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^[1] at the Blue Eagle Gym, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines.^[2]

2018 Spikers' Turf Open Conference
League	Spikers' Turf
Sport	Volleyball
Teams	10
TV partner	Hyper TV

Participating teams

2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
ADMU	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
PLDT	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
FEU	Prima–FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University		Reynaldo Diaz Jr.	Owen Suarez
NUI	Sta. Elena-NU Bulldogs	Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation		Dante Alinsunurin	Francis Philip Saura

Format

Preliminary round

• The preliminary round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of nine matches.
• The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the bottom six were eliminated.

Semifinals

• The semifinals featured best-of-three series.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • SF1: #1 vs. #4
  • SF2: #2 vs. #3
• The winners advanced to the championship while the losers would play in the third-place series.

Finals

• The championship and third-place series were best-of-three series.
• The match-ups were as follows:
  • Championship: Semifinal round winners
  • Third-place series: Semifinal round losers

Pool standing procedure

• First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
• If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
• In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
  • Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
  • Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed.
  • Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

Team standings

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]}

Match results

• All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct 06	11:00	CIG	3–1	PRI	25–17	25–20	21–25	25–21		96–83	P–2 [3]
Oct 06	13:00	FUR	0–3	ADM	15–25	17–25	15–25			47–75	P–2 [3]
Oct 06	15:00	IEM	1–3	PLD	20–25	18–25	25–23	19–25		82–98	P–2 [3]
Oct 09	11:00	ARM	0–3	PNV	23–25	20–25	15–25			58–75	P–2 [4]
Oct 09	13:00	PAF	3–2	STE	25–22	21–25	25–23	14–25	15–10	100–105	P–2 [4]
Oct 09	15:00	ADM	3–1	IEM	25–22	25–22	22–25	25–23		97–92	P–2 [4]
Oct 11	11:00	PLD	3–0	PAF	25–19	25–12	25–21			75–52	P–2
Oct 11	13:00	STE	3–1	ARM	25–18	20–25	30–28	26–24		101–95	P–2
Oct 11	15:00	PNV	3–1	CIG	25–21	22–25	25–23	25–18		97–87	P–2
Oct 12	13:00	PRI	3–0	FUR	25–15	25–22	25–19			75–56	P–2
Oct 12	15:00	ADM	2–3	PLD	17–25	25–17	18–25	25–20	12–15	97–102	P–2 a
Oct 16	11:00	ARM	0–3	ADM	21–25	22–25	18–25			61–75	P–2
Oct 16	13:00	FUR	0–3	CIG	21–25	19–25	19–26			59–76	P–2
Oct 16	15:00	STE	3–0	IEM	25–18	27–25	25–17			77–60
Oct 18	11:00	IEM	1–3	PAF	25–22	17–25	22–25	13–25		77–97	P–2
Oct 18	13:00	PLD	3–1	ARM	25–22	20–25	25–21	25–22		95–90	P–2
Oct 18	15:00	PNV	3–0	FUR	25–22	25–22	25–22			75–66	P–2
Oct 19	13:00	CIG	3–1	STE	22–25	25–11	25–19	25–22		97–77	P–2
Oct 19	15:00	PRI	3–2	ADM	25–20	19–25	29–27	21–25	16–14	110–111	P–2 [5]
Oct 25	13:00	ARM	3–2	PRI	27–25	22–25	25–23	19–25	15–12	108–110	[6]
Oct 25	15:00	STE	3–0	PNV	25–22	25–20	25–18			75–60	[6]
Oct 27	10:00	CIG	2–3	PAF	18–25	25–20	29–31	25–18	9–15	106–109	[7]
Oct 27	12:00	PRI	3–0	PNV	25–20	25–23	25–23			75–66	[7]
Oct 30	11:00	PNV	3–2	IEM	25–23	21–25	18–25	27–25	15–8	106–106	P–2
Oct 30	13:00	PLD	2–3	STE	26–24	18–25	25–20	17–25	11–15	97–109	P–2
Oct 30	15:00	ARM	3–2	FUR	25–27	25–27	30–28	25–13	15–9	120–104	P–2
Nov 14	11:00	FUR	1–3	PLD	19–25	13–25	25–22	18–25		75–97	[8]
Nov 14	13:00	CIG	3–0	IEM	25–22	25–19	27–25			77–66	[8]
Nov 14	15:00	ARM	0–3	PAF	25–27	24–26	22–25			71–78	[8]
Nov 16	13:00	STE	3–2	PRI	27–25	25–18	21–25	21–25	16–14	110–107
Nov 16	15:00	PNV	2–3	ADM	20–25	21–25	25–22	25–22	12–15	103–109	[9]
Nov 20	11:00	PLD	3–0	PNV	25–23	25–19	25–20			75–62	P–2
Nov 20	13:00	PRI	3–0	IEM	25–21	26–24	25–12			76–57	P–2
Nov 20	15:00	ADM	0–3	CIG	22–25	18–25	20–25			60–75	P–2
Nov 22	11:00	PAF	3–2	PRI	23–25	20–25	25–20	25–23	15–11	108–104	P–2
Nov 22	13:00	FUR	0–3	STE	26–28	21–25	13–25			60–78	P–2
Nov 22	15:00	IEM	3–0	ARM	26–24	25–23	25–22			76–69	P–2
Nov 23	13:00	PLD	3–2	CIG	21–25	20–25	25–20	25–16	17–25	108–111	P–2
Nov 23	15:00	ADM	3–1	PAF	25–18	18–25	25–21	25–15		93–79	P–2
Nov 27	11:00	PAF	3–1	PNV	21–25	25–20	25–19	25–20		96–84
Nov 27	13:00	FUR	1–3	IEM	25–23	30–32	17–25	17–25		89–105
Nov 27	15:00	PRI	3–1	PLD	23–25	25–21	25–22	25–22		98–90
Nov 29	11:00	CIG	3–0	ARM	25–12	25–17	25–18			75–47	[10]
Nov 29	13:00	PAF	3–0	FUR	25–11	25–13	25–16			75–40	[10]
Nov 29	15:00	STE	3–0	ADM	25–22	25–19	25–21			75–62	[10]

Final round

Sta. Elena, who won the semifinal match against Cignal, withdrew from the tournament to represent the Philippines at the 2018 ASEAN University Games in Myanmar. The two teams that initially lost, Philippine Air Force and Cignal, competed in a one-game playoff to determine the second finalist who will play against PLDT.^[11]

	Semifinals Best-of-three series					Finals play-off One game play-off					Finals PLDT has twice-to-beat advantage
	1	Sta. Elena	2								2	PLDT	0
	4	Cignal	1								3	Air Force	2
						3	Air Force	1
						4	Cignal	0
	2	PLDT	2
	3	Air Force	1

Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 03	13:00	STE	0–3	CIG	19–25	22–25	24–26			65–76	[P–2]
Dec 05	15:00	CIG	2–3	STE	25–23	25–22	18–25	16–25	16–18	100–113	[P–2]
Dec 07	13:00	STE	3–0	CIG	27–25	28–26	25–22			80–73	[P–2]

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 03	15:00	PLD	0–3	PAF	23–25	23–25	21–25			67–75	[P–2]
Dec 05	13:00	PAF	2–3	PLD	25–23	21–25	18–25	25–15	12–15	101–103	[P–2]
Dec 07	15:00	PLD	3–1	PAF	25–23	18–25	25–23	25–17		93–88	[P–2]

Finals

Finals play-off

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 09	14:00	PAF	3–1	CIG	18–25	25–18	25–17	25–16		93–76	[12]

Championships

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 11	15:00	PAF	3–1	PLD	25–23	22–25	26–24	28–26		101–98	[13]
Dec 14	15:00	PLD	2–3	PAF	19–25	25–18	23–25	25–22	10–15	102–105	[14]

2018 Open Conference Champions
Philippine Air Force Agilas Alnakran Abdilla, Jeffrey Malabanan (c), Sandy Montero, Patrick Balse, Raffy Mosuela, Niño Jeruz, Rodolfo Labrador Jr., Reuben Inaudito, Howard Mojica, Jessie Lopez, Edwin Tolentino, Pitrus De Ocampo, Head Coach: Rhovyl Verayo

Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Alnakran Abdilla (Air Force) [15] Conference Bryan Bagunas (Sta. Elena-NU) Best Outside Spikers 1st: 2nd: Alnakran Abdilla (Air Force) Bryan Bagunas (Sta. Elena-NU) Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Peter Den Mar Torres (Cignal) Jayvee Sumagaysay (PLDT) Best Opposite Spiker Ysrael Wilson Marasigan (Cignal) Best Setter Ronchette Lee Villegas (PLDT) Best Libero Ricky Marcos (Sta. Elena-NU)

Final standings Rank Team[14] Philippine Air Force Agilas PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters Cignal HD Spikers 4 Prima–FEU Tamaraws 5 Ateneo Blue Eagles–Fudgee Bar 6 Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays 7 IEM Volley Masters 8 Philippine Army Troopers 9 Fury Blazing Hitters 10 Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers

Venue

• Blue Eagle Gym

Broadcast partner

• Hyper TV

See also

• 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference