2011 PBA D-League Foundation Cup

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

• The teams were divided into 2 groups. Group A:

1. NLEX Road Warriors
2. Freego Jeans
3. RnW Pacific Pipes
4. Black Water Elite
5. Pharex Naproxen Sodium Bidang Generix
6. PC Gilmore Wizards Group B:
7. Maynilad Water Dragons
8. Junior Powerade Tigers
9. Max! Bond Super Glue Sumos
10. Cobra Energy Drink Iron Men
11. Cafe France Bakers
12. Cebuana Lhuillier Gems
13. FCA Cultivators

• Teams in a group will play against each other once, Group A will play an extra game, the pairings of which will be decided by lottery; 6 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. The top two teams of each group will advance to the semifinals while the next four teams of each group will qualify to the quarterfinals.
• The two bottom-ranked teams in Group B will play a knockout game for the last playoff spot.
• Quarterfinal phase (knockout games):
  • first round
  • Q1: A3 vs. B6
  • Q2: A4 vs. B5
  • Q3: B3 vs. A6
  • Q4: B4 vs. A5
  • second round
  • Q5: A1 vs. Q4
  • Q6: A2 vs. Q3
  • Q7: B1 vs. Q2
  • Q8: B2 vs. Q1
• Semifinals (knockout games):
  • SFA: Q5 vs. Q8
  • SFB: Q6 vs. Q7
• Best-of-three Finals: winners of the semifinals.

Elimination round

Playoff round

The top two teams of each group will be automatically in the quarter-finals second round. But, in group B, there are seven teams. So, the two teams who are in the lowest standings will be battle for the knockout stage. It will be Junior Powerade Tigers and the Cafe France.

From Quarter-finals to Semi-finals the game is always knockout. But in the finals, it is best of 3 series.

Bracket

| RD1-seed1=B6 | RD1-team1=Junior Powerade | RD1-score1=77 | RD1-seed2=B7 | RD1-team2=Cafe France | RD1-score2=65 1st round (May 26 & 31) 2nd round (June 2 & 7) (June 9) (June 14 & 16) | RD1-seed03=B4 | RD1-team03=FCA | RD1-score03=65 | RD1-seed04=A5 | RD1-team04=RnW | RD1-score04=61 | RD1-seed07=A3 | RD1-team07=Black Water | RD1-score07=70 | RD1-seed08=B6 | RD1-team08=Junior Powerade | RD1-score08=66 | RD1-seed11=A4 | RD1-team11=Freego | RD1-score11=88 | RD1-seed12=B5 | RD1-team12=Maynilad | RD1-score12=81 | RD1-seed15=B3 | RD1-team15=Cobra | RD1-score15=66 | RD1-seed16=A6 | RD1-team16=Pharex | RD1-score16=96 | RD2-seed01=A1 | RD2-team01=NLEX | RD2-score01=100 | RD2-seed02=B4 | RD2-team02=FCA | RD2-score02=71 | RD2-seed03=B2 | RD2-team03=Max Bond | RD2-score03=74 | RD2-seed04=A3 | RD2-team04=Black Water | RD2-score04=71 | RD2-seed05=B1 | RD2-team05=Cebuana Lhuiller | RD2-score05=71 | RD2-seed06=A4 | RD2-team06=Freego | RD2-score06=64 | RD2-seed07=A2 | RD2-team07=PC Gilmore | RD2-score07=92 | RD2-seed08=A6 | RD2-team08=Pharex | RD2-score08=77 | RD3-seed01=A1 | RD3-team01=NLEX | RD3-score01=74 | RD3-seed02=B2 | RD3-team02=Max Bond | RD3-score02=61 | RD3-seed03=B1 | RD3-team03=Cebuana Lhuiller | RD3-score03=83 | RD3-seed04=A2 | RD3-team04=PC Gilmore | RD3-score04=55 | RD4-seed01=A1 | RD4-team01=NLEX | RD4-score01=2 | RD4-seed02=B1 | RD4-team02=Cebuana Lhuiller | RD4-score02=0

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

First round

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Second round

Q5

Q6

Q7

Q8

Semi-finals

SF1

SF2

Finals

F1

F2

References

References

1. Joaquin Henson]], [[The Philippine Star]], March 06, 2011