# 1982 PBA Open Conference > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1982_PBA_Open_Conference > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1982_PBA_Open_Conference.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_PBA_Open_Conference > Source revision: 1274015284 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1982 PBA Open Conference Duration August 22 – December 14, 1982 TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (BBC) Finals Champions Toyota Super Corollas Runners-up Gilbey's Gin Awards Best Import Donnie Ray Koonce (Toyota Super Corollas) PBA Open Conference chronology < 1981 1983 > PBA conference chronology < 1982 Invitational 1983 All-Filipino > The **[1982](/source/1982_PBA_season) [Philippine Basketball Association](/source/Philippine_Basketball_Association) (PBA) Open Conference** was the third conference of the [1982 PBA season](/source/1982_PBA_season). It started on August 22 and ended on December 14, 1982. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires two imports per each team. ## Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the tournament: - The 8 participating teams are divided into two groups. Teams in the same group played each other twice while in the other group three times, totalling 18 games.[1] - Top two teams advances in the semifinals outright and the next four teams will dispute the last two semifinals berth in a one-round quarterfinals (back to zero standings). - Semifinals will be a double-round robin affairs. The top two teams in the semifinal round advance to the best-of-five finals series. The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff. ## Imports Each team were allowed two imports. The first line in the table are the original reinforcements of the teams. Below the name are the replacement of the import above. Same with the third replacement that is also highlighted with a different color. GP is the number of games played. Team Name GP Name GP Crispa Redmanizers Mike Schultz 3 Clarence Kea 1 James Wright 5 Lew Brown 12 Mike Gibson 8 Galerie Dominique James Robinson 4 Kenny Barnes 18 Micah Blunt 14 Gilbey's Gin Rickey Brown 3 Lew Massey 27 Larry McNeill 24 N-Rich Coffee Danny Salisbury 27 Rich Adams 28 San Miguel Beermen Terry Sykes 2 Norman Black 30 Marvin Johnson 5 Aaron James 23 Toyota Super Corollas Donnie Ray Koonce 30 Andrew Fields 29 U-Tex Wranglers Ira Terrell 11 Leroy Jackson 21 Leo Cunningham 2 Francois Wise 8 Yco-Tanduay Curtis Berry 21 Jerome Henderson 21 ## Elimination round Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 N-Rich Coffee Creamers 13 5 .722 — Advance to semifinal round 2 Gilbey's Gin 13 5 .722 — 3 YCO-Tanduay 11 7 .611 2 Proceed to quarterfinal round 4 San Miguel Beermen 10 8 .556 3 5 Toyota Super Corollas 8 10 .444 5 6 U-Tex Wranglers 8 10 .444 5 7 Crispa Redmanizers 6 12 .333 7 8 Galerie Dominique Artists 3 15 .167 10 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Quarterfinal round Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 3 Toyota Super Corollas 2 1 .667 — Semifinal round 4 San Miguel Beermen 2 1 .667 — 5 YCO-Tanduay 1 2 .333 1 6 U-Tex Wranglers 1 2 .333 1 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Semifinal round Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Gilbey's Gin 4 2 .667 — Advance to the Finals 2 Toyota Super Corollas 3 3 .500[a] 1 3 N-Rich Coffee Creamers 3 3 .500[a] 1 Proceed to third place playoff 4 San Miguel Beermen 2 4 .333 2 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Notes: 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_NR0.612615362095_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_NR0.612615362095_2-1) Second-seed playoff: Toyota 114–87 N-Rich On the final playing day of the semifinals, both Gilbey's and N-Rich were a win away from advancing to the championship in the closest the PBA has ever had a finale without traditional powerhouses Toyota and Crispa, but the Super Corollas forces a playoff with N-Rich Coffee and won their knockout game to play first-time finalist Gilbey's Gin. ## Second seed playoff Vintage December 9 Toyota Super Corollas 114, N-Rich Coffee Creamers 97 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ## Finals Main article: [1982 PBA Open Conference finals](/source/1982_PBA_Open_Conference_finals) Vintage December 11 Toyota Super Corollas 108, Gilbey's Gin 100 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage December 12 Toyota Super Corollas 121, Gilbey's Gin 107 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City Vintage December 14 Toyota Super Corollas 122, Gilbey's Gin 109 Toyota wins series, 3–0 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Crispa nips Toyota"](http://crispatoyota.blogspot.com/1982/11/). crispatoyota.blogspot.com. v t e 1982 PBA season 1982 Reinforced Filipino Conference (finals) 1982 Invitational championship (finals) 1982 Open Conference (finals) Team seasons Crispa Redmanizers Galerie Dominique Artists Gilbey's Gin N-Rich Coffee Creamers San Miguel Beermen Toyota Super Corollas U-Tex Wranglers YCO-Tanduay Guest team/s South Korea national basketball team (Invitational Championship) Succession 1981 Seasons 1983 1981 Reinforced Filipino Conference 1983 1980 Invitational championship 1984 1982 Open Conference 1985 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1982 PBA Open Conference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_PBA_Open_Conference) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_PBA_Open_Conference?action=history)). 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