PBA 2008 COMPETITION SYSTEM
REGULAR SEASON (May 05, 2008 to Sep 17, 2008)
Round Robin System with 34 games each club
The Top 8 teams advance to the quarterfinals
The Last 4 teams advance to the
NBX classification round
QUARTERFINALS (Sep 22, 2008 to Oct 06, 2008)
Four best-five quarterfinal playoff series between
the Top 8 teams from the Regular Season
The four series winners advance to the semifinals
Quarterfinal 1: 1st-place Regular Season vs. 8th-place Regular Season
Quarterfinal 2: 2nd-place Regular Season vs. 7th-place Regular Season
Quarterfinal 3: 3rd-place Regular Season vs. 6th-place Regular Season
Quarterfinal 4: 4th-place Regular Season vs. 5th-place Regular Season
SEMIFINALS (Oct 08, 2008 to Oct 29, 2008)
Two best-seven semifinal playoff series between
the four quarterfinal series winners
The two series winners advance to the final
Semifinal 1: Winner quarterfinal 1 vs. Winner quarterfinal 4
Semifinal 2: Winner quarterfinal 2 vs. Winner quarterfinal 3
FINAL (Nov 03, 2008 to Nov 24, 2008)
One best-seven final playoff serie between
the two semifinal series winners
The serie winner is the PBA 2008 champion
PBA CHAMPION 2008