2018 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup

The 2018 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup (also known as the 2018 Chooks-to-Go Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup due to sponsorship reasons) was the 14th indoor volleyball conference of the Philippine Super Liga, the third conference of the 2018 season, and the 18th conference overall. The tournament commenced on June 23, 2018 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City.^[1][2][3] As with the 2017 Invitational, the tournament used an all-to-play format to give playing time for every player in each team.^[4]

2018 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup
Duration	June 23 – July 28, 2018
Teams	10
TV partner(s)	ESPN 5, AksyonTV, Hyper, ESPN5.com
Results
Champions	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Runners-up	Petron Blaze Spikers
Third place	Cignal HD Spikers
Fourth place	Smart–Army Giga Hitters
Awards
MVP	Ara Galang
Best OH	Rachel Daquis Sisi Rondina
Best MB	Mika Reyes Majoy Baron
Best OPP	Aiza Maizo-Pontillas
Best Setter	Kim Fajardo
Best Libero	Dawn Macandili
PSL Invitational Cup chronology
< 2017 2019 >
PSL conference chronology
< 2018 Grand Prix 2018 All-Filipino >
< 2018 BVCC

Teams

2018 PSL Invitational Cup teams
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
CHE	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	Mileage Asia Corporation		Rodrigo Roque	Lhara May Clavano
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Edgar Barroga	Rachel Anne Daquis
CCL	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation		Moro Branislav	Aerieal Patnogon
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics Inc.		Ramil de Jesus	Charleen Cruz-Behag
FOT	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Edjet Mabbayad	Maika Angela Ortiz
GAL	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	Actimed, Inc.		Sherwin Meneses	Angeli Pauline Araneta
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Cesael delos Santos	Frances Xinia Molina
SMA	Smart−Army Giga Hitters	Smart Communications		Emilio Reyes, Jr.	Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation		George Pascua	Pamela Lastimosa
UPU	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	United Auctioneers, Inc.		Godfrey Okumu	Ma. Arielle Estrañero

Format

Preliminary round

• In the preliminary round, teams were split into two groups.
• The preliminary round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of four matches.
• The top team in each pool earned a bye to the semifinals while teams ranked second and third started in the quarterfinals. The fourth-place teams would play in the seventh-place match while the fifth-place teams would play in the ninth-place match.

Quarterfinals

• The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • QF1: A2 vs. B3
  • QF2: B2 vs. A3
• The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers would play in the fifth-place match.

Classification matches

• The fifth-place, seventh-place, and ninth-place matches were all single-elimination.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • Fifth-place match: Quarterfinal round losers
  • Seventh-place match: A4 vs. B4
  • Ninth-place match: A5 vs. B5

Semifinals

• The semifinals also featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • SF1: A1 vs. QF2 winner
  • SF2: A2 vs. QF1 winner
• The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.

Finals

• The championship was a best-of-three series while the third-place match was single-elimination.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • Championship match: Semifinal round winners
  • Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	4	3	1	10	11	5	2.200	385	328	1.174	Semifinals
2	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	4	3	1	9	10	3	3.333	310	260	1.192	Quarterfinals
3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	4	3	1	7	9	8	1.125	375	360	1.042
4	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	4	1	3	4	6	10	0.600	338	356	0.949	Seventh place match
5	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	4	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	242	346	0.699	Ninth place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Jun	17:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3–1	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	25–23	25–9	23–25	25–16		98–73
23 Jun	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–21	25–21	25–14			75–56
26 Jun	16:15	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3–2	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	25–23	20–25	21–25	25–12	15–13	106–98
03 Jul	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	27–25	25–19	22–25	25–17		99–86
05 Jul	16:15	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	20–25	16–25	20–25			56–75
07 Jul	16:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	25–9	25–16	25–17			75–42
10 Jul	16:15	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3–1	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	25–10	23–25	25–22	25–19		98–76
12 Jul	16:15	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	3–2	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–23	19–25	25–22	31–33	15–11	115–114
12 Jul	19:00	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	13–25	22–25	16–25			51–75
14 Jul	18:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–16	21–25	25–20	26–24		97–85

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cignal HD Spikers	4	4	0	11	12	3	4.000	355	311	1.141	Semifinals
2	Smart-Army Giga Hitters	4	3	1	9	9	4	2.250	301	255	1.180	Quarterfinals
3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	4	2	2	7	8	7	1.143	328	334	0.982
4	COCOLIFE Asset Managers	4	1	3	3	5	10	0.500	335	349	0.960	Seventh place match
5	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	4	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	272	342	0.795	Ninth place match

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Jun	16:15	Cocolife Asset Managers	3–1	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	22–25	25–13	25–22	25–18		97–78
25 Jun	19:00	Smart–Army Giga Hitters	3–0	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–14	25–16	25–23			75–53
26 Jun	19:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	19–25	26–24	25–21	25–22		95–92	Report
28 Jun	16:15	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Smart–Army Giga Hitters	25–10	26–24	25–18			76–52
28 Jun	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	3–1	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–20	25–22	22–25	25-19		97–67
03 Jul	16:15	Cignal HD Spikers	3–2	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–18	26–28	25–23	18–25	15–9	109–103
05 Jul	18:00	Smart–Army Giga Hitters	3–1	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–21	26–24	23–25	25-18		99–70
07 Jul	18:00	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	0–3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	21–25	20–25	23–25			64–75
10 Jul	19:00	Smart–Army Giga Hitters	3–0	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	25–10	25–15	25–13			75–38
14 Jul	16:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–21	25–21	25–21			75–63

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

A1

PET

3

A3

GEN

0

B2

SMA

0

B2

SMA

3

A1

PET

2

A2

FTL

3

B1

CIG

0

A2

FTL

3

A2

FTL

3

B3

SLR

1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
17 Jul	14:00	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3–0	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0
17 Jul	16:15	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	3–1	Cocolife Asset Managers	23–25	25–20	25–16	25–13		98–74
17 Jul	19:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–16	20–25	25–17	25–16		95–74
19 Jul	19:00	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	0–3	Smart–Army Giga Hitters	19–25	22–25	21–25			62–75

9th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	14:00	Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors	3–2	Cocolife Asset Managers	22–25	26–24	25–19	21–25	22–20	116–113

7th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
19 Jul	16:15	Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy	3–0	UP-United Auctioneers Lady Fighting Maroons	25–14	25–14	25–14			75–42

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	14:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	1–3	Generika-Ayala Lifesavers	10–25	26–24	10–25	18–25		64–99

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
21 Jul	16:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Smart–Army Giga Hitters	25–12	25–15	25–17			75–44
21 Jul	18:00	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	22–25	15–25	19–25			56–75

Bronze match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	16:15	Smart–Army Giga Hitters	1–3	Cignal HD Spikers	15–25	25–22	20–25	18–25		78–97

Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Jul	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	2–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–18	23–25	25–20	27–29	14–16	114–108
28 Jul	17:00	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–18	23–25	25–23	25–18		98–84

Final standing

Rank Team F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Petron Blaze Spikers Cignal HD Spikers 4 Smart–Army Giga Hitters 5 Generika-Ayala Lifesavers 6 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 7 Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy 8 UP - United Auctioneers Inc. Lady Maroons 9 UE - Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors 10 COCOLIFE Asset Managers

2018 PSL Grand Prix Champions F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Team roster Charleen Abiegail Cruz-Behag (c). Dawn Nicole Macandili (libero), Abigail Maraño, Norielle Ipac, Victonara Galang, Ernestine Tiamzon, Kim Fajardo, Mary Joy Baron, Aduke Christine Ogunsanya, Kim Kianna Dy, Michelle Cobb, Michelle Katherine Morente, Desiree Cheng, Fritz Joy Gallenero (libero), Ramil de Jesus (head coach)

Individual awards

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Victonara Galang (F2 Logistics)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Rachel Anne Daquis (Cignal)
	2nd:	Cherry Ann Rondina (Petron)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Mika Aereen Reyes (Petron)
	2nd:	Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics)
Best Opposite Spiker		Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (Petron)
Best Setter		Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics)
Best Libero		Dawn Nicole Macandili (F2 Logistics)
Best Scorer		Patty Jane Orendain (Generika-Ayala)

Tune-up games with the Philippine national team

The Philippines women's national volleyball team that will participate in the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia on August 18–September 2, 2018 will be a guest team in the tournament.^[5] The team will play tune up games against some of the regular PSL teams. National players will play for their respective mother teams in games pitting the Philippine team against their mother team.^[6] Alyssa Valdez and Jia Morado will not play for the national team in the PSL tune up games due to obligations with their mother team, the Creamline Cool Smashers in the ongoing 2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference.^[7]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
06 Jul	14:00	Philippines women's national team	3–0	Cocolife Asset Managers	25–13	25–17	25–11			75–41	P–2
10 Jul	14:00	Philippines women's national team	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–21	25–15	25–21			75–57
12 Jul	14:00	Philippines women's national team	3–0	Smart–Army Giga Hitters	25–16	25–17	25–17			75–50	P–2

Venues

• Smart Araneta Coliseum (opening day)
• Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue)
• Cuneta Astrodome (secondary venue)

"Spike on Tour" Venues:

• Cadiz Arena (July 3)
• Muntinlupa Sports Complex (July 14, 21)

Broadcast partners

• ESPN 5: The 5 Network, AksyonTV, Hyper (SD and HD), ESPN5.com