# 1985 PBA Open Conference > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1985_PBA_Open_Conference > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1985_PBA_Open_Conference.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_PBA_Open_Conference > Source revision: 1273784854 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1985 PBA Open Conference Duration March 3 – May 30, 1985 TV partner(s) Vintage Sports (MBS) Finals Champions Great Taste Coffee Makers Runners-up Magnolia Ice Cream Makers Awards Best Import Norman Black (Magnolia Ice Cream Makers) PBA Open Conference chronology 1986 > PBA conference chronology < 1984 Invitational 1985 All-Filipino > The **[1985](/source/1985_PBA_season) [Philippine Basketball Association](/source/Philippine_Basketball_Association) (PBA) Open Conference** was the first conference of the [1985 PBA season](/source/1985_PBA_season). It started on March 3 and ended on May 30, 1985. The tournament is an import-laden format, which requires an import or a pure-foreign player for each team. ## Format The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference: - Double-round robin eliminations; 12 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. The top two teams will advance outright to the semifinals. - The next four teams will qualify to the single round robin quarterfinals. Results from the eliminations will be carried over. The top two teams will advance to the semifinals. - Semifinals will be a double round robin affair with the four remaining teams. 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-seven series.[1] ## Elimination round Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Great Taste Coffee Makers 8 4 .667 — Advance to semifinal round 2 Tanduay Rhum Makers 8 4 .667 — 3 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 7 5 .583 1 Proceed to quarterfinal round 4 Northern Cement (G) 7 5 .583 1 5 Manila Beer Brewmasters 5 7 .417 3 6 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters 4 8 .333 4 7 Ginebra San Miguel 3 9 .250 5 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] (G) Guests ## Quarterfinal round Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 3 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 9 6 .600 — Semifinal round 4 Northern Cement (G) 8 7 .533[a] 1 5 Manila Beer Brewmasters 8 7 .533[a] 1 6 Shell Azodrin Bugbusters 4 11 .267 5 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] (G) Guests Notes: 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-table_hth_MB0.98975728405163_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-table_hth_MB0.98975728405163_2-1) Semifinal berth playoff: Northern Cement 98–75 Manila Beer ## Semifinal round berth playoff Vintage May 2 Northern (NCC) 98, Manila Beer Brewmasters 75 The ULTRA, Pasig ## Semifinal round Pos Team W L PCT GB Qualification 1 Great Taste Coffee Makers 5 1 .833 — Advance to the Finals 2 Magnolia Ice Cream Makers 4 2 .667 1 3 Northern Cement (G) 3 3 .500 2 Proceed to third place playoff 4 Tanduay Rhum Makers 0 6 .000 5 Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] (G) Guests ## Third place playoffs Vintage May 19 Northern (NCC) 107, Tanduay Rhum Makers 112 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 21 Northern (NCC) 110, Tanduay Rhum Makers 98 Scoring by quarter: 26-19, 21–27, 30-28, 33-24 Pts: Jeff Moore 36 Pts: David Pope 36 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 23 Northern (NCC) 100, Tanduay Rhum Makers 93 Scoring by quarter: 32-20, 19–26, 24–25, 25-22 Pts: Allan Caidic 21 Pts: David Pope 27 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 26 Northern (NCC) 104, Tanduay Rhum Makers 110 Scoring by quarter: 27-27, 29-27, 22–31, 26-25 Pts: Dennis Still 24 Pts: Guidaben 22 Hubalde 22 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 28 Northern (NCC) 113, Tanduay Rhum Makers 82 Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 28-13, 28-23, 37-17 Pts: Samboy Lim 22 Pts: David Pope 22 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 30 Northern (NCC) 121, Tanduay Rhum Makers 110 Scoring by quarter: 39-32, 27-21, 29–32, 26-25 Pts: Samboy Lim 34 Pts: David Pope 40 Northern wins series, 4–2 The ULTRA, Pasig ## Finals Main article: [1985 PBA Open Conference finals](/source/1985_PBA_Open_Conference_finals) Vintage May 19 Great Taste Coffee Makers 108, Magnolia Ice Cream 99 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 21 Great Taste Coffee Makers 105, Magnolia Ice Cream 111 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 23 Great Taste Coffee Makers 103, Magnolia Ice Cream 97 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 26 Great Taste Coffee Makers 93, Magnolia Ice Cream 95 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 28 Great Taste Coffee Makers 121, Magnolia Ice Cream 95 The ULTRA, Pasig Vintage May 30 Great Taste Coffee Makers 122, Magnolia Ice Cream 104 Great Taste wins series, 4–2 The ULTRA, Pasig ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["PBA boxscores@May 1985"](https://pbarecordsoddities.blogspot.com/2016/04/pba-boxscores-may-1985.html). v t e 1985 PBA season 1985 draft 1985 Open Conference (finals) 1985 All-Filipino Conference (finals) 1985 Reinforced Conference (finals) Team seasons Ginebra San Miguel Great Taste Coffee Makers Magnolia Quench Plus Manila Beer Brewmasters Shell Azodrin Bugbusters Tanduay Rhum Makers Guest team/s Northern Cement basketball team (Open Conference, Reinforced Conference) Succession 1984 Seasons 1986 1983 Open Conference 1986 1984 2nd All-Filipino Conference 1986 Reinforced Conference 1986 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1985 PBA Open Conference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_PBA_Open_Conference) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_PBA_Open_Conference?action=history)). 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