2018 Spikers' Turf season

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2018 Spikers' Turf season
League Spikers' Turf
Sport Volleyball
DurationOctober 6 – December 14, 2022
Number of teams10
TV partner(s) Hyper TV
Conference
Open champions Philippine Air Force Agilas
   Open runners-up PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
Spiker's Turf seasons

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]

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Open Conference

The 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

2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference
Abbr.TeamCompanyColorsHead coachTeam captain
ADM Ateneo Blue Eagles–Fudgee Barr Ateneo de Manila University and Republic Biscuit Corporation   Timothy James Sto. TomasJasper Rodney Tan
ARM Philippine Army Troopers Philippine Army    Rico de GuzmanBenjaylo Labide
CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc.   Oliver Allan AlmadroYsrael Wilson Marasigan
FUR Fury Blazing Hitters Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurant   Ralph OcampoPhillip Michael Bagalay
IEM IEM Volley Masters Instituto Estetico Manila  Rafael PresnedeJeffrey Jimenez
PLD PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters PLDT    Arthur MamonHenry James Pecaña
PAF Philippine Air Force Agilas Philippine Air Force   Rhovyl VerayoJessie Lopez
PNV Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays Philippine Navy   Bob MalenabMilover Parcon
PRIPrima–FEU Tamaraws Far Eastern University   Reynaldo Diaz Jr.Owen Suarez
STE Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation   Dante AlinsunurinFrancis Philip Saura

Preliminary round

PosTeam
PldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1 Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers 9722024112.1828087381.095 Final round
2 PLDT Power Hitters 9722024131.8468377661.093
3 Philippine Air Force Agilas 9721822141.5717947551.052
4 Cignal HD Spikers 9632023112.0917897061.118
5Prima–FEU 9541722151.4678388031.044
6 Ateneo–Fudgee Bar9541619161.1887797441.047
7 Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays 9451215180.8337287470.975
8 IEM Volley Masters 927711220.5007157920.903
9 Philippine Army Troopers 92748250.3207197750.928
10 Fury Blazing Hitters 90914270.1486027690.783
Source: [ citation needed ]

Final round

The 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 22 PLDT 0
4 Cignal 13 Air Force 2
3 Air Force 1
4 Cignal 0
2 PLDT 2
3 Air Force 1

Conference results

ConferenceChampionRunners-up3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
Open Air Force PLDT Cignal Prima–FEU Ateneo–Fudgee Bar Navy IEM Army Fury Sta. Elena-NU

See also

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References

  1. ↑ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  2. ↑ Tarinay, Anna Reinette (October 3, 2018). "Spikers' Turf unwraps with Open Conference". BusinessMirror . Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  3. ↑ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 4, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Spikers' Turf: Power hitters go for crown". Manila Bulletin. December 12, 2018. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Agilas snare S Turf crown, edge Power Hitters in 5". The Manila Times . December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Agilas wins Spikers' Turf crown". Manila Bulletin. December 15, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
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