2023–24 PBA 3x3 season explained

2023–24 PBA 3x3 season
Duration:July 3, 2023 – February 19, 2024
No Of Teams:11
Conf1:1st Conference
Conf1 Link:2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – First conference
Conf1 Champ:TNT Triple Giga
Conf1 Runner-Up:Cavitex Braves
Conf2:2nd Conference
Conf2 Link:2022–23 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference
Conf2 Champ:TNT Triple Giga
Conf2 Runner-Up:Meralco Bolts 3x3
Conf3:3rd Conference
Conf3 Link:2022–23 PBA 3x3 season – Third conference
Conf3 Champ:Meralco Bolts 3x3
Conf3 Runner-Up:TNT Triple Giga
Prevseason Link:2022–23 PBA 3x3 season
Prevseason Year:2022–23

The 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season is the third and last season of the PBA 3x3, the 3x3 basketball league of the Philippine Basketball Association.

Teams

All 12 franchise teams of the main 5-a-side Philippine Basketball Association are eligible to field a 3x3 team for the 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season,[1] although the Converge FiberXers, Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters, and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters did not field a team.[2] The Blackwater Bossing Red President changed their name into Blackwater Smooth Razor before the season.[2] Two guest teams (Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays and Wilcon Depot 3x3) participated, with Wilcon Depot 3x3 debuting this season, committing to play for at least one conference.[3] Guest teams J&T Express and Platinum Karaoke, who both appeared during the previous season, took a leave of absence for this season.[2]

Wilcon Depot 3x3 eventually became defunct after the first conference and was replaced by MCFASolver Tech Centrale starting from the second conference.[4]

Team Company Coach
Kirk Collier
Junjie Ablan
Kyles Lao
Patrick Fran
MCFASolver Tech Centrale Anton Altamirano
Sultan 900 Capital, Inc. Alfredo Jarencio II
Pioneer Epoxy Adhesives Inc. Lester del Rosario
San Miguel Food and Beverage, Inc. Tony Boy Espinosa
Boycie Zamar
Terrafirma Realty Development Corporation Raymond Tiongco
Mau Belen
Wilcon Depot Inc. Anton Altamirano

Format

The season's format will be highly similar to that of the previous season. The season will have three tournaments or conferences.[5] Each conference will have six two-day legs and a grand final. The 11 teams will be divided into four pools, with pool A having three teams while pools B and C having four each. Teams within their pools will play in a single round-robin format. The top two teams of pool A and the top three teams of pools B and C will directly qualify for the quarterfinals. The knockout stage will be a single-elimination tournament and a third place game will also be held. The winner of each leg will receive 100,000, the runner-up will receive ₱50,000, while the third placed team will receive ₱30,000.[6] The seedings and pool compositions for each leg will be based on the results of the preceding leg.

After six legs, the cumulative standings will be calculated and the top four teams will directly qualify for the quarterfinals of the Grand Finals. The fifth to tenth-placed teams will qualify for the preliminary round of the Grand Finals. The bottom teams will not qualify for the Grand Finals.[7] The Grand Champion will receive ₱750,000, the runner-up will receive ₱250,000, while the third placed team will receive ₱100,000.

Starting this season, the games were played in various Ayala Malls branches. In the first two years of PBA 3x3, the games were held at different Robinsons Malls branches.[8]

First conference

See main article: 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – First conference. The conference started on July 3 and ended on August 13, 2023.

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

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.

Second conference

See main article: 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – Second conference. The conference started on October 16 and ended on November 27, 2023.

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

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.

Third conference

See main article: 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – Third conference. The conference started on December 11, 2023, and will end on February 19, 2024.

Grand Finals

Preliminary round

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Leongson . Randolph . PBA set for 16-team three-conference maiden 3x3 season . July 1, 2023 . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . March 10, 2021 . en.
  2. News: PBA 3x3: Big guns back for Season 3 . July 1, 2023 . PBA.ph . June 30, 2023.
  3. News: Ramos. Gerry. New team Wilcon Depot to build winning culture in PBA 3x3 . July 1, 2023 . spin.ph . June 29, 2023.
  4. News: Dioquino . Delfin . New PBA 3x3 team out to make noise . 10 October 2023 . Rappler . 9 October 2023.
  5. News: Terrado . Jonas . PBA 3x3 to hold draw proceedings for 13 teams; Opening set on Nov. 20 . July 1, 2023. Manila Bulletin . November 12, 2021.
  6. Web site: Heavy 12-game bill ushers PBA 3x3 Season 2. 3x3.pba.ph. September 9, 2022. July 1, 2023.
  7. Web site: Meralco, TNT lead qualifiers to PBA 3x3 First Conference Grand Finals. 3x3.pba.ph.
  8. Web site: Bacnis. Justine. PBA 3×3 moves out of Robinsons, to hold games at Ayala Malls. Tiebreaker Times. June 29, 2023. July 1, 2023.