2013 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference

2013 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference
Duration	November 10 – December 14, 2013
Teams	Women's: 6 Men's: 4
TV partner(s)	Solar Sports
Women's division
Champions	TMS–Philippine Army Lady Troopers
Runners-up	Cignal HD Spikers
Third place	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters
Fourth place	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns
MVP	Wanitchaya Luangtonglang
Best OH	Zhanzhan Li Wanida Kotruang
Best MB	Savannah Noyes Maureen Penetrante-Ouano
Best OPP	Sue Roces
Best Setter	Kaylee Manns
Best Libero	Yuki Murakoshi
Men's division
Champions	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters
Runners-up	Systema Active Smashers
Third place	Maybank Tigers
Fourth place	Giligan's Sisig Kings
MVP	Kheeno Franco
Best OH	Salvador Depante Jasper Adorador
Best MB	AJ Pareja Rocky Honrade
Best OPP	Henry Pecana
Best Setter	Rolando Casillan
Best Libero	Gilbert Longavela
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The 2013 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference was the second conference of the Philippine Super Liga and its inaugural season. It was held from November 10 to December 14, 2013. This conference introduced the men's division to the PSL. ^{[1] [2]}

In the women's division, each team was allowed to include two import players ^[3] in the line up. ^{[4] [5]} The TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers clinched the women's championship, ^[6] thereby winning all two conferences of the 2013 PSL season. In the men's division, the PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters emerged as the league's first men's champions. ^[7]

Women's division

2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
CAG	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	Alvaro Antonio		Nestor Pamilar	Maria Angeli Tabaquero (UST)	Wanida Kotruang Patcharee Sangmuang
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Michelle Datuin (DLSU)	Zhanzhan Li Lei Xie
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Vilet Ponce-De Leon	Karla Bello (ADMU)	Shinako Tanaka Misao Tanyama
PLDT	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Roger Gorayeb	Lou Ann Latigay (SSC-R)	Kaylee Manns Savannah Noyes
RCC	RC Cola Raiders	Asiawide Refreshments Corporation		Ronald Dulay	Ivy Remulla (DLSU)	Sontaya Keawbundit Minghua Zhang
TMS-PA	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	TMS Ship Agencies, Inc. and Philippine Army		Enrico De Guzman	Cristina Salak (FEU)	Wanitchaya Luangtonglang Yuki Murakoshi

Format

Classification round

• The classification round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of five matches.
• The top two teams earned a bye to the semifinals while the remaining teams started in the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

• The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • QF1: #3 vs. #6
  • QF2: #4 vs. #5
• The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers would play in the fifth-place match.

Semifinals

• The semifinals also featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were be as follows:
  • SF1: #1 vs. QF2 winner
  • SF2: #2 vs. QF1 winner
• The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.

Finals

• Both the championship, third-place, and fifth-place matches were all single-elimination.
• The match-ups were be as follows:
  • Championship match: Semifinal round winners
  • Third-place match: Semifinal round losers
  • Fifth-place match: Quarterfinal round losers

Classification round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	5	5	0	15	15	4	3.750	457	371	1.232	Semifinals
2	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	5	4	1	12	12	5	2.400	393	320	1.228
3	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	5	3	2	9	11	8	1.375	420	406	1.034	Quarterfinals
4	Cignal HD Spikers	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	376	377	0.997
5	Petron Blaze Spikers	5	1	4	2	5	14	0.357	371	419	0.885
6	RC Cola Raiders	5	0	5	1	5	15	0.333	346	470	0.736

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 November	14:00	PET	0–3	CAG	20-25	14-25	22-25			56-75
13 November	14:00	PLDT	3–1	CIG	25-19	21-25	25–21	25-14		96-79
13 November	16:00	TMS-PA	3-1	RCC	19-25	25-15	25-21	25-16		94–77
15 November	14:00	CAG	1-3	TMS-PA	25-19	14-25	13-25	17-25		69-94
15 November	16:00	CIG	3-1	PET	17-25	25-19	15-16	25-14		92-74
20 November	14:00	TMS-PA	0-3	PLDT	13-25	20-25	22-25			55-75
20 November	16:00	RCC	1-3	CAG	25-23	16-25	18-25	12-25		71-98
23 November	14:00	CIG	3-1	RCC	25-14	25-11	25-8			75-33
23 November	16:00	PET	0-3	TMS-PA	23-25	14-25	18-25			55-75
27 November	14:00	CAG	3-1	CIG	25-14	18-25	27-25	25-23		95-87
27 November	14:00	PLDT	3-1	PET	25-15	25-21	14-25	25-17		89-78
29 November	14:00	RCC	1-3	PLDT	13-25	26-24	18-25	20-25		77-99
29 November	16:00	CIG	0-3	TMS-PA	5-25	18-25	20-25			43-75
1 December	14:00	PLDT	3-1	CAG	25-16	25-17	22-25	26-24		98-82
1 December	16:00	PET	3-2	RCC	20-25	19-25	25-21	25-12	15-5	104-88

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	PLDT	2
	4	Cignal	3			4	Cignal	3
	5	Petron	1								4	Cignal	1
											2	TMS–Army	3
						2	TMS–Army	3
	3	Cagayan Valley	3			3	Cagayan Valley	0
	6	RC Cola	1

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Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 December	14:00	CAG	3-1	RCC	25-21	25-18	15-25	25-19		90-73
4 December	16:00	CIG	3-1	PET	19-25	25-19	25-15	25-22		94-81

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 December	14:00	TMS-PA	3–0	CAG	25–15	25–20	25–17			75-52
7 December	16:00	PLDT	2-3	CIG	25-17	22-25	25-21	25-27	14-16	111-106

Finals

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 December	14:00	RCC	2-3	PET	13-25	25-20	25-22	22-25	11-15	96-107

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 December	16:00	CAG	0–3	PLDT	17-25	21-25	23-25			65-75

Championship match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 December	16:00	TMS-PA	3-1	CIG	25-14	22-25	25-17	25-20		97-76

Final standing

Rank Team TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers Cignal HD Spikers PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters 4 Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns 5 Petron Blaze Spikers 6 RC Cola Raiders

Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference Women's Division Champions  TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers 2nd title

Men's division

2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
GIL	Giligan's Sisig Kings	Giligan's Restaurant		Franklin Mauricio	Salvador "John" Depante III (UST)
MAY	Maybank Tigers	Maybank Philippines, Inc.		Ariel Atendido	Michael Maglonzo (DLSU)
PLDT	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Francis Vicente	Richard Gomez (UPOU)
SYS	Systema Active Smashers	Peerless Lion Corporation		Sammy Gaddi	Renz B. Ordoñez (Letran)

Format

Classification round

• The classification round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of three matches.

Semifinals

• The semifinals featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • SF1: #1 vs. #4
  • SF2: #2 vs. #3
• The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.

Finals

• Both the championship and third-place matches were single-elimination.
• The match-ups were be as follows:
  • Championship match: Semifinal round winners
  • Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

Classification round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	254	235	1.081
2	Systema Active Smashers	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	252	237	1.063
3	Giligan's Sisig Kings	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	253	253	1.000
4	Maybank Tigers	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	226	260	0.869

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 November	16:00	PLDT	3–0	SYS	25-23	25-23	25–22			75–68
13 November	18:00	MAY	0–3	GIL	23-25	25-27	24-26			72-78
15 November	18:00	GIL	3-2	PLDT	28-26	20-25	21-25	25-19	15-8	109-103
20 November	18:00	SYS	3-2	MAY	25-21	24-26	17-25	25-17	15-7	106-96
23 November	18:00	SYS	3-0	GIL	28-26	25-23	25-17			78-66
27 November	18:00	PLDT	3–0	MAY	25-21	25-13	26-24			76-54

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Championship
	1	PLDT	3
	4	Maybank	0
						1	PLDT	3
						2	Systema	2
	2	Systema	3
	3	Giligan's	2			Third place match
						4	Maybank	3
						3	Giligan's	2

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Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 December	18:00	SYS	3-2	GIL	19-25	19-25	25-22	25-23	15-11	103-106
4 December	18:00	PLDT	3–0	MAY	25-17	25-15	27-25			77-59

Finals

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 December	18:00	GIL	2-3	MAY	17-25	25-22	28-26	14-25	7-15	91-113

Championship

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 December	14:00	SYS	2-3	PLDT	26-28	16-25	25-20	25-22	14-16	106-111

Final standing

Rank Team PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters Systema Active Smashers Maybank Tigers 4 Giligan's Sisig Kings

Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference Men's Division Champions  PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters 1st title

Awards

Award		Men's	Women's
MVP		Kheeno Franco (PLDT)	Wanitchaya Luangtonglang (TMS-PA)
Best Outside Spiker	1st: 2nd:	Salvador Depante (GIL) Jasper Adorador (MAY)	Zhanzhan Li (CIG) Wanida Kotruang (CAG)
Best Middle Blocker	1st: 2nd:	AJ Pareja (SYS) Rocky Honrade (SYS)	Savannah Noyes (PLDT) Maureen Penetrante-Ouano (CIG)
Best Setter		Rolando Casillan (PLDT)	Kaylee Manns (PLDT)
Best Opposite		Henry Pecana (PLDT)	Suzanne Roces (PLDT)
Best Libero		Gilbert Longavela (PLDT)	Yuki Murakoshi (TMS-PA)

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Arena
• Ynares Sports Arena

Broadcast partner

• Solar Sports

References

1. Solar Sports Desk (February 25, 2013). "Philippine Super Liga to launch first men's club league". Solar Sports Desk . Retrieved November 23, 2013.
2. "Super Liga adds men's tourney in 2nd season | Inquirer Sports". Philippine Daily Inquirer . October 29, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
3. MST Sports (November 7, 2013). "PSL Superliga imports arrive". Manila Standard Today . Retrieved November 23, 2013.
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5. Zarate, Noel (November 6, 2013). "The Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix (Women's Division) Primer #2: Roster Updates". Yahoo Sports Philippines. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
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