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2019 MPBL Datu Cup Playoffs

Tournament details
Country	Philippines
Dates	TBD
Teams	16
Defending champions	Batangas City Athletics

The 2019 MPBL Datu Cup Playoffs is the second postseason tournament of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League, and the first under a new playoff format. The postseason tournament will begin on TBD days after the end of regular season on TBD, and will end at the conclusion of the 2019 MPBL Datu Cup Finals.

Overview

• The Batangas City Tanduay Athletics enter the year-long season as the defending champions, winning the 2018 MPBL Anta Rajah Cup championship.

Format

Within each division, the eight teams with the most number of wins qualify for the playoffs.

All brackets are fixed, there shall be no reseeding. The first three rounds of the playoffs are in a best-of-three series. A team that first earn two wins win the series and advances to the next round. The best-of-five series shall be played in the finals. The first team to win three games would win the championship. Not all games would be in a home-and-away format as the league implements a schedule which has two games played per game day, meaning, the second game only is the game which has the home-and-away basis. The venues might be different per series. But in the finals, the home-and-away basis will be observed with a 2–2–1 format.

The top 4 teams will hold the homecourt advantage for the divisional playoffs. Additionally, the team with the league's best regular-season record will hold the advantage for the entire playoffs, including the MPBL Finals. For the first three rounds of the playoffs, the team with the homecourt advantage will host Games 1 and 3 (if necessary). For the Finals, the team with the better regular season record will hold the homecourt advantage and will host Games 1, 2, and 5 (if necessary) on its homecourt.

Playoff qualifying

On January 7, 2019, the Manila Stars clinched the first berth for the playoffs. Currently, the Bataan Risers are also playoff-bound after securing playoff berth last January 17.

Northern Division

Seed	Team	Record	Clinched
			Playoff berth	Best record in division	Best record in league
1	Bataan Risers	17–2	January 17
2	Manila Stars	16–4	January 7	—	—
3	San Juan Knights	16–4	January 12	—	—
4	Makati Super Crunch	16–4	January 8	—	—
5		–		—	—
6		–		—	—
7		–		—	—
8		–		—	—

Southern Division

Seed	Team	Record	Clinched
			Playoff berth	Best record in division	Best record in league
1	Davao Occidental Tigers	15–4
2		–		—	—
3		–		—	—
4		–		—	—
5		–		—	—
6		–		—	—
7		–		—	—
8		–		—	—

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, and the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round. Teams with home court advantage, the higher seeded team, are shown in italics and are marked in asterisks.

First round (best-of-3)

Division semifinals (best-of-3)

Division finals (best-of-3)

National finals (best-of-5)

N1

Bataan

2

N8

Caloocan

0

N1

Bataan

1

N4

Manila

2

N4

Manila

2

N5

Bulacan

0

N4

Manila

1

North Division

N3

San Juan

2

N2

Makati

0

N7

Quezon City

2

N7

Quezon City

0

N3

San Juan

2

N3

San Juan

2

N6

Navotas

0

N3

San Juan

3

S1

Davao Occidental

2

S1

Davao Occidental

2

S8

Cebu City

0

S1

Davao Occidental

2

S5

Bacoor City

0

S4

General Santos

0

S5

Bacoor City

2

S1

Davao Occidental

2

South Division

S2

Batangas City

1

S2

Batangas City

2

S7

Imus

1

S2

Batangas City

2

S6

Zamboanga

1

S3

Muntinlupa

1

S6

Zamboanga

2

First Round

Northern Division

(N1) vs. (N8)

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1st seed	vs.	8th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

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8th seed	vs.	1st seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

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1st seed	vs.	8th seed*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

(N2) vs. (N7)

S+A Fox Sports

2nd seed	vs.	7th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A Fox Sports

7th seed	vs.	2nd seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A Fox Sports

2nd seed	vs.	7th seed*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

(N3) vs. (N6)

S+A

3rd seed	vs.	6th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

6th seed	vs.	3rd seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

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3rd seed	vs.	6th seed*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
2018 Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

(N4) vs. (N5)

S+A

4th seed	vs.	5th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

5th seed	vs.	4th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

4th seed	vs.	5th seed*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

Southern Division

(S1) vs. (S8)

S+A

1st seed	vs.	8th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

8th seed	vs.	1st seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

1st seed	vs.	8th seed*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

(S2) vs. (S7)

S+A

2nd seed	vs.	7th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

7th seed	vs.	2nd seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

2nd seed	vs.	7th seed*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

(S3) vs. (S6)

S+A

3rd seed	vs.	6th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

6th seed	vs.	3rd seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

3rd seed	vs.	6th seed*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

(S4) vs. (S5)

S+A

4th seed	vs.	5th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

5th seed	vs.	4th seed
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

4th seed	vs.	5th seed*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

Division Semi-finals

Northern Division Semi-finals

1 vs. 8 winner vs. 4 vs. 5 winner

S+A

1 vs 8 winner	vs.	4 vs 5 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

4 vs 5 winner	vs.	1 vs 8 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

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1 vs 8 winner	vs.	4 vs 5 winner*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

2 vs. 7 winner vs. 3 vs. 6 winner

S+A

2 vs 7 winner	vs.	3 vs 6 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

3 vs 6 winner	vs.	2 vs 7 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

2 vs 7 winner	vs.	3 vs 6 winner*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

Southern Division Semi-finals

1 vs. 8 winner vs. 4 vs. 5 winner

S+A

1 vs 8 winner	vs.	4 vs 5 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

4 vs 5 winner	vs.	1 vs 8 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

1 vs 8 winner	vs.	4 vs 5 winner*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

2 vs. 7 winner vs. 3 vs. 6 winner

S+A

2 vs 7 winner	vs.	3 vs 6 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

3 vs 6 winner	vs.	2 vs 7 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

2 vs 7 winner	vs.	3 vs 6 winner*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

Division Finals

Northern Division Finals

Northern Division Semifinal 1 winner vs. Northern Division Semifinal 2 winner

S+A Fox Sports

[Boxscore]

NDSF 1 winner	vs.	NDSF 2 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A Fox Sports

[Boxscore]

NDSF 2 winner	vs.	NDSF 1 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A Fox Sports

[Boxscore]

NDSF 1 winner	vs.	NDSF 2 winner*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
S+A Fox Sports Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

Southern Division Finals

Southern Division Semifinal 1 winner vs. Southern Division Semifinal 2 winner

S+A Fox Sports

[Boxscore]

SDSF 1 winner	vs.	SDSF 2 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A Fox Sports

[Boxscore]

SDSF 2 winner	vs.	SDSF 1 winner
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A Fox Sports

[Boxscore]

SDSF 1 winner	vs.	SDSF 2 winner*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

Head-to-head matchup
S+A Fox Sports Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

Previous playoff series

TBD leads 0–0 in all-time playoff series
Anta Rajah Cup Quarterfinals / Semifinals / Finals

MPBL Finals

Main article: 2019 MPBL Datu Cup Finals

S+A

Higher-seeded team	vs.	Lower-seeded team
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

Higher-seeded team	vs.	Lower-seeded team
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

S+A

Lower-seeded team	vs.	Higher-seeded team
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

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Lower-seeded team	vs.	Higher-seeded team*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

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Higher-seeded team	vs.	Lower-seeded team*
Scoring by quarter: –, –, –, –

TBD

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