1987 PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup
The 1987 Coca Cola PBA/IBA World Challenge Cup is the One-week special tournament put together by the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the newly formed league in the United States for players standing 6'4" and below called International Basketball Association (IBA). the one-week event took place from September 20-27 and features PBA teams along with an IBA Selection in a four-team field.
Inaugural Tournament
- Sponsored by Coca Cola Bottlers Inc. the first staging had the top three PBA teams in the All-Filipino Conference, Champion Great Taste Instant Milk (formerly Great Taste Coffee), Runner-up Hills Bros Coffee Kings and third placer, San Miguel Beer (formerly Magnolia) qualifying in the said tourney, together with the IBA All-Stars, noteworthy of that selection includes future PBA imports "Sugar" Ray Hall and Sean Chambers, Russell Brown, a backcourt star from Arizona State University, and Sam Smith. PBA teams were allowed two imports each:
- Great Taste (Dexter Shouse, on loan to Shell and Dwight Moody)
- San Miguel (Bobby Parks and Dwayne Polee)
- Hills Bros (Alex Adams and McKinley Singleton)
Results
| September 20 |
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IBA All-Stars 139, Great Taste Instant Milk 135 |
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The ULTRA, Pasig |
Vintage |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-28, 40-39, 40-37, 33-31 |
- Great Taste, San Miguel and the IBA Selection finished with identical 2-1 slates, despite the beermen's 55-point winning margin over Hills Bros, the quotient system says San Miguel has to win over the IBA stars by at least 6-7 points, Great Taste and the IBA All-Stars play in a one-game finale.
For Third Place
Finals
| September 27 |
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IBA All-Stars 130, Great Taste Instant Milk 112 |
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The ULTRA, Pasig |
Vintage |
| Scoring by quarter: 26-41, 34-20, 33-34, 37-17 |
- Most Valuable Player of the PBA/IBA Challenge Cup: Sugar Ray Hall (IBA All-Stars)
Slam Dunk Contest
- A sideshow event in the PBA/IBA series was the Slam Dunk Contest, in the finals, Sean Chambers of the IBA All-Stars defeated the legendary Billy Ray Bates of Ginebra San Miguel, who missed his last dunk, a two-handed reverse slam, placing third on the three judges scores was Bobby Parks of San Miguel Beer.
References
- PBA Magazine: Champ sports weekly dated October 13, 1987
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