The 1983 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) All-Filipino Conference was the first conference of the 1983 PBA season. It started on March 6 and ended on April 24, 1983.

Format

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

  • One-round eliminations; 7 games per team. The top four teams after the eliminations will advance to the semifinals.
  • Semifinals will be just a single round robin affair with the four remaining teams and their won-loss records back to zero.
  • The top two teams in the semifinals advance in the best-of-five finals series. The other two teams dispute the third-place trophy also in a best-of-five series.

Elimination round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1Crispa Redmanizers61.857Semifinal round
2Great Taste Discoverers52.7141
3Gilbey's Gin Gimlets43.5712
4Toyota Silver Coronas43.5712
5YCO-Tanduay34.4293
6San Miguel Beermen34.4293
7Manhattan Shirtmakers25.2864
8Galerie Dominique Artists16.1435

Semifinal round

PosTeamWLPCTGBQualification
1Crispa Redmanizers301.000Advance to the Finals
2Gilbey's Gin Gimlets21.6671
3Great Taste Discoverers12.3332Proceed to third place playoff
4Toyota Silver Coronas03.0003

Third place playoffs

Vintage
April 19
Great Taste Discoverers 139, Toyota Silver Coronas 128
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Vintage
April 21
Great Taste Discoverers 126, Toyota Silver Coronas 136
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Vintage
April 24
Great Taste Discoverers 131, Toyota Silver Coronas 126
Series aborted; Great Taste wins series by virtue of having more wins, 2–1, when series was aborted
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City

Finals

Vintage
April 19
Crispa Redmanizers 121, Gilbey's Gin 101
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Vintage
April 21
Crispa Redmanizers 119, Gilbey's Gin 116
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City
Vintage
April 24
Crispa Redmanizers 115, Gilbey's Gin 84
Crispa wins series, 3–0
Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City