The 2016 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference was the second conference of the 2016 season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) and the third running of the All-Filipino Conference. The tournament ran from June 18 to August 17, 2016. Most matches were held at Filoil Flying V Centre and Cuneta Astrodome.
The league expanded to eight member teams with two teams making their debut: Amy's Spikers and the Standard Insurance–Navy Corvettes. Additionally, New San Jose Builders Victorias left after just one conference, with them being replaced by the returning Generika Lifesavers.
The F2 Logistics Cargo Movers defeated the Foton Tornadoes in the finals to win their first PSL title.
Teams Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain AMY Amy's Spikers Sonia Trading, Inc. Michael Molleno Cindy Imbo (UPHSD) CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Sammy Acaylar Michelle Laborte FTL F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Global Logistics, Inc. Ramil de Jesus Cha Cruz FOT Foton Tornadoes United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Vilet Ponce de Leon Angeli Araneta GEN Generika Lifesavers Erikagen, Inc. Francis Vicente Rubie de Leon PET Petron Tri-Activ Spikers Petron Corporation George Pascua Aiza Maizo-Pontillas RCC RC Cola–Army Troopers ARC Refreshments Corporation Sgt. Kungfu Reyes Jovelyn Gonzaga STA Standard Insurance–Navy Corvettes Standard Insurance Company, Inc. Zenaida Ybañez-Chavez Janet Serafica
Format First round The preliminary round was split into two rounds. The first round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of seven matches.
Second round In the second round, teams were divided into two groups based on standings from the first round. The top four teams were assigned to Group A while the bottom four were assigned to Group B. The second round was also a single round-robin, with each team played one match against all other teams for a total of three matches.
Classification bracket Group B teams played in the classification bracket. All matches were single-elimination. The match-ups were as follows: CL1: B1 vs. B4 CL2: B2 vs. B3 Seventh-place match: Classification round losers Fifth-place match: Classification round winners
Championship bracket Group A teams played in the championship bracket. The semifinal round and third-place matches were single-elimination while the championship was a best-of-three series. The match-ups were as follows: SF1: A1 vs. A4 SF2: A2 vs. A3 Third-place match: Semifinal round losers Championship: Semifinal round winners
Preliminary round
First round All times are local Philippine Standard Time–(UTC+08:00)
Second round
Group A
Group B
Final round
Bracket
Group B
Group A
5th–8th classification
Semifinals
Seventh place match
Fifth place match
Third place match
Championship
Final standing RankTeamF2 Logistics Cargo MoversFoton TornadoesRC Cola–Army Troopers4Petron Tri-Activ Spikers5Generika Lifesavers6Cignal HD Spikers7Standard Insurance–Navy Corvettes8Amy's Spikers
Individual awards Award Recipient MVP Dawn Macandili (F2 Logistics) Best Outside Spiker 1st: Victonara Galang (F2 Logistics) 2nd: Bernadeth Pons (Petron) Best Middle Blocker 1st: Abigail Maraño (F2 Logistics) 2nd: Jaja Santiago (Foton)Best Opposite Spiker Jovelyn Gonzaga (RC Cola-Army)Best Setter Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics) Best Libero Dawn Macandili (F2 Logistics)
Venues Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue) Cuneta Astrodome
"Spike on Tour" Venues: Batangas City Coliseum (July 19) De La Salle Lipa Sentrum (July 28) Malolos Sports and Convention Center (August 4)
Broadcast partners Sports5: AksyonTV, TV5, Hyper (SD and HD), Sports5.ph
See also Shakey's V-League 13th Season Open Conference Spikers' Turf 2nd Season Open Conference
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