2015 Spikers' Turf Open Conference

Spiker's Turf
1st Season Open Conference

Men's Finals G1 G2 Wins PLDT 3 3 2 Cagayan Valley 1 1 0
Duration	April 5, 2015 - June 2, 2015
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
Finals MVP	Finals: Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT) Conference: Marck Espejo (Cagayan Valley)
Winning coach	Arthur Mamon (PLDT)
Semifinalists	Philippine Air Force Cignal HD Spikers
TV network(s)	PTV-4 [1]
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The Spikers' Turf 1st Season Open Conference is the inaugural conference of Spikers' Turf. The opening ceremony was held on April 5, 2015 with the first match of volleyball game at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan, Metro Manila. ^[2] There were eight competing teams in this conference.

Tournament Format

Preliminaries (PL)

Single Round-robin. Top four (4) teams qualified for the Semifinals.

Semi-finals (SF)

The four (4) semi-finalists will compete against each other in a single-round robin phase.

• Top two (2) SF teams will compete for GOLD.
• Bottom two (2) SF teams will compete for BRONZE.

Finals

The battle for GOLD and the battle for BRONZE will both follow the best-of-three format, provided:

• If the battle for GOLD ends in two (2) matches (2-0), then there will no longer be a Game 3 for either GOLD or Bronze. A tie in BRONZE (1-1) will be resolve using FIVB rules.
• A tie in the series for GOLD (1-1) after Game 2 will be broken in a Game 3, regardless of the result of the series in BRONZE.

Participating teams

Abbr.	Name
CAG	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns
CHM	Champion Infinity Active Smashers
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers
FRB	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers
IEM	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters
PAF	Philippine Air Force Air Men
PAR	Philippine Army Troopers
PLD	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	7	6	1	16	20	10	2.000	678	631	1.074	Final round
2	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	7	5	2	17	19	10	1.900	697	617	1.130
3	Cignal HD Spikers	7	4	3	13	16	9	1.778	613	547	1.121
4	Philippine Air Force Air Men	7	4	3	12	15	12	1.250	625	616	1.015
5	Philippine Army Troopers	7	4	3	12	15	13	1.154	623	606	1.028
6	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	7	4	3	11	15	14	1.071	657	656	1.002
7	Fourbees-Cavite Patriots	7	1	6	3	4	19	0.211	435	573	0.759
8	IEM Volley Masters	7	0	7	0	4	21	0.190	544	616	0.883

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04/05	09:00	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	3-2	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	23-25	24-26	25-21	25-22	16-14	113-108
04/07	09:00	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	0-3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	19-25	17-25	10-25			46-75
04/07	11:00	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	1-3	Philippine Army Troopers	16-25	25-22	24-26	19-25		84-98
04/09	09:00	Philippine Air Force Air Men	3-1	Cignal HD Spikers	25-22	25-22	15-25	25-22		90-91
04/09	11:00	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	3-0	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	25-16	25-18	25-15			75-49
04/12	09:00	Cignal HD Spikers	1-3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	20-25	29-27	22-25	21-25		92-101
04/12	17:00	Philippine Army Troopers	2-3	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	25-20	25-23	19-25	26-28	13-15	108-111
04/14	09:00	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	0-3	Philippine Army Troopers	18-25	17-25	21-25			56-75
04/14	11:00	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	2-3	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	20-25	24-26	25-12	25-22	10-15	104-100
04/16	09:00	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	3-1	Philippine Air Force Air Men	25-16	25-22	21-25	26-24		97-87
04/16	11:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3-0	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	25-22	26-24	25-22			76-68
04/19	09:00	Philippine Army Troopers	0-3	Cignal HD Spikers	21-25	25-27	21-25			67-77
04/19	17:00	Philippine Air Force Air Men	3-1	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	25-20	25-21	29-31	25-22		104-94
04/21	09:00	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3-1	Philippine Army Troopers	25-19	25-23	17-25	25-22		92-89
04/21	11:00	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	3-0	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	25-19	25-23	25-20			75-62
04/23	09:00	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	1-3	Philippine Air Force Air Men	20-25	19-25	25-16	16-25		80-91
04/23	11:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3-0	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	25-13	28-26	25-11			78-50
04/26	09:00	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	3-2	Cignal HD Spikers	25-23	18-25	22-25	31-29	15-12	111-114
04/26	11:00	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	2-3	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	26-28	25-20	25-17	20-25	20-22	116-112
04/28	09:00	Philippine Army Troopers	3-1	Philippine Air Force Air Men	25-22	16-25	25-14	25-18		91-79
04/28	11:00	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	0-3	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	18-25	23-25	23-25			64-75
04/30	09:00	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	3-1	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	25-23	20-25	30-28	25-21		100-97
04/30	11:00	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	2-3	Philippine Army Troopers	23-25	25-19	25-21	21-25	13-15	107-105
05/10	09:00	Philippine Air Force Air Men	1-3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	23-25	27-25	19-25	30-32		99-107
05/10	17:00	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	3-1	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	25-21	25-13	23-25	25-19		98-78
05/12	09:00	Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers	0-3	Philippine Air Force Air Men	18-25	18-25	20-25			56-75
05/12	14:00	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3-1	Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters	25-23	26-28	25-18	25-20		101-89
05/12	18:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3-0	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	25-22	25-16	25-21			75-59

Final round

Semifinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3	3	0	8	9	4	2.250	303	281	1.078	Championship series
2	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	3	2	1	5	7	6	1.167	307	300	1.023
3	Cignal HD Spikers	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	269	274	0.982	3rd place series
4	Philippine Air Force Air Men	3	0	3	1	3	9	0.333	279	303	0.921

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
05/23	03:00	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3–2	Philippine Air Force Air Men	28-26	27-29	25-22	21-25	18-16	119-118
05/23	05:00	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	3–2	Cignal HD Spikers	33-35	25-23	16-25	25-21	15-11	114-115
05/26	02:00	Philippine Air Force Air Men	1–3	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	29-27	22-25	22-25	21-25		94-102
05/26	04:00	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	25-18	17-25	19-25	11-25		72-93
05/28	02:00	Philippine Air Force Air Men	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	27-29	14-25	26-28			67-82
05/28	04:00	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3-1	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	16-25	25-23	25-20	25-23		91-91

Finals

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	12:00	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	2–3	Philippine Air Force Air Men	20–25	25–21	25–16	23–25	12–15	105–102
24 Sep	12:00	Philippine Air Force Air Men	3–0	Champion Infinity Active Smashers	25–21	25–21	25–20	–	–	75–62

Championship

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Sep	12:00	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	1–3	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	22–25	25–21	23–25	12–25	–	82–96
24 Sep	12:00	PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters	3–1	Cagayan Valley Rising Suns	25–15	25–11	23–25	30–28	–	103–79

Final standings

Rank Team PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters Cagayan Valley Rising Suns Philippine Air Force 4 Cignal HD Spikers 5 Philippine Army Troopers 6 Champion Infinity Active Smashers 7 Fourbees-Cavite Patriots 8 IEM Volley Masters

Spikers' Turf 1st Season Open Conference PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters Team roster Vincent Mangulabnan, Harby Ilano, Juvie Mangaring, Ron Jay Galang, John Paul Torres, Ronaldo Casillan (c), Mark Gil Alfafara, Henry Pecaña, Gilbert Longavela, Armando Malleon, Howard Mojica, Jason Ramos, John Vic de Guzman, Kheeno Franco Arthur "Odjie" Mamon (Head Coach) Ariel dela Cruz (Asst Coach)

Individual awards

Award	Name	Ref.
Conference MVP	Marck Jesus Espejo (CAG)	[3]
Final's MVP	Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)
1st Best Outside Spiker	Marck Jesus Espejo (CAG)
2nd Best Outside Spiker	John Paul Torres (PLDT)
1st Best Middle Blocker	Reyson Fuentes (CIG)
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Peter Den Mar Torres (CAG)
Best opposite spiker	Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT)
Best setter	Jessie Lopez (PAF)
Best libero	Erickson Joseph Ramos (CAG)

See also

• Shakey's V-League 12th Season Open Conference
• 2015 PSL All-Filipino Conference

References

1. "Cagayan, Champion clash as Spikers' Turf unwraps". V-League.ph. 4 April 2015. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
2. Satumbaga, Kristel (5 April 2015). "Spikers' Turf kicks off with lone game". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on 1 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
3. Lozada, Mei–Lin (June 2, 2015). "Marck Espejo wins MVP and first best spiker awards in Spikers Turf". Spin.ph . Archived from the original on March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 17, 2024.