2022 Spikers' Turf season

The 2022 Spikers' Turf season was the fifth season[1] of the men's volleyball league Spikers' Turf, which began on August 30, 2022 with only one conference.[2]

2022 Spikers' Turf season
LeagueSpikers' Turf
SportVolleyball
DurationAugust 30 – October 6, 2022
Number of teams7
Total attendance6,480
TV partner(s)One Sports
Conference
Open championsNU-Sta. Elena Nationals
  Open runners-upCignal HD Spikers
Spiker's Turf seasons

No tournament was held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Open Conference edit

The 2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference was the fifteenth conference of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament were held at Paco Arena, Manila from 30 August to 6 October 2022 with a total of seven teams.[3][4]

The Spikers' Turf returned after a three-year absence, with its last tournament played being the 2019 Open Conference.[5]

NU-Sta. Elena Nationals defeated the reigning champions Cignal HD Spikers in the championship match best-of-three series to clinched their first ever gold of the tournament. Cignal HD Spikers gets their fourth silver.[6] PGJC-Navy Sea Lions defeated VNS-One Alicia Griffins in the third place match best-of-three series and claimed their first bronze.[7]

Participating teams edit

2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head Coach Team Captain
PAR   Army-Katinko Troopers Greenstone Pharmaceutical HK, Inc. / Philippine Army   Melvin Carolino   Benjaylo Labide
ADM   Ateneo-Fudgee Barr Blue Eagles Ateneo De Manila University / Republic Biscuit Corporation   Timothy Sto. Tomas   Lance Andrei De Castro
CHD   Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc.   Dexter Clamor   Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
NUI   NU-Sta. Elena Nationals National University / Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation   Dante Alinsunurin   Ave Joshua Retamar
PJN   PGJC-Navy Sea Lions Philippine Navy   Cecil Cruzada   Gregorio Dolor
SRC   Santa Rosa City Lions Department of Education City Division of Sta. Rosa   Edward Jan Lirio   Chris Emmanuel Hernandez
VNS   VNS-One Alicia Griffins VNS Management Group   Ralph Raymund Ocampo   John Benedict San Andres

Preliminary round edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   PGJC-Navy Sea Lions 6 5 1 16 17 6 2.833 544 468 1.162 Semifinals
2   Cignal HD Spikers 6 5 1 15 16 3 5.333 465 388 1.198
3   NU-Sta. Elena Nationals 6 5 1 14 15 6 2.500 504 427 1.180
4   VNS-One Alicia Griffins 6 3 3 7 10 14 0.714 537 552 0.973
5   Santa Rosa City Lions 6 1 5 5 7 16 0.438 457 527 0.867
6   Ateneo-Fudgee Barr Blue Eagles 6 1 5 4 6 16 0.375 451 512 0.881
7   Army-Katinko Troopers 6 1 5 2 7 17 0.412 478 562 0.851
Source: [citation needed]

Final round edit

Semifinals edit

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   NU-Sta. Elena Nationals 3 3 0 8 9 3 3.000 279 253 1.103 Championship series
2   Cignal HD Spikers 3 2 1 7 8 3 2.667 255 232 1.099
3   PGJC-Navy Sea Lions 3 1 2 3 3 6 0.500 200 218 0.917 3rd place series
4   VNS-One Alicia Griffins 3 0 3 0 1 9 0.111 216 247 0.874
Source: [citation needed]

Finals edit

3rd place edit

  • PGJC-Navy wins series, 2–0.
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Sep 14:30 VNS-One Alicia Griffins 0–3 PGJC-Navy Sea Lions 20–25 19–25 21–25     60–75 P2
1 Oct 14:30 PGJC-Navy Sea Lions 3–1 VNS-One Alicia Griffins 26–28 25–18 25–16 25–23   101–85 P2

Championship edit

  • NU-Sta. Elena wins series, 2–0.
Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
29 Sep 17:30 Cignal HD Spikers 1–3 NU-Sta. Elena Nationals 21–25 25–20 23–25 18–25   87–95 P2
1 Oct 17:30 NU-Sta. Elena Nationals 3–1 Cignal HD Spikers 25–18 23–25 25–23 25–23   98–89 P2

Conference results edit

Conference Champion Runners-up 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th
Open NU-Sta. Elena Cignal HD PGJC-Navy VNS-One Alicia Santa Rosa City Ateneo-Fudgee Barr Army-Katinko

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Spikers' Turf all set for 6th serving". Spikers' Turf. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Spotlight shines on men's volleyball as Spikers' Turf fires off". Philstar. August 29, 2022. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (16 August 2022). "Spikers' Turf returns with seven teams on August 30". Inquirer Sports. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Men's volley takes spotlight as Spikers' Turf unwraps". Manila Standard. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  5. ^ "After 3 years, Spikers' Turf makes comeback". Malaya Business Insight. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
  6. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "NU-Sta. Elena dethrones Cignal to claim Spikers' Turf crown". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  7. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "Spikers' Turf: Navy sails to bronze medal, sinks VNS". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  8. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (1 October 2022). "Nationals' Nico Almendras wins Spikers' Turf MVP award". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 1 October 2022.