2021 PBA 3x3 season – First conference explained

The first conference of the 2021 PBA 3x3 season started on November 20, 2021, and ended on December 29, 2021. It consisted of six two-day legs and a grand final. Limitless Appmasters became the conference's Grand Champion after defeating Platinum Karaoke in the Grand Finals, 18–16.[1]

Teams

Team Players[2]
Dominick Fajardo
Ralph Deles
Robin Roño
JR Yasa
Immanuel Custodio
Almond VosotrosChris Javier
Gino Jumao-as

1st leg

Groupings

The preliminary drawing of lots were held on November 13, 2021, at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig, where the first leg was also held.[3]

width=33% Pool Awidth=33% Pool Bwidth=33% Pool C
Limitless Appmasters
Platinum Karaoke
Purefoods TJ Titans
TNT Tropang Giga
Zamboanga Valientes
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel
Meralco Bolts 3x3
Sista Super Sealers
Terrafirma 3x3
Cavitex Braves
NorthPort Batang Pier
Pioneer Pro Tibay
San Miguel Beermen

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Tropang Giga defeated Meralco Bolts 3x3 in the finals, 21–18, to become the first leg winners.[4]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 7 7 0 20.7 145 100
2 6 5 1 20.3 122 80
3 7 4 3 17.9 125 70
4 7 4 3 17.4 122 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 2 2 19.3 77 50
6 4 2 2 19.0 57 45
7 4 2 2 17.0 68 40
8 align=left nowrap5 2 3 16.2 81 35
Eliminated at the knockout game
9 4 1 3 17.7 53 20
Eliminated at the preliminary round
10 3 1 2 7.3 22 18
11 4 1 3 15.3 61 16
12 3 0 3 14.7 44 14
13 4 0 4 13.0 52 12

2nd leg

Groupings

width=33% Pool Awidth=33% Pool Bwidth=33% Pool C
TNT Tropang Giga (1)
Cavitex Braves (6)
San Miguel Beermen (7)
Sista Super Sealers (12)
Zamboanga Valientes (13)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (2)
Terrafirma 3x3 (5)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (8)
Limitless Appmasters (11)
Purefoods TJ Titans (3)
Platinum Karaoke (4)
NorthPort Batang Pier (9)
Pioneer Pro Tibay (10)

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Meralco Bolts 3x3 defeated Platinum Karaoke in the finals, 21–16, to become the second leg winners.[5]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !Tour points
1 6 5 1 19.8 119 100
2 6 5 1 20.0 120 80
3 7 5 2 19.6 137 70
4 6 3 3 18.2 109 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 5 3 2 19.8 99 50
6 5 3 2 16.4 82 45
7 4 2 2 19.5 78 40
8 align=left nowrap5 2 3 17.0 85 35
Eliminated at the knockout game
9 4 1 3 17.3 69 20
Eliminated at the preliminary round
10 4 2 2 18.5 74 18
11 align=left nowrap3 0 3 15.3 46 16
12 4 0 4 13.3 53 14
13 3 0 3 11.7 35 12

3rd leg

Groupings

width=33% Pool Awidth=33% Pool Bwidth=33% Pool C
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (1)
Terrafirma 3x3 (6)
Pioneer Pro Tibay (7)
Zamboanga Valientes (12)
NorthPort Batang Pier (13)
Platinum Karaoke (2)
Sista Super Sealers (5)
San Miguel Beermen (8)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (11)
TNT Tropang Giga (3)
Limitless Appmasters (4)
Purefoods TJ Titans (9)
Cavitex Braves (10)

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Sista Super Sealers defeated Pioneer Pro Tibay in the finals, 20–13, to become the third leg winners.[6]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !Tour points
1 6 6 0 19.8 119 100
2 7 4 3 15.9 111 80
3 7 6 1 19.7 138 70
4 6 4 2 17.5 105 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 5 3 2 18.4 92 50
6 4 2 2 20.3 81 45
7 4 2 2 18.8 75 40
8 align=left nowrap5 2 3 17.6 88 35
Eliminated at the knockout game
9 4 1 3 18.0 72 20
Eliminated at the preliminary round
10 4 1 3 16.3 65 18
11 align=left nowrap3 0 3 19.0 57 16
12 3 0 3 15.7 47 14
13 4 0 4 11.0 44 12

4th leg

Groupings

width=33% Pool Awidth=33% Pool Bwidth=33% Pool C
Sista Super Sealers (1)
Platinum Karaoke (6)
Limitless Appmasters (7)
Cavitex Braves (12)
Zamboanga Valientes (13)
Pioneer Pro Tibay (2)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (5)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (8)
San Miguel Beermen (11)
Terrafirma 3x3 (3)
Purefoods TJ Titans (4)
TNT Tropang Giga (9)
NorthPort Batang Pier (10)

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Purefoods TJ Titans defeated Meralco Bolts 3x3 in the finals, 21–16, to become the fourth leg winners.[7]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !Tour points
1 6 5 1 19.8 119 100
2 6 4 2 19.2 115 80
3 6 4 2 18.0 108 70
4 7 5 2 19.7 138 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 5 3 2 18.0 90 50
6 5 3 2 17.2 86 45
7 4 2 2 18.0 72 40
8 align=left nowrap5 2 3 18.0 90 35
Eliminated at the knockout game
9 4 2 2 17.5 70 20
Eliminated at the preliminary round
10 4 1 3 16.5 66 18
11 align=left nowrap3 0 3 16.7 50 16
12 3 0 3 11.0 33 14
13 4 0 4 10.3 41 12

5th leg

Groupings

width=33% Pool Awidth=33% Pool Bwidth=33% Pool C
Purefoods TJ Titans (1)
Limitless Appmasters (6)
Pioneer Pro Tibay (7)
NorthPort Batang Pier (12)
Zamboanga Valientes (13)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (2)
Terrafirma 3x3 (5)
Cavitex Braves (8)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (11)
TNT Tropang Giga (3)
Platinum Karaoke (4)
San Miguel Beermen (9)
Sista Super Sealers (10)

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Limitless Appmasters defeated TNT Tropang Giga in the finals, 14–13, to become the fifth leg winners.[8]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !Tour points
1 7 6 1 18.3 128 100
2 7 4 3 17.6 123 80
3 6 4 2 18.5 111 70
4 6 4 2 17.3 104 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 5 4 1 18.4 92 50
6 4 3 1 19.5 78 45
7 5 2 3 18.2 91 40
8 4 1 3 17.3 69 35
Eliminated at the knockout game
9 align=left nowrap4 1 3 15.0 60 20
Eliminated at the preliminary round
10 3 1 2 17.3 52 18
11 4 1 3 17.5 70 16
12 3 0 3 16.0 48 14
13 4 0 4 11.0 44 12

6th leg

Groupings

width=33% Pool Awidth=33% Pool Bwidth=33% Pool C
Limitless Appmasters (1)
Platinum Karaoke (6)
Pioneer Pro Tibay (7)
Cavitex Braves (12)
Zamboanga Valientes (13)
TNT Tropang Giga (2)
Purefoods TJ Titans (5)
San Miguel Beermen (8)
NorthPort Batang Pier (11)
Terrafirma 3x3 (3)
Meralco Bolts 3x3 (4)
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (9)
Sista Super Sealers (10)

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Limitless Appmasters defeated TNT Tropang Giga in the finals, 21–18, to become the sixth leg winners.[9]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !Tour points
1 7 6 1 19.2 115 100
2 6 3 3 18.8 113 80
3 7 6 1 18.5 111 70
4 6 4 2 19.0 114 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 2 2 18.5 74 50
6 align=left nowrap4 2 2 17.5 70 45
7 5 2 3 17.6 88 40
8 5 2 3 17.3 69 35
Eliminated at the knockout game
9 4 1 3 16.3 65 20
Eliminated at the preliminary round
10 3 1 2 19.7 59 18
11 3 1 2 15.0 45 16
12 4 1 3 16.3 49 14
13 4 0 4 0.0 0 12

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Qualification
1 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st 5th bgcolor=silver2nd 4th 5th 420 bgcolor=#bbf3bb rowspan=4Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=gold1st 3rd 9th 3rd bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 420
3 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left11th 4th 7th 6th bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 361
4 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left4th bgcolor=silver2nd 6th 4th 6th 3rd 360
5 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left5th 6th 3rd 5th 3rd 7th 325 bgcolor=#bbf3ff rowspan=6Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left3rd 9th 4th bgcolor=gold1st 5th 11th 316
7 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left10th 7th bgcolor=silver2nd 7th 7th 8th 253
8 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left12th 5th bgcolor=gold1st 10th 10th 10th 218
9 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left7th 8th 11th 9th 8th 4th 206
10 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left nowrap8th 11th 8th 11th 9th 6th bgcolor=#bbf3f167
11 6th 10th 12th 8th 12th 12th 140
12 9th 13th 10th 12th 11th 9th 100
13 13th 12th 13th 13th 13th 13th 74

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Seed refers to the position of the team after six legs. Letter and number inside parentheses denotes the pool letter and pool position of the team, respectively, after the preliminary round of the Grand Finals.

Finals

Notes and References

  1. News: Bacnis . Justine . Limitless reigns supreme in PBA 3x3 . 30 December 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 29 December 2021.
  2. Web site: PBA 3x3 - Players . 3x3.pba.ph . November 21, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211121060013/https://3x3.pba.ph/players . November 21, 2021 . en.
  3. News: PBA 3X3: 13 teams divided into 3 groups, TNT bracketed with Purefoods in Pool A . November 16, 2021 . PBA.ph . November 13, 2021.
  4. News: TNT Tropang Giga dominate opening leg of PBA 3x3 . 3x3.PBA.ph . November 21, 2021 . November 24, 2021.
  5. News: Meralco conquers poor-shooting Platinum Karaoke to rule Leg 2 . 3x3.PBA.ph . November 25, 2021 . November 25, 2021.
  6. News: Sista reigns supreme, sweeps Leg 3 . 3x3.PBA.ph . November 28, 2021 . November 28, 2021.
  7. News: Purefoods outplays Meralco in title match to bag top leg honors . 3x3.PBA.ph . December 5, 2021 . December 5, 2021.
  8. News: Celebration time for Limitless App . 3x3.PBA.ph . December 12, 2021 . December 12, 2021.
  9. News: Limitless App outplays TNT, becomes first PBA 3x3 team to repeat as leg champs . 3x3.PBA.ph . December 21, 2021 . December 21, 2021.