2019 Spikers' Turf season
# 2019 Spikers' Turf season

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. 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

The 2019 Spikers’ Turf Reinforced Conference is the thirteenth conference of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament began on May 19, 2019 at the Paco Arena. The Philippine men’s volleyball team is set to compete in this conference as preparations for the 2019 SEA Games.

### Participating teams

2019 Spikers’ Turf Reinforced Conference :

| Abbr. | Team | Company/sponsor | 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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Final round |
| 3 | PLDT Power Hitters | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 27 | 12 | 2.250 | 893 | 811 | 1.101 | Final round |
| 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 | |

### Final round

* All series are best-of-three.

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Cignal HD Spikers | 3 | 2 | 3 | | | | | |
| 4 | Sta. Elena Ball Hammers | 0 | 3 | 2 | | | | | |
| 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 | | Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers | 1 | 2 | – |
| 3 | PLDT Power Hitters | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3rd place | 3rd place | 3rd place | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | | | | | PLDT Power Hitters | 3 | 2 | – |
| | | | | | | Sta. Elena Ball Hammers | 1 | 3 | – |

## Open conference

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. San Beda replaced PNP, which was forced to withdraw from the competition after failing to secure permission from their superior officers.

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

### Participating teams

2019 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference – Pool A :

| Abbr. | Team | Company/sponsor | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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

**Pool A**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

**Pool B**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

**Pool C**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

**Pool D**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

### Final round

| Quarterfinals * – twice to beat advantage | Quarterfinals * – twice to beat advantage | Quarterfinals * – twice to beat advantage | Quarterfinals * – twice to beat advantage | Quarterfinals * – twice to beat advantage | Semifinals best of three | Semifinals best of three | Semifinals best of three | Semifinals best of three | Semifinals best of three | Championship best of three | Championship best of three | Championship best of three | Championship best of three | Championship best of three |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cignal HD Spikers* | Cignal HD Spikers* | 3 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | Ateneo Blue Eagles | 0 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ateneo Blue Eagles | Ateneo Blue Eagles | 0 | – | – | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal HD Spikers | 3 | 3 | – | | | | | |
| | | | | | Perpetual Altas | Perpetual Altas | 0 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| Perpetual Altas* | Perpetual Altas* | 3 | – | – | Perpetual Altas | Perpetual Altas | 0 | 0 | – | | | | | |
| Philippine Navy Sea Lions | Philippine Navy Sea Lions | 2 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | |
| Philippine Navy Sea Lions | Philippine Navy Sea Lions | 2 | – | – | | | | | | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal HD Spikers | 3 | 3 | – |
| | | | | | | | | | | Go for Gold-Air Force | Go for Gold-Air Force | 2 | 2 | – |
| Go for Gold-Air Force* | Go for Gold-Air Force* | 3 | – | – | | | | | | | | | | | Go for Gold-Air Force | Go for Gold-Air Force | 2 | 2 | – |
| PLDT Power Hitters | PLDT Power Hitters | 1 | – | – | | | | | |
| PLDT Power Hitters | PLDT Power Hitters | 1 | – | – | Go for Gold-Air Force | Go for Gold-Air Force | 2 | 3 | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers* | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers* | 0 | 3 | – | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers | 3 | 1 | 1 | Perpetual Altas | Perpetual Altas | 1 | 0 | – |
| IEM Phoenix Volley Masters | IEM Phoenix Volley Masters | 3 | 2 | – | | | | | | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers | Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers | 3 | 3 | – |

### Awards

| Award | Award | Player |
| - | - | - |
| Most Valuable Player | Finals | Marck Espejo (Cignal) |
| 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 | Best Opposite Spiker | Ysay Marasigan (Cignal) |
| Best Setter | Best Setter | Joshua Retimar (Sta. Elena-NU) |
| Best Libero | Best Libero | Ricky Marcos (Sta. Elena-NU) |

### Final standings

| 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 |
