▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁P BA ▁All - Fil ip ino ▁Cup ▁or ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁Mc Donald ' s - P BA ▁All - Fil ip ino ▁Cup ▁for ▁spons or ship ▁reasons , ▁was ▁the ▁First ▁Conference ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁P BA ▁season . ▁It ▁started ▁on ▁February ▁ 7 ▁and ▁ended ▁on ▁June ▁ 6 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁The ▁tournament ▁is ▁an ▁All - Fil ip ino ▁format , ▁which ▁doesn ' t ▁require ▁an ▁import ▁or ▁a ▁pure - fore ign ▁player ▁for ▁each ▁team . ▁ ▁Format ▁The ▁following ▁format ▁will ▁be ▁observed ▁for ▁the ▁duration ▁of ▁the ▁conference : ▁Two - round ▁elimin ations ; ▁ 1 6 ▁games ▁per ▁team . ▁ 8 ▁teams ▁will ▁advance ▁to ▁the ▁Qu arter final s . ▁ ▁Qu arter final s : ▁top ▁ 4 ▁seed ed ▁teams ▁will ▁have ▁twice - to - be at ▁advantage ▁Q F 1 : ▁ 1 st ▁seed ▁vs . ▁ 8 th ▁seed ▁Q F 2 : ▁ 2 nd ▁seed ▁vs . ▁ 7 th ▁seed ▁Q F 3 : ▁ 3 rd ▁seed ▁vs . ▁ 6 th ▁seed ▁Q F 4 : ▁ 4 th ▁seed ▁vs . ▁ 5 th ▁seed ▁Best - of - five ▁Sem if inals : ▁w inners ▁of ▁each ▁pair ings ▁SF 1 : ▁Q F 1 ▁vs . ▁Q F 4 ▁SF 2 : ▁Q F 2