2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – First conference explained

The first conference of the 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season started on July 3 and ended on August 13, 2023.[1] It consisted of six two-day legs and a grand final. TNT Triple Giga became the Grand Champion for the fifth straight conference after defeating Cavitex Braves in the Grand Finals, 21–18.[2]

Teams

The players listed have played in at least one of the legs.

Team Players[3]
Nichole Ubalde
Blackwater Smooth RazorNico Salva
Jorey Napoles
Joseph Sedurifa
Dexter Zamora
Dennice Villamor
Joshua Webb
Chester Saldua
Jason Tan
Almond Vosotros

1st leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel defeated San Miguel Beermen in the finals, 19–17, 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=30 !width=30Tour points
1 align=left nowrap6 6 0 19.0 114 100
2 6 3 3 17.7 106 80
3 6 4 2 17.3 104 70
4 6 2 4 15.7 94 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 18.8 75 50
6 3 2 1 15.7 47 45
7 4 2 2 17.3 69 40
8 3 1 2 14.0 42 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 2 0 2 15.5 31 20
10 3 0 3 14.7 44 18
11 3 0 3 13.3 40 16

2nd leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Barangay Ginebra San Miguel defeated Meralco Bolts 3x3 in the finals, 19–17, in overtime to become the second leg winners.[5]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 align=left nowrap5 4 1 18.6 93 100
2 5 3 2 17.6 88 80
3 6 4 2 18.8 113 70
4 6 2 4 17.5 105 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 2 2 18.3 73 50
6 4 2 2 17.5 70 45
7 4 2 2 17.5 70 40
8 4 2 2 15.8 63 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 2 1 1 16.0 32 20
10 3 1 2 18.3 55 18
11 3 0 3 11.7 35 16

3rd leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Triple Giga defeated Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays in the finals, 17–13, to become the third leg winners.[6]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 6 6 0 20.2 121 100
2 5 4 1 17.2 86 80
3 6 4 2 18.2 109 70
4 6 3 3 19.0 114 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 2 2 17.5 70 50
6 4 2 2 16.3 65 45
7 align=left nowrap3 1 2 15.0 45 40
8 4 1 3 13.5 54 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 2 0 2 13.0 26 20
10 3 0 3 12.7 38 18
11 3 0 3 11.0 33 16

4th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Cavitex Braves defeated TNT Triple Giga in the finals, 21–17, to become the fourth leg winners.[7]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 6 5 1 18.0 108 100
2 5 3 2 18.2 91 80
3 5 4 1 19.4 97 70
4 6 4 2 17.5 105 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 17.3 69 50
6 4 2 2 17.3 69 45
7 4 1 3 16.8 67 40
8 4 1 3 15.5 62 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 3 0 3 16.7 50 20
10 align=left nowrap2 0 2 16.0 32 18
11 3 0 3 14.0 42 16

5th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Cavitex Braves defeated Pioneer ElastoSeal Katibays in the finals, 22–10, to become the fifth leg winners.[8]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 5 4 1 18.8 94 100
2 6 4 2 15.8 95 80
3 align=left nowrap6 3 3 18.3 110 70
4 5 2 3 17.2 86 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 16.3 65 50
6 4 2 2 17.3 69 45
7 4 2 2 15.0 60 40
8 4 1 3 15.0 60 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 2 1 1 17.0 34 20
10 3 1 2 18.7 56 18
11 3 0 3 12.3 37 16

6th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Triple Giga defeated Cavitex Braves in the finals, 21–17, to become the fifth leg winners.[9]

Finals

Final standings

width=30Pos !width=180Team !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30 !width=30Tour points
1 5 4 1 20.2 101 100
2 5 4 1 18.4 92 80
3 6 5 1 18.0 108 70
4 6 3 3 17.7 106 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 align=left nowrap4 3 1 17.5 70 50
6 4 1 3 17.5 70 45
7 4 1 3 16.8 67 40
8 4 1 3 13.5 54 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 3 1 2 14.3 43 20
10 2 0 2 14.5 29 18
11 3 0 3 14.3 43 16

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Qualification
1 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left3rd 3rd 3rd bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd 490 bgcolor=#bbf3bb rowspan=4Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left6th 9th bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd 6th bgcolor=gold1st 390
3 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st 7th 10th 3rd 5th 378
4 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=left7th bgcolor=silver2nd 6th 3rd 5th 4th 345
5 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=leftbgcolor=silver2nd 5th 4th 5th 10th 7th 298 bgcolor=#bbf3ff rowspan=6Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left5th 8th 5th 4th 11th 3rd 281
7 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left8th 6th bgcolor=silver2nd 9th bgcolor=silver2nd 11th 276
8 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left9th 4th 8th 8th 7th 10th 208
9 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left11th 11th 11th 6th 4th 8th 188
10 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left4th 10th 10th 7th 9th 9th 176
11 10th 7th 9th 11th 8th 6th 174

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: PBA 3x3: Big guns back for Season 3 . July 1, 2023 . PBA.ph . June 30, 2023.
  2. News: PBA 3X3: Vosotros, TNT net the big one. PBA.ph . August 13, 2023 . August 13, 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. News: PBA 3X3: Gumaru lifts Ginebra past SMB in overtime to win First Leg honors . pba.ph . July 4, 2023 . July 5, 2023.
  5. News: Cu, Ginebra stun Meralco in OT to claim second straight leg crown . pba.ph . July 11, 2023 . July 11, 2023.
  6. News: PBA 3X3: TNT rules again, tops Leg 3 via six-game sweep . pba.ph . July 18, 2023 . July 18, 2023.
  7. News: Cavitex drops TNT to clinch Leg 4 honors . pba.ph . July 25, 2023 . July 25, 2023.
  8. News: Cavitex makes it back-to-back, routs Pioneer in Leg 5 finale . pba.ph . August 1, 2023 . August 1, 2023.
  9. News: PBA 3X3: Triple Giga win Leg 6, foil Braves' bid for a three-peat . pba.ph . August 8, 2023 . August 8, 2023.