<section begin="2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference" />The 2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference was the sixteenth conference and the start of the sixth season of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament began on January 22, 2023, with a total of eleven teams, including four new teams at the Paco Arena, Paco, Manila. This is the first conference of the league to use a Video Challenge.<section end="2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference" />
Participating teams
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Transactions
Team additions and transfers
The following are the players who transferred to another team for this conference.
Venue
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 ten matches.
- The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the bottom seven were eliminated.
Semifinals
- The semifinals was also a single round-robin, with each team playing a total of three matches during this round.
- The top two teams advanced to the championship while the bottom two 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: SF#1 vs. SF#2
- Third-place series: SF#3 vs. SF#4
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 3âÂÂ0 or 3âÂÂ1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
- Match won 3âÂÂ2: 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
Ranking
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Match results
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Final round
Semifinals
Ranking
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Match results
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Finals
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3rd place
- Imus wins the series, 1âÂÂ1, via sets ratio of 1.33 vs. 0.750
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Championship
- Cignal wins series, 2âÂÂ0
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Awards
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Final standings
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See also
References