2025 MPBL playoffs

The 2025 MPBL playoffs is the postseason tournament of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's 2025 season, the league's seventh overall, and first under play-in tournament format. The postseason tournament began in October, after the conclusion of the regular season.

Overview

Updates to playoff appearances

• The Abra Weavers entered the playoffs for the second consecutive season and also clinch the best record in the league for the first time in franchise history.
• The Quezon Huskers entered the playoffs for the third consecutive season and also clinch the best record in the South Division for the second consecutive season.
• The San Juan Knights and Zamboanga Sikat entered the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
• The Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters entered the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, currently the longest playoff streak in the MPBL.
• The GenSan Warriors entered the playoffs for the sixth consecutive season.
• The Pampanga Giant Lanterns entered the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
• The Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards entered the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.
• The Caloocan Batang Kankaloo and Pasay Voyagers entered the playoffs for the third consecutive season.
• The Rizal Golden Coolers and Biñan Tatak Gel entered the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
• The Basilan Starhorse entered the playoffs for the first time since 2020.
• The Mindoro Tamaraws, Ilagan Isabela Cowboys, and Pangasinan Heatwaves entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

Division Finals

• This is the first playoffs that none of the teams seeded from #2 to #4 of both divisions had advanced to Division Finals. Also, this is the first playoffs not to feature either Batangas or San Juan in Division Finals.

Format

The top six teams from each division advance to the playoffs, while The seventh and eighth-ranked teams will play for the seventh seed in the playoffs. The losing team will face the winner of the game between the ninth and tenth-ranked teams for the eighth seed and the final playoff spot. Due to this change, only the top six teams will directly advance to the playoffs. Seeding is based on wins, with tiebreaker rules applied should multiple teams have the same record. The single-elimination bracket consists of four rounds with no reseeding. The first two rounds being best-of-three series; and the division and national finals being a best-of-five series.

During the first two rounds, two games within the same division are played in a gameday, with homecourt advantage alternating between the higher-seeded teams of each series. A traditional homecourt format is then used for the last two rounds, with the division finals using a 1–1–1 format and the national finals using a 2–2–1 format. The designated home team may not be able to play within its home locality. Should it occur, the gameday may take place elsewhere.

Division standings

North Division

South Division

Play-in tournament

North Division

South Division

Bracket

Teams in bold advanced to the next round. Teams in italics have homecourt advantage for the series. The numbers to the left of each team indicate the team's seeding in its division, while the numbers to the right indicate the number of games the team won in that round.

Division quarterfinals

NOTE: All times are Philippine Standard Time ().

North Division quarterfinals

(1) Abra Weavers vs. (8) Ilagan Isabela Cowboys

This is the first playoff meeting between Abra and Ilagan Isabela.

(2) Nueva Ecija Rice Vanguards vs. (7) Pangasinan Heatwaves

This is the first playoff meeting between Nueva Ecija and Pangasinan

(3) San Juan Knights vs. (6) Pasay Voyagers

This is the second playoff meeting between San Juan and Pasay.

(4) Caloocan Batang Kankaloo vs. (5) Pampanga Giant Lanterns

This is the second playoff meeting Caloocan and Pampanga.

South Division quarterfinals

(1) Quezon Huskers vs. (8) Mindoro Tamaraws

This is the first playoff meeting between Quezon and Mindoro.

(2) Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters vs. (7) Zamboanga Sikat

This is the four playoff meeting between Zamboanga and Batangas City, with Zamboanga leads the last two all-time playoff series.

(3) Rizal Golden Coolers vs. (6) Biñan Tatak Gel

This is the first playoff meeting between Rizal and Biñan.

(4) Basilan Starhorse vs. (5) GenSan Warriors

This is the first playoff meeting between Basilan and General Santos.

Division semifinals

NOTE: All times are Philippine Standard Time ().

North Division semifinals

(1) Abra Weavers vs. (4) Caloocan Batang Kankaloo

This is the first playoff meeting between Abra and Caloocan.

(3) San Juan Knights vs. (7) Pangasinan Heatwaves

This is the first playoff meeting between San Juan and Pangasinan.

South Division semifinals

(1) Quezon Huskers vs. (5) GenSan Warriors

This is the first playoff meeting between Quezon and General Santos.

(2) Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters vs. (6) Biñan Tatak Gel

This is the first playoff meeting between Batangas City and Biñan.

Division finals

NOTE: All times are Philippine Standard Time ().

North Division finals: (1) Abra Weavers vs. (7) Pangasinan Heatwaves

The first division final playoff where doesn't feature San Juan Knights since entered the playoffs in 2019.

This is the first playoff meeting between Abra and Pangasinan.

South Division finals: (1) Quezon Huskers vs. (6) Biñan Tatak Gel

The first Division Finals not to feature Batangas City Tanduay Rum Masters since 2021 (Season 3).

This is the first playoff meeting between Quezon and Biñan.

MPBL finals: (N1) Abra Weavers vs. (S1) Quezon Huskers

NOTE: All times are Philippine Standard Time ().

This is the first championship meeting between Abra and Quezon.

Head-to-head matchup

References