2021 PNVF Champions League for Men

The men's division of the 2021 PNVF Champions League was held from November 29 to December 4, 2021. This is the inaugural edition of the PNVF Champions League.^[1][2] The winner of this tournament will be the country's representative to the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championships in May next year.^[3]

2021 PNVF Champions League for Men

Tournament details
Dates	November 29 – December 4, 2021
Teams	7
Venue(s)	Aquamarine Gym
Champions	Team Dasma Monarchs (1st title)
Runners-up	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas
Third place	Manileño Spikers
Fourth place	Global Remit
Tournament awards
MVP	Mark Calado (Team Dasma Monarchs)
Best Setter	Kris Silang (Team Dasma Monarchs)
Best OH	Mark Calado (Team Dasma Monarchs) Mark Alfafara (Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas)
Best MB	Jayvee Sumagaysay (Team Dasma Monarchs) Rwenzmel Taguibolos (Manileño Spikers)
Best OPP	Johnvic De Guzman (Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas)
Best Libero	Ricky Marcos (Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
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Participating teams

Seven teams entered the 2021 PNVF Champions League. Four teams (Basilan, MRT-Negros, Sabong International, and Team Dasma) are provincial teams.^[4][5]

Club	Sponsor	Locality	Coach	Captain
Basilan Steel Spikers	Anak Mindanao	Basilan[6]	Sabtal Abdul	Al-Frazin Abdulwahab
Global Remit	Philippine Navy Global Remittances Co. Ltd.	—	Edgardo Rusit	Joeven Dela Vega [7]
Go for Gold–Air Force Aguilas	Powerball Marketing and Logistics Corp. (Go For Gold) Philippine Air Force	—	Dante Alinsunurin	Jessie Lopez
Manileño Spikers	—	Manila	Ralph Ocampo	Geuel Asia
MRT–Negros	Raymund Tongson	Himamaylan	Ralph Savellano	Christian Marcelino
Sabong International Spikers	Sabong International PH	Negros Oriental	Helmer Suarez	Mark Joseph Rocamora
Team Dasma Monarchs	—	Dasmariñas	Norman Miguel	Jayvee Sumagaysay

Format

The participating teams were drawn into two groups for the preliminary round which uses a single round robin format. The top two teams will advance to the semifinals.^[8]

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Go for Gold–Air Force Aguilas	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	185	168	1.101	Semifinals
2	Manileño Spikers	2	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	182	169	1.077
3	Basilan Steel Spikers	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	123	153	0.804	5th–7th semifinals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov 29	10:00	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	3–2	Manileño Spikers	23–25	25–23	19–25	25–23	15–11	107–107
Nov 30	13:30	Basilan Steel Spikers	0–3	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	15–25	26–28	20–25			61–78
Dec 01	13:30	Manileño Spikers	3–0	Basilan Steel Spikers	25–17	25–22	25–23			75–62

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Team Dasma Monarchs	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	287	250	1.148	Semifinals
2	Global Remit	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	265	270	0.981
3	Sabong International Spikers	3	1	2	4	5	7	0.714	256	270	0.948	5th–7th semifinals
4	MRT-Negros	3	1	2	2	4	8	0.500	254	262	0.969

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov 29	13:30	Sabong International Spiker	2–3	MRT-Negros	22–25	16–25	25–21	25–21	12–15	100–107
Nov 29	16:16	Global Remit	2–3	Team Dasma Monarchs	25–23	18–25	29–27	18–25	12–15	102–115
Nov 30	10:00	Team Dasma Monarchs	3–1	MRT-Negros	25–16	22–25	25–20	25–23		97–84
Nov 30	16:00	Global Remit	1–3	Sabong International Spikers	21–25	21–25	25–17	21–25		88–92
Dec 01	10:00	Sabong International Spikers	0–3	Taeam Dasma Monarchs	20–25	21–25	23–25			64–75
Dec 01	16:00	MRT-Negros	0–3	Global Remit	21–25	19–25	23–25			63–75

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

5th–7th places

	5th–7th semifinals				5th place match
	14 October
	Basilan Steel Spikers	0
					15 October
	MRT-Negros	3
					MRT-Negros	3
	14 October
					Sabong International Spikers	0
	Sabong International Spikers	W
	bye
					7th place match
					15 October
					Basilan Steel Spikers	W
					bye

5th place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 3	10:00	MRT-Negros	3–2	Sabong International Spikers	20–25	25–14	20–25	25–21	15–5	105–90

Final four

	Semifinals				Final
	December 3
	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	3
					December 4
	Global Remit	1
					Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	1
	December 3
					Team Dasma Monarchs	3
	Team Dasma Monarchs	3
	Manileño Spikers	2
					3rd place match
					December 4
					Global Remit	0
					Manileño Spikers	3

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 3	13:30	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	3–1	Global Remit	26–28	25–22	25–18	25–19		101–87
Dec 3	16:00	Team Dasma Monarchs	3–2	Manileño Spikers	25–20	30–28	20–25	21–25	18–16	114–114

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 4	13:30	Global Remit	0–3	Manileño Spikers	21–25	22–25	20–25			63–75

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 4	16:00	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	1–3	Team Dasma Monarchs	25–19	24–26	18–25	17–25		84–95

Final standing

Rank Team Team Dasma Monarchs Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas Manileño Spikers 4 Global Remit 5 MRT-Negros 6 Sabong International Spikers 7 Basilan Steel Spikers Qualified for the 2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship

2021 PNVF Champions League for Men Champions  Team Dasma Monarchs 1st title 14-Men roster Joshua Jose, Manuel Andrei Medina, Arnold Baustista, Mark Frederick Calado, Jayvee Sumagaysay (c), Rence Melgar, Timothy James Tajanlangit, Jerome Medallion, Earl Joshua Magadan, George Labang, Ronniel Rosales, Jason Canlas, Kris Cian Silang, Madz Gampong Head coach Norman Miguel

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Mark Calado	Team Dasma	[9]
1st Best Outside Spiker	Mark Calado	Team Dasma
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Mark Alfafara	Go for Gold-Air Force
1st Best Middle Blocker	Jayvee Sumagaysay	Team Dasma
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Rwenzmel Taguibolos	Manileño
Best Opposite Spiker	John Vic De Guzman	Go for Gold-Air Force
Best Setter	Kris Silang	Team Dasma
Best Libero	Ricky Marcos	Go for Gold-Air Force

See also

• 2021 PNVF Champions League for Women