1992 PBA First Conference

1992 PBA First Conference
1992 PBA First Conference
Duration	February 9 – May 5, 1992
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	Shell Rimula X Zoomers
Runners-up	San Miguel Beermen
Awards
Best Import	Bobby Parks; (Shell Rimula X Zoomers)
PBA First Conference chronology
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PBA conference chronology
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The 1992 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) First Conference was the first Conference of the 1992 PBA season. It started on February 9 and ended on May 5, 1992. The tournament requires a 6'5" and below import for each team.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

The teams were divided into 2 groups.

Group A:

Group B:

Teams in a group will play against each other once and against teams in the other group twice; 11 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win–loss records. Ties are broken among point differentials of the tied teams. Standings will be determined in one league table; teams do not qualify by basis of groupings.^[1]
The top five teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.^[2]
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over. A playoff incentive for a finals berth will be given to the team that will win at least five of their eight semifinal games.
The top two teams (or the top team and the winner of the playoff incentive) will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams will qualify for a best-of-five playoff for third place.

Elimination round

Team standings

Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Presto Ice Cream	7	4	.636	—	Semifinal round
2	Shell Rimula X Zoomers	7	4	.636	—
3	San Miguel Beermen	7	4	.636	—
4	Alaska Milkmen	6	5	.545	1
5	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	5	6	.455^[a]	2
6	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	5	6	.455^[a]	2
7	Pepsi Hotshots	4	7	.364	3
8	Ginebra San Miguel	3	8	.273	4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1 2 Semifinal berth playoff: Swift 123–117 Purefoods

Semifinal berth playoff

Vintage

March 26

Swift Mighty Meaties 123, Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 117

The NASA, Pasig

Semifinal round

Team standings

Overall standings
Pos	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Shell Rimula X Zoomers	13	6	.684	—	Advance to the finals^[a]
2	San Miguel Beermen	11	8	.579^[b]	2	Guaranteed finals berth playoff
3	Alaska Milkmen	11	8	.579^[b]	2	Qualify to finals berth playoff
4	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	9	10	.474	4	Proceed to third place playoffs
5	Presto Ice Cream	8	11	.421	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

↑ If a team outside the top two teams wins at least five semifinal round games, then it and the second-placed team will playoff for the last finals berth; otherwise, the top 2 teams qualify outright.
1 2 Head-to-head record: San Miguel 2–2 Alaska, San Miguel +11