2023–24 PBA 3x3 season – Third conference explained

The third conference of the 2023–24 PBA 3x3 season started on December 11, 2023 and ended on February 19, 2024.[1] It will consist of six two-day legs and a grand final. Meralco Bolts 3x3 became the first Grand Champion after defeating TNT Triple Giga in the Grand Finals, 21–17.

Teams

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

Team Players[2]
Nichole Ubalde
Rey Publico
Philip Paniamogan
Louie Vigil
Joseph Sedurifa
Dexter Zamora
Dennice Villamor
Richard Velchez
JP Sarao
Jason Tan
Almond Vosotros

1st leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Meralco Bolts 3x3 defeated MCFASolver Tech Centrale in the finals, 15–13, to become the first leg winners.[3]

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 18.8 113 100
2 6 5 1 16.5 99 80
3 6 5 1 20.3 122 70
4 6 2 4 16.2 97 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 19.3 58 50
6 align=left nowrap4 2 2 17.0 68 45
7 3 1 2 15.0 45 40
8 4 1 3 17.3 69 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 2 0 2 16.0 32 20
10 3 0 3 15.0 45 18
11 3 0 3 13.0 39 16

2nd leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

MCFASolver Tech Centrale defeated San Miguel Beermen in the finals, 19–17, to become the second 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 6 5 1 19.7 118 100
2 6 4 2 19.2 115 80
3 6 5 1 20.8 125 70
4 6 3 3 16.7 100 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 2 1 20.7 62 50
6 4 2 2 19.0 76 45
7 3 1 2 17.0 51 40
8 4 1 3 18.0 72 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 3 0 3 14.0 42 20
10 3 0 3 12.7 38 18
11 align=left nowrap2 0 2 10.0 20 16

3rd leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Meralco Bolts 3x3 defeated TNT Triple Giga in the finals, 19–18, to become the third 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 6 6 0 19.2 115 100
2 5 4 1 20.4 102 80
3 5 3 2 16.8 84 70
4 6 2 4 17.8 107 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 3 1 17.0 68 50
6 4 2 2 19.0 76 45
7 4 1 3 14.5 58 40
8 4 1 3 13.8 55 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 align=left nowrap3 1 2 15.7 47 20
10 2 0 2 15.5 31 18
11 3 0 3 15.3 46 16

4th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Meralco Bolts 3x3 defeated TNT Triple Giga in the finals, 21–13, to become the fourth 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 5 5 0 21.2 106 100
2 6 5 1 18.8 113 80
3 6 4 2 17.7 106 70
4 6 3 3 19.2 15 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 2 2 16.8 67 50
6 3 1 2 17.0 51 45
7 4 1 3 15.3 61 40
8 4 1 3 14.8 59 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 align=left nowrap3 1 2 17.7 53 20
10 2 0 2 14.5 29 18
11 3 0 3 13.7 41 16

5th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

TNT Triple Giga defeated Meralco Bolts 3x3 in the finals, 21–18, to become the fifth 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 20.8 125 100
2 5 4 1 18.8 94 80
3 5 3 2 18.8 94 70
4 6 3 3 17.5 105 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 4 2 2 18.0 72 50
6 4 2 2 14.8 59 45
7 4 1 3 18.0 72 40
8 align=left nowrap4 1 3 17.8 71 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 3 1 2 18.7 56 20
10 3 1 2 17.0 51 18
11 2 0 2 10.0 20 16

6th leg

Preliminary round

Pool B

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Pool C

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Knockout stage

Cavitex Braves defeated Blackwater Smooth Razor in the finals, 20–18, 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 6 4 2 18.5 111 100
2 6 5 1 20.0 120 80
3 5 4 1 20.0 100 70
4 6 4 2 20.0 120 60
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5 3 1 2 18.3 55 50
6 align=left nowrap4 1 3 18.8 75 45
7 4 1 3 18.3 73 40
8 4 1 3 16.0 64 35
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9 3 1 2 16.0 48 20
10 3 1 2 13.0 39 18
11 2 0 2 15.5 31 16

Legs summary

Pos Team 1st leg 2nd leg 3rd leg 4th leg 5th leg 6th leg Qualification
1 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=gold1st 5th bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=silver2nd 4th 490 bgcolor=#bbf3bb rowspan=4Qualification to Grand Finals quarterfinal round
2 align=left bgcolor=#bbf3bb7th 7th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st 3rd 410
3 align=left bgcolor=#bbf3bb3rd 3rd 6th 6th 3rd bgcolor=gold1st 400
4 bgcolor=#bbf3bb align=leftbgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=gold1st 3rd 4th 4th 9th 390
5 align=left bgcolor=#bbf3ff5th 4th 11th 3rd 9th bgcolor=silver2nd 296 bgcolor=#bbf3ff rowspan=6Qualification to Grand Finals preliminary round
6 align=left bgcolor=#bbf3ff11th bgcolor=silver2nd 4th 5th 6th 11th 267
7 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left4th 6th 10th 8th 10th 8th 211
8 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left8th 10th 5th 11th 7th 5th 209
9 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left9th 8th 7th 10th 5th 7th 203
10 bgcolor=#bbf3ff align=left6th 11th 9th 9th 8th 6th 181
11 10th 9th 8th 7th 11th 10th 147

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: PBA 3X3: Beat TNT if you can! . December 10, 2023 . PBA.ph . December 10, 2023.
  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: Meralco strikes gold ! . PBA.ph . December 12, 2023 . December 12, 2023.
  4. News: PBA 3x3: MCFASolver beats SMB to claim Leg 2 title . PBA.ph . January 9, 2024 . January 9, 2024 .
  5. News: PBA 3X3: Meralco survives TNT fightback, takes home Leg 3 title . PBA.ph . January 16, 2024 . January 16, 2024.
  6. News: PBA 3X3: Bolts beat Triple Giga, make it back-to-back . PBA.ph . January 23, 2024 . January 23, 2024.
  7. News: PBA 3X3: Triple Giga regains crown, rule Leg 5 . PBA.ph . January 30, 2024 . January 30, 2024.
  8. News: PBA 3X3: Napoles, Cavitex survive Blackwater to win Leg 6 honors . PBA.ph . February 6, 2024 . February 7, 2024.