2023 PNVF Challenge Cup – Men's Division

The men's division of the 2023 PNVF Challenge Cup began on November 7, 2023.

2023 PNVF Challenge Cup
Men's Division

Tournament details
Dates	November 7–25, 2023
Teams	20
Venue(s)	Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Champions	University of Santo Tomas (1st title)
Runners-up	Cignal HD Spikers
Third place	VNS Asereht
Fourth place	National University
Tournament awards
MVP	Joshua Ybañez (UST)
Best Setter	Jerome Lopez (VNS)
Best OH	Joshua Ybañez (UST) Rey Miguel De Vega (UST)
Best MB	John Paul Bugaoan (Cignal) Edlyn Paul Colinares (UST)
Best OPP	Sherwin Umandal (UST)
Best Libero	Manuel Sumanguid III (Cignal)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
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Starting from this season, the tournament formerly known as the PNVF Champions League would be known as the PNVF Challenge Cup.^[1] This marks as the third season of the league.

University of Santo Tomas were the champions.^[2]

Participating teams

The tournament was originally meant to enable local government units (cities, municipalities, and provinces) to hold their own volleyball programs.^[3] The Challenge Cup would be opened for school and club teams. By the end of October 2023, the PNVF has secured commitment from 20 men's teams.^[4]

Club/Team	Sponsor	Locality
Arellano University	—	Manila
Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	—
Kuya JM Davao City	Kuya JM	Davao City
D'Navigators Iloilo	—	Iloilo City
Emilio Aguinaldo College	—	Manila
José Rizal University	—	Mandaluyong
3B Marikina	—	Marikina
National University	—	Manila
Angatleta–Orion	Angatleta Sports	Orion, Bataan
Plaridel, Quezon	—	Plaridel, Quezon
PGJC–Navy	Philippine Navy	—
Rizal Technological University–Basilan	—	Basilan
Santa Rosa City	—	Santa Rosa, Laguna
Savouge RTU–Basilan	Savouge Medical Aesthetics Clinic	Basilan
Tacloban–Eastern Visayas Fighting Warays	—	Tacloban
University of Batangas	—	Batangas City
University of the East–Cherrylume	Mileage Asia Corporation	Manila
University of Santo Tomas	—	Manila
VNS Asereht	—	—
Volida Volleyball Club	—	Manila

Format

The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference:

Preliminary Round

1. Single-round robin preliminaries; 20 teams; 4 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
2. The top two teams in each pool will qualified for the final round

Quarterfinal (knockout stage)

1. QF1: #A1 vs. #D2
2. QF3: #C1 vs. #B2
3. QF2: #B1 vs. #C2
4. QF4: #D1 vs. #A2

Semifinal (knockout stage)

1. SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF3 winner
2. SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF4 winner

Finals (knockout stage)

1. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
2. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Pools composition

The 20 teams were divided into four pools.^[1]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Cignal HD Spikers	National University	PGJC–Navy	University of Santo Tomas
Kuya JM–Davao City	Savouge RTU–Basilan	3B Marikina City	Tacloban Fighting Warays
Savouge Aesthetics	Arellano University	Angatleta–Orion	D'Navigators Iloilo
Volida Volleyball Club	VNS Asereht	Jose Rizal University	Santa Rosa City
University of Batangas	University of the East-Cherrylume	Plaridel, Quezon	Emilio Aguinaldo College

Venue

All matches
Manila
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 10,000

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cignal HD Spikers	4	4	0	12	12	0	MAX	300	178	1.685	Quarterfinals
2	Savouge Aesthetics	4	2	2	6	7	6	1.167	232	213	1.089
3	Kuya JM–Davao City	4	2	2	6	6	6	1.000	197	180	1.094
4	University of Batangas	4	2	2	6	6	7	0.857	275	285	0.965
5	Volida Volleyball Club	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	152	300	0.507

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Nov	14:00	RMC	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Savouge Aesthetics	25–21	25–16	25–22			75–59
09 Nov	12:00	RMC	Volida Volleyball Club	0–3	University of Batangas	14–25	12–25	11–25			37–75
14 Nov	12:00	RMC	University of Batangas	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	15–25	14–25	16–25			45–75
14 Nov	14:00	RMC	Kuya JM–Davao City	3–0	Volida Volleyball Club	25–19	25–19	25–11			75–49
15 Nov	08:00	RMC	Volida Volleyball Club	0–3	Savouge Aesthetics	11–25	11–25	17–25			39–75
15 Nov	14:00	RMC	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Kuya JM–Davao City	25–19	25–17	25–11			75–47
17 Nov	18:00	RMC	Savouge Aesthetics	3–0	Kuya JM–Davao City	25–17	25–19	25–20			75–56
18 Nov	12:00	RMC	Volida Volleyball Club	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	12–25	7–25	8–25			27–75
19 Nov	18:00	RMC	Kuya JM–Davao City	3–0	University of Batangas	25–20	25–19	25–17			75–56
20 Nov	15:00	RMC	University of Batangas	3–1	Savouge Aesthetics	25–22	30–28	19–25	25–23		99–98

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	National University	4	4	0	11	12	2	6.000	337	263	1.281	Quarterfinals
2	VNS Asereht	4	3	1	10	11	4	2.750	271	257	1.054
3	University of the East–Cherrylume	4	2	2	6	7	7	1.000	321	310	1.035
4	RTU-Basilan	4	1	3	2	3	11	0.273	271	325	0.834
5	Arellano University	4	0	4	1	3	12	0.250	280	353	0.793

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Nov	16:00	RMC	National University	3–0	RTU-Basilan	25–15	25–17	25–19			75–51
08 Nov	12:00	RMC	University of the East–Cherrylume	3–1	Arellano University	25–18	22–25	25–22	25–23		97–88
09 Nov	14:00	RMC	VNS Asereht	3–1	University of the East–Cherrylume	25–18	19–25	25–21	25–20		94–84
14 Nov	10:00	RMC	VNS Asereht	3–0	RTU-Basilan	25–23	25–15	25–23			75–61
16 Nov	18:00	RMC	National University	3–2	VNS Asereht	25–23	22–25	25–21	25–27	15–6	112–102
18 Nov	14:00	RMC	University of the East–Cherrylume	0–3	National University	22–25	23–25	20–25			65–75
18 Nov	16:00	RMC	Arellano University	0–3	VNS Asereht	11–25	19–25	17–25			47–75
20 Nov	09:00	RMC	RTU-Basilan	0–3	University of the East–Cherrylume	18–25	16–25	19–25			53–75
20 Nov	11:00	RMC	National University	3–0	Arellano University	25–17	25–12	25–16			75–45
21 Nov	13:00	RMC	Arellano University	2–3	RTU-Basilan	25–19	25–22	22–25	18–25	10–15	100–106

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	PGJC–Navy	4	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	322	184	1.750	Quarterfinals
2	Jose Rizal University	4	3	1	9	10	3	3.333	300	236	1.271
3	3B Marikina City	4	2	2	6	6	6	1.000	248	252	0.984
4	Plaridel, Quezon	4	1	3	3	3	9	0.333	242	268	0.903
5	Angatleta–Orion	4	0	4	0	0	12	0.000	127	300	0.423

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
08 Nov	08:00	RMC	Angatleta–Orion	0–3	Jose Rizal University	11–25	15–25	12–25			38–75
08 Nov	10:00	RMC	PGJC–Navy	3–0	Plaridel, Quezon	25–18	25–23	25–20			75–61
09 Nov	18:00	RMC	Plaridel, Quezon	3–0	Angatleta–Orion	25–18	25–10	25–14			75–42
14 Nov	08:00	RMC	3B Marikina City	0–3	PGJC–Navy	20–25	11–25	18–25			49–75
15 Nov	10:00	RMC	Jose Rizal University	3–0	3B Marikina City	25–13	25–17	25–19			75–49
15 Nov	12:00	RMC	PGJC–Navy	3–0	Angatleta–Orion	25–0	25–0	25–0			75–0
16 Nov	16:00	RMC	3B Marikina City	3–0	Plaridel, Quezon	25–20	25–14	25–21			75–55
17 Nov	16:00	RMC	Angatleta–Orion	0–3	3B Marikina City	11–25	15–25	21–25			47–75
19 Nov	14:00	RMC	Jose Rizal University	1–3	PGJC–Navy	24–26	16–25	25–22	9–25		74–98
20 Nov	13:00	RMC	Plaridel, Quezon	0–3	Jose Rizal University	13–25	14–25	24–26			51–76

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	University of Santo Tomas	4	4	0	12	12	1	12.000	320	247	1.296	Quarterfinals
2	D'Navigators Iloilo	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	293	246	1.191
3	Emilio Aguinaldo College	4	2	2	6	6	7	0.857	295	273	1.081
4	Santa Rosa City	4	1	3	3	4	10	0.400	273	335	0.815
5	Tacloban Fighting Warays	4	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	260	338	0.769

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Nov	18:00	RMC	University of Santo Tomas	3–0	Santa Rosa City	25–14	25–20	25–17			75–51
08 Nov	14:00	RMC	Santa Rosa City	1–3	Emilio Aguinaldo College	16–25	20–25	25–23	15–25		76–98
09 Nov	16:00	RMC	Emilio Aguinaldo College	0–3	University of Santo Tomas	20–25	17–25	18–25			55–75
16 Nov	14:00	RMC	D'Navigators Iloilo	3–0	Emilio Aguinaldo College	27–25	25–22	25–20			77–67
17 Nov	14:00	RMC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	0–3	D'Navigators Iloilo	18–25	17–25	16–25			51–75
18 Nov	18:00	RMC	D'Navigators Iloilo	0–3	University of Santo Tomas	23–25	23–25	20–25			66–75
19 Nov	16:00	RMC	Santa Rosa City	3–1	Tacloban Fighting Warays	25–23	18–25	25–20	25–21		93–89
20 Nov	17:00	RMC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	0–3	Emilio Aguinaldo College	17–25	17–25	11–25			45–75
21 Nov	15:00	RMC	D'Navigators Iloilo	3–0	Santa Rosa City	25–17	25–14	25–22			75–53
21 Nov	17:00	RMC	University of Santo Tomas	3–1	Tacloban Fighting Warays	25–19	25–19	20–25	25–12		95–75

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

November 23

A1

Cignal HD Spikers

3

November 24

D2

D'Navigators Iloilo

0

Cignal HD Spikers

3

November 23

VNS Asereht

2

C1

PGJC–Navy

0

November 25

B2

VNS Asereht

3

Cignal HD Spikers

2

November 23

University of Santo Tomas

3

B1

National University

3

November 24

C2

Jose Rizal University

0

National University

1

Third place

November 23

University of Santo Tomas

3

November 25

D1

University of Santo Tomas

3

VNS Asereht

3

A2

Savouge Aesthetics

0

National University

2

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
23 Nov	10:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	D'Navigators Iloilo	25–18	25–23	25–17			75–58
23 Nov	12:30	PGJC–Navy	0–3	VNS Asereht	24–26	24–26	24–26			72–78
23 Nov	15:00	National University	3–0	Jose Rizal University	26–24	25–19	25–18			76–61
23 Nov	17:30	University of Santo Tomas	3–0	Savouge Aesthetics	25–19	25–20	25–20			75–59

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Nov	15:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–2	VNS Asereht	25–21	25–22	21–15	23–25	15–10	109–93
24 Nov	17:30	National University	1–3	University of Santo Tomas	18–25	22–25	25–20	24–26		89–96

Finals

Bronze Medal Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	10:00	VNS Asereht	3–2	National University	32–34	23–25	26–24	25–23	15–13	121–119

Gold Medal Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	17:30	Cignal HD Spikers	2–3	University of Santo Tomas	25–20	22–25	22–25	25–19	13–15	107–104

Final standing

Rank Team University of Santo Tomas Cignal HD Spikers VNS Asereht 4 National University 5 PGJC–Navy 6 Jose Rizal University 7 D'Navigators Iloilo 8 Savouge Aesthetics 9 University of the East–Cherrylume 10 Kuya JM–Davao City 11 3B Marikina City 12 Emilio Aguinaldo College 13 University of Batangas 14 Santa Rosa City 15 Plaridel, Quezon 16 RTU–Basilan 17 Arellano University 18 Tacloban Fighting Warays 19 Volida Volleyball Club 20 Angatleta–Orion

2023 PNVF Challenge Cup Men's Champions University of Santo Tomas 1st title

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Joshua Ybañez	UST	[5]
1st Best Outside Spiker	Joshua Ybañez	UST
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Rey Miguel De Vega	UST
1st Best Middle Blocker	John Paul Bugaoan	Cignal
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Edlyn Paul Colinares	UST
Best Opposite Spiker	Sherwin Umandal	UST
Best Setter	Jerome Lopez	VNS
Best Libero	Manuel Sumanguid III	Cignal

See also

• 2023 PNVF Challenge Cup – Women's Division