2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup

2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup
2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup
Duration	March 4 – April 1, 2017
Teams	7
TV partner(s)	TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph
Results
Champions	Kobe Shinwa Women's University ; Cignal HD Spikers (co-champion)
Third place	Petron Blaze Spikers
Fourth place	Foton Tornadoes
Awards
MVP	Jovelyn Gonzaga
Best OH	Frances Molina ; Rachel Daquis
Best MB	Chihiro Fujiwara ; Maica Morada
Best OPP	Mary Grace Berte
Best Setter	Chie Saet
Best Libero	Angelique Dionela
PSL Invitational Cup chronology
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	2017 BVCC >

The 2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup (also known as the 2017 Belo Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup due to sponsorship reasons) was the first conference of the 2017 season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) and the third running of the Invitational Cup. It began on March 4, 2017 and ended on April 1. The tournament adopted the all-to-play format to give playing time to every player in each team. This edition's guest team was Kobe Shinwa Women's University from Japan.

This tournament saw two debutants in the Cocolife Asset Managers and Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors, and the departures of the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers and Philippine Army Lady Troopers.

Similar to 2016, the league declared two co-champions. Kobe Shinwa were the tournament champions while the Cignal HD Spikers, the runners-up, were declared the co-champions. This would be the only women's title in Cignal's franchise history.

Teams

2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
Local teams
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	George Pascua	Stephanie Mercado
CCL	Cocolife Asset Managers	United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation	Roberto Javier	Michele Gumabao
FOT	Foton Tornadoes	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.	Moro Branislav	Dindin Santiago-Manabat
GEN	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	Erikagen, Inc.	Francis Vicente	Geneveve Casugod
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation	Shaq Delos Santos	Frances Molina
SLR	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation	Michael Cariño	Djanel Cheng
Guest team
KSU	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	Kiyokazu Yamamoto	Chihiro Fujiwara

Format

Classification round

The classification round was a single round-robin tournament involving the six PSL teams, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of five matches.
The top three teams advanced to the final round while the remaining teams would play in the 5th–7th classification round.

5th–7th classification round

The 5th–7th classification round was also a single round-robin, with each team playing a total of two matches.

Final round

The final round was also a single round-robin, now featuring the international guest team. Each team played one match against all other teams for a total of three matches.

Classification round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Petron Blaze Spikers	5	5	0	14	15	4	3.750	441	369	1.195	Final round
2	Cignal HD Spikers	5	4	1	12	14	7	2.000	476	408	1.167
3	Foton Tornadoes	5	3	2	9	11	9	1.222	436	401	1.087
4	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	5	2	3	6	9	10	0.900	415	423	0.981	5th–7th classification
5	Cocolife Asset Managers	5	1	4	3	5	13	0.385	356	422	0.844
6	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	5	0	5	1	4	15	0.267	351	452	0.777

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 March	15:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	1–3	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	20–25	15–25	25–21	16–25		76–96
04 March	17:00	Foton Tornadoes	2–3	Cignal HD Spikers	24–26	25–20	24–26	25–13	9–15	107–100
04 March	19:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–19	25–19	25–21			75–59
09 March	17:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	0–3	Foton Tornadoes	16–25	17–25	13–25			46–75	P2
09 March	19:00	Cignal HD Spikers	2–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–18	24–26	25–14	20–25	12–15	106–98	P2
11 March	15:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	20–25	25–10	25–20	25–10		95–65	P2
11 March	17:00	Foton Tornadoes	3–1	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	25–19	25–16	23–25	26–24		99–84	P2
11 March	19:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	1–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–20	19–25	21–25	21–25		86–95	P2
16 March	15:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes	25–12	25–10	25–23			75–45	P2
16 March	17:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	3–1	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	22–25	25–17	25–23	25–16		97–81	P2
16 March	19:00	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	1–3	Cignal HD Spikers	24–26	25–23	24–26	14–25		87–100	P2
18 March	17:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	0–3	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	21–25	13–25	16–25			50–75	P2
18 March	19:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	15–25	20–25	16–25			51–75	P2
23 March	17:00	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	1–3	Petron Blaze Spikers	25–11	25–23	18–25	19–25		87–84	P2
23 March	19:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	2–3	Foton Tornadoes	19–25	25–23	16–25	25–22	11–15	96–110	P2

5th–7th classification round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	190	167	1.138
2	Cocolife Asset Managers	2	1	1	2	3	5	0.600	166	178	0.933
3	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	2	0	2	2	4	6	0.667	202	213	0.948

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
30 March	15:00	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	3–2	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	25–19	23–25	25–27	25–18	15–12	113–101	P2
31 March	15:00	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors	2–3	Cocolife Asset Managers	23–25	25–23	17–25	25–12	11–15	101–100
01 April	13:00	Cocolife Asset Managers	0–3	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers	18–25	24–26	24–26			66–77	P2

Final round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	268	215	1.247
2	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	234	216	1.083
3	Petron Blaze Spikers	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	258	278	0.928
4	Foton Tornadoes	3	0	3	0	2	9	0.222	219	270	0.811

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
30 March	17:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	1–3	Cignal HD Spikers	22–25	25–18	15–25	19–25	81–93	P2
30 March	19:00	Foton Tornadoes	1–3	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	25–15	22–25	25–18	25–12	97–70	P2
31 March	17:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	3–1	Foton Tornadoes	26–24	22–25	25–19	25–21	98–89
31 March	19:00	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	23–25	20–25	23–25		66–75
01 April	15:00	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Foton Tornadoes	25–20	25–18	25–22		75–60	P2
01 April	17:00	Petron Blaze Spikers	1–3	Kobe Shinwa Women's University	17–25	19–25	25–21	18–25	79–96	P2

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Kobe Shinwa Women's University Cignal HD Spikers (co-champion)
	Petron Blaze Spikers
4	Foton Tornadoes
5	Generika–Ayala Lifesavers
6	Cocolife Asset Managers
7	Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors

2017 Philippine SuperLiga Invitational Cup
Kobe Shinwa Women's University
Team roster Chihiro Fujiwara (c), Yoshimi Okada, Yuna Kato, Hana Kawabata, Wakana Harima, Yu Moriwaki, Kana Edamatsu, Hinano Michishita, Mariko Fujiwara, Yumeho Murakami, Nao Miyatake, Haruka Takabatake, Ruka Matsushima, Manaka Fukui Head coach Kiyokazu Yamamoto
Cignal HD Spikers
(co-champion)
Team roster Maica Morada, Angelique Dionela, Stephanie Mercado (c), Mylene Paat, Jovelyn Gonzaga, Janine Marciano, Sandra delos Santos, Cherry Vivas, Lourdes Patilano, Rachel Daquis, May Jennifer Macatuno, Honey Royse Tubino, Marleen Cortel, Relea Ferina Saet Head coach George Pascua

Individual awards

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Jovelyn Gonzaga (Cignal)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Frances Xinia Molina (Petron)
Best Outside Spiker	2nd:	Rachel Daquis (Cignal)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Chihiro Fujiwara (KSWU)
Best Middle Blocker	2nd:	Maica Morada (Cignal)
Best Opposite Spiker		Mary Grace Berte (Foton)
Best Setter		Relea Ferina Saet (Cignal)
Best Libero		Angelique Dionela (Cignal)

Venues

Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue)
Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan
Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Muntinlupa

Broadcast partners

Sports5: TV5, AksyonTV, Hyper (SD and HD), Sports5.ph

References

↑ Atencio, Peter (March 1, 2017). "All tossers get playing time in new Superliga format". Manila Standard. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
↑ "Petron, Cignal as PSL heavyweights". Volleyverse. March 1, 2017.

External links

PSL website

[1] Atencio, Peter (March 1, 2017). "All tossers get playing time in new Superliga format". Manila Standard. Retrieved June 23, 2018.

[2] "Petron, Cignal as PSL heavyweights". Volleyverse. March 1, 2017.

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