1989 PBA Open Conference

	Qualified for finals
	Qualified for battle-for-third

1989 PBA Open Conference
1989 PBA Open Conference
Duration	March 5 - May 21, 1989
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Formula Shell Zoom Masters
Awards
Best Import	Bobby Parks (Shell)
PBA Open Conference chronology
	< 1988 1990 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 1988 Reinforced 1989 All-Filipino >

The 1989 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Open Conference was the first conference of the 1989 PBA season. It started on March 5 and ended on May 21, 1989. 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. ^[3] 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	10	0	1.000	–-
2	Presto Ice Cream Makers	5	5	.500	5
3	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	5	5	.500	5
4	Purefoods Hotdogs	4	6	.400	6
5	Alaska Milkmen	3	7	.300	7
6	Añejo Rum 65ers	3	7	.300	7

Playoff

Vintage

April 13

Alaska Milkmen 133, Añejo Rum 65ers 120

The ULTRA, Pasig

Semifinal round

#	Team Standings	Cumulative				SF
#	Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	W	L
1	San Miguel Beermen	14	4	.778	–-	4	4
2	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	10	8	.556	4	5	3
3	Presto Ice Cream Makers	9	9	.500	5	4	4
4	Alaska Milkmen	7	11	.389	7	4	4
5	Purefoods Hotdogs	7	11	.389	7	3	5