The 2012-2013 PBA season begins with the Philippine Cup on Sunday (September 30), 4 PM at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. An opening match between crowd-favorite Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings and newcomer Globalport Batang Pier follows at around 6 PM.
Here is the schedule of the games in the Philippine Cup 2012-2013.
Ten (10) PBA teams, battling in the PBA Philippine Cup eliminations, will be divided into two groups. Group 1 include Air21 Exress, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Kings, Meralco Bolts, San Mig Coffee Mixers, Petron Blaze Boosters; meanwhile, Group 2 has Globalport Batang Pier, Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters, Alaska Aces, Barako Bull Energy Cola, and Rain or Shine Elasto Painters.
Each team will play with member teams of the opposite group twice and with its co-member teams once bring the total number of matches to 14 games per team in the eliminations round.
Aside from the Smart Araneta Coliseum, the games might be scheduled for play in SM MOA Arena and in other provinces including Digos City (Davao del Sur), Dipolog City (Zamboanga del Norte)Lapu-Lapu City (Cebu), Puerto Princesa/Iloilo, Tubod (Lanao Del Norte), and Victorias City (Negros Occidental).
For the roster of players fielded in each PBA team, view here.
