2018 Spikers' Turf season

2018 Spikers' Turf season
LeagueSpikers' Turf
SportVolleyball
DurationOctober 6 – December 14, 2022
Number of teams10
TV partner(s)Hyper TV
Conference
Open championsPhilippine Air Force Agilas
  Open runners-upPLDT 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]

Open Conference

Main article: 2018 Spikers' Turf 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. Team Company Colors Head coach Team captain
ADM Ateneo Blue Eagles–Fudgee Barr Ateneo de Manila University and Republic Biscuit Corporation     Timothy James Sto. Tomas Jasper Rodney Tan
ARM Philippine Army Troopers Philippine Army       Rico de Guzman Benjaylo Labide
CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc.     Oliver Allan Almadro Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
FUR Fury Blazing Hitters Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurant       Ralph Ocampo Phillip Michael Bagalay
IEM IEM Volley Masters Instituto Estetico Manila     Rafael Presnede Jeffrey Jimenez
PLD PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters PLDT       Arthur Mamon Henry James Pecaña
PAF Philippine Air Force Agilas Philippine Air Force     Rhovyl Verayo Jessie Lopez
PNV Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays Philippine Navy     Bob Malenab Milover Parcon
PRI Prima–FEU Tamaraws Far Eastern University     Reynaldo Diaz Jr. Owen Suarez
STE Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation       Dante Alinsunurin Francis Philip Saura

Preliminary round

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers 9 7 2 20 24 11 2.182 808 738 1.095 Final round
2 PLDT Power Hitters 9 7 2 20 24 13 1.846 837 766 1.093
3 Philippine Air Force Agilas 9 7 2 18 22 14 1.571 794 755 1.052
4 Cignal HD Spikers 9 6 3 20 23 11 2.091 789 706 1.118
5 Prima–FEU 9 5 4 17 22 15 1.467 838 803 1.044
6 Ateneo–Fudgee Bar 9 5 4 16 19 16 1.188 779 744 1.047
7 Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays 9 4 5 12 15 18 0.833 728 747 0.975
8 IEM Volley Masters 9 2 7 7 11 22 0.500 715 792 0.903
9 Philippine Army Troopers 9 2 7 4 8 25 0.320 719 775 0.928
10 Fury Blazing Hitters 9 0 9 1 4 27 0.148 602 769 0.783
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
1Sta. Elena22PLDT0
4Cignal13Air Force2
3Air Force1
4Cignal0
2PLDT2
3Air Force1

Conference results

Conference Champion Runners-up 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Open Air Force PLDT Cignal Prima–FEU Ateneo–Fudgee Bar Navy IEM Army Fury Sta. Elena-NU

See also

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.
Preceded by Spikers' Turf
2018 		Succeeded by