- List of Philippine Basketball Association champions
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The Philippine Basketball Association awards a championship trophy (or cup) to the winning team at the end of each conference (tournament).
To determine a champion for a conference, a double-round elimination (sometimes a classification) round is usually held. After the elimination (or classification) round, the playoffs would be held.
There had been a variety of ways the league conducted its playoffs, such as:
- Single-elimination tournament
- The twice-to-beat advantage (The higher-seeded team needs to win only once in order to advance, while the lower-seeded team needs to win twice consecutively. This is basically a modification of the best-of-three series.)
- Round-robin (or double-round robin)
- Best-of-three series
- Best-of-five series
- Best-of-seven series
- For a discussion of the different formats, see Playoff format.
The Finals is usually a best-of-seven series (although there had been notable exceptions). The winning team is said to be the champions of the conference. After each season, there would be no playoffs in order to determine a "season champion." The concept of having different champions in a season is similar to the concept of Apertura and Clausura of Latin American football.
However, the teams which are both boldfaced and italicized, the Crispa Redmanizers (1976 and 1983), the San Miguel Beermen (1989), and the Alaska Milkmen (1996), hold the distinction of winning all three conferences in one season and have the distinction of winning the "Grand Slam". Winning the Grand Slam is the equivalent of the "season championship," where the team is said to be the undisputed champion in the league.
There are two types of conferences: All-Filipino or import-laden. The All-Filipino conferences are tournaments where the teams are prohibited from hiring a foreigner as an additional player. An import-laden conference is a tournament where teams are allowed to hire a foreigner (the "import") as an additional player.
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Champions by season
Won the Grand SlamWon the first two championships in a season1975-1983: Prieto years
1984–1992: Yenko and R. Salud years
1993–2002: Marquez and Bernandino years
2003–2010: Eala and Barrios years
**The 2004 PBA Fiesta Conference was a transitional conference and was not a part of the 2003 or of the 2004–05 season.
2010–present: C. Salud years
Season Conference Champion Series Runner-Up Winning coach 2010–11 Philippine Talk 'N Text 4–2 San Miguel Chot Reyes Commissioner's Talk 'N Text 4–2 Barangay Ginebra Chot Reyes Governors Petron 4–3 Talk 'N Text Ato Agustin Notes
- Conference marked with an asterisk (*) are special conferences, and do not count to the championship tally below. There is no Battle for Third Place. Runner-up teams receives consolation trophy.
Champions by franchise
Franchise Championships Runners-up Third places Total trophies Last championship Petron/San Miguel/Magnolia/Royal 19 13 13 45 2011 Governors Crispa* 13 8 3 24 1984 First All-Filipino Alaska/Hills Bros. 13 12 12 37 2010 Fiesta Toyota* 9 9 3 21 1982 Open Purefoods/Coney Island 8 13 1 22 2009-10 Philippine Ginebra/Gordon's/Añejo/Gilbey's 8 12 8 27 2008 Fiesta Great Taste/Presto/Tivoli* 6 5 4 15 1990 All-Filipino Shell* 4 5 6 15 1999 All-Filipino Pop Cola/Sunkist/Swift/Sarsi* 4 3 7 14 1995 Commissioner's Tanduay* 3 2 8 13 1987 Open Red Bull (Photokina)* 3 2 4 9 2005-2006 Fiesta Talk 'N Text/Mobiline/Pepsi 4 7 5 14 2011 Commissioner's U/Tex* 2 2 5 9 1980 Open Sta. Lucia 2 1 6 9 2007-08 Philippine Coca-Cola 2 1 1 4 2003 Reinforced Northern Cement** 1 0 2 3 1985 Reinforced Nicholas Stoodley (United States)** 1 0 0 1 1980 Invitational Beer Hausen/Manila Beer 0 3 1 4 -- Mariwasa/Noritake 0 1 2 3 -- Burger King/Air21/FedEx 0 1 2 3 -- Filmanbank 0 1 0 1 -- South Korea** 0 0 1 1 -- Adidas (France)** 0 0 1 1 -- Emtex (Brazil)** 0 0 1 1 -- * Defunct franchise
** Guest teamNotes
See also
Philippine Basketball Association Alaska Aces Barako Bull Energy Barangay Ginebra Kings B-Meg Llamados Meralco Bolts Petron Blaze Boosters Powerade Tigers Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Shopinas.com Clickers Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters Seasons · Champions - The Grand Slam · Conferences: Philippine Cup - Commissioner's Cup - Governors Cup · Defunct teams · All-time team standings Players · MVP - Awards - Records - Current team rosters · D-League · Draft · All-Star Weekend · Hall of Fame · 25th anniversary all-time team · Jun Bernardino Trophy · The Leo · Venues · PBA on AKTV Category · Portal · 2011-12 season: Philippine Cup References
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