2015 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix
Second indoor conference of the 2015 Philippine Super Liga season

2015 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix
DurationOctober 10 – December 5, 2015
Teams6
TV partner(s)TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph, Solar Sports
Results
ChampionsFoton Tornadoes
Runners-upPetron Blaze Spikers
Third placePhilips Gold Lady Slammers
Fourth placeCignal HD Spikers
Awards
MVPLindsay Stalzer
Best OHAriel Elizabeth Usher
Bojana Todorovic
Best MBAlexis Olgard
Jaja Santiago
Best OPPMichele Gumabao
Frances Molina
Best SetterIvy Perez
Erica Adachi
Best LiberoJennylyn Reyes
PSL Grand Prix chronology
PSL conference chronology

The 2015 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix was the sixth indoor volleyball conference of the Philippine Super Liga, the third and final conference of the 2015 season, and the seventh conference overall. The conference began on October 10, 2015, at the Alonte Sports Arena, in Biñan, Laguna.

Stav Jacobi, FIVB Executive Council member and chief organizer of the FIVB World Women's Club Volleyball Championship, was the guest of honor for the opening ceremony,[1] while Prajaya Chaiyakam, the deputy managing director of SMMTV, Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC)'s official TV partner, and his cameraman went to Cuneta Astrodome to witness Game 1 of the PSL Finals.[2]

The tournament champion, the Foton Tornadoes, will represent the country in the 2016 AVC Women's Club Championship.[3][4]

Video challenge system

The PSL became the third Southeast Asia-based volleyball club league (after Thailand and Vietnam) to utilize the video challenge system allowing teams to challenge and decide crucial calls during the games for a fair and balanced officiating, as part of the full compliance to the FIVB rules. The system, reportedly worth ₱3 million, courtesy of Italy-based Data Volley (composed of machine and 26 high-definition cameras to be beamed through a giant LED screen provided by Sports5 inside the venue) arrived on October 26, 2015 and used on October 27, 2015, during the second round of the tournament. Emmanuel Celle of the Data Volley spearheaded the project.[5][6]

The video challenge was officially launched two days later with Cignal's coach Sammy Acaylar being the first to use the video challenge system, block touch during first set of their match against Foton. The system was available for the games held within the venues in Metro Manila and in the Spike on Tour event in Imus, Cavite.[7]

Import controversy

On October, PVF President Edgardo "Boy" Cantada, condemned the act of the LVPI and Score (headed by Ramon Suzara, the president of PSL, and one of the masterminds in the withdrawal of recognition of PVF in the POC, AVC, and FIVB) over the incident involving 12 imports of the Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix who have gone through the immigration process and play in the league without any necessary working permits and other documents of foreigners who will work in the country. He also criticized LVPI and Suzara for blatant disregard and abuse of the Philippine immigration and labor laws over the incident.[8]

Teams

2015 PSL Grand Prix teams (Women's Division)
Abbr. Team Company Colors Head coach Team captain Imports
CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc.     Sammy Acaylar Michelle Laborte (USLS) Amanda Anderson United States
Ariel Usher United States
FOT Foton Tornadoes United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.       Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon Ivy Elayne Remulla (DLSU) Katie Messing United States
Lindsay Stalzer United States
MER MERALCO Power Spikers Manila Electric Company     Ramil de Jesus Charleen Abigail Cruz (DLSU) Christina Alessi United States
Liis Kullerkann Estonia
PET Petron Blaze Spikers Petron Corporation       George Pascua Maica Morada (FEU) Erica Adachi Brazil
Rupia Inck Furtado Brazil
PHG Philips Gold Lady Slammers Federated Distributors, Inc.       Francis Vicente Michele Gumabao (DLSU) Alexis Olgard United States
Bojana Todorovic United States
RCC RC Cola Air Force Raiders ARC Refreshments Corporation       Rhovyl Verayo Judy Ann Caballejo (UST) Sarah McClinton United States
Lynda Morales Puerto Rico

Format

Classification round
  • The classification round was a double round-robin tournament, with each team playing two matches against all other teams in their pool for a total of ten matches.
  • The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the remaining teams were eliminated.
Semifinals
  • The semifinals featured single-elimination matches.
  • The match-ups were be 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 match.
Finals
  • The championship was a best-of-three series while the third-place was single-elimination.
  • The match-ups were as follows:
    • Championship: Semifinal round winners
    • Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

Classification round

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Philips Gold Lady Slammers 10 8 2 22 27 14 1.929 930 865 1.075 Semifinals
2 Petron Blaze Spikers 10 7 3 21 26 15 1.733 923 831 1.111
3 Cignal HD Spikers 10 7 3 20 23 17 1.353 866 829 1.045
4 Foton Tornadoes 10 6 4 19 23 15 1.533 838 767 1.093
5 MERALCO Power Spikers 10 1 9 5 9 27 0.333 735 839 0.876 Fifth place match
6 RC Cola Air Force Raiders 10 1 9 3 9 29 0.310 747 908 0.823
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
10 October 13:00 CIG 3–2 PET 18–25 17–25 25–15 25–18 16–14 101–98 P2
10 October 15:00 MER 0–3 FOT 23–25 22–25 16–25 – – 61–75 P2
13 October 16:15 PET 3–0 MER 25–15 25–14 25–19 – – 75–48 P2
13 October 18:15 CIG 3–2 PHG 15–25 25–15 25–17 19–25 16–14 100–96 P2
15 October 16:15 RCC 3–2 MER 25–20 17–25 20–25 25–21 15–13 102–104 P2
15 October 18:15 PET 3–2 FOT 21–25 25–20 25–13 12–25 15–9 98–92 P2
17 October 13:00 CIG 3–0 MER 25–17 25–18 25–17 – – 75–52 P2
17 October 15:00 PHG 3–2 PET 25–20 21–25 16–25 25–22 15–12 102–104 P2
20 October 16:15 RCC 1–3 PET 22–25 20–25 25–21 10–25 – 77–96 P2
20 October 18:15 MER 1–3 PHG 19–25 25–21 25–27 23–25 – 92–98 P2
22 October 16:15 PHG 3–2 RCC 23–25 20–25 25–21 25–21 15–8 108–100 P2
22 October 18:15 FOT 1–3 CIG 20–25 19–25 25–16 23–25 – 87–91 P2
25 October 13:15 RCC 1–3 CIG 19–25 26–24 23–25 17–25 – 85–99 P2
25 October 15:15 PHG 3–2 FOT 25–18 26–24 22–25 23–25 15–13 111–105 P2
27 October 16:15 FOT 3–0 RCC 25–14 25–13 25–16 – – 75–43 P2
27 October 18:15 PET 3–2 CIG 25–16 14–25 25–17 22–25 15–13 101–96 P2
29 October 16:15 FOT 3–0 CIG 25–17 25–19 25–18 – – 75–54 P2
29 October 18:15 RCC 1–3 PET 23–25 27–25 15–25 13–25 – 78–100 P2
5 November 16:00 PHG 1–3 FOT 13–25 22–25 25–18 18–25 – 78–93 P2
5 November 18:00 MER 0–3 PET 25–27 20–25 21–25 – – 66–77 P2
7 November 13:00 MER 0–3 PHG 12–25 24–26 19–25 – – 55–76 P2
7 November 15:00 CIG 3–1 RCC 25–19 20–25 25–10 25–19 – 95–73 P2
10 November 16:00 FOT 3–2 MER 25–18 18–25 14–25 25–16 15–8 97–92 P2
10 November 18:00 RCC 0–3 PHG 26–28 19–25 15–25 – – 60–78 P2
12 November 16:00 PHG 3–0 CIG 25–22 25–14 25–23 – – 75–59 P2
12 November 18:00 RCC 0–3 FOT 21–25 21–25 19–25 – – 61–75 P2
14 November 13:00 PET 3–0 FOT 27–25 25–23 25–16 – – 77–64 P2
14 November 15:00 MER 3–0 RCC 25–21 28–26 25–21 – – 78–68 P2
16 November 16:00 PHG 3–1 PET 28–30 29–27 25–17 25–23 – 107–97 P2
16 November 18:00 CIG 3–1 MER 25–22 25–19 21–25 25–21 – 96–87 P2

Final round

Semifinals
(single-elimination) 		Championship
(best-of-three)
        
1 Philips Gold 2
4 Foton 3
4 Foton 3 1 3
2 Petron 1 3 0
2 Petron 3
3 Cignal 1
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Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
19 November 16:00 PHG 2–3 FOT 18–25 24–26 25–18 25–20 8–15 100–104 P2
19 November 18:00 PET 3–1 CIG 25–20 26–24 20–25 25–13 – 96–82 P2

Finals

Fifth place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 November 15:00 MER 3–1 RCC 25–21 20–25 25–23 25–20 – 95–89 P2

Third place match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
21 November 13:00 PHG 3–1 CIG 23–25 25–21 25–22 25–17 – 98–85 P2

Championship

November 26, 2015
16:00 		Foton Tornadoes 3–1 Petron Blaze Spikers Cuneta Astrodome
Attendance: 1, 502
Referees: J. Hugo, L. Pajarillo
(14–25, 25–21, 25–19, 25–22)
Match Result P2
POG: #6 Lindsay Stalzer, with 23 attacks, 1 block and 1 service ace
November 30, 2015
16:00 		Petron Blaze Spikers 3–1 Foton Tornadoes Cuneta Astrodome
Attendance: 5,020
Referees: J. Hugo, J. Villareal
(25–13, 25–21, 23–25, 26–24)
Match Result P2
POG: #2 Abigail Maraño, with 12 attacks, 3 blocks and 1 service ace
December 5, 2015
13:00 		Foton Tornadoes 3–0 Petron Blaze Spikers Cuneta Astrodome
Attendance: 9,000
Referees: L. Benito, Jr., J. Hugo
(25–18, 25–18, 25–17)
Match Result P2
POG: #2 Katie Messing, with 12 attacks and 2 service aces

Final standing

Individual awards

Award Name/Team
MVP United States Lindsay Stalzer (Foton)
Best Outside Spiker 1st: United States Ariel Elizabeth Usher (Cignal)
2nd: United States Bojana Todorovic (Philips Gold)
Best Middle Blocker 1st: United States Alexis Olgard (Philips Gold)
2nd: Philippines Alyja Daphne Santiago (Foton)
Best Opposite Spiker 1st: Philippines Michele Gumabao (Philips Gold)
2nd: Philippines Frances Xinia Molina (Petron)
Best Setter 1st: Philippines Ivy Jizel Perez (Foton)
2nd: Brazil Erica Adachi (Petron)
Best Libero Philippines Jennylyn Reyes (Petron)
Coach of the Year Philippines George Pascua (Petron)

Skill set leaders

Skill Name/Team
Spiking Aleona Manabat
Setting Ivy Perez
Serving Aleona Manabat
Blocking Abigail Marano
Receiving Jennylyn Reyes
Digging Jennylyn Reyes

Venues

Metro Manila venues

PSL Spike on Tour venues

Broadcast partners

Broadcast Notes:

Game Sports5 coverage Solar Sports coverage
Play-by-play Analyst Courtside reporters Play-by-play Analyst
Battle for Third James Velasquez Tex Suter Apple David Noel Zarate Shiela Salaysay
Battle for Fifth Denise Tan Chiqui Pablo Apple David Noel Zarate Shiela Salaysay
Finals Game 1 James Velasquez Tex Suter Mich del Carmen and Carmela Tunay unannounced unannounced
Finals Game 2 James Velasquez Denise Tan Apple David and Carla Lizardo Ronnie Magsanoc Xavier Nunag
Finals Game 3 James Velasquez Chiqui Pablo Mich del Carmen and Carmela Tunay Noel Zarate Anne Remulla-Canda

Additional Game 3 crew:

Awards Presenter: Anthony Suntay

References

  1. ^ "FIVB official to grace PSL Grand Prix opener". ABS-CBN Sports. September 30, 2015. Archived from the original on October 1, 2015. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
  2. ^ "PSL Finals: Foton's hunger vs. Petron's dynasty". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved November 25, 2015.
  3. ^ Reyes, Marc Anthony (October 23, 2015). "PH to host 2016 AVC Women's Club C'ship". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  4. ^ "PSL Grand Prix champion to join Asian Club joust in Manila". ABS-CBN Sports. October 23, 2015. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  5. ^ "PSL unveils video challenge system as unbeaten Cignal clashes with champ Petron". Spin.ph. October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  6. ^ "Petron looks to close in on leaders as Air Force tries to end four-match skid in Super Liga Grand Prix". Spin.ph. Spin.ph. October 28, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  7. ^ "PSL implements video challenge system". ABS-CBN Sports. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  8. ^ "Foreign players in Superliga under fire". Manila Times. October 25, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
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