The 2025 PBA Philippine Cup, was the third and final conference of the 2024–25 PBA season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The 49th PBA Philippine Cup started on April 4 and ended on July 25, 2025. The tournament did not allow teams to hire foreign players or imports.
The 2025 PBA All-Star Weekend was supposed to be held from May 2 to 4 in Metro Davao, but was cancelled. The playoffs began on June 18 with the finals between the San Miguel Beermen and the TNT Tropang 5G starting on July 13.
The Meralco Bolts entered this conference as the defending Philippine Cup champions while TNT attempted to accomplish a Grand Slam by winning the conference championship.
Format All participating teams play in a single round-robin elimination, with each team playing 11 games throughout the duration of the conference. Teams are ranked by win-loss records with the top eight teams advancing to the playoffs. Any ties are broken using tiebreaker criteria. If there is a tie for 8th place, a one-game playoff is instead used to determine which team gets the final playoff spot. The playoff formats are as follows: Quarterfinals (higher seeds twice-to-beat): QF1: #1 vs #8 QF2: #2 vs #7 QF3: #3 vs #6 QF4: #4 vs #5 Semifinals (best-of-seven series): SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner Finals (best-of-seven series)
Elimination round Team standings
Results table
PBA 50th anniversary games On April 9, 2025, two games of the 2025 PBA Philippine Cup were held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum as part of the 50th anniversary of PBA's foundation ahead of the 50th PBA season. Plans for the commemorative games were underway as early as March 2025.
The sole team still playing in the PBA when it was founded in 1975 are the San Miguel Beermen. The game between Meralco and San Miguel featured teams wearing "retro" jerseys. San Miguel's wore throwbacks from the 1982 season while Meralco's honor the 1971 Meralco Reddy Kilowatts from the MICAA. The television broadcast likewise had "retro" graphics. Spectators got discounted fare rates (or free of charge if they are born in 1975).
Bracket
Quarterfinals The top four seeds have the twice-to-beat advantage; they have to be beaten twice, while their opponents just once, to advance.
(1) San Miguel vs. (8) Meralco
(2) NLEX vs. (7) Rain or Shine
(3) Magnolia vs. (6) TNT
(4) Barangay Ginebra vs. (5) Converge
Semifinals
(1) San Miguel vs. (4) Barangay Ginebra
(6) TNT vs. (7) Rain or Shine
Finals
Awards Player of the Week WeekPlayerRef. April 4–6 Bong Quinto April 9–16 Zavier Lucero April 23–27 Leonard Santillan April 30 – May 5 Justine Baltazar May 7–11 Calvin Oftana May 14–18 Leonard Santillan May 21–25 Chris Newsome May 28 – June 1 Chris Newsome June 4–8 Robert Bolick June 11–15 Zavier Lucero June 18–22 Jhonard Clarito June 25–29 Calvin Oftana July 2–6 Jordan Heading
Statistics
Individual statistical leaders Category Player Team Statistic Points per game CJ Perez San Miguel Beermen 23.4 Rebounds per game June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 13.1 Assists per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 7.2 Steals per game Joshua Munzon NorthPort Batang Pier 1.9 Blocks per game Poy Erram TNT Tropang 5G 1.7 Turnovers per game Louie Sangalang Terrafirma Dyip 3.6 Fouls per game Cliff Hodge Meralco Bolts 4.2 Minutes per game Robert Bolick NLEX Road Warriors 38.5 FG% JM Calma San Miguel Beermen 73.7% FT% RK Ilagan Blackwater Bossing 92.3% 3FG% RK Ilagan Blackwater Bossing 55.6% 4FG% Paul Lee Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 50.0% Double-doubles June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 21
Individual game highs Category Player Team StatisticPoints Jason Perkins Phoenix Fuel Masters 39 Calvin Oftana TNT Tropang 5G Rebounds June Mar Fajardo San Miguel Beermen 23 Assists Scottie Thompson Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 13 Steals five players 5Blocks Japeth Aguilar Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 5 Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser (twice) TNT Tropang 5G Three point field goals three players 6 Four point field goals Paul Lee Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 4
Team statistical leaders Category Team Statistic Points per game San Miguel Beermen 108.0 Rebounds per game Converge FiberXers 53.5 Assists per game Barangay Ginebra San Miguel 25.2 Steals per game NorthPort Batang Pier 9.5 Blocks per game Meralco Bolts 5.3Turnovers per game NorthPort Batang Pier 16.0 Phoenix Fuel Masters Fouls per game Meralco Bolts 27.1 FG% San Miguel Beermen 48.1% FT% Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 77.0% 3FG% TNT Tropang 5G 36.2% 4FG% Magnolia Chicken Timplados Hotshots 44.3%
Final rankings
References