2008 PBA Fiesta Conference

The 2008 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Fiesta Conference or known as the 2008 Smart PBA Fiesta Conference for sponsorship reasons, is the last conference of the 2007-08 PBA season. The tournament began on March 29 with a game between the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Talk 'N Text Phone Pals at Panabo, Davao del Norte. Opening ceremonies were held the day after at the Araneta Coliseum.

All ten teams are permitted to acquire one non-Filipino (the "import") of unlimited height as reinforcement. Furthermore, the two worst performers in the elimination round of the previous conference (the Coca-Cola Tigers and the Welcoat Dragons), will also be able to acquire another import but with a height limit of ft in to m|ft={height_ft|6}|in={height_in|1}|precision=2|abbr=yes.

Tournament format

*Double round eliminations. Worst team would be eliminated.
*Sixth- to ninth-best teams figure in the one-game wildcard playoffs.
**Sixth seed vs. Ninth seed
**Seventh seed vs. Eighth seed
**Winners will figure in a playoff to advance to the quarterfinals.
*Third- to fifth-best teams, and the winner of the wildcards advance to the best-of-three quarterfinals.
**Third seed vs. winner of wildcards.
**Fourth seed vs. fifth seed.
*The two best teams and the winners of the quarterfinals advance to the best-of-seven semifinals.
**First seed vs. winner of the third seed/wildcard winner quarterfinal series
**Second seed vs. winner of the fourth seed/fifth seed quarterfinal series
*The winners of the semifinals advance to the best-of-seven Finals; the losers figure in a one-game third-place playoff.

Elimination round

Team standings

External links

* [http://pba.ph/ Philippine Basketball Association official website]

PBAseason2
yearA=2007-08
Conference 1=Philippine Cup
yearB=2008
Conference 2=Fiesta Conference