PBA Governors Cup

PBA Governors Cup

The PBA Governors Cup is a tournament of a Philippine Basketball Association season. The tournament allows team to hire a single import with a height limit of 6-4. The event was usually held during the league's third conference from 1993-2002. In 2003, the tournament was scrapped, along with the PBA Commissioner's Cup, and was replaced by an Invitational tournament, pitting four guest teams, and a Reinforced Conference, an import-laced conference. The tournament was revived in 2011 after the league re-adopted the three conference format.

The Governors Cup also refers to the trophy awarded to the champion team.

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History

During the 1993 PBA season, the league renamed the Third Conference as the Governors Cup, probably a reference to the head of the PBA Board of Governors. The singular name "Governor" refers to the board representative of each team. The conference usually was the last tournament held in a PBA season.

After San Miguel won the first Governors Cup in 1993, Alaska dominated the tournament from 1994-1997. In 1998, due to the league's commitment with the Philippine Centennial Team, they allowed each team to take two imports with a combined height of 12 feet. Shell, with no players taken for the national team, won the tournament over Mobiline.

San Miguel Beer won the tournament from 1999-2000 before Sta. Lucia upset the Beermen a year later, giving the Realtors its first PBA title. In 2002, due to the league's commitment to the national team, the Governors Cup became the first conference, while moving the All-Filipino Conference as its third and last tournament. Since most of the team's star players are with the national squad, the PBA once again allowed team's to take two imports with a 12-feet maximum height limit. Purefoods beat Alaska in seven games to win the title.

In 2003, the PBA scrapped the Commissioner's and Governors Cups, replacing it with an Invitational tournament, between the national team and three foreign teams, and an import laced PBA Reinforced Conference.

A year later, the PBA reduced the number of tournaments per season to two, pitting the PBA Fiesta Conference, a conference with one import per team, and the PBA Philippine Cup, an all-local tournament.

Starting in the 2010-2011 season, as the PBA returned to its old format, The Governors Cup would return and serve as the 3rd conference.

Per season results

Season Winning Team Losing Team Series Details
1993 San Miguel Beermen Swift Mighty Meaties 4-1 tournament details
1994 Alaska Milkmen Swift Mighty Meaties 4-2 tournament details
1995 Alaska Milkmen San Miguel Beermen 4-3 tournament details
1996 Alaska Milkmen Ginebra San Miguel 4-1 tournament details
1997 Alaska Milkmen Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys 4-1 tournament details
1998 Formula Shell Super Unleaded Mobiline Phone Pals 4-3 tournament details
1999 San Miguel Beermen Alaska Milkmen 4-2 tournament details
2000 San Miguel Beermen Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 4-1 tournament details
2001 Sta. Lucia Realtors San Miguel Beermen 4-2 tournament details
2002 Purefoods TJ Hotdogs Alaska Aces 4-3 tournament details
2003-2010: no tournament held
2010-11 Petron Blaze Boosters Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters 4-3 tournament details

Most Championships

  • Alaska (4)
  • San Miguel (4)
  • Sta Lucia (1)
  • Purefoods (1)
  • Shell (1)

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