# 2016 PBA D-League Foundation Cup

The 2016 PBA-D-League Foundation Cup is the second conference of the 2015-16 PBA Developmental League season. Seven (7) teams including new team Blustar Detergent Dragons composed of the Westports Malaysia Dragons players will be compete in the two-month conference that will start on June 2, 2016, at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig. The games will be aired on AksyonTV, Hyper and Sports5.ph.

## Teams

PBA Development League current teams :
| Team | Company | Colors | Joined D-League | PBA Affiliate | Titles | Head Coach |
| Tanduay Light Rhum Masters | Tanduay Distillers Inc. | Gold, White and Red | 2011 | none | 0 | Lawrence Chongson |
| Cafe France Bakers - Centro Escolar University | CaféFrance Corporation | Blue, White and Red | 2011 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 1 | Edgar Macaraya |
| Racal Tile Masters | Racal Group of Companies | Red and White | 2014 | Meralco Bolts | 0 | Caloy Garcia |
| AMA Online Education Titans | AMA Computer University | Crimson Red and White | 2014 | none | 0 | Mark Herrera |
| Blustar Detergent Dragons | Ever Bilena Cosmetics, Inc. | Red and White | 2016 | Blackwater Elite | 0 | Goh Cheng Huat |
| Topstar Z.C. Mindanao Aguilas | Kings Janitorial Services and Cooperative of Zamboanga | Orange and White | 2016 | GlobalPort Batang Pier | 0 | Jade Marvin Padrigao |
| Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators | Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Inc. | Green and Gold | 2016 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 1 | Eric Gonzales |

## Format

Conference format as it follows:
* All seven teams will play in a double round-robin elimination phase.
* Top 4 teams of the elimination round will advanced in the semifinals round.
* In case of ties in the elimination round standings, it will be broken via the quotient system.
* Top 2 teams will get a twice-to-beat semifinals incentives.
* The two teams who won the semifinals matches will battle in a best-of-3 finals series.

## Eliminations

Eliminations matches will be held at the Ynares Sports Arena, Pasig and the JCSGO Gym, Quezon City. The league also had an out-of-town game held on June 23, 2016, at the Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite.

### Standings

These are the team standings at the end of the elimination round:
| Team | Win | Loss | PCT | Qualification |
| Racal Tile Masters | 10 | 2 | .875 | Twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals |
| Phoenix Petroleum Accelerators-FEU | 9 | 3 | .750 | Twice-to-beat advantage in the semifinals |
| Cafefrance Bakers-CEU | 9 | 3 | .750 | Twice-to-win disadvantage in the semifinals |
| Tanduay Rhum Masters | 8 | 4 | .667 | Twice-to-win disadvantage in the semifinals |
| AMA Online Education Titans | 4 | 8 | .333 | Eliminated |
| Blustar Detergent Dragons | 2 | 10 | .167 | Eliminated |
| Topstar Z.C. Mindanao Aguilas | 0 | 12 | .000 | Eliminated |

### Schedule

| | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 | Round 2 |
| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| AMA | TAN | RCL | PNX | CFE | BLU | PNX | TSR | BLU | CFE | | | |
| Blustar Detergent | TAN | CFE | PNX | RCL | TSR | AMA | TAN | CFE | RCL | AMA | BLU | |
| Café France-CEU | TSR | RCL | BLU | TAN | AMA | RCL | BLU | PNX | TAN | AMA | | |
| Phoenix-FEU | TAN | TSR | AMA | BLU | TSR | RCL | TAN | AMA | CFE | RCL | | |
| Racal | AMA | CFE | TSR | BLU | TAN | CFE | PNX | TSR | BLU | PNX | TAN | |
| Tanduay | AMA | PNX | BLU | CFE | RCL | BLU | TSR | PNX | TSR | CFE | RCL | |
| Topstar Z.C. Mindanao | CFE | PNX | RCL | BLU | PNX | TAN | RCL | TAN | AMA | BLU | | |

### Results

| Team | AMA | BLU | CAF | PHO | RAC | TAN | TOP |
| AMA | | 81–78 | 86–70 | 89–97 | 67–100 | 66–72 | 109–84 |
| Blustar Detergent | 84–113 | | 83–98 | 94–97 | 60–122 | 71–94 | 89–75 |
| Café France-CEU | 92–86 | 90–61 | | 96–93 | 83–79 | 80–84 | 89–64 |
| Phoenix-FEU | 109–70 | | | | 78–93 | 98–79 | 108–78 |
| Racal | | 90–83 | 72–78 | 90–88 | | 96–90 | 102–83 |
| Tanduay | | 105–102 | 75–74 | 95–108 | 81–90 | | 84–81 |
| Topstar Z.C. Mindanao | | 93–98 | | 77–126 | 65–124 | 78–133 | |

## Playoffs

| Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Semifinals (Nos. 1 & 2 have twice-to-beat advantage) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) | Finals (Best-of-three series) |
| 1 | Racal Tile Masters | 86 | 70 | | | | | |
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 88 | 81 | |
| 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 88 | 81 | 4 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 76 | 89 | 78 |
| | | | | 2 | Phoenix-FEU Accelerators | 84 | 75 | 87 |
| 2 | Phoenix-FEU | 68 | 89 | 2 | Phoenix-FEU Accelerators | 84 | 75 | 87 |
| 3 | Cafefrance-CEU | 78 | 78 | |

## Semifinals
### Racal vs. Tanduay

* AksyonTV
* August 11 4:00 pm
* Report
| Tanduay Rhum Masters | 88–86 | Racal Tile Masters |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 33–21, 17–20, 16–23 |||
| Pts: Alolino 26 Rebs: Celda 8 Asts: Celda 6 | | Pts: Grey 21 Rebs: Grey 6 Asts: Grey 4 |
* Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite
* AksyonTV
* August 15 7:00 pm
* Report
| Racal Tile Masters | Tanduay Rhum Masters |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 25–16, 16–28, 16–32 |||
| Pts: Ortuoste 16 | Pts: Celda 21 Rebs: Celda 8 Asts: Alolino, Celda 4 each |
| Tanduay wins series, 2–0 |||
* Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite

### Phoenix vs. Cafefrance series

* AksyonTV
* August 10 6:00 pm
* Report
Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 68, Cafefrance-CEU Bakers 78 :
| Scoring by quarter: 16-12, 18-17, 18-26, 16-23 |||
| Pts: Belo 23 Rebs: Belo 11 Asts: Tolomia 3 Steals: Tolomia 2 | Pts: Ebondo 19 Rebs: Ebondo 18 Blocks: Ebondo 2 |
* Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite
* AksyonTV
* August 16
* Report
Cafefrance-CEU Bakers 78, Phoenix-FEU Accelerators 89 :
| Pts: Ebondo 25 Rebs: Ebondo 19 | Pts: Tolomia 31 Rebs: Belo 14 Asts: Tolomia 4 |
| Phoenix wins series in two games |||
* Strike Gym, Bacoor, Cavite