1992 PBA Third Conference

The 1992 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Third Conference was the third and last conference of the 1992 PBA season. It started in September 20 and ended on December 13, 1992. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.

1992 PBA Third Conference
Duration	September 20 – December 13, 1992
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs
Runners-up	7-Up Uncolas
Awards
Best Import	Tony Harris (Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs)
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Format

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

• The teams were divided into 2 groups.

Group A: Ginebra San Miguel Presto Ice Cream Kings Purefoods TJ Hotdogs San Miguel Beermen

Group B: Alaska Milkmen 7-Up Uncolas Shell Rimula X Zoomers Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs

• 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.
• 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.^[2]
• 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	Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs	9	2	.818	—	Semifinal round
2	7-Up Uncolas	7	4	.636	2
3	Ginebra San Miguel	7	4	.636	2
4	San Miguel Beermen	5	6	.455[a]	4
5	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs	5	6	.455[a]	4
6	Alaska Milkmen	5	6	.455[a]	4
7	Shell Rimula X Zoomers	5	6	.455[a]	4
8	Presto Ice Cream Kings	1	10	.091	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Head-to-head quotient: Purefoods 1.013, Shell 1.007, San Miguel 0.996, Alaska 0.983; semifinal round berth playoffs: Purefoods 119–110 Alaska, San Miguel 115-102 Shell

Semifinal round berth playoffs

Vintage

November 8

Purefoods TJ Hotdogs 119, Alaska Milk 110

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Vintage

November 8

San Miguel Beermen 115, Shell Rimula X Zoomers 102

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Semifinal round

Team standings

Overall standings Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 14 5 .737 — Advance to the Finals[a] 2 7-Up Uncolas 12 7 .632 2 Guaranteed Finals berth playoff 3 San Miguel Beermen 11 8 .579 3 Qualify to Finals berth playoff 4 Ginebra San Miguel 10 9 .526 4 Proceed to third-place playoff 5 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 6 13 .316 8 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.

Semifinal round standings Pos Team W L Qualification 1 San Miguel Beermen 6 2 Qualify to Finals berth playoff[a] 2 Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 5 3 3 7-Up Uncolas 5 3 4 Ginebra San Miguel 3 5 5 Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs 1 7 Source: [citation needed] Notes: Swift advanced to the Finals outright as #1 seeded team, 7-Up guaranteed playoff as #2 seeded team; Finals berth playoff: 7-Up 102–91 San Miguel

Finals berth playoff

Vintage

December 3

recap

7-Up Uncolas 102, San Miguel Beermen 91

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Third place playoffs

Vintage

December 6

San Miguel Beermen 124, Ginebra San Miguel 130

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Vintage

December 8

San Miguel Beermen 99, Ginebra San Miguel 114

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Vintage

December 10

San Miguel Beermen 93, Ginebra San Miguel 107

Ginebra wins series, 3–0

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Finals

Vintage

December 6

Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 121, 7-Up Uncolas 109

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Vintage

December 8

Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 101, 7-Up Uncolas 97

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Vintage

December 10

Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 125, 7-Up Uncolas 107

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Vintage

December 13

Swift Mighty Meaty Hotdogs 119, 7-Up Uncolas 106

Swift wins series, 4–0

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