2018 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix

2018 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix
DurationFebruary 17 – May 5, 2018
Teams8
TV partner(s)ESPN 5, AksyonTV, Hyper, ESPN5.com
Results
ChampionsPetron Blaze Spikers
Runners-upF2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Third placeFoton Tornadoes Blue Energy
Fourth placeCocolife Asset Managers
Awards
MVPLindsay Stalzer
Best OHSara Klisura
María José Pérez
Best MBAby Maraño
Mika Reyes
Best OPPElizabeth Ann Wendel
Kennedy Lynne Bryan
Best SetterKim Fajardo
Best LiberoMinami Yoshioka
Katarina Vukomanović
PSL Grand Prix chronology
PSL conference chronology

The 2018 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix (also known as the 2018 Chooks-to-Go Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix due to sponsorship reasons) was the first conference of the 2018 season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) and the sixth running of the Grand Prix. The tournament ran from February 17 to May 5, 2018, with the formal opening ceremony was held on February 24 at the Santa Rosa Sports Complex in Santa Rosa, Laguna.

The tournament was moved from October to February in order to align with the new competition calendar approved by the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC).

The league returned to an eight-team lineup with the Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters making their debut, replacing the Iriga City Oragons. In a rematch of the previous two finals, the Petron Blaze Spikers reclaimed the title against the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers for their fourth PSL championship.

Teams

2018 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain Imports
CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Philippines Edgar Barroga Philippines Rachel Daquis United States Jeane Horton
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sonja Milanović
CCL Cocolife Asset Managers United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation Serbia Moro Branislav Serbia Sara Klisura United States Taylor Milton (withdrew)
Serbia Sara Klisura
Serbia Marta Drpa
F2L F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Global Logistics Inc. Philippines Arnold Laniog Philippines Cha Cruz-Behag United States Kennedy Lynne Bryan
Venezuela María José Pérez
Japan Minami Yoshioka
FOT Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Philippines Rommel Abella Philippines Dindin Santiago-Manabat United States Brooke Kranda (withdrew)
Canada Elizabeth Wendel
Serbia Katarina Vukomanović
Trinidad and Tobago Channon Thompson
GAL Generika–Ayala Lifesavers Actimed, Inc. Philippines Sherwin Meneses Philippines Angeli Pauline Araneta Trinidad and Tobago Darlene Ramdin
United States Symone Hayden
Mexico Kimberly Gutierrez
PET Petron Blaze Spikers Petron Corporation Philippines Shaq Delos Santos United States Lindsay Stalzer United States Hillary Hurley (withdrew)
United States Lindsay Stalzer
Japan Yuri Fukuda
United States Khat Bell
SMA Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters Smart Communications Philippines Ronald Dulay Philippines Janet Serafica Cuba Gyselle Silva
Serbia Sanja Trivunović
SLR Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Philippines George Pascua Philippines Pamela Tricia Lastimosa Ukraine Bohdana Anisova
Canada Kristen Moncks
Canada Marisa Field

Preliminary round

Team standings

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 10 9 1 27 28 6 4.667 823 649 1.268
2 Petron Blaze Spikers 10 9 1 25 27 12 2.250 876 783 1.119
3 Cocolife Asset Managers 10 6 4 18 21 17 1.235 837 822 1.018
4 Foton Tornadoes 10 5 5 16 20 21 0.952 907 918 0.988
5 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 10 5 5 14 20 19 1.053 876 865 1.013
6 Cignal HD Spikers 10 3 7 9 14 23 0.609 829 844 0.982
7 Generika–Ayala Lifesavers 10 3 7 8 14 25 0.560 769 897 0.857
8 Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters 10 0 10 3 9 30 0.300 785 924 0.850
Source: [citation needed]

First round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
17 Feb14:00Generika–Ayala Lifesavers1–3Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy19–2525–2216–2522–25 82–97P–2
17 Feb16:00Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors1–3Petron Blaze Spikers21–2525–1817–2520–25 83–93P–2
20 Feb16:15Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors3–2Generika–Ayala Lifesavers21–2525–2123–2525–1515–7109–93P–2
20 Feb19:00Cocolife Asset Managers0–3Cignal HD Spikers15–2526–2815–25  56–78P–2
24 Feb14:00Cignal HD Spikers1–3Petron Blaze Spikers17–2525–820–2517–25 79–83P–2
24 Feb16:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers3–0Cocolife Asset Managers25–2125–1525–16  75–52P–2
27 Feb16:15Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters0–3Cocolife Asset Managers20–2522–2513–25  55–75P–2
27 Feb19:00Cignal HD Spikers3–2Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy25–2225–2326–2820–2515–11111–109P–2
01 Mar16:15Petron Blaze Spikers3–0Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters25–1225–1425–17  75–43P–2
01 Mar19:00Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors1–3Cocolife Asset Managers25–2321–2519–2516–25 81–98P–2
03 Mar16:00Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy0–3Cocolife Asset Managers19–2522–2518–25  59–75P–2
03 Mar18:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers1–3Petron Blaze Spikers25–2019–2519–2519–25 82–95P–2
06 Mar16:00Generika–Ayala Lifesavers0–3Petron Blaze Spikers21–2515–2521–25  57–75P–2
06 Mar18:00Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters2–3Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy25–2120–2529–2715–2512–15101–113P–2
08 Mar16:15Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters0–3F2 Logistics Cargo Movers22–2518–2517–25  57–75P–2
08 Mar19:00Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors3–0Cignal HD Spikers32–3025–2225–21  82–73P–2
10 Mar14:00Cocolife Asset Managers3–1Generika–Ayala Lifesavers25–1925–1621–2525–17 96–77P–2[dead link]
10 Mar16:00Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy2–3Petron Blaze Spikers25–1416–2525–2218–2513–1597–101P–2
13 Mar16:15Generika–Ayala Lifesavers3–2Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters25–2125–2323–2522–2515–11110–105P–2
13 Mar19:00Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors1–3F2 Logistics Cargo Movers25–1816–2519–2521–25 81–93P–2
15 Mar16:15F2 Logistics Cargo Movers3–0Cignal HD Spikers25–2125–1725–14  75–52P–2
15 Mar19:00Petron Blaze Spikers3–1Cocolife Asset Managers26–2425–1821–2525–20 97–87P–2
17 Mar13:45Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy1–3F2 Logistics Cargo Movers18–2525–2320–2516–25 79–98P–2
17 Mar16:10Cignal HD Spikers3–0Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters25–2125–1825–20  75–59P–2
20 Mar16:15Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors3–1Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters25–1525–2023–2525–22 98–82P–2
20 Mar19:00Generika–Ayala Lifesavers0–3F2 Logistics Cargo Movers18–2516–2512–25  46–75P–2
22 Mar16:15Generika–Ayala Lifesavers3–2Cignal HD Spikers26–2418–2516–2525–2215–11100–107P–2
22 Mar19:00Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy3–1Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors25–1822–2525–2028–26 100–89P–2

Second round

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Mar16:00Petron Blaze Spikers3–1Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters25–2222–2525–1826–24 98–89P–2
24 Mar19:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers3–0Generika–Ayala Lifesavers25–2225–1425–10  75–46P–2
03 Apr16:15Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy3–1Cignal HD Spikers25–2327–2521–2532–30 105–103P–2
03 Apr19:00Cocolife Asset Managers3–1Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors25–2025–1820–2525–22 95–85P–2
05 Apr16:15Petron Blaze Spikers0–3Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors18–2521–2517–25  56–75P–2
05 Apr19:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers3–1Cignal HD Spikers23–2527–2525–1625–23 100–89P–2
07 Apr16:00Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy3–1Generika–Ayala Lifesavers25–2125–1721–2525–20 96–83P–2
07 Apr18:00Cocolife Asset Managers3–2Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters25–2325–2125–2719–2516–14110–110P–2
10 Apr16:15Petron Blaze Spikers3–2Cocolife Asset Managers25–1423–2515–2525–1415–13103–91 
10 Apr19:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers3–0Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy25–1725–1825–17  75–52 
12 Apr16:15Cignal HD Spikers0–3Generika–Ayala Lifesavers22–2520–2520–25  62–75 
12 Apr19:00Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors3–1Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters25–2218–2525–1725–18 93–82 

Playoffs

 
Quarter-finals
One-game playoff		Semi-finals
Best-of-3 series		Finals
Best-of-three series
 
          
 
 
 
 
 FOT 1
 
 
 
 SLR 0
 
 FOT 0
 
 
 
 FTL 2
 
 FTL 1
 
 
 
 SMA 0
 
 FTL 1
 
 
 
 PET 2
 
 PET 1
 
 
 
 GAL 0
 
 PET 2
 
 
 
 CCL 0 Bronze medal match
 
 CCL 1
 
 
 
 CIG 0
 
 CCL 0
 
 
 FOT 1
 

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
14 Apr16:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers3–0Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters25–1825–1827–25  77–61P–2
14 Apr18:00Petron Blaze Spikers3–0Generika–Ayala Lifesavers25–1925–2025–21  75–60P–2
17 Apr16:15Cocolife Asset Managers3–0Cignal HD Spikers25–2225–2128–26  78–69P–2
17 Apr19:00Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy3–0Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors25–2225–2325–19  75–64P–2

Semifinals

Best-of-three series

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Apr16:15Petron Blaze Spikers3–1Cocolife Asset Managers25–1823–2525–1625–23 98–82P–2
24 Apr19:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers3–1Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy25–2225–2322–2525–22 97–92P–2
26 Apr16:15F2 Logistics Cargo Movers3–0Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy25–1925–1825–21  75–58P–2
26 Apr19:00Petron Blaze Spikers3–0Cocolife Asset Managers25–1525–1525–16  75–46P–2

Bronze match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
01 May16:15Cocolife Asset Managers1–3Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy25–2122–2524–2619–25 90–97P–2

Finals

Best-of-three series

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
01 May19:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers2–3Petron Blaze Spikers25–2325–2015–2522–259–1596–108 
03 May19:00Petron Blaze Spikers0–3F2 Logistics Cargo Movers17–2522–2519–25  58–75P–2
05 May18:00F2 Logistics Cargo Movers1–3Petron Blaze Spikers19–2520–2525–2218–25 82–97 

Final standing

Individual awards

Award Name/Team
MVPUnited States Lindsay Stalzer (Petron)
Best Outside Spiker1st:Serbia Sara Klisura (Cocolife)
2nd:Venezuela María José Pérez (F2 Logistics)
Best Middle Blocker1st:Philippines Abigail Maraño (F2 Logistics)
2nd:Philippines Mika Reyes (Petron)
Best Opposite Spiker1st:Canada Elizabeth Ann Wendel (Foton)
2nd:United States Kennedy Lynne Bryan (F2 Logistics)
Best SetterPhilippines Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics)
Best Libero1st:Japan Minami Yoshioka (F2 Logistics)
2nd:Serbia Katarina Vukomanović (Foton)
Best Scorer in a MatchCuba Gyselle de la Caridad Silva (Smart), 56 points

Venues

Main venues
"Spike on Tour" venues

Broadcast partners

References

  1. ↑ "3 teams tipped as favorites for PSL Grand Prix crown". ABS-CBN News. February 12, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ "PSL Calendar for 2018; Crucial Matches For Quarterfinals Placement". Philippine Super Liga. November 30, 2017. Archived from the original on December 30, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2018.