[1] The Pampanga Giant Lanterns were the tournament champions after defeating the South Cotabato Warriors with a score of 93–75.

[2] Similar to the previous edition, the tournament was held at the Lagao Gymnasium in General Santos and used the same eight-team format as before.

Making their first Invitational appearances were the Bataan Risers, Pampanga Giant Lanterns, and Quezon City Toda Aksyon.

The top two teams in each group advance to a two-round, single-elimination playoffs consisting of all knockout games.

[4] The Pampanga Giant Lanterns became the first Luzon-based team to win an MPBL Invitational championship, as the previous two (Basilan and Zamboanga) were all based in Mindanao.