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{{Short description|Special tournament held by the PBA during the season}}
{{Infobox PBA conference
| year             = 1998
| conference_name  = Centennial Cup
| logo             = 
| pixels           = 
| caption          = 
| duration         = August 28 - October 6, 1998
| attendance       = 
| TV               = [[PBA on Vintage Sports|VTV]] ([[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation|IBC]])
| best_player      = 
| best_import      = 
| finals_mvp       = 
| champion         = [[TNT KaTropa|Mobiline Phone Pals]]
| runner-up        = [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Formula Shell Zoom Masters]]
| prevconf_link    = 
| prevconf_year    = 
| nextconf_link    = 
| nextconf_year    = 
| prev_conf        = 1998 Commissioner's
| prev_conf_link   = 1998 PBA Commissioner's Cup
| next_conf        = 1998 Governors'
| next_conf_link   = 1998 PBA Governors' Cup
}}
The '''1998 PBA Centennial Cup''' was a special tournament held by the [[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] during the season. The event was a reference to the [[Philippines]] celebration in the Centennial year of the country's independence.

The teams in this conference are required to have two American imports.

The [[TNT KaTropa|Mobiline Phone Pals]] won the tournament over [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Formula Shell Zoom Masters]] in the one-game championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsflash.org/199810/sp/sp000474.htm|title=Mobiline is PBA Centennial Champ|work=Philippine Headline News Online}}</ref>

==Imports==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Team !! Import combination !! Win–loss 
|-
| [[Alaska Aces (PBA)|Alaska Milkmen]] || [[Sean Chambers]] & Monty Buckley || 4-4 
|-
| [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Formula Shell Zoom Masters]] || John Best & [[Donald Williams (basketball)|Donald Williams]] || 6-4
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Barangay Ginebra San Miguel|Ginebra San Miguel]] || Dennis Edwards & [[John Strickland (basketball)|John Strickland]] || 2-1 
|- 
| Dennis Edwards & Frank Western || 4-3 
|-
| [[TNT KaTropa|Mobiline Phone Pals]] || Silas Mills & Tee McClary || 7-3
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Pop Cola Panthers|Pop Cola 800]] || [[Paul Graham (basketball player)|Paul Graham]] & [[Victor Page]] || 2-1
|- 
| [[Paul Graham (basketball player)|Paul Graham]] & [[Tony Harris (basketball, born 1967)|Tony Harris]] || 4-3 
|-
| rowspan=2| [[Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]] || [[Bob McCann]] & [[Rodney Monroe]] || 1-3
|- 
| [[Bob McCann]] & [[Lance Miller]] || 4-0 
|-
| [[San Miguel Beermen]] || [[Larry Robinson (basketball, born 1968)|Larry Robinson]] & [[Lamont Strothers]] || 4-4
|-
| rowspan=3| [[Sta. Lucia Realtors]] || Jojo English & [[Kirk King]] || 0-3
|- 
| Andre Perry & [[Bobby Allen (basketball)|Bobby Allen]] || 1-3  
|- 
| Andre Perry & Joseph Temple || 0-1
|}

==Elimination round==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main |style=WL |source=
|section=Elimination Round
|ranking_style=percentage |show_GB=yes |hide_played=yes |for_against_style=none |update=complete

|team7=ALA |win_ALA= 4 |loss_ALA= 4 |name_ALA=[[1998 Alaska Milkmen season|Alaska Milkmen]]
|team1=GSM |win_GSM= 6 |loss_GSM= 2 |name_GSM=[[1998 Gordon's Gin Boars season|Ginebra San Miguel]]
|team2=MOB |win_MOB= 5 |loss_MOB= 3 |name_MOB=[[1998 Mobiline Phone Pals season|Mobiline Phone Pals]] |hth_MOB=Head-to-head quotient: Mobiline 1.142, Pop Cola 0.995, Shell 0.973, Purefoods 0.915
|team5=PF  |win_PF=  5 |loss_PF=  3 |name_PF= [[1998 Purefoods Carne Norte Beefies season|Purefoods TJ Hotdogs]] |hth_PF=MOB
|team3=POP |win_POP= 5 |loss_POP= 3 |name_POP=[[1998 Pop Cola 800s season|Pop Cola 800s]] |hth_POP=MOB
|team4=SHL |win_SHL= 5 |loss_SHL= 3 |name_SHL=[[1998 Formula Shell Zoom Masters season|Formula Shell Zoom Masters]] |hth_SHL=MOB
|team9=SLR |win_SLR= 1 |loss_SLR= 7 |name_SLR=[[1998 Sta. Lucia Realtors season|Sta. Lucia Realtors]] |hth_SLR=Head-to-head record: Philippine Centennial Team 1–0 Sta. Lucia
|team6=SMB |win_SMB= 4 |loss_SMB= 4 |name_SMB=[[1998 San Miguel Beermen season|San Miguel Beermen]]
|team8=PHI |win_PHI= 1 |loss_PHI= 7 |name_PHI=[[Philippine Centennial Team]] |status_PHI=G |hth_PHI=SLR

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=SF |result4=SF

|res_col_header=Q
|status_pos=after
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semifinals
}}</onlyinclude>

==Bracket==
<onlyinclude><section begin=Bracket />{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd
| RD1=Semifinals
| RD2=Finals
| RD2b=Battle-for-third

| RD1-seed1=1
| RD1-team1=Ginebra {{(OT)}}
| RD1-score1=75
| RD1-seed2='''4'''
| RD1-team2='''Shell'''
| RD1-score2='''78'''

| RD1-seed3='''2'''
| RD1-team3='''Mobiline'''
| RD1-score3='''74'''
| RD1-seed4=3
| RD1-team4=Pop Cola
| RD1-score4=71

| RD2-seed1=4
| RD2-team1=Shell {{(OT)}}
| RD2-score1=66
| RD2-seed2='''2'''
| RD2-team2='''Mobiline'''
| RD2-score2='''67'''

| RD2b-seed1=1
| RD2b-team1=Ginebra
| RD2b-score1=71
| RD2b-seed2=3
| RD2b-team2='''Pop Cola'''
| RD2b-score2='''85'''
}}<section end=Bracket/></onlyinclude>

==Semifinals==
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= October 4 |place=[[Cuneta Astrodome]], [[Pasay]] |TV=[[PBA on Vintage Sports|VTV]]
|team1='''[[TNT KaTropa|Mobiline Phone Pals]]''' |score1=74
|team2= [[Pop Cola Panthers|Pop Cola 800s]] |score2=71
}}
{{basketballbox|date= October 4 |place=[[Cuneta Astrodome]], [[Pasay]] |overtime=OT |TV=[[PBA on Vintage Sports|VTV]]
|team1=[[Barangay Ginebra San Miguel|Ginebra San Miguel]] |score1=75 
|team2='''[[Shell Turbo Chargers|Formula Shell Zoom Masters]]''' |score2=78
}}

==Third place playoff==
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= October 6 |place=[[Cuneta Astrodome]], [[Pasay]] |TV=[[PBA on Vintage Sports|VTV]]
|team1=[[Barangay Ginebra San Miguel|Ginebra San Miguel]] |score1=71
|team2='''[[Pop Cola Panthers|Pop Cola 800s]]''' |score2=85
}}

==Championship==
{{basketballbox|bg=#eee |date= October 6 |place=[[Cuneta Astrodome]], [[Pasay]] |overtime=OT |TV=[[PBA on Vintage Sports|VTV]]
|team1='''[[TNT KaTropa|Mobiline Phone Pals]]''' |score1=67
|team2= [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Formula Shell Zoom Masters]] |score2=66 
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{1998 PBA season by team}}

[[Category:1998 PBA season|Centennial Cup]]
[[Category:PBA special conferences|Centennial Cup]]