2019 Spikers' Turf season

2019 Spikers' Turf season
2019 Spikers' Turf season
League	Spikers' Turf
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	May 19 – October 22, 2019
Conferences
Reinforced champions	Cignal HD Spikers
Reinforced runners-up	Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers
Open champions	Cignal HD Spikers
Open runners-up	Go for Gold-Air Force
Spiker's Turf seasons
	← 2018, 2nd (PVL) 2022, 5th →

The 2019 Spikers' Turf season was the fourth season of the men's volleyball league Spikers' Turf, the counterpart of the women's Premier Volleyball League. In 2014, the Shakey's V-League introduced a men's division during its 21st conference.^[1] The following year, Sports Vision, the organizers of the Shakey's V-League decided to spin-off the men's vision as a separate tournament, giving birth to the Spikers' Turf.

Reinforced conference[edit]

The 2019 Spikers’ Turf Reinforced Conference was the thirteenth conference of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament began on May 19, 2019^[2] at the Paco Arena.^[3]

Participating teams[edit]

2019 Spikers’ Turf Reinforced Conference
Abbr.	Team	Company/sponsor	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
ANM	Animo Green Spikers			Aaron Velez	Kevin Magsino
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Dexter Clamor	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
ESY	Easy Trip–Raimol	Easytrip Services Corporation Philippines and Rainchem International, Inc.		Jose Roque	Red Christensen
IEM	IEM Phoenix Volley Masters	Instituto Estetico Manila		Pathie Jamiri	Michael Conde
PAF	Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers	Philippine Air Force		Rhovyl Verayo	Pitrus De Ocampo
PAR	Philippine Army Troopers	Philippine Army		Rico de Guzman	Patrick John Rojas
PCG	Philippine Coast Guard Dolphins	Philippine Coast Guard		Jeffrey Dela Cruz	Al-frazin Abdulwahab
PHI	Philippine National Team	Republic Biscuit Corporation		Dante Alinsunurin	John Vic De Guzman
PLD	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Arthur Mamon	Henry James Pecaña
PNV	Philippine Navy Sea Lions	Philippine Navy		Edgardo Rusit	Relan Taneo
STE	Sta. Elena Ball Hammers	Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation		Dante Alinsunurin	Edward Camposano
VNS	VNS Griffins	Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurant		Ralph Ocampo	Guel Asia

Preliminary round[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cignal HD Spikers	11	10	1	30	31	4	7.750	859	660	1.302	Final round
2	Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers	11	10	1	26	30	14	2.143	1011	924	1.094
3	PLDT Power Hitters	11	8	3	25	27	12	2.250	893	811	1.101
4	Philippine National Team	11	8	3	24	28	14	2.000	997	859	1.161
5	Sta. Elena Ball Hammers	11	7	4	20	24	17	1.412	971	948	1.024	Final round
6	Philippine Army Troopers	11	6	5	14	19	25	0.760	897	984	0.912
7	Philippine Navy Sea Lions	11	5	6	18	21	23	0.913	966	968	0.998
8	Animo Green Spikers	11	5	6	13	20	26	0.769	980	1037	0.945
9	IEM Volley Masters	11	4	7	13	19	25	0.760	979	1016	0.964
10	VNS Griffins	11	2	9	9	14	28	0.500	951	1004	0.947
11	Easy Trip–Raimol	11	1	10	4	11	32	0.344	865	1007	0.859
12	Philippine Coast Guard Dolphins	11	0	11	2	9	33	0.273	846	997	0.849

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round[edit]

All series are best-of-three.

Semifinals					Finals

1	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	3

4	Sta. Elena Ball Hammers	0	3	2
						Cignal HD Spikers	3	3	–

						Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers	1	2	–
2	Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers	3	2	3

3	PLDT Power Hitters	2	3	0	3rd place


						PLDT Power Hitters	3	2	–

						Sta. Elena Ball Hammers	1	3	–

Awards[edit]

Award		Player	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Finals	Marck Espejo (Cignal)	^[4]
Most Valuable Player	Conference	Alnakran Abdilla (Air Force)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Alnakran Abdilla (Air Force) Marck Espejo (Cignal)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Berhashidin Daymil (Sta. Elena) Kim Malabunga (Air Force)
Best Opposite Spiker		John Vic De Guzman (PLDT)
Best Setter		Vince Mangulabnan (Cignal)
Best Libero		Manuel Sumanguid III (Cignal)

Final standings[edit]

Rank	Team
	Cignal HD Spikers
	Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers
	PLDT Power Hitters
4	Sta. Elena Ball Hammers
5	Philippine Army Troopers
6	Philippine Navy Sea Lions
7	Animo Green Blazing Spikers
8	IEM Phoenix Volley Masters
9	VNS Griffins
10	Easy Trip–Raimol
11	Philippine Coast Guard Dolphins

Open conference[edit]

The 2019 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference was the fourteenth conference of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament began on August 20, 2019 with a total of 24 teams.^[5] San Beda replaced PNP, which was forced to withdraw from the competition after failing to secure permission from their superior officers.^[6]

A total of four pools with six squads each pool that will compete in a single-round robin elimination round.^[7]

Participating teams[edit]

2019 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference – Pool A
Abbr.	Team	Company/sponsor	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
ADU	Adamson Soaring Falcons	Adamson University		Domingo Custodio	Leo Miranda
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Dexter Clamor	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
EAC	EAC Generals	Emilio Aguinaldo College		Rodrigo Palmero	Ralph Joshua Pitogo
IEM	IEM Phoenix Volley Masters	Instituto Estetico Manila		Pathie Jamiri	Leonel Evan Laraya
NCB	NCBA Wildcats	National College of Business and Arts		Ernesto Balubar Jr.	Cj Oclima
VNS	VNS Griffins	VNS Management Group		Ralph Ocampo	Guel Asia

2019 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference – Pool B
Abbr.	Team	Company/sponsor	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
ADM	Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University		Timothy James Sto. Tomas	Jasper Rodney Tan
CEU	CEU Scorpions	Centro Escolar University		Mark Anthony Santos	Niño Nazareno
EGS	ECO Oil–La Salle Green Archers	ECO Oil Ltd.–De La Salle University		Arnold Laniog	Wayne Ferdi Marco
ESY	Easy Trip–Raimol	Easytrip Services Corporation Philippines and Rainchem International, Inc.		Jose Roque	Red Christensen
LPU	Lyceum Pirates	Lyceum of the Philippines University		Emil Lontoc	Miko Binas
PAF	Go for Gold–Air Force	Philippine Air Force / Go For Gold		Dante Alinsunurin	Jessie Lopez

2019 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference – Pool C
Abbr.	Team	Company/sponsor	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
FEU	Hachiran–FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University		Reynaldo Diaz Jr.	Owen Suarez
PAR	Philippine Army Troopers	Philippine Army		Rico de Guzman	Randy Fallorina
PCG	Philippine Coast Guard Dolphins	Philippine Coast Guard		Jeffrey Dela Cruz	Al-frazin Abdulwahab
PLD	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Arthur Mamon	John Vic De Guzman
SSC	San Sebastian Stags	San Sebastian College – Recoletos		Clint Malazo	John Timothy Eusebio
UPH	Perpetual Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA		Sinfronio Acaylar	Ridzuan Muhali

2019 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference – Pool D
Abbr.	Team	Company/sponsor	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
AUN	Arellano Chiefs	Arellano University		Sherwin Meneses	Christian Joshua Segovia
MUN	Mapúa Cardinals	Mapúa University		Paul Jan Dolorias	Reje Emmanuel Hizon
SBU	San Beda Red Lions	San Beda University		Alegro Carpio	Mark Lorenze Santos
PNV	Philippine Navy Sea Lions	Philippine Navy		Edgardo Rusit	Relan Taneo
STE	Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers	Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation		Ariel Dela Cruz	James Martin Nativdad
UST	UST Growling Tigers	University of Santo Tomas		Arthur Alan Mamon	Manuel Andrei Medina

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cignal HD Spikers	5	5	0	15	15	2	7.500	439	316	1.389	Quarterfinals
2	IEM Phoenix Volley Masters	5	4	1	11	13	7	1.857	460	436	1.055	Quarterfinals
3	VNS Griffins	5	3	2	8	10	10	1.000	430	456	0.943
4	Adamson Soaring Falcons	5	2	3	7	11	11	1.000	456	475	0.960
5	EAC Generals	5	1	4	4	7	12	0.583	421	424	0.993
6	NCBA Wildcats	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	305	404	0.755

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Go for Gold-Air Force	5	5	0	13	15	5	3.000	469	369	1.271	Quarterfinals
2	Ateneo Blue Eagles	5	4	1	11	14	8	1.750	481	444	1.083	Quarterfinals
3	ECO Oil-La Salle Green Archers	5	3	2	11	13	8	1.625	470	418	1.124
4	Easy Trip-Raimol	5	2	3	7	10	10	1.000	470	418	1.124
5	Lyceum Pirates	5	1	4	3	6	13	0.462	376	443	0.849
6	CEU Scorpions	5	0	5	0	1	15	0.067	292	393	0.743

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Perpetual Altas	5	5	0	15	15	3	5.000	445	376	1.184	Quarterfinals
2	PLDT Power Hitters	5	4	1	11	13	5	2.600	427	361	1.183	Quarterfinals
3	Hachiran-FEU Tamaraws	5	3	2	10	12	6	2.000	425	372	1.142
4	Philippine Army Troopers	5	1	4	4	5	12	0.417	352	396	0.889
5	San Sebastian Stags	5	1	4	3	3	13	0.231	333	395	0.843
6	Coast Guard Dolphins	5	1	4	2	5	14	0.357	356	438	0.813

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Sta. Elena Ball Hammers	5	5	0	14	15	3	5.000	428	338	1.266	Quarterfinals
2	Philippine Navy Sea Lions	5	4	1	13	14	3	4.667	410	345	1.188	Quarterfinals
3	UST Growling Tigers	5	2	3	6	9	12	0.750	460	473	0.973
4	Arellano Chiefs	5	2	3	5	7	11	0.636	365	418	0.873
5	Mapúa Cardinals	5	2	3	5	7	12	0.583	395	426	0.927
6	San Beda Red Lions	5	0	5	2	4	15	0.267	378	436	0.867

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Final round[edit]

Quarterfinals * – twice to beat advantage				Semifinals best of three				Championship best of three

Cignal HD Spikers*	3	–	–

Ateneo Blue Eagles	0	–	–
				Cignal HD Spikers	3	3	–

				Perpetual Altas	0	0	–
Perpetual Altas*	3	–	–

Philippine Navy Sea Lions	2	–	–
								Cignal HD Spikers	3	3	–

								Go for Gold-Air Force	2	2	–
Go for Gold-Air Force*	3	–	–

PLDT Power Hitters	1	–	–
				Go for Gold-Air Force	2	3	3	Third place

				Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers	3	1	1
Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers*	0	3	–					Perpetual Altas	1	0	–

IEM Phoenix Volley Masters	3	2	–					Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers	3	3	–

Awards[edit]

Award		Player	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Finals	Marck Espejo (Cignal)	^[8]
Most Valuable Player	Conference	Ysay Marasigan (Cignal)
Best Outside Spikers	1st: 2nd:	Ran Abdilla (Air Force) Marck Espejo (Cignal)
Best Middle Blockers	1st: 2nd:	Francis Saura (Air Force) Anjo Pertierra (Cignal)
Best Opposite Spiker		Ysay Marasigan (Cignal)
Best Setter		Joshua Retamar (Sta. Elena-NU)
Best Libero		Ricky Marcos (Sta. Elena-NU)

Final standings[edit]

Rank	Team
	Cignal HD Spikers
	Go for Gold-Air Force
	Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers
4	Perpetual Altas
5	Philippine Navy Sea Lions
6	PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
7	IEM Phoenix Volley Masters
8	Ateneo Blue Eagles
9	ECO Oil-La Salle Green Archers
10	Hachiran-FEU Tamaraws
11	VNS Griffins
12	Easy Trip-Raimol
13	Adamson Soaring Falcons
14	UST Growling Tigers
15	Arellano Chiefs
16	Mapúa Cardinals
17	Philippine Army Troopers
18	EAC Generals
19	Lyceum Pirates
20	San Sebastian Stags
21	Coast Guard Dolphins
22	San Beda Red Lions
23	NCBA Wildcats
24	CEU Scorpions

References[edit]

^ "Spikers' Turf showcases best in men's volleyball". The Philippine Star. March 25, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
^ "Spikers' Turf opens Sunday". Tempo Online. May 18, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ "SEAGames-bound PH volleyball team to compete in Spikers' Turf". Philippine News Agency. May 16, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.
^ Lozada, Bong (July 21, 2019). "Cignal sweeps Air Force for Spikers' Turf crown; Marck Espejo is Finals MVP". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
^ "Volleyball: 24 teams to compete in Spikers' Turf Open Conference". ABS-CBN News. August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
^ Lozada, Bong (August 29, 2019). "San Beda in as PNP backs out of Spikers' Turf Open Conference". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
^ Dannug, Jonash (August 2, 2019). "24 teams duke it out come Spikers' Turf Open Conference". Tiebreaker Times Inc. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
^ "Espejo drops 43 points as HD Spikers dethrone Jet Spikers". ABS-CBN Sports. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.

[Spikers_Turf1-1] "Spikers' Turf showcases best in men's volleyball". The Philippine Star. March 25, 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2023.

[2] "Spikers' Turf opens Sunday". Tempo Online. May 18, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.

[3] "SEAGames-bound PH volleyball team to compete in Spikers' Turf". Philippine News Agency. May 16, 2019. Retrieved June 6, 2019.

[2019_spikers_turf_reinforced_finals-4] Lozada, Bong (July 21, 2019). "Cignal sweeps Air Force for Spikers' Turf crown; Marck Espejo is Finals MVP". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved July 22, 2019.

[5] "Volleyball: 24 teams to compete in Spikers' Turf Open Conference". ABS-CBN News. August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.

[6] Lozada, Bong (August 29, 2019). "San Beda in as PNP backs out of Spikers' Turf Open Conference". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

[7] Dannug, Jonash (August 2, 2019). "24 teams duke it out come Spikers' Turf Open Conference". Tiebreaker Times Inc. Retrieved August 8, 2019.

[8] "Espejo drops 43 points as HD Spikers dethrone Jet Spikers". ABS-CBN Sports. October 22, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2019.

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2024 : Open Conference – Invitational Conference
Active club teams	Cignal HD Spikers Criss Cross King Crunchers D'Navigators Iloilo Maverick Hard Hitters Philippine Air Force Airmen Philippine Army Troopers PGJC-Navy Sea Lions RichMarc Sports 3B Elite Spikers Savouge Spin Doctors VNS–Nasty
Inactive and former club teams	Alpha Omega Elite Spikers Cagayan Valley Rising Suns Chef on a Diet–FEU Cotabato Spikers Davies Paint–Adamson Easy Trip–Raimol EcoOil–La Salle Fourbees Imus City–AJAA Spikers IEM Volley Masters MKA–San Beda NU-Archipelago Builders PCU Dasmariñas–SASKIN Philippine Coast Guard Dolphins PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters Saints and Lattes–Letran Santa Rosa City Lions Sta. Elena–NU St. Gerard Construction–Benilde The Bayleaf Hotels Vanguard Volley Hitters Xentromall Generals
Collegiate teams (c. 2015–2018)	Adamson Soaring Falcons Arellano Chiefs Ateneo Blue Eagles Benilde Blazers CEU Scorpions De La Salle Green Archers De La Salle Dasma Patriots EAC Generals FEU Tamaraws Lyceum Pirates Mapúa Cardinals NCBA Wildcats NU Bulldogs Perpetual Altas PMMS Mariners RTU Blue Thunder San Beda Red Lions San Sebastian Stags UE Red Warriors UP Fighting Maroons
Conferences	2014 Inaugural 2015 (O–C–R) 2016 (O–C–R) 2017 (R–O–C) 2018 (O–C) 2019 (R–O) 2022 (O) 2023 (O–I) 2024 (O–I)
Related links	Awards Conference results Notable records Players Teams
legend: C - collegiate conference, O - open conference, R - reinforced conference, I - invitational conference

Reinforced conference[edit]

Participating teams[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Final round[edit]

Awards[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Open conference[edit]

Participating teams[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Final round[edit]

Awards[edit]

Final standings[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]