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2018 Spikers' Turf Open Conference

<section begin="2018 Spikers' Turf Open Conference" /> The 2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference is the revival conference of the Spikers' Turf. After the 2016 season of the Spikers' Turf, its affiliate league, the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), assumed the tournaments of the Spikers' Turf under its men's division until the collegiate conference of year 2018. The tournament began on October 6, 2018 at the Blue Eagle Gym, Ateneo de Manila University campus, Quezon City, Philippines.<section end="2018 Spikers' Turf Open Conference" />

Participating teams

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Format

Preliminary round
  • The preliminary round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of nine matches.
  • The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the bottom six were eliminated.
Semifinals
  • The semifinals featured best-of-three series.
  • The match-ups were as follows:
  • SF1: #1 vs. #4
  • SF2: #2 vs. #3
  • The winners advanced to the championship while the losers would play in the third-place series.
Finals
  • The championship and third-place series were best-of-three series.
  • The match-ups were as follows:
  • Championship: Semifinal round winners
  • Third-place series: Semifinal round losers

Pool standing procedure

  • First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
  • If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
  • In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
  • Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
  • Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed.
  • Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

Team standings

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Match results

Final round

<section begin="2018 Spikers' Turf Open Conference finals" />Sta. Elena, who won the semifinal match against Cignal, withdrew from the tournament to represent the Philippines at the 2018 ASEAN University Games in Myanmar. The two teams that initially lost, Philippine Air Force and Cignal, competed in a one-game playoff to determine the second finalist who will play against PLDT.

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Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

Finals

Finals play-off

Championships

Awards

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Final standings

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Venue

Broadcast partner

See also

References