The 1998 PBA season was the 24th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Board of governors
Executive committee
- Emilio P. Bernardino, Jr. (Commissioner)
- Bernabe L. Navarro, Jr. (Chairman, representing Ginebra San Miguel)
- Reynaldo G. Gamboa (Vice-Chairman, representing Formula Shell Zoommasters)
- Manuel M. Encarnado (Treasurer, representing Sta. Lucia Realtors)
Teams
Season highlights
- The PBA is in their toughest challenge with the formation of a new league called Metropolitan Basketball Association, backed by the giant network ABS-CBN, and is perceived to be a threat to the 24-year existence of the PBA.
- The Alaska Milkmen won two titles during the year while Formula Shell ended a six-year title-drought by winning the final conference of the season.
- For the third time in every four years, an All-pro squad to be known as Philippine Centennial Team will be given a task to win the basketball gold in the Asian Games, slated in December in Bangkok, Thailand. Alaska coach Tim Cone was chosen to handle to national team and pick the pro cagers to comprise the 12-man lineup. The Centennial team participated in the Jones Cup basketball tournament in Taipei and won their third championship.
- This is the only season that features four conferences with the addition of the Centennial Cup in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Philippine independence. The Philippine Centennial Team played as guest team in preparation for the 1998 Asian Games. The tournament was won by the Mobiline Phone Pals.
- The two-import format was revived during the Centennial Cup and the Governor's Cup.
Opening ceremonies
The muses for the participating teams are as follows:
Champions
All-Filipino Cup
Elimination round
Semifinal round
Third place playoff
Finals
Commissioner's Cup
Elimination round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Third place playoff
Finals
Centennial Cup
Elimination round
Playoffs
Governors' Cup
Elimination round
Semifinal round
Third place playoffs
Finals
Individual awards
Awards given by the PBA Press Corps
Board of Governors
- Emilio Bernardino (Commissioner)
- Ruben Cleofe (Secretary)
- Bernabe Navarro (Chairman, La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)
- Reynaldo Gamboa (Vice-Chairman, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.)
- Manuel Encarnado (Treasurer, Sta. Lucia Realty and Development, Inc)
- Wilfred Steven Uytengsu (Alaska Milk Corp.)
- Luis Lorenzo, Jr (Lapanday Holdings Corp.)
- Nazario Avendaño (San Miguel Corp.)
- Joaquin Trillo (Alaska Milk Corp.)
- Teodoro Dimayuga (Purefoods Corp.)
- Elmer Yanga (Republic Flour Mills Corp.)
- Roberto Eduardo (La Tondeña Distillers, Inc)
- Eliezer Capacio (Purefoods Corp.)
- Ignatius Yenko (Lapanday Holdings Corp.)
Cumulative standings
References