2025–26 PBA Philippine Cup

2025–26 PBA Philippine Cup
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
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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.

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)

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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Rain or Shine 1–0 TNT
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Converge 1–0 Barangay Ginebra
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head quotient: Magnolia 1.09, Meralco 0.99, NLEX 0.93
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Blackwater 1–0 Terrafirma

Results table

Team	Game
Team	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

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.

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

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

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

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

Format

Elimination round

Team standings

Results table

Bracket

Quarterfinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (8) NLEX

(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) Meralco

(3) TNT vs. (6) Magnolia

(4) Converge vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

Semifinals

(1) San Miguel vs. (5) Barangay Ginebra

(3) TNT vs. (7) Meralco

Finals

Awards

Players of the Week

Statistics

Individual statistical leaders

Individual game highs

Team statistical leaders

References