2020 Philippine Super Liga season

Last updated
2020 PSL season
DurationFebruary to March 2020
Number of 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 PSL season was the eighth season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) which began on February 29, 2020 with the 2020 Grand Prix Conference. [1] [2]

Contents

The COVID-19 pandemic forced the end of the season with the Grand Prix being the only conference held. [3] [4] The Grand Prix Conference prematurely ended on March 23, 2020 after the PSL indefinitely postponed games. [5] Prior to the suspension, its last played game day March 10, 2020 was held behind closed doors. [6]

The PSL attempted to resume play through the Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup, an invitational beach volleyball tournament open to non-PSL teams in November in Subic. [7] However the plan was cancelled due to inclement weather conditions anticipated until the end of the year. The PSL plans to hold the beach tournament sometime in February 2021. [4]

Teams

2020 PSL Grand Prix Conference 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 Feb17:00PET3–0GAL25–2225–2225–21  75–65 P2
29 Feb19:00PHF0–3SLR24–2623–2527–29  74–80 P2
03 Mar15:00CHD3–1GAL19–2525–1825–2025–10 94–73 P2
03 Mar17:00FTL3–0PHF25–2125–1525–13  75–49 P2
03 Mar19:00MPS1–3CTC20–2529–2721–2521–25 91–102 P2

Venues

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Broadcast partners

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