82 | 89–104 | 70–62 | 102–99** | 88–92 |
| Jumbo Plastic | 75–72 | 79–68 | | 70–79 | 75–87 | 60–62 | 79–70 |
| Mighty Sports | 73–87 | 84–83* | 73–74 | | 80–67 | 74–70 | 75–68 |
| Sta. Lucia | 75–83 | 72–86 | 61–80 | 85–92 | | 85–72 | 80–67 |
| SCTEX | 70–67 | 91–60 | 60–68 | 79–87 | 78–65 | | 69–62 |
| Supremo Lex | 65–75 | 63–72 | 46–75 | 62–75 | 76–80 | 66–80 | |

## Playoffs

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals Best-of-three series | Quarter-finals Best-of-three series | Semi-finals Best-of-three series | Semi-finals Best-of-three series | Finals Best-of-three series | Finals Best-of-three series |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | (2) Jumbo Plastic | 2 |
| | | (6) Sta. Lucia | 1 |
| (3) Biyaheng SCTEX | 1 | (6) Sta. Lucia | 1 |
| (6) Sta. Lucia | 2 | | | | |
| (6) Sta. Lucia | 2 | | | (2) Jumbo Plastic | 2 |
| | | | | (1) Mighty Sports | 1 |
| | | (1) Mighty Sports | 2 | | |
| | | (4) Euro-Med | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| (4) Euro-Med | 2 | (4) Euro-Med | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| (5) Foton | 1 | | | | |
| (5) Foton | 1 | | | (4) Euro-Med | 79 |
| | | | | (6) Sta. Lucia | 71 |

### Quarterfinals

**Euro-Med vs. Foton**

* AksyonTV
* May 6, 2016 07:00 pm
* Report

| Euro-Med Laboratories | 77–73 | Foton Toplanders |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 29–20, 20–14, 24–23 |||
| Pts: Ola Adeogun 20 | | Pts: Gomez 23 |

* Marikina Sports Center, Marikina
* AksyonTV
* May 8, 2016 05:00 pm

| Euro-Med Laboratories | 76–79 (OT) | Foton Toplanders |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 12–16, 16–13, 15–20, Overtime: 8–10 |||
| Pts: Hernandez 36 | | Pts: Eloy Poligrates 19 |

* Marikina Sports Center, Marikina
* AksyonTV
* May 11, 2016 07:00 pm

| Euro-Med Laboratories | Foton Toplanders |
| - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 13–13, 12–7, 23–17 |||
| Pts: Parala 15 | Pts: Hernandez 13 |
| Euro-Med wins series, 2–1 |||

* Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

## Semifinals

This round is in a best-of-three playoff. The first team who wins 2 games advances to the finals and the losing team will go for the third-place playoff.

### Jumbo Plastic vs. Sta. Lucia series

**Game 1**

* AksyonTV
* May 15 17:00

Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 94, Sta. Lucia Realtors 89 (OT) :

| Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 21-22, 14-30, 20-15, Overtime: 13-8 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Arafat 16 Rebs: Taganas 9 | Pts: Vidal 14 |
| Jumbo Plastic leads series, 1-0 |||

* Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan

**Game 2**

* AksyonTV
* May 18 19:00

Sta. Lucia Realtors 68, Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 62 :

| Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 27-19, 15-10, 9-18 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Vidal 15 Rebs: Sanjo 12 | Pts: Martinez 15 |
| Series tied, 1-1 |||

* Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

**Game 3**

* AksyonTV
* May 20 18:00

Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants 70, Sta. Lucia Realtors 56 :

| Scoring by quarter: 20-12, 24-16, 12-15, 14-13 |||
| - | - | - |
| Pts: Taganas 13 | Pts: Sanjo 17 |
| Jumbo Plastic enters PCBL Finals, 2-1 |||

* Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

## Third-place playoff

* AksyonTV
* May 25 17:00

| Euro-Med Laboratories | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 24-20, 15-15, 20-23, 20-13 |||
| Pts: Bangga 16 | Pts: Custodio 19 |
| Euro-Med wins third place trophy. |||

* Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

## Finals

### Game 1

* AksyonTV
* May 22 18:00

| Mighty Sports Cavaliers | 79–67 | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 14–13, 22–23, 23–19 |||
| Pts: Ravena 20 Rebs: Akhuetie 19 | | Pts: Viernes 16 |

* Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan

### Game 2

* AksyonTV
* May 25 19:00

| Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants | 89–87 (OT) | Mighty Sports Cavaliers |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 29–20, 19–18, 16–23, Overtime: 9–7 |||
| Pts: Viernes, Martinez 31 each Rebs: Viernes 4 Asts: Viernes 6 | | Pts: Akhuetie 27 Rebs: Akhuetie 22 Asts: Ravena 2 |

* Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

### Game 3

* AksyonTV
* May 27 18:00

| Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants | Mighty Sports Cavaliers |
| - | - |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 13–19, 25–17, 27–16 |||
| Pts: Viernes 21 Rebs: Viernes 6 Asts: Viernes 8 | Pts: Akhuetie 14 Rebs: Akhuetie 15 |
| Jumbo Plastic wins PCBL Finals, 2–1 |||

* Marikina Sports Center, Marikina

This is the first playoff (finals) meeting between the Mighty Sports and the Giants.

Tied 1–1 in both meetings :

AksyonTV

March 6 05:00 pm (UTC+8)

Report

Mighty Sports Cavaliers

79–70

Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants

Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan

AksyonTV

April 15 07:00 pm (UTC+8)

Report

Mighty Sports Cavaliers

73–74

Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants

Marikina Sports Center, Marikina :

## Awards

Individual Category :

| Award | Winner | Team |
| - | - | - |
| Conference MVP | Kiefer Ravena | Mighty Sports |
| Defensive Player of the Conference Award | Jeff Viernes | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants |
| Best Import of the Conference Award | Bright Akhuetie | Mighty Sports |

Team Category :

| Awards | Members | Team |
| - | - | - |
| The Mythical Five | Kiefer Ravena | Mighty Sports |
| The Mythical Five | Bright Akhuetie | Mighty Sports |
| The Mythical Five | Jeff Viernes | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants |
| The Mythical Five | Raul Soyud | Biyaheng SCTEX |
| The Mythical Five | Cedrick Ablaza | Foton Toplanders |
| The All-Defensive Team | Kent Salado | Sta. Lucia Realtors |
| The All-Defensive Team | Marlon Gomez | Foton Toplanders |
| The All-Defensive Team | Rocky Acidre | Supremo Lex Builders |
| The All-Defensive Team | Stephen Siruma | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants |
| The All-Defensive Team | Jay-R Taganas | Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants |
