2015_PSL_season

2015 Philippine Super Liga season

2015 Philippine Super Liga season

Sports season


The 2015 PSL season is the third season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). There were two indoor conferences for the season – the All-Filipino, and the Grand Prix. It staged its first beach volleyball tournament, the Challenge Cup, for the women's and men's divisions.[1]

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Developments

  • The PSL is now sanctioned under the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI), the newest governing body for volleyball in the Philippines under the leadership of POC 1st Vice President Joey Romasanta, aside for being recognized by the AVC and the FIVB. The PSL was first sanctioned by the Philippine Volleyball Federation (PVF) until the federation was stripped of its recognition by the local (POC) and foreign (FIVB, AVC) sport governing bodies. The LVPI also supported the stints of Cignal and Petron who participated in the Asian Club Championships, and helped on the processing of the imports transfer clearances for the 12 imports that played in the Grand Prix.[2]
  • The PSL introduced the use of "skorts", a combination of tennis-like skirts and shorts, as part of the women's uniforms during the All Filipino Conference, but it was discontinued during the PSL Grand Prix.
  • Continuous coaching and players, television crew, officiating (referees), volleyball information system, press corps and medical seminars.
  • After the introduction of the Men's Division in the PSL in 2013, the PSL launched the Beach Volleyball division thru the Challenge Cup and Open Series.
  • The PSL's official newspaper, PSL Trending, managed by the PSL Press Corps under its president, Marc Anthony Reyes of the Philippine Daily Inquirer. PSL Trending is given to the fans for free at the venues during gamedays.
  • The PSL has partnered with the TV5 Network (TV5, AksyonTV and Sports5.ph) for three years starting 2015, for broadcast and online coverage.
  • The PSL became the third Southeast Asian-based volleyball club league (next to Thailand and Vietnam) to utilize the video challenge system to decide crucial calls of the games for a fair and balanced officiating, as part of the full compliance to the FIVB rules. The video challenge equipment arrived on October 26, 2015 and was used during the second round of the 2015 Grand Prix conference.[3]

2015 draft (Women's Division)

The draft was held on March 12, 2015 at SM Aura Premier, Taguig.[4][5][6]

First round

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Second round

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Indoor Volleyball

All-Filipino Conference

The Petron Blaze Spikers became the first team to sweep a PSL tournament with a 13–0 record and claim the All-Filipino championship, its second consecutive PSL title.[7][8][9] There was no men's tournament for this conference.

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Classification round (March 21 to April 23, 2015):

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Playoffs (April 25 to May 16, 2015):

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1 Petron Blaze Spikers 3
4 Philips Gold Lady Slammers 3 4 Philips Gold Lady Slammers 0
5 Cignal HD Spikers 2 1 Petron Blaze Spikers 3
2 Shopinas.com Lady Clickers 1
2 Shopinas.com Lady Clickers 3
3 Foton Tornadoes 3 3 Foton Tornadoes 2
6 Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions 0

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Grand Prix Conference

The Grand Prix Conference started on October 10, 2015 at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna. There was no men's tournament for this conference.

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Classification round (October 10 to November 16, 2015):

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Playoffs (November 19 to December 5, 2015):

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 Nov
 
 
Philips Gold Lady Slammers0
 
26 Nov - 5 Dec
 
Foton Tornadoes1
 
Foton Tornadoes2
 
19 Nov
 
Petron Blaze Spikers1
 
Petron Blaze Spikers1
 
 
Cignal HD Spikers0
 
3rd place match
 
 
21 Nov
 
 
Philips Gold Lady Slammers1
 
 
Cignal HD Spikers0

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Beach Volleyball

Women's Division

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Men's Division

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International competitions

AVC Asian Women's Championship

An all-PSL selection represented the Philippines in the 2015 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship.[10][11][12][13] The team placed 12th out of 14 competitors.

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AVC Club Championships

The champions of the 2014 Grand Prix - the Petron Blaze Spikers (women's)[14] and the Cignal HD Spikers (men's)[15][16] - represented the Philippines in the 2015 AVC Club Volleyball Championships.

Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball

The women's division champions of the 2015 Beach Challenge Cup, Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz, were the PSL representatives in the 2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament held in Manila from November 29 to December 3, 2015.

Gendrauli and Diaz played as Philippines (Team B). Charo Soriano and Alexa Micek represented the Shakey's V-League and played as Philippines (Team A).

Team A finished 12th and Team B finished 13th (last).

Venues

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Controversies

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.[20]


References

  1. Julius Manicad (February 20, 2015). "Bigger, better Superliga marks third season". The Daily Tribune. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  2. "PSL completes imports' ITC, all set for Grand Prix". PSL website. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  3. "PH Superliga to welcome 24 rookies - Manila Standard Today". Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
  4. "PH Super Liga sees banner year | Tempo Sports". Archived from the original on 2015-02-20. Retrieved 2015-02-20.
  5. "Petron wins 2nd Superliga crown | Tempo Sports". Archived from the original on 2015-05-30. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
  6. "AVC Board approves latest updates on 2014 and 2015 competitions". AVC. Archived from the original on 28 August 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  7. "Petron Blaze Spikers to come out stronger after 8th place finish". Philstar.com. September 20, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  8. "Superliga goes to Quezon Province". Manila Bulletin. February 22, 2015. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
  9. "Cha Cruz named new PSL ambassador". ABS-CBN News. April 14, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  10. "Foreign players in Superliga under fire". Manila Times. 2015-10-25. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

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