The 2018 Spikers' Turf season was the third season of the men's volleyball league Spikers' Turf, which began on October 6, 2018, with only one conference. It is the first season as a stand-alone league since 2017 as they are re-established as a separate entity from its women's counterpart league, the Premier Volleyball League.[1]
2018 Spikers' Turf season | |
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League | Spikers' Turf |
Sport | Volleyball |
Duration | October 6 – December 14, 2022 |
Number of teams | 10 |
TV partner(s) | Hyper TV |
Conference | |
Open champions | Philippine Air Force Agilas |
Open runners-up | PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters |
Open Conference
editThe 2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference is the revival conference of the Spikers' Turf. After the 2016 season of the Spikers' Turf, its affiliate league, the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), assumed the tournaments of the Spikers' Turf under its men's division until the collegiate conference of year 2018. The tournament began on October 6, 2018[2] at the Blue Eagle Gym, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines.[3]
Participating teams
edit2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference | |||||
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Abbr. | Team | Company | Colors | Head coach | Team captain |
ADM | Ateneo Blue Eagles–Fudgee Barr | Ateneo de Manila University and Republic Biscuit Corporation | Timothy James Sto. Tomas | Jasper Rodney Tan | |
ARM | Philippine Army Troopers | Philippine Army | Rico de Guzman | Benjaylo Labide | |
CIG | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Oliver Allan Almadro | Ysrael Wilson Marasigan | |
FUR | Fury Blazing Hitters | Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurant | Ralph Ocampo | Phillip Michael Bagalay | |
IEM | IEM Volley Masters | Instituto Estetico Manila | Rafael Presnede | Jeffrey Jimenez | |
PLD | PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters | PLDT | Arthur Mamon | Henry James Pecaña | |
PAF | Philippine Air Force Agilas | Philippine Air Force | Rhovyl Verayo | Jessie Lopez | |
PNV | Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays | Philippine Navy | Bob Malenab | Milover Parcon | |
PRI | Prima–FEU Tamaraws | Far Eastern University | Reynaldo Diaz Jr. | Owen Suarez | |
STE | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers | Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation | Dante Alinsunurin | Francis Philip Saura |
Preliminary round
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
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1 | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 11 | 2.182 | 808 | 738 | 1.095 | Final round |
2 | PLDT Power Hitters | 9 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 1.846 | 837 | 766 | 1.093 | |
3 | Philippine Air Force Agilas | 9 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 22 | 14 | 1.571 | 794 | 755 | 1.052 | |
4 | Cignal HD Spikers | 9 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 2.091 | 789 | 706 | 1.118 | |
5 | Prima–FEU | 9 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 1.467 | 838 | 803 | 1.044 | |
6 | Ateneo–Fudgee Bar | 9 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 1.188 | 779 | 744 | 1.047 | |
7 | Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays | 9 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 18 | 0.833 | 728 | 747 | 0.975 | |
8 | IEM Volley Masters | 9 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 0.500 | 715 | 792 | 0.903 | |
9 | Philippine Army Troopers | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 0.320 | 719 | 775 | 0.928 | |
10 | Fury Blazing Hitters | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 0.148 | 602 | 769 | 0.783 |
Final round
editThe number 1 seeded Sta. Elena-NU pulled out of the conference after advancing in the semi-finals to represent the Philippines in the 2018 ASEAN University Games in Myanmar. Cignal HD Spikers and Philippine Air Force Aguilas will play a one-game knockout match to determine the team that will face the PLDT Home Power Hitters in the finals. PLDT has twice-to-beat advantage in the finals.[4]
Semifinals Best-of-three series | Finals play-off One game play-off | Finals PLDT has twice-to-beat advantage | |||||||||||
1 | Sta. Elena | 2 | 2 | PLDT | 0 | ||||||||
4 | Cignal | 1 | 3 | Air Force | 2 | ||||||||
3 | Air Force | 1 | |||||||||||
4 | Cignal | 0 | |||||||||||
2 | PLDT | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | Air Force | 1 | |||||||||||
Awardsedit
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Final standingsedit
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Conference results
editConference | Champion | Runners-up | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Open | Air Force | PLDT | Cignal | Prima–FEU | Ateneo–Fudgee Bar | Navy | IEM | Army | Fury | Sta. Elena-NU |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ Tarinay, Anna Reinette (October 3, 2018). "Spikers' Turf unwraps with Open Conference". BusinessMirror. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 4, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ "Spikers' Turf: Power hitters go for crown". Manila Bulletin. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
- ^ "Agilas snare S Turf crown, edge Power Hitters in 5". The Manila Times. December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Agilas wins Spikers' Turf crown". Manila Bulletin. December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.