1989 PBA Reinforced Conference

	Qualified for finals
	Qualified for finals playoff
	Qualified for battle-for-third

1989 PBA Reinforced Conference
Duration	October 1 - December 12, 1989
TV partner(s)	Vintage Sports (PTV)
Finals
Champions	San Miguel Beermen
Runners-up	Añejo Rum 65ers
Awards
Best Import	Carlos Briggs (Añejo)
PBA Reinforced Conference chronology
	< 1988 2003 >
PBA conference chronology
	< 1989 All-Filipino 1990 First >

The 1989 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) Reinforced Conference was the third and last conference of the 1989 PBA season. It started on October 1 and ended on December 12, 1989. The tournament is an Import-laden format, which requires each teams to have an import standing 6 ft. 1 in.

Format

The following format will be observed for the duration of the conference:

Double-round robin eliminations; 10 games per team; Teams are then seeded by basis on win-loss records.
Team with the worst record after the elimination round will be eliminated. ^[1]
Semifinals will be two round robin affairs with the five remaining teams. Results from the elimination round will be carried over.
The top two teams in the semifinals advance to the best of seven finals. ^[2] The last two teams dispute the third-place trophy in a best-of-five playoff.

Elimination round

#	Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB
1	San Miguel Beermen	6	4	.600	–-
2	Purefoods Hotdogs	6	4	.600	--
3	Presto Tivolis	5	5	.500	1
4	Añejo Rum 65ers	5	5	.500	1
5	Alaska Milkmen	5	5	.500	1
6	Formula Shell Zoom Masters	3	7	.300	3

Semifinal round

#	Team Standings	Cumulative				SF		Playoff
#	Team Standings	W	L	PCT	GB	W	L	Playoff
1	San Miguel Beermen	12	6	.667	–-	6	2
2	Añejo Rum 65ers	10	8	.556	2	5	3
3	Purefoods Hotdogs	10	8	.556	2	4	4
4	Alaska Milkmen	8	10	.444	4	3	5
5	Presto Tivolis	7	11	.389	5	2	6