2025–26 PBA Philippine Cup
First conference of the 2025–26 PBA season
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The 2025–26 PBA Philippine Cup, also referred to as the PBA season 50 Philippine Cup, was the first conference of the 2025–26 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 50th PBA Philippine Cup started on October 5, 2025 and ended on February 1, 2026. A break was held from November 17 to December 4 to make way for the first window of 2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualifiers.[1] The tournament does not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.
DurationOctober 5, 2025 – February 1, 2026
Streaming partner(s)Cignal Play
Pilipinas Live
One Sports YouTube Channel
Pilipinas Live
One Sports YouTube Channel
ChampionsSan Miguel Beermen
| 2025–26 PBA Philippine Cup | |
|---|---|
| |
| Duration | October 5, 2025 – February 1, 2026 |
| TV partner(s) | RPTV PBA Rush (HD) |
| Streaming partner(s) | Cignal Play Pilipinas Live One Sports YouTube Channel |
| Finals | |
| Champions | San Miguel Beermen |
| Runners-up | TNT Tropang 5G |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) |
| Finals MVP | June Mar Fajardo (San Miguel Beermen) |
| PBA Philippine Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
This is the first conference of the Titan Ultra Giant Risers in the league, following Pureblends Corporation's acquisition of the NorthPort Batang Pier franchise. The San Miguel Beermen entered this conference as the defending Philippine Cup champions, and successfully defended the title in a rematch of the last year's finals against the TNT Tropang 5G.[2]
Format
- All participating teams play in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 11 games throughout the duration of the conference.
- Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. Any ties are broken using tiebreaker criteria.
- Beginning with this conference, there will no longer be a one-game playoff for the eighth seed in case of a tie. The standard tiebreakers will be used instead.[3]
- The playoff formats are as follows:
- Quarterfinals (higher seeds twice-to-beat):
- QF1: #1 vs #8
- QF2: #2 vs #7
- QF3: #3 vs #6
- QF4: #4 vs #5
- Semifinals (best-of-seven series):
- SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner
- SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner
- Finals (best-of-seven series)
- Quarterfinals (higher seeds twice-to-beat):
Elimination round
Team standings
| Pos | Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Miguel Beermen | 9 | 2 | .818 | — | Twice-to-beat in the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
| 3 | TNT Tropang 5G | 8 | 3 | .727[a] | 1 | |
| 4 | Converge FiberXers | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | |
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 7 | 4 | .636[b] | 2 | Twice-to-win in the quarterfinals |
| 6 | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 6 | 5 | .545[c] | 3 | |
| 7 | Meralco Bolts | 6 | 5 | .545[c] | 3 | |
| 8 | NLEX Road Warriors | 6 | 5 | .545[c] | 3 | |
| 9 | Titan Ultra Giant Risers | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5 | |
| 10 | Phoenix Fuel Masters | 3 | 8 | .273 | 6 | |
| 11 | Blackwater Bossing | 1 | 10 | .091[d] | 8 | |
| 12 | Terrafirma Dyip | 1 | 10 | .091[d] | 8 |
Source: PBA.ph
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall quotient; 5) coin toss[4]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) winning percentage; 2) head-to-head goal average (quotient); 3) head-to-head record; 4) overall quotient; 5) coin toss[4]
Notes:
Results table
| Team | Game | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| Barangay Ginebra (BGSM) | MAG 73–80 | TNT 92–77 | MER 75–89 | SMB 81–83 | NLEX 104–74 | CON 96–106 | PHX 102–93 | BWB 103–85 | TER 108–77 | ROS 102–100 | TGR 108–105 |
| Blackwater (BWB) | TER 107–87 | MER 96–105 | ROS 100–110 | NLEX 88–99 | TGR 86–97 | CON 94–99 | MAG 75–90 | PHX 98–106 | BGSM 85–103 | SMB 92–116 | TNT 96–113 |
| Converge (CON) | TGR 129–92 | TNT 103–110 | TER 125–108 | PHX 128–114 | SMB 90–96 | BWB 99–94 | BGSM 106–96 | MAG 114–97 | ROS 84–90 | MER 84–105 | NLEX 107–95* |
| Magnolia (MAG) | BGSM 80–73 | TGR 127–119 | MER 76–78 | TER 104–93 | PHX 83–80 | SMB 92–94 | BWB 90–75 | CON 97–114 | NLEX 98–82 | ROS 92–101 | TNT 83–94 |
| Meralco (MER) | TGR 96–100 | ROS 95–96* | BWB 105–96 | BGSM 89–75 | MAG 78–76 | NLEX 85–89 | TNT 98–100* | TER 120–87 | PHX 88–78 | CON 105–84 | SMB 104–113 |
| NLEX | SMB 85–84 | TER 91–97 | PHX 87–81 | MER 89–85 | BWB 99–88 | BGSM 74–104 | ROS 105–91 | TGR 92–83 | MAG 82–98 | TNT 100–119 | CON 95–107* |
| Phoenix (PHX) | TNT 78–93 | SMB 109–103 | NLEX 81–87 | CON 114–128 | MAG 80–83 | ROS 80–91 | TER 107–76 | BGSM 93–102 | BWB 106–98 | MER 78–88 | TGR 119–127 |
| Rain or Shine (ROS) | MER 96–95* | SMB 93–111 | BWB 110–100 | TGR 112–111 | TER 106–91 | PHX 91–80 | NLEX 91–105 | TNT 91–89 | CON 90–84 | MAG 101–92 | BGSM 100–102 |
| San Miguel (SMB) | NLEX 84–85 | PHX 103–109 | ROS 111–93 | BGSM 83–81 | CON 96–90 | MAG 94–92 | TGR 158–117 | TNT 110–95 | BWB 116–92 | TER 135–115 | MER 113–104 |
| Terrafirma (TER) | BWB 87–107 | NLEX 97–91 | CON 108–125 | MAG 93–104 | ROS 91–106 | TNT 95–109* | PHX 76–107 | TGR 108–111 | MER 87–120 | BGSM 77–108 | SMB 115–135 |
| Titan Ultra (TGR) | MER 100–96 | CON 92–129 | MAG 119–127 | TNT 92–130 | ROS 111–112 | BWB 97–86 | SMB 117–158 | NLEX 83–92 | TER 111–108 | PHX 127–119 | BGSM 105–108 |
| TNT | PHX 93–78 | BGSM 77–92 | CON 110–103 | TGR 130–92 | MER 100–98* | TER 109–95* | ROS 89–91 | SMB 95–110 | NLEX 119–100 | BWB 113–96 | MAG 94–83 |
Source: PBA.ph
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods
Legend: Blue = win; Red = loss; Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime. (*) Number of asterisks denotes number of overtime periods
Bracket
| Quarterfinals (Top 4 twice-to-beat) | Semifinals (Best-of-7) | Finals (Best-of-7) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 101 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | NLEX | 94 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Converge | 85 | 98 | |||||||||||
| 5 | Barangay Ginebra | 105 | 99* | |||||||||||
| 1 | San Miguel | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | TNT | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Rain or Shine | 79 | 89 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Meralco | 96 | 98 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Meralco | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | TNT | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | TNT | 118 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Magnolia | 109 | ||||||||||||
*Game went into overtime
Quarterfinals
The top four seeds have the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
(1) San Miguel vs. (8) NLEX
December 25, 2025 5:15 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 101, NLEX Road Warriors 94 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 28–29, 19–24, 32–19, 22–22 | ||
| Pts: Fajardo 26 Rebs: Fajardo 23 Asts: Fajardo 6 |
Pts: Bolick 31 Rebs: Bolick 10 Asts: Bolick 7 | |
| San Miguel wins series in one game | ||
(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Meralco
December 27, 2025 5:15 pm |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 79, Meralco Bolts 96 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–35, 16–23, 29–20, 19–18 | ||
| Pts: Nocum 17 Rebs: Norwood 9 Asts: Tiongson 3 |
Pts: three players 14 Rebs: Cansino 8 Asts: Banchero 6 | |
December 29, 2025 7:30 pm |
| Rain or Shine Elasto Painters 89, Meralco Bolts 98 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 11–23, 22–23, 30–32 | ||
| Pts: Nocum 29 Rebs: Tiongson 13 Asts: Caracut 4 |
Pts: Newsome 31 Rebs: Hodge 10 Asts: Newsome 5 | |
| Meralco wins series in two games | ||
(3) TNT vs. (6) Magnolia
December 27, 2025 7:30 pm |
| TNT Tropang 5G 118, Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 109 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 32–16, 20–25, 29–32, 37–36 | ||
| Pts: Oftana 25 Rebs: Ganuelas-Rosser 9 Asts: Nambatac, Oftana 5 |
Pts: Lucero 22 Rebs: Lucero 13 Asts: Barroca 13 | |
| TNT wins series in one game | ||
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Rommel Gruta, Mike Flordeliza, Janine Nicandro, Jayson Vipinoso |
(4) Converge vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra
December 25, 2025 7:30 pm |
| Converge FiberXers 85, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 105 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 21–18, 22–29, 21–35 | ||
| Pts: Baltazar 19 Rebs: Baltazar 13 Asts: Arana 6 |
Pts: Abarrientos 35 Rebs: Thompson 12 Asts: Thompson 10 | |
December 28, 2025 7:30 pm |
| Converge FiberXers 98, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 99 (OT) | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–20, 20–29, 26–18, Overtime: 12–13 | ||
| Pts: Gómez de Liaño 25 Rebs: Baltazar 20 Asts: Stockton 6 |
Pts: Abarrientos 20 Rebs: Rosario 14 Asts: Thompson 8 | |
| Barangay Ginebra wins series in two games | ||
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Peter Balao, Mike Flordeliza, Jerry Narandan, Charlie Amparado |
Semifinals
(1) San Miguel vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra
January 4, 2026 7:30 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 90, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 99 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 28–22, 27–24, 17–27 | ||
| Pts: Fajardo 27 Rebs: Fajardo 23 Asts: Ross 5 |
Pts: Abarrientos 23 Rebs: Holt, Rosario 7 Asts: Abarrientos 7 | |
January 7, 2026 5:15 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 93, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 84 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 22–23, 31–21, 28–21 | ||
| Pts: Fajardo 21 Rebs: Fajardo 23 Asts: Tautuaa 4 |
Pts: Abarrientos, Holt 18 Rebs: Rosario 9 Asts: Holt 5 | |
January 9, 2026 7:30 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 91, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 85 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 21–20, 27–22, 17–22 | ||
| Pts: Trollano 33 Rebs: Fajardo 19 Asts: Ross 8 |
Pts: Thompson 17 Rebs: Rosario 10 Asts: Thompson 4 | |
January 11, 2026 5:15 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 91, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 105 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 36–26, 19–30, 20–16, 16–33 | ||
| Pts: Perez 22 Rebs: Fajardo 20 Asts: Fajardo 5 |
Pts: Thompson 35 Rebs: Thompson 11 Asts: Thompson 11 | |
January 14, 2026 7:30 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 115, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 109 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 33–23, 32–29, 25–31 | ||
| Pts: Fajardo 21 Rebs: Fajardo 11 Asts: Ross 8 |
Pts: Thompson 20 Rebs: Thompson 7 Asts: Abarrientos, Thompson 7 | |
January 16, 2026 7:30 pm |
| San Miguel Beermen 101, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 88 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 39–25, 24–22, 16–24, 22–17 | ||
| Pts: Perez 41 Rebs: Fajardo 18 Asts: three players 4 |
Pts: Thompson 24 Rebs: Thompson 9 Asts: Abarrientos 5 | |
| San Miguel wins series, 4–2 | ||
(3) TNT vs. (7) Meralco
January 4, 2026 5:15 pm |
| TNT Tropang 5G 100, Meralco Bolts 95 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 26–38, 20–24, 28–13, 26–20 | ||
| Pts: Oftana 28 Rebs: Ganuelas-Rosser 10 Asts: five players 2 |
Pts: Banchero 16 Rebs: Black 6 Asts: Quinto 7 | |
January 7, 2026 7:30 pm |
| TNT Tropang 5G 109, Meralco Bolts 92 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 29–19, 28–27, 25–20, 27–26 | ||
| Pts: Oftana 26 Rebs: Oftana 7 Asts: Nambatac 5 |
Pts: Hodge, Newsome 18 Rebs: Almazan, Hodge 7 Asts: Newsome 4 | |
January 9, 2026 5:15 pm |
| TNT Tropang 5G 89, Meralco Bolts 97 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 23–26, 25–23, 26–27 | ||
| Pts: Pogoy 28 Rebs: Williams 7 Asts: Nambatac, Pogoy 3 |
Pts: Banchero, Cansino 18 Rebs: Almazan, Quinto 8 Asts: Newsome 5 | |
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Referees: Mike Flordeliza, Irewin Traballo, James Paez, Jayson Vipinoso |
January 11, 2026 7:30 pm |
| TNT Tropang 5G 102, Meralco Bolts 83 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 25–19, 27–18, 30–27 | ||
| Pts: Erram 27 Rebs: Erram 9 Asts: Enciso 6 |
Pts: Banchero 19 Rebs: Hodge 8 Asts: Quinto 4 | |
January 14, 2026 5:15 pm |
| TNT Tropang 5G 99, Meralco Bolts 96 | ||
| Scoring by quarter: 30–22, 16–28, 29–22, 24–24 | ||
| Pts: Heading 31 Rebs: Galinato 8 Asts: Heading 5 |
Pts: Cansino 36 Rebs: Hodge 14 Asts: Black 8 | |
| TNT wins series, 4–1 | ||
Finals
Awards
Players of the Week
| Week | Player | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| October 5–12 | Juan Gómez de Liaño (Converge FiberXers) | [5] |
| October 15–19 | CJ Cansino (Meralco Bolts) | [6] |
| October 22–26 | Juan Gómez de Liaño (Converge FiberXers) | [7] |
| October 29 – November 2 | Rey Nambatac (TNT Tropang 5G) | [8] |
| November 5–8 | Don Trollano (San Miguel Beermen) | [9] |
| November 12–16 | Robert Bolick (NLEX Road Warriors) | [10] |
| Juan Gómez de Liaño (Converge FiberXers) | ||
| December 5–7 | CJ Perez (San Miguel Beermen) | [11] |
| December 10–14 | CJ Cansino (Meralco Bolts) | [12] |
| December 15–21 | Juan Gómez de Liaño (Converge FiberXers) | [13] |
| December 25–29 | RJ Abarrientos (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) | [14] |
| January 4–11 | Scottie Thompson (Barangay Ginebra San Miguel) | [15] |
| January 14–16 | CJ Perez (San Miguel Beermen) | [16] |
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points per game | Calvin Abueva | Titan Ultra Giant Risers | 23.6 |
| Rebounds per game | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 14.6 |
| Assists per game | Robert Bolick | NLEX Road Warriors | 8.6 |
| Steals per game | CJ Perez | San Miguel Beermen | 2.0 |
| Blocks per game | Zavier Lucero | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 2.2 |
| Turnovers per game | Calvin Abueva | Titan Ultra Giant Risers | 3.9 |
| Fouls per game | Brandon Bates | Meralco Bolts | 4.1 |
| Minutes per game | Zavier Lucero | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | 36.8 |
| FG% | James Una | Blackwater Bossing | 72.7% |
| FT% | James Una | Blackwater Bossing | 100.0% |
| 3FG% | Jansen Rios | Meralco Bolts | 85.7% |
| 4FG% | Rey Nambatac | TNT Tropang 5G | 54.5% |
| Double-doubles | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 18 |
| Triple-doubles | Juan Gómez de Liaño | Converge FiberXers | 3 |
Individual game highs
| Category | Player | Team | Statistic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Calvin Abueva | Titan Ultra Giant Risers | 41 |
| CJ Perez | San Miguel Beermen | ||
| Rebounds | June Mar Fajardo | San Miguel Beermen | 27 |
| Assists | Mark Nonoy | Terrafirma Dyip | 13 |
| Mark Barroca | Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots | ||
| Steals | three players | 6 | |
| Blocks | Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser | TNT Tropang 5G | 5 |
| Three point field goals | Kelly Williams | TNT Tropang 5G | 8 |
| Four point field goals | four players | 3 | |
Team statistical leaders
| Category | Team | Statistic |
|---|---|---|
| Points per game | San Miguel Beermen | 109.4 |
| Rebounds per game | Rain or Shine Elasto Painters | 55.1 |
| Assists per game | Converge FiberXers | 24.1 |
| Steals per game | Titan Ultra Giant Risers | 9.5 |
| Blocks per game | TNT Tropang 5G | 4.6 |
| Turnovers per game | Barangay Ginebra San Miguel | 15.7 |
| Fouls per game | Meralco Bolts | 25.2 |
| FG% | Converge FiberXers | 46.1% |
| FT% | TNT Tropang 5G | 74.6% |
| 3FG% | Converge FiberXers | 35.8% |
| 4FG% | TNT Tropang 5G | 38.3% |