Fit To Hit: Philippine Beach Volleyball Invitational

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Fit To Hit
Sport Beach volleyball
Founded2015
Founder Solar Sports, Sports Vision Management Group, Inc.
First season2015
No. of teams8
CountryFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Venue(s)The Sands, SM By The Bay
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of New Zealand.svg Ceres
TV partner(s) Solar Sports

Fit To Hit: Philippine Beach Volleyball Invitational is the inaugural tournament of Fit To Hit, a beach volleyball league organized by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. (organizer of the Shakey's V-League and Spikers' Turf indoor volleyball leagues) and Solar Sports. [1]

Contents

The Invitational is an international tournament held on September 25–27, 2015 at The Sands, SM By the Bay of the SM Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay. It was televised on the Solar Sports channel on a delayed basis. [2] [3]

After the Invitational, Fit To Hit will stage beach volleyball circuit legs in different cities across the Philippines, as part of the development program for the beach volleyball.

Tournament format

The eight teams will participate in the tournament, will be divided into two four-team groups. The teams will first undergo a single round robin preliminary round, while 4 teams will moved over to the semifinals. The two teams that will win in the semifinals, will advance to the finals. Classification matches will also be played for the 6 remaining teams. [4]

Teams

The tournament is among teams from Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Philippines. Teams from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam backed out of the competition because LVPI withdrew its support.

CountryTeamPlayers NameGroup
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong Mamy Poko PantsWin Tung To and Yung Yung KooB
RubbermaidWai Yan Lo and Rachel TamA
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia BYDLuk Teck Hua and Beh Shun ThingB
PaşabahçeLow Mei Cing and Nuraini Binti ArriffinA
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand CeresJulia Tilley and Shauna PolleyA
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines Philips Gold Bea Tan and Lindsay DowdA
Mane N' Tail Charo Soriano and Alexa Micek B
ShopTV Gretchel Soltones and Lou Ann LatigayB

Final ranking

Total amount of prizes that will given away to the eight teams, to be divided based on their placings: $19,000 Dollars