2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup
| 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 20 - June 11, 2000 |
| TV partner(s) | Viva TV (IBC) |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Alaska Milkmen |
| Runners-up | Purefoods TJ Hotdogs |
| Awards | |
| Best Player | Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska) |
| Finals MVP | Kenneth Duremdes (Alaska) |
| PBA All-Filipino Cup chronology | |
| PBA conference chronology | |
| Qualified for quarterfinals with the twice to beat advantage |
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| Qualified for quarterfinals with the twice to win disadvantage |
The 2000 PBA All-Filipino Cup or known as the 2000 Alaxan PBA All-Filipino Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the first conference of the 2000 PBA season. It started on February 20 and ended on June 11, 2000.
The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:
Group A:
Group B:
Note: Red Bull had to forfeit two of their wins (both against Sta. Lucia) when they fielded an ineligible player
Mobiline had a better quotient on their games among Shell and Barangay Ginebra hence they were awarded with the #7 seed.
The day after Tanduay swept the series 3–0, the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation (BID) revoked Sonny Alvarado's Filipino citizenship as it uncovered that the player used fraudulent papers; consequently, the BID ordered Alvarado's deportation. This caused PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino to forfeit two of Tanduay's semifinal wins (Games 2 and 3) since Alvarado played on those games (he didn't play on the first game). The league earlier forfeited Batang Red Bull's wins when 18-year-old Kerby Raymundo was found to have deficient academic credentials. With the forfeitures, the series would have resumed on Game 4 with Purefoods leading the series 2–1; however, Tanduay secured a temporary restraining order (TRO) that prevented the league from staging Game 4 of their series. The league suspended the Game 4 on the May 24 playdate, the first time a game has been suspended for a cause other than a typhoon, an earthquake, or a bomb threat.
PBA legal counsel Butch Cleofe warned that Tanduay faced suspension from the league, a hefty fine and even expulsion when it fails to show up on the May 26 playdate. A P500,000 fine faced the franchise plus other penalties the commissioner may impose. Prior to the game, Tanduay was able to secure an extension of the TRO hence Game 4 was suspended for a second time; this has been the first time a PBA game has been suspended via a court order. The league has already lost P600,000 on gate receipts and Viva TV lost about P2 million in TV commercials. The league rejected Tanduay's offer of resetting the series with them leading 1–0, with the games that Alvarado played declared as "no contests"; the league insisted that the Rhum Masters play Game 4 with them trailing 1–2. On May 30, Tanduay relented and agreed to play Game 4 with them trailing 1–2. Bernardino would deal with Tanduay's actions "accordingly with due process". To prevent such events from happening again, the PBA Board has decided that Filipino-Americans would have to secure clearances from the BID and the Department of Justice (DOJ; previously, only a BID clearance was sufficient).
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