The maiden tournament , named " Foundation Cup " began on March 12 , 2011 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan . The tournament composed of 13 teams , with five teams ( Junior Powerade , NLEX , Maynilad , Freego and Cafe France ) having affiliation with existing PBA teams . Four teams ( Cobra Energy Drink , Agri-Nature Inc. / FCA , Pharex , and Cafe France ) from the Philippine Basketball League filed for application in the PBA D-League , when they failed to acquire a sixth team in order to smoothly run the league . The NLEX Road Warriors became the champions of the tournament , winning two games to none against the Cebuana Lhuillier Gems
Foundation Cup
2011 PBA D-League Foundation Cup
PBA Developmental League