This wss the first Philippine Cup Finals where no team from the San Miguel Corporation took part since 2000 , and the second time the Aces and the Tropang Texters met in the finals , the first was from the 2007 PBA Fiesta Conference in which the Aces won in seven games
2007 PBA Fiesta Conference
2007 PBA Fiesta Conference
2008–09 PBA Philippine Cup Finals