1988 PBA Open Conference

	Qualified for finals
	Qualified for battle-for-third

1988 PBA Open Conference
1988 PBA Open Conference
Duration	March 20 - June 9, 1988
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Purefoods Hotdogs
Awards
Best Import	Jamie Waller (Ginebra San Miguel)
PBA Open Conference chronology
	< 1987 1989 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 1987 Reinforced 1988 All-Filipino >

The 1988 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1988 PBA season. It started on March 20 and ended on June 9, 1988. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team.^[1]

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records.
Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated.^[2]
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff.

Elimination round

#	Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB
1	San Miguel Beermen	7	3	.700	–-
2	Ginebra San Miguel	6	4	.600	1
3	Purefoods Hotdogs	6	4	.600	1
4	Alaska Milkmen	6	4	.600	1
5	Great Taste Instant Milk	4	6	.400	3
6	Shell Helix Oilers	1	9	.125	6

Semifinal round

#	Team Standings	Cumulative				SF
#	Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	W	L
1	San Miguel Beermen	12	6	.667	–-	5	3
2	Purefoods Hotdogs	12	6	.667	--	6	2
3	Ginebra San Miguel	10	8	.556	2	4	4
4	Alaska Milkmen	9	9	.500	3	3	5
5	Great Taste Instant Milk	6	12	.333	6	2	6