# 1999 PBA Governors' Cup

The 1999 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the third and last conference of the 1999 PBA season. It started on October 3 and ended on December 12, 1999. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

## Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
* One-round eliminations; 8 games per team.
* Quarterfinals: top 4 seeded teams will have twice-to-beat advantage
** QF1: #1 vs. #8
** QF2: #2 vs. #7
** QF3: #3 vs. #6
** QF4: #4 vs. #5
* Best-of-five semifinals: winners of each pairings
** QF1 vs QF4
** QF2 vs.QF3
* For third-place: one-game playoff
* Finals: best-of-seven series

## Elimination round
### Team standings

| Pos | Teamvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | 7 | 1 | .875 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Tanduay Rhum Masters | 7 | 1 | .875 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 3 | San Miguel Beermen | 6 | 2 | .750 | 1 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 4 | Alaska Milkmen | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2 | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 5 | Shell Velocity | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Sta. Lucia Realtors | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 7 | Mobiline Phone Pals | 3 | 5 | .375 | 4 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 8 | Barangay Ginebra Kings | 1 | 7 | .125 | 6 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 9 | Pop Cola 800s | 0 | 8 | .000 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Purefoods 1–0 Tanduay
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Sta. Lucia 1–0 Mobiline

### Schedule

Correct as of November 10, 1999
| Team ╲ Game | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Alaska Aces | SLR | MOB | TAN | BGK | SMB | PF | POP | SHL |
| Barangay Ginebra Kings | TAN | PF | SHL | SMB | ALA | MOB | SLR | POP |
| Mobiline Phone Pals | SHL | ALA | POP | TAN | BGK | SMB | PF | SLR |
| Pop Cola 800s | PF | SMB | MOB | SLR | SHL | TAN | ALA | BGK |
| Purefoods TJ Hotdogs | POP | BGK | SMB | SHL | TAN | ALA | MOB | SLR |
| San Miguel Beermen | POP | PF | BGK | SLR | ALA | MOB | SHL | TAN |
| Shell Turbo Chargers | MOB | BGK | PF | POP | SLR | TAN | SMB | ALA |
| Sta. Lucia Realtors | ALA | TAN | POP | SMB | SHL | BGK | PF | MOB |
| Tanduay Rhum Masters | BGK | SLR | ALA | MOB | PF | POP | SHL | SMB |

## Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Semifinals (best-of-5) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) | Finals (best-of-7) |
| #1 twice-to-beat | #1 twice-to-beat | #1 twice-to-beat | #1 twice-to-beat | | | | | | |
| 1 | Purefoods | Purefoods | 80 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | Brgy. Ginebra | 74 | | | | | | |
| 8 | Brgy. Ginebra | Brgy. Ginebra | 74 | 1 | Purefoods | 0 | | | |
| #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | 1 | Purefoods | 0 | | | |
| #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | #4 twice-to-beat | 4 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| 4 | Alaska | Alaska | 77 | 4 | Alaska | 3 | | | |
| 5 | Shell Velocity | Shell Velocity | 65 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Shell Velocity | Shell Velocity | 65 | | | | 4 | Alaska | 2 |
| #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | | | | 4 | Alaska | 2 |
| #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | #2 twice-to-beat | | | | 3 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 2 | Tanduay | 78 | 84 | | | | 3 | San Miguel | 4 |
| 7 | Mobiline | 93 | 75 | | | | | | |
| 7 | Mobiline | 93 | 75 | 2 | Tanduay | 0 | Third place playoff | Third place playoff | Third place playoff |
| #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | 2 | Tanduay | 0 | Third place playoff | Third place playoff | Third place playoff |
| #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | #3 twice-to-beat | 3 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 3 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 82 | 3 | San Miguel | 3 | | | |
| 3 | San Miguel | San Miguel | 82 | | | | 1 | Purefoods | 92 |
| 6 | Sta.Lucia | Sta.Lucia | 66 | | | | 1 | Purefoods | 92 |
| 6 | Sta.Lucia | Sta.Lucia | 66 | | | | 2 | Tanduay | 101 |

## Quarterfinals
### (1) Purefoods vs. (8) Barangay Ginebra

* VTV
* November 14
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 80, Barangay Ginebra Kings 74 :
* Purefoods wins series in one game ||
* Philsports Arena, Pasig

### (2) Tanduay vs. (7) Mobiline

* VTV
* November 12
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* November 17
Tanduay Rhum Masters 84, Mobiline Phone Pals 75 :
* Tanduay wins series in two games ||
* Philsports Arena, Pasig

### (3) San Miguel vs. (6) Sta. Lucia

* VTV
* November 12
San Miguel Beermen 82, Sta. Lucia Realtors 66 :
* San Miguel wins series in one game ||
* Philsports Arena, Pasig

### (4) Alaska vs. (5) Shell

* VTV
* November 14
Alaska Milkmen 77, Shell Velocity 65 :
* Alaska wins series in one game ||
* Philsports Arena, Pasig

## Semifinals
### (1) Purefoods vs. (4) Alaska

* VTV
* November 19
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* November 21
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* November 24
Purefoods TJ Hotdogs L, Alaska Milkmen W :
* Alaska wins series, 3–0 ||
* Philsports Arena, Pasig

### (2) Tanduay vs. (3) San Miguel

* VTV
* November 19
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* November 21
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* November 24
Tanduay Rhum Masters 62, San Miguel Beermen 66 :
* San Miguel wins series, 3–0 ||
* Philsports Arena, Pasig

## Third place playoff

* VTV
* November 28
* Philsports Arena, Pasig

## Finals

* VTV
* November 28
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* December 1
* Centennial Arena, Laoag City
* VTV
* December 3
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* December 5
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* December 10
* Philsports Arena, Pasig
* VTV
* December 12
San Miguel Beermen 72, Alaska Milkmen 69 :
* San Miguel wins series, 4–2 ||
* Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City