2020 Philippine Super Liga season

Last updated
2020 Philippine Super Liga season
DurationFebruary to March 2020
Teams8
TV partner(s) One Sports, One Sports+
Grand Prix championsWomen's: None awarded (cancelled)
Men's: (no tournament)
  Grand Prix runners-upWomen's: None awarded (cancelled)
Seasons

The 2020 Philippine Super Liga season was the eighth season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). [1] [2] The season opened with the Grand Prix, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the imposition of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Luzon, the Grand Prix was suspended on March 23, [3] with its last matches being played behind closed doors on March 10. [4]

Contents

The Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup was supposed to be held this season, but was cancelled due to weather conditions. [5] [6]

Grand Prix

2020 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix
DurationFebruary 29 – March 3, 2020 (before suspension)
Teams8
TV partner(s) One Sports, One Sports+
PSL Grand Prix chronology
PSL conference chronology

The 2020 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix was the 20th indoor volleyball conference of the Philippine Super Liga and the 25th conference overall. It was also the only conference to be held this season before the pandemic. It ended up being the PSL's final indoor volleyball conference.

Teams

2020 PSL Grand Prix teams
Abbr.TeamCompanyColorsHead coachTeam Captain
CTC Chery Tiggo Crossovers United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.   Aaron VélezTatjana Bokan
CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc.   Edgar Barroga Rachel Anne Daquis
FTL F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Global Logistics Inc.   Ramil de Jesús Lindsay Stalzer
GAL Generika-Ayala Lifesavers Actimed, Inc. Ayala Corporation    Sherwin Meneses Rhea Dimaculangan
MPS Marinerang Pilipina Skippers Marinerang Pilipina Group   María Vilet Ponce-de LeónIvy Remulla
PET Petron Blaze Spikers Petron Corporation    Emil Lontoc Katherine Bell
PHF PLDT Home Fibr Hitters PLDT    Roger GorayebRysabelle Devanadera
SLR Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors Sta. Lucia Land Inc.    Eddison OrculloShainah Joseph

Preliminary round

Team standings

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPR
1 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 110330MAX75491.531
2 Petron Blaze Spikers 110330MAX75651.154
3 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 110330MAX80741.081
4 Cignal HD Spikers 1103313.00094831.133
5 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 1103313.000102911.121
6 Marinerang Pilipina 1010130.333911020.892
7 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers 2020160.1671481690.876
8 PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters 2020060.0001231550.794
Source: [ citation needed ]

First round

DateTimeScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
29 Feb17:00 Petron Blaze Spikers 3–0 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers 25–2225–2225–21  75–65 P2
29 Feb19:00 PLDT Home Fibr Hitters 0–3 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 24–2623–2527–29  74–80 P2
03 Mar15:00 Cignal HD Spikers 3–1 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers 19–2525–1825–2025–10 94–73 P2
03 Mar17:00 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 3–0 PLDT Home Fibr Hitters 25–2125–1525–13  75–49 P2
03 Mar19:00 Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers 1–3 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 20–2529–2721–2521–25 91–102 P2

Venues

Brand ambassador

Broadcast partners

References

  1. "PSL moves 2020 Grand Prix opening to February 29". FOX Sports Philippines. 2020-02-18. Archived from the original on March 1, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  2. "PSL GRAND PRIX UNFURLS". BusinessMirror. 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  3. "2020 PSL Grand Prix cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic". Tiebreaker Times. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  4. Ulanday, John Bryan (March 10, 2020). "PSL holds matches behind closed doors". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  5. Giongco, Mark (27 October 2020). "PSL plans beach volleyball tournament in bubble in November". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  6. Murillo, Michael Angelo (November 12, 2020). "Philippine Superliga eyeing a 'complete menu' of three indoor tourneys next year". BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  7. Lozada, Bong (29 February 2020). "Mary Joy Baron named 2020 PSL ambassador". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  8. "New PSL ambassador Majoy Baron vows to put best foot forward for F2 and league". Spin.ph. 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2020-03-01.