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2018 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup
Duration	January 18, 2018 – present
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	AksyonTV and ESPN 5
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The 2018 PBA D-League Aspirants' Cup is the first conference of the 2017–18 PBA D-League season. For the first time in the tournament history, eleven school-based teams will compete for the championship, making it a total of 13. After four games, Mila's Lechon Mighty Roasters withdrew from the league due to internal problems. This move by Mila's Lechon reduced the number of teams to 12. All games will be aired via ESPN 5 on AksyonTV on a delayed basis.

Format

Format updated after the withdrawal of Mila's Lechon:

• Thirteen (12) teams will play in a single round-robin elimination round. Each team will have 11 games for this round. Teams will be seeded based on win-loss records.
• If ties are present, then FIBA rules shall be applied.
• After the elimination round, the following scenarios for the playoff shall be applied below:
  • Only the top 6 teams will qualify for the playoffs, and the six teams with the worst records shall be eliminated.
  • The top two seeds will earn an outright semifinal berth, While the next four teams will undergo in the quarter-finals.
  • In the quarter-finals, the 3rd and 4th seed will earn a twice-to-beat advantage. There, the matchup will be as follows:
    QF1: 3rd seed vs. 6th seed
    QF2: 4th seed vs. 5th seed
  • The two winners of the quarter-finals will advance to the best-of-three semifinals. Matchup is as follows:
    SF1: 1st seed vs. QF2 winner
    SF2: 2nd seed vs. QF1 winner
  • Then, the two semifinal winners will compete for the best-of-three championship series.

Elimination round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Akari-Adamson Falcons	11	9	2	.818	—	Bye to semi-finals
2	Marinerong Pilipino Skippers	11	9	2	.818	—
3	CEU Scorpions	11	8	3	.727	1	Twice-to-beat in the quarter-finals
4	CHE'LU Bar & Grill Revellers	11	7	4	.636	2
5	St. Clare College-Gamboa Coffee	11	7	4	.636	2	Qualification to quarter-finals
6	Zark's Burger Jawbreakers-LPU Pirates	11	7	4	.636	2
7	Wangs' Basketball-Letran Knights	11	6	5	.545	3	Eliminated
8	Go for Gold-CSB Blazers	11	5	6	.455	4
9	Perpetual Altas	11	3	8	.273	6
10	Batangas-EAC Generals	11	2	9	.182	7
11	JRU Heavy Bombers	11	2	9	.182	7
12	AMA Online Education Titans	11	1	10	.091	8
13	Mila's Lechon Mighty Roasters	4	0	4	.000	5.5	Withdrew

Source: Philsports.ph
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Playoffs

Bracket

	Quarter-finals #3 and #4 seeds have twice-to-beat advantage				Semi-finals Best-of-three series				Finals Best-of-three championship series
					#1 Akari-Adamson Falcons
					#4 CHE'LU Bar & Grill Revellers
	#4 CHE'LU Bar & Grill Revellers	80
	#5 St. Clare-Gamboa Coffee	72
					#2 Marinerong Pilipino Skippers
	#3
	#6

Quarter-finals

(#4) CHE'LU Bar & Grill vs. (#5) St. Clare-Gamboa Coffee

AksyonTV

April 10 02:00 pm

CHE'LU Bar & Grill Revellers	80–72	St. Clare-Gamboa Coffee
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 21–13, 15–16, 28–16
CHE'LU wins series in one game

Pasig City Sports Center, Pasig City

(#3) CEU Scorpions vs. (#6) Zark's Burger-LPU Jawbreakers

AksyonTV

April 10 04:00 pm

CEU Scorpions

vs.

Zark's Burger-LPU Jawbreakers

Pasig City Sports Center, Pasig City