The following format was observed for the duration of the tournament:[ 1]
Two-round eliminations, with each team playing 14 games. The teams are divided into two groups on the basis of their natural draft order from the previous rookie draft . Each team will play teams within their group once, while they will play teams from the other group twice.
Top eight teams will advance to the quarterfinals. In case of tie, playoffs will be held only for the #2 and #8 seeds.
Quarterfinals:
QF1: #1 seed vs #8 seed (#1 seed twice-to-beat)
QF2: #2 seed vs #7 seed (#2 seed twice-to-beat)
QF3: #3 seed vs #6 seed (best-of-3 series)
QF4: #4 seed vs #5 seed (best-of-3 series)
Semifinals (best-of-7 series):
SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winners
SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winners
Finals (best-of-7 series)
Winners of the semifinals
^ a b Head-to-head record: Barangay Ginebra 1–0 Rain or Shine
^ a b c d Head-to-head quotient: Barako Bull 1.06, GlobalPort 1.01, Alaska 0.99, Meralco 0.95; eighth seed playoff: Alaska 94–91 Meralco
Team
Game number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Air21
BBE
GP
MER
SMSC
ALA
BBE
PBB
BGSM
TNT
GP
MER
TNT
SMSC
ROS
Alaska
ROS
SMSC
BBE
TNT
A21
PBB
GP
MER
BGSM
SMSC
TNT
MER
GP
BBE
Barako Bull
A21
ALA
ROS
PBB
A21
BGSM
SMSC
TNT
MER
ROS
GP
PBB
BGSM
ALA
Barangay Ginebra
SMSC
ROS
GP
MER
TNT
BBE
A21
ALA
PBB
MER
SMSC
BBE
GP
TNT
GlobalPort
PBB
A21
BGSM
TNT
MER
ROS
ALA
SMSC
A21
BBE
ROS
PBB
ALA
BGSM
Meralco
TNT
ROS
A21
BGSM
GP
SMSC
PBB
ALA
BBE
BGSM
A21
ALA
ROS
PBB
Petron
GP
TNT
SMSC
BBE
ALA
A21
MER
ROS
BGSM
TNT
BBE
GP
SMSC
MER
Rain or Shine
ALA
MER
BGSM
BBE
SMSC
GP
TNT
PBB
BBE
SMSC
GP
TNT
MER
A21
San Mig Coffee
BGSM
ALA
PBB
A21
ROS
MER
BBE
GP
ALA
ROS
BGSM
A21
PBB
TNT
Talk 'N Text
MER
PBB
ALA
GP
BGSM
ROS
BBE
A21
PBB
ALA
A21
ROS
SMSC
BGSM
Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = left column team win; Red = top row team win.
Matches with lighter background shading were decided after overtime.
(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (8) Alaska
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(2) Rain or Shine vs. (7) GlobalPort
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(3) Petron Blaze vs. (6) Barako Bull
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(4) Talk 'N Text vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee
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(1) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) San Mig Super Coffee
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(2) Rain or Shine vs. (3) Petron Blaze
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^ Ginebra-San Mig duel to highlight unique three-game bill on PBA opening day Archived November 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , Snow Badua, Spin.ph, October 30, 2013
^ DRAWING INSPIRATION Archived December 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, November 25, 2013
^ December 3, 2013
^ ALL ABOUT TEAM BALL Archived December 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, December 9, 2013
^ EXPLOSIVE COMEBACK Archived December 19, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, December 16, 2013
^ NO CHALLENGE IS TOUGH ENOUGH Archived December 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, December 23, 2013
^ CRUNCH TIME HERO Archived January 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, December 30, 2013
^ HE STILL GOT GAME Archived January 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, January 6, 2014
^ HEAVYWEIGHT PERFORMANCE Archived January 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, January 13, 2014
^ SMALL BUT TERRIBLE Archived January 21, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, January 20, 2014
^ BACK-TO-BACK FOR BARROCA Archived January 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, January 27, 2014
^ MAKE THAT 3-IN-A-ROW FOR BARROCA Archived February 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, February 3, 2014
^ HEAVYWEIGHT IMPACT Archived February 26, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , PBA.inquirer.net, February 10, 2014