The 2014 Shakey's V-League 1st Conference was the 20th conference of the Shakey's V-League and the first conference of the 2014 season. The opening ceremonies was held on March 23, 2014, with the first doubleheader of volleyball games at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. There are 12 teams competing this including the join forces of all the top selected players from Davao in one team (called as Davao Lady Agilas) and the debut of St. Louis University of Baguio. Also, the return of Arellano, Adamson, Ateneo, FEU, San Sebastian, CSB, NU, Perpetual, SWU, and UST. This is league's first time to have 12 participating schools to battle for the championship, and first to have a school representing Mindanao region.
Tournament Format
Preliminaries (PL)
- Twelve (12) participating teams will be divided into two (2) PL groups- Pool A & Pool B.
- Each pool will play a single round robin.
- The TOP 4 TEAMS PER POOL (or a total of eight (8) teams) will advance to the Quarterfinal Round.
- The bottom two (2) per group will be eliminated from the tournament.
Quarterfinals (QF)
- The eight (8) quarter finalists will be regrouped into two (2) new QF Pools- Pool C & Pool D.
- Pool C will be composed of Pool A seed #1 (A1) and seed #3 (A3) and Pool B seed #1 (B1) and seed #3 (B3).
- Pool D will be composed of Pool A seed #2 (A2) and seed #4 (A4) and Pool B seed #2 (B2) and seed #4 (B4).
- Each QF Pools will play a single round robin, provided that matches will no longer be played between the teams from the same PL Pool.
- For the teams belonging to the same PL pool, their prelims match result will be carried over into the QF. (e.g. if A1 def. A3, 3-0 set in the PL then it will be as if A1 def. A3, 3-0 set in the QF. without a match occurring between them.)
- The TOP TWO (2) TEAMS PER POOL (a total of four (4) teams) will advance to the Semi-final Round.
- The bottom two (2) per group will be eliminated from the tournament.
Semi-finals
- The four (4) semi-finalists will compete against each other in a best-of-three series as follows: C1 vs D2 and D1 vs C2.
- The two (2) SF winners will compete for GOLD.
- The two (2) SF losers will compete for BRONZE.
Finals
- The battle for GOLD and the battle for BRONZE will both follow the best-of-three format, provided:
- If the battle for GOLD ends in two (2) matches (2-0), then there will no longer be Game 3 for either GOLD or BRONZE.
- If, in the case, the series for BRONZE is tied (1-1), then the tie will be resolved using FIVB rules.
- A tie in the series for GOLD (1-1) after Game 2 will be broken in a Game 3, regardless of the results of the series in BRONZE.
Participants
The conference is composed of 12 teams, grouped into two pools, each consisting of six squads.
Season's Line-ups (Regular Players)
Pool A
Pool B
List of Guest Players
Eliminations
Pool A
Game Results
Pool B
Game Results
Quarterfinals
Pool C
Game Results
Pool D
Game Results
Bracket
* All places are determined by best-of-3 series.
Semifinals
NU vs. UST
Adamson vs. FEU
Finals
Battle for Bronze
Battle for Gold
Final standings
Individual awards
Note:
(G) - Guest Player
(C) - Team Captain
(L) - Libero
External links
- http://issuu.com/tmxsports/docs/svls11c1-24
- http://issuu.com/tmxsports/docs/svls11c1-19