The 1998Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Governors' Cup was the fourth conference of the 1998 PBA season. It started on October 9 and ended on December 9, 1998. The tournament is a two-import format, which requires each team to have two American reinforcements.
Format
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
One-round robin eliminations; Teams' won-loss record in the Centennial Cup were carried over
The top four teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals. [1]
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the standings back to zero.
The top two teams will face each other in a best-of-seven championship series. The next two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a Best of three series.
