2020 Philippine Super Liga season

Last updated
2020 Philippine Super Liga 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 Philippine Super Liga season was the eighth season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) which began on February 29, 2020. [1] [2] 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]

Contents

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]

Grand Prix Conference

The 2020 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference 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 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

Brand ambassador

Broadcast partners

References

  1. "PSL moves 2020 Grand Prix opening to February 29". FOX Sports Philippines. 2020-02-18. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  2. "PSL GRAND PRIX UNFURLS". BusinessMirror. 2020-02-29. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  3. Naredo, Camille (28 October 2020). "Volleyball: PSL hopes for indoor tournament in 2021". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  4. 1 2 Murillo, Michael Angelo (November 12, 2020). "Philippine Superliga eyeing a 'complete menu' of three indoor tourneys next year". BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  5. "2020 PSL Grand Prix cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic". Tiebreaker Times. March 23, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  6. Ulanday, John Bryan (March 10, 2020). "PSL holds matches behind closed doors". The Philippine Star. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  7. Giongco, Mark (27 October 2020). "PSL plans beach volleyball tournament in bubble in November". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  8. Lozada, Bong (29 February 2020). "Mary Joy Baron named 2020 PSL ambassador". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  9. "New PSL ambassador Majoy Baron vows to put best foot forward for F2 and league". Spin.ph. 2020-03-01. Retrieved 2020-03-01.