The 2013 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference was the first conference of the Philippine Super Liga and its inaugural season. The tournament ran from July 7 to 28, 2013.
Six teams made up the inaugural tournament, concluding with the TMS–Philippine Army Lady Troopers becoming the first PSL champions after defeating the Cignal HD Spikers in the final.
Participating teams Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain CAG Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns Alvaro Antonio Nestor Pamilar Wendy Semana CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Sammy Acaylar Venus Bernal PCSO PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office Ronald Dulay Ivy Remulla PET Petron Blaze Spikers Petron Corporation Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon Roxanne Pimentel-So PLDT PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Francis Vicente Lou Ann Latigay TMS-PA TMS–Philippine Army Lady Troopers Philippine Army / TMS Ship Agencies, Inc. Enrico de Guzman Joanne Bunag
Format Classification round The classification round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of five matches. The top two teams earned a bye to the semifinals while the remaining teams started in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches. The match-ups were as follows: QF1: #3 vs. #6 QF2: #4 vs. #5 The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers would play in the fifth-place match.
Semifinals The semifinals also featured single-elimination matches. The match-ups were as follows: SF1: #1 vs. QF2 winner SF2: #2 vs. QF1 winner The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.
Classification matches The fifth place match was a single-elimination match between the quarterfinal round winners. The third place match was also a single-elimination match between the semifinal round winners.
Finals The finals was a single-elimination match between the semifinal round winners.
Classification round
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Fifth place match
Third place match
Finals
Final standing
Rank Team TMS–Philippine Army Lady Troopers Cignal HD Spikers Petron Blaze Spikers 4 Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns 5 PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters 6 PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins
Awards Award Recipient Team Most Valuable Player Venus Bernal Cignal Best Spiker Royse Tubino Cignal Best Blocker Tina Salak TMS-Philippine Army Best Scorer Pau Soriano PLDT Best Server Sandra delos Santos Cagayan Valley Best Setter Arriane Argarin Cignal Best Digger Angelique Dionela Cagayan Valley Best Receiver Jennylyn Reyes Cignal
Venues PhilSports Arena Filoil Flying V Arena Mall of Asia Arena (semi-finals and finals)
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