The 2015 Spikers' Turf Reinforced Conference was the third conference of Spikers' Turf and the 2015 season. The tournament started on October 10, 2015 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan.
Participating teams
Abbr.Team CIGCignal HD Spikers IEMIEM Volley Masters PAFPhilippine Air Force Air Men PNVPhilippine Navy Sailors PLDPLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters STE (ACT)Sta. Elena Construction Wrecking Balls
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 five matches. The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the bottom two were eliminated.
Semifinals The semifinals featured the twice-to-beat advantage. The higher-seeded team in a match-up only needed to win one out of two matches to advance while the lower-seeded team needed to win two matches back-to-back to do so. 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 If the championship ends after two matches, which can only occur if either team wins 2–0, the third-place series will immediately end even if it is tied. Tiebreakers would be used to determine the winner of the third-place series in this scenario.
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.
Preliminaries
Match results
Final round
Semifinals Rank 1 vs Rank 4 * Air Force Air Men (Rank #1) had the twice-to-beat advantage
Rank 2 vs Rank 3 * Cignal HD Spikers (Rank #2) had the twice-to-beat advantage
Finals Third place match
Final
Awards
Most valuable player (Finals) Edward Ybañez (Cignal) Most valuable player (Conference) Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT) Best setter Glacy Ralph Diezmo (Cignal) Best Outside Spikers Mark Gil Alfafara (PLDT) Nur Amid Madsairi (Navy) Best middle blockers Peter Den Mar Torres (PLDT) Reyson Fuentes (Air Force) Best opposite spiker Reuben Inaudito (Air Force) Best libero Sandy Montero (Cignal)
Final standings
RankTeam Cignal HD Spikers Philippine Air Force PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters 4Philippine Navy 5IEM Volley Masters 6Sta. Elena Construction
Spikers' Turf 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference Champions Cignal HD Spikers1st title Team roster Sandy Montero (L), Jay Dela Cruz (c), Ralph Diezmo, Red Christensen, Lorenzo Capate Jr., Gilbert Ablan, Redentor Relata, Aaron Calderon, Edward Ybañez, Jeffrey Lansangan, Alexis Faytaren, Herschel Ramos, Mark Lee, Edmar BononoMichael Cariño (Head Coach), Sammy Acaylar (Asst. Coach), Dexter Clamor (Asst. Coach) Note (c) – Team Captain (L) – Libero
Venue Filoil Flying V Arena, San Juan
See also Shakey's V-League 12th Season Reinforced Open Conference
References
External links www.spikersturf.com/ - Official website