2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup

2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup

Women's tournament
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
TV network(s)	TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph
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The 2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup (also known as the 2017 Belo Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup due to sponsorship reasons) was the tenth indoor volleyball conference of the Philippine Super Liga, the first conference of the 2017 season, and the 12th conference overall. It began on March 4, 2017, and ended on April 1, 2017. The tournament adopted the all-to-play format to give playing time to every player in each team. ^[1] The guest team, Kobe Shinwa Women's University, were the tournament champions; and the Cignal HD Spikers were the co-champions. ^[2]

Teams

2017 PSL Invitational Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		George Pascua	Stephanie Mercado (DLSU)
CCL	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation		Roberto Javier	Michele Gumabao (DLSU)
FOT	Foton Tornadoes	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Moro Branislav	Aleona Denise Manabat (NU)
GEN	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Erikagen, Inc.		Francis Vicente	Geneveve Casugod (FEU)
KSU	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	Kobe Shinwa Women's University		Kiyokazu Yamamoto	Chihiro Fujiwara (KSWU)
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Frances Xinia Molina (San Beda)
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		Michael Cariño	Djanel Welch Cheng (CSB)

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	441	369	1.195	Finals
2	Cignal HD Spikers	5	4	1	12	14	7	2.000	476	408	1.167
3	Foton Tornadoes	5	3	2	9	11	9	1.222	436	401	1.087
4	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	5	2	3	6	9	10	0.900	415	423	0.981
5	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	5	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	356	422	0.844
6	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	5	0	5	1	4	15	0.267	351	452	0.777

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 March	15:00	CCL	1–3	GEN	20–25	15–25	25–21	16–25		76–96
04 March	17:00	FOT	2–3	CIG	24–26	25–20	24–26	25–13	9–15	107–100
04 March	19:00	PET	3–0	SLR	25–19	25–19	25–21			75–59
09 March	17:00	CCL	0–3	FOT	16–25	17–25	13–25			46–75	P2
09 March	19:00	CIG	2–3	PET	25–18	24–26	25–14	20–25	12–15	106–98	P2
11 March	15:00	CIG	3–1	SLR	20–25	25–10	25–20	25–10		95–65	P2
11 March	17:00	FOT	3–1	GEN	25–19	25–16	23–25	26–24		99–84	P2
11 March	19:00	CCL	1–3	PET	25–20	19–25	21–25	21–25		86–95	P2
16 March	15:00	PET	3–0	FOT	25–12	25–10	25–23			75–45	P2
16 March	17:00	CCL	3–1	SLR	22–25	25–17	25–23	25–16		97–81	P2
16 March	19:00	GEN	1–3	CIG	24–26	25–23	24–26	14–25		87–100	P2
18 March	17:00	SLR	0–3	GEN	21–25	13–25	16–25			50–75	P2
18 March	19:00	CCL	0–3	CIG	15–25	20–25	16–25			51–75	P2
23 March	17:00	GEN	1–3	PET	25–11	25–23	18–25	19–25		73–98	P2
23 March	19:00	SLR	2–3	FOT	19–25	25–23	16–25	25–22	11–15	96–110	P2

Final round

6th to 4th place

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	190	167	1.138
2	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	166	178	0.933
3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	2	0	2	2	4	6	0.667	202	213	0.948

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 March	15:00	GEN	3–2	SLR	25–19	23–25	25–27	25–18	15–12	113–101	P2
31 March	15:00	SLR	2–3	CCL	23–25	25–23	17–25	25–12	11–15	101–100
01 April	13:00	CCL	0–3	GEN	18–25	24–26	24–26			66–77	P2

Finals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	268	215	1.247
2	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	234	216	1.083
3	Petron Blaze Spikers	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	258	278	0.928
4	Foton Tornadoes	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	219	270	0.811

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 March	17:00	PET	1–3	CIG	22–25	25–18	15–25	19–25		81–93	P2
30 March	19:00	FOT	1–3	KSU	25–15	22–25	25–18	25–12		97–70	P2
31 March	17:00	PET	3–1	FOT	26–24	22–25	25–19	25–21		98–89
31 March	19:00	CIG	0–3	KSU	23–25	20–25	23–25			66–75
01 April	15:00	CIG	3–0	FOT	25–20	25–18	25–22			75–60	P2
01 April	17:00	PET	1–3	KSU	17–25	19–25	25–21	18–25		79–96	P2

Final standing

Rank Team Kobe Shinwa Women's University Cignal HD Spikers (co-champion) Petron Blaze Spikers Foton Tornadoes 4 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers 5 COCOLIFE Asset Managers 6 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors

2017 Philippine SuperLiga Invitational Cup Kobe Shinwa Women's University Team roster Chihiro Fujiwara (c), Yoshimi Okada, Yuna Kato, Hana Kawabata, Wakana Harima, Yu Moriwaki, Kana Edamatsu, Hinano Michishita, Mariko Fujiwara, Yumeho Murakami, Nao Miyatake, Haruka Takabatake, Ruka Matsushima, Manaka Fukui Head coach Kiyokazu Yamamoto Cignal HD Spikers (co-champion) Team roster Maica Morada, Angelique Dionela, Stephanie Mercado (c), Mylene Paat, Jovelyn Gonzaga, Janine Marciano, Sandra delos Santos, Cherry Vivas, Lourdes Patilano, Rachel Anne Daquis, May Jennifer Macatuno, Honey Royse Tubino, Marleen Cortel, Relea Ferina Saet Head coach George Pascua

Individual awards

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Jovelyn Gonzaga (Cignal)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Frances Xinia Molina (Petron)
	2nd:	Rachel Anne Daquis (Cignal)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Chihiro Fujiwara (KSWU)
	2nd:	Maica Morada (Cignal)
Best Opposite Spiker		Mary Grace Berte (Foton)
Best Setter		Relea Ferina Saet (Cignal)
Best Libero		Angelique Dionela (Cignal)

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue)
• Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan
• Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Muntinlupa

Broadcast partners

• Sports5: TV5, AksyonTV, Hyper (SD and HD), Sports5.ph

References

1. Atencio, Peter (1 March 2017). "All tossers get playing time in new Superliga format". Manila Standard. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
2. "Petron, Cignal as PSL heavyweights". Volleyverse. 1 March 2017.

External links

• PSL website ^{[ usurped ]}