The 1986 Manila Beer Brewmasters season was the 3rd and final season of the Asia Brewery franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions Players AddedSignedFormer teamRicardo Cui RookieOff-seasonN/AAdonis Tierra RookieRanulfo Robles Rookie free agentTito VarelaTanduay Rhum MakersLim Eng BengJuly 1986Crispa (1984)Jesus MigalbinMagnolia

Occurrences The Brewmasters were handled by multi-titled amateur coach Joe Lipa at the start of the season, taking over from Olympian Edgardo Ocampo. After failing to lead Manila Beer past eliminations in the first conference, Lipa was replaced by another former Olympian Tito Eduque as Manila Beer head coach beginning the All-Filipino Conference. Coach Eduque bring along former PBA coaches Jun Celis and Nemie Villegas as his assistants.

Finals stint After a disappointing finishes in the first two conferences of the season, Manila Beer came back strong in the Third Conference, just like in the previous year. The Brewmasters were on their third finals appearance in franchise history, behind imports Michael Young, a first round pick of the Boston Celtics in the 1984 NBA draft, and Santa Clara star Harold Keeling.

Manila Beer lost to crowd-favorite Ginebra San Miguel in five games in the best-of-seven title series.

Award Michael Young won the PBA Best Import honors in the 1986 Open Conference, besting two-time best import awardee Billy Ray Bates of Ginebra.

Won-loss records vs Opponents Team Win Loss 1st (Reinforced) 2nd (All-Filipino) 3rd (Open) Alaska 4 2 1-1 1-1 2-0 Ginebra 1 11 0-2 0-2 1-7 Great Taste 5 2 1-1 0-1 4-0 Magnolia 2 0 N/A N/A 2-0 Shell 1 5 0-2 0-2 1-1 Tanduay 5 2 0-2 1-0 4-0 RP-Magnolia 1 0 N/A 1-0 N/ATotal 19 22 2-8 3-6 14-8

Roster

Imports Tournament Name # Height From 1986 PBA Reinforced Conference Carlton Cooper 8 University of Texas at Austin George Turner 22 University of California-Irvine Butch Hays 10 University of California-Berkeley 1986 PBA Open Conference Harold Keeling 1 University of Santa Clara Michael Young 42 University of Houston

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