2016 PSL season

2016 PSL season
Duration	February 18 - December 4, 2016
TV partner(s)	TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph
Conferences
Invitational champions	Women's: RC Cola-Army Troopers and Est Cola (co-champions) Men's: (no tournament)
Runners-up	Women's: Petron Tri-Activ Spikers
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The 2016 PSL season is the fourth season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). There will be four indoor conferences for the season – the Invitational Cup, All-Filipino, the Champions League and Grand Prix;^[1] and two beach volleyball tournaments.

Background

The calendar of events for the 2016 season was finalized during the planning session between the league officials and team owners on November 11, 2015.^[1]

Starting this season, teams will offer annual exclusive contracts, instead of per-conference agreements with their players. The annual contracts will require them to play exclusively for their PSL clubs.^[2]

On September 16 to 25, selected PSL players will conduct exhibition games in the United States. After the conferences, the PSL will be holding the first Grand Volleyball Awards Night dedicated to the outstanding players and coaches who have greatest achievements in the past five conferences.

The PSL (SportsCore Event Management and Consultancy, Inc.), together with the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas Inc. (LVPI), will handle the hosting of the 2016 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship on September 3 to 11, 2016 to be held either Mall of Asia Arena or Philsports Arena, and the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship on October 18 to 23, 2016 also at the MoA Arena.^[3]

In cooperation with the Quezon City Pride Council, the PSL has organized a two-day volleyball competition called "1st Quezon City Pride Volleyball Cup" on February 6–7, 2016. It was claimed as the first volleyball league in the Philippines for the LGBTs.^[4] Team Circle led by Jolas Lopez, beat Braganza team, in 4 sets, to claimed the inaugural title of the QCPVC.^[5]

2016 draft

The 2016 draft will be held on May 20, 2016 with top graduating collegiate players expected to join the draft.

Among the marquee players anticipated to join the draft is graduating Ateneo Lady Eagles star Alyssa Valdez, a potential first round draft pick. Valdez is also the top choices for the Philippine team in the Asian and World Club Championships. Valdez's manager and LVPI official Tony Boy Liao said she is free to decide if she wishes to move to the PSL or stay with her current Shakey's V-League club team, PLDT.^[6]

Indoor Volleyball

There will be four indoor conferences for the season - the Invitational Cup (February 12 to March 13); the All-Filipino (June 11 - July 30); the Champions League (August 19–21), a showdown between the PSL All-Filipino champion, and the champions of LVPI stakeholders, UAAP, NCAA and Shakey's V-League; and the import-laden Grand Prix (October).^[1]

Invitational Cup

Classification round (February 18 to March 19, 2016):

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	RC Cola-Army Troopers	13	4	1	14	3	4.667	411	314	1.309
2	Petron Tri-Activ Spikers	13	4	1	14	6	2.333	440	392	1.122
3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	12	4	2	12	8	1.500	442	416	1.063
4	Cignal HD Spikers	9	3	2	11	8	1.375	424	397	1.068
5	Foton Toplanders	3	1	4	3	13	0.231	327	378	0.865
6	New San Jose Builders Victorias	0	0	6	2	18	0.111	349	496	0.704

      Advanced to the final round

Final round (April 7 to April 9, 2016):

		Pts	Matches		Sets			Points
Rank	Team		W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	RC Cola-Army Troopers	9	3	0	9	2	4.500	255	238	1.071
2	Est Cola	6	2	1	7	3	2.333	244	182	1.341
3	Petron Tri-Activ Spikers	3	1	2	4	7	0.571	227	261	0.870
4	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	0	0	3	1	9	0.111	198	243	0.815

Final standings:

Rank Team RC Cola-Army Troopers Est Cola (co-champion) Petron Tri-Activ Spikers F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 4 Cignal HD Spikers 5 Foton Toplanders 6 New San Jose Builders Victorias Beach Volleyball PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup 2016 logo The 2016 Challenge Cup will be staged on May 7, 2016.[1] PSL, non-PSL and collegiate teams are expected to participated in the beach volleyball tourney that will run every Weekend. International competitions Thai-Denmark Super League 2016 A selection of the players from the PSL participated in the 2016 Thai-Denmark Super League which was held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 23 to 28, 2016. The team played as the Petron-Philippine Super Liga team and was coached by Petron coach George Pascua.[7][8][9] The Petron-PSL All-Stars lost all its group stage matches against Bangkok Glass, Idea Khonkaen and 3BB Nakhonnont.[10] The team won in an exhibition game outside the scope of the tournament against the Hong Kong women's national volleyball team which was also held in Bangkok.[11] Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League Year Round Position W L 2016 Preliminary round 7th place 0 3 Philippine Super Liga All-Stars roster Players Coaches Pos. # POB Name DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) Height Weight From S 1 Dimaculangan, Rhea Katrina 1991-03-21 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 146 lb (66 kg) Foton MH 2 Maraño, Aby 1992-12-22 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 119 lb (54 kg) F2 Logistics OH 4 Mercado, Stephanie 1989-07-01 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 125 lb (57 kg) F2 Logistics L 5 Gohing, Melissa 1991-10-22 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) 143 lb (65 kg) Philips Gold MB 6 Pañaga, Jeanette 1994-07-31 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 139 lb (63 kg) Cignal OP 7 Gumabao, Michele 1992-09-02 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 138 lb (63 kg) Philips Gold OP 8 Maizo-Pontillas, Aiza 1988-02-29 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 150 lb (68 kg) Petron OP 9 Molina, Frances Xinia 1994-09-24 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 135 lb (61 kg) Petron MB 10 Ortiz, Maika Angela 1991-08-30 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 163 lb (74 kg) Foton OH 11 Cruz, Cha 1988-05-11 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 130 lb (59 kg) F2 Logistics L 12 Reyes, Jennylyn 1991-01-12 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) 112 lb (51 kg) Petron OH 13 Daquis, Rachel Anne () 1987-12-13 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 123 lb (56 kg) RC Cola-Army S 18 Hingpit, April Ross 1989-01-11 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) 123 lb (56 kg) Cignal OS 20 Aganon, Carmina 1993-05-22 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) 124 lb (56 kg) Petron Head coach George Pascua Assistant coach(es) Michael Cariño Strength and conditioning coach(es) Marie Collins Ong (Physical Therapist) Edison Orcullo (Trainer) Dr. Raul Alcantara (Team Doctor) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (IN) Inactive Injured Position Legend (S) Setter (L) Libero (OS) Open Spiker (OH) Outside Hitter (MB) Middle Blocker (OP) Opposite Hitter 2016 AVC Women's Club Championship The PSL will organize the staging of the 2016 AVC Women's Club Championship under the supervision of Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas (LVPI). The tournament will be held at the Mall of Asia Arena and Cuneta Astrodome in Pasay City.[12] It will be held from September 3 to September 11, 2016.[13] The Philippines will be represented by the Foton Toplanders, the champions of the 2015 PSL Grand Prix. Broadcast partners TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph References "Loaded Super Liga 2016 schedule paves way for annual contracts over conference deals with players". Spin.ph. 2015-10-31. Retrieved 2015-10-31. Reyes, Marc Anthony (2015-10-30). "Owners agree to offer annual contracts to PSL players". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2015-10-31. "PH HOSTING 2 BIG VOLLEY TILTS THIS YEAR". Malaya. February 17, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016. "VOLLEY TOURNEY PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY UP IN QC". Malaya. February 4, 2016. Retrieved February 4, 2016. "Team Circle pounces on tired Braganza in finals of Quezon City Pride Volleyball Cup". Spin.ph. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016. Manicad, Julius (2015-11-09). "Valdez ready to take Superliga by storm?". The Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2015-11-09. http://www.spin.ph/volleyball/super-liga/news/philippine-super-liga-volleyball-cha-cruz-aby-marano-aiza-maizo-michele-gumabao-all-star#oUqYDzkdk9yM4JsA.01 http://sports.abs-cbn.com/volleyball/news/2016/03/01/psl-bares-team-compete-thai-denmark-super-league-9285 http://philippinesuperliga.com/wp/2016/03/petron-psl-all-stars-off-to-bangkok/ "PSL All-Stars show promise despite winless finish". The Philippine Star. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016. Reyes, Marc Anthony (28 March 2016). "PSL All-Stars whip HK bets". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 28 March 2016. "AVC releases its 2016 competition calendar" (PDF) (Press release). Asian Volleyball Confederation. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 25 April 2016. "Volleyball events na aabangan sa 2016 (Volleyball events to look forward to in 2016)" (in Filipino). Balita. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.