1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup
# 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup

The 1999 PBA All-Filipino Cup or known as the 1999 McDonald's-PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the First Conference of the 1999 PBA season. It started on February 7 and ended on June 6, 1999. 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:

* Two-round eliminations; 16 games per team. 8 teams will advance to the Quarterfinals.
* Quarterfinals: top 4 seeded teams will have twice-to-beat advantage
   * QF1: 1st seed vs. 8th seed
   * QF2: 2nd seed vs. 7th seed
   * QF3: 3rd seed vs. 6th seed
   * QF4: 4th seed vs. 5th seed
* Best-of-five Semifinals: winners of each pairings
   * SF1: QF1 vs. QF4
   * SF2: QF2 vs. QF3
* Third-place match: One-game playoff
   * LSF1 vs. LSF2
* Finals: Best-of-7 championship series
   * F1: WSF1 vs. WSF2

## Elimination round

### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 11 | 5 | .688 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Alaska Milkmen | 9 | 7 | .563 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters | 9 | 7 | .563 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Formula Shell Zoom Masters | 9 | 7 | .563 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | San Miguel Beermen | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Pop Cola 800s | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | 7 | 9 | .438 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 6 | 10 | .375 | 5 | |

* 1 2 3 Head-to-head differential: Alaska +11, Tanduay +8, Shell −19
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Pop Cola 2–0 Purefoods
* 1 2 Eighth-seed playoff: Barangay Ginebra 77–74 Sta. Lucia

### Eighth seed playoff

* VTV
* May 5
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Semifinals (Best-of-5) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| #1 twice-to-beat | #1 twice-to-beat | #1 twice-to-beat | #1 twice-to-beat | | | | | | |
| 1 | Mobiline | 67 | 81 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 81 | 82 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 81 | 82 | 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 0 | | | |
| #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 0 | | | |
| #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | 4 | Formula Shell | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Formula Shell | Formula Shell | 79 | 4 | Formula Shell | 3 | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 73 | | | | | | |
| 5 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 73 | | | | 4 | Formula Shell | 4 |
| #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | | | | 4 | Formula Shell | 4 |
| #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | | | | 3 | Tanduay | 2 |
| 2 | Alaska | 74 | W | | | | 3 | Tanduay | 2 |
| 7 | Purefoods | 86 | L | | | | | | |
| 7 | Purefoods | 86 | L | 2 | Alaska | 1 | Third place playoff | Third place playoff | Third place playoff |
| #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | 2 | Alaska | 1 | Third place playoff | Third place playoff | Third place playoff |
| #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | 3 | Tanduay | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Tanduay | Tanduay | 91 | 3 | Tanduay | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Tanduay | Tanduay | 91 | | | | 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 95 |
| 6 | Pop Cola | Pop Cola | 77 | | | | 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | 95 |
| 6 | Pop Cola | Pop Cola | 77 | | | | 2 | Alaska | 73 |

## Quarterfinals

### (1) Mobiline vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

* VTV
* May 9
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* May 12

Mobiline Phone Pals 81, Barangay Ginebra Kings 82 :

* Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games ||
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

With a 7–0 start, Mobiline had a losing run to finish the elimination round. Being the #1 seed, they faced the ragtag Barangay Ginebra Kings with a twice to beat advantage.

The Kings managed to keep in step with the Phone Pals throughout the game; with Mobiline leading by one point in the closing seconds, Bal David converted a jump-shot as time expired that caused jubilation at the mostly pro-Ginebra crowd. Asi Taulava broke down and slumped to the bench right after David's game-clinching jumper and booked a flight to the United States the day after the game.

### (2) Alaska vs. (7) Purefoods

* VTV
* May 7
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* May 12

Alaska Milkmen W, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs L :

* Alaska wins series in two games ||
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

### (3) Tanduay vs. (6) Pop Cola

* VTV
* May 7

Tanduay Rhum 91, Pop Cola 800s 77 :

* Tanduay wins series in one game ||
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

### (4) Shell vs. (5) San Miguel

* VTV
* May 9

Formula Shell 79, San Miguel Beermen 73 :

* Shell wins series in one game ||
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

## Semifinals

### (2) Alaska vs. (3) Tanduay

* VTV
* May 14
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* VTV
* May 16
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* May 19
* Bago Cultural Center, Bago, Negros Occidental
* VTV
* May 21

Alaska Milkmen 93, Tanduay Rhum Masters 111 :

* Tanduay wins series, 3–1 ||
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

### (4) Shell vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

* VTV
* May 14
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* VTV
* May 16
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* May 19

Formula Shell 98, Barangay Ginebra Kings 85 :

* Formula Shell wins series, 3–0 ||
* Bago Cultural Center, Bago, Negros Occidental

Barangay Ginebra would come up short in their playoffs run as the Zoom Masters swept them in their semifinals series, 3–0. Game 2 had a free-for all bench-clearing brawl that saw punches being thrown; Shell player Jay Mendoza instigated the fight when he elbowed Ginebra's Wilmer Ong. A total of ₱235,000 worth of fines were issued by PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino, the second-greatest amount since the 1990 Finals played ironically, by Shell and Ginebra where Ginebra walked out to hand Shell the championship trophy.

## Third-place playoff

* VTV
* May 23
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig

## Finals

* VTV
* May 23
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* May 26
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
* VTV
* May 30
* Ormoc Superdome, Ormoc City
* VTV
* June 2
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* June 4
* PhilSports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* June 6

Tanduay Rhum Masters 76, Formula Shell 85 :

* Formula Shell wins series, 4–2 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
