The 2017 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup (also known as the 2017 Belo Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup due to sponsorship reasons) was the first conference of the 2017 season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) and the third running of the Invitational Cup. It began on March 4, 2017 and ended on April 1. The tournament adopted the all-to-play format to give playing time to every player in each team. This edition's guest team was Kobe Shinwa Women's University from Japan.
This tournament saw two debutants in the Cocolife Asset Managers and Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors, and the departures of the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers and Philippine Army Lady Troopers.
Similar to 2016, the league declared two co-champions. Kobe Shinwa were the tournament champions while the Cignal HD Spikers, the runners-up, were declared the co-champions. This would be the only women's title in Cignal's franchise history.
Teams Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. George Pascua Stephanie Mercado CCL Cocolife Asset Managers United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation Roberto Javier Michele Gumabao FOT Foton Tornadoes United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Moro Branislav Dindin Santiago-Manabat GEN Generika–Ayala Lifesavers Erikagen, Inc. Francis Vicente Geneveve Casugod PET Petron Blaze Spikers Petron Corporation Shaq Delos Santos Frances Molina SLR Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Michael Cariño Djanel Cheng KSU Kobe Shinwa Women's University Kobe Shinwa Women's University Kiyokazu Yamamoto Chihiro Fujiwara
Format Classification round The classification round was a single round-robin tournament involving the six PSL teams, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of five matches. The top three teams advanced to the final round while the remaining teams would play in the 5th–7th classification round.
5th–7th classification round The 5th–7th classification round was also a single round-robin, with each team playing a total of two matches.
Final round The final round was also a single round-robin, now featuring the international guest team. Each team played one match against all other teams for a total of three matches.
Classification round
5th–7th classification round
Final round
Final standing
RankTeamKobe Shinwa Women's UniversityCignal HD Spikers (co-champion)Petron Blaze Spikers 4Foton Tornadoes 5Generika–Ayala Lifesavers 6Cocolife Asset Managers 7Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
2017 Philippine SuperLiga Invitational Cup Kobe Shinwa Women's University Team roster Chihiro Fujiwara (c), Yoshimi Okada, Yuna Kato, Hana Kawabata, Wakana Harima, Yu Moriwaki, Kana Edamatsu, Hinano Michishita, Mariko Fujiwara, Yumeho Murakami, Nao Miyatake, Haruka Takabatake, Ruka Matsushima, Manaka Fukui Head coachKiyokazu Yamamoto Cignal HD Spikers (co-champion) Team roster Maica Morada, Angelique Dionela, Stephanie Mercado (c), Mylene Paat, Jovelyn Gonzaga, Janine Marciano, Sandra delos Santos, Cherry Vivas, Lourdes Patilano, Rachel Daquis, May Jennifer Macatuno, Honey Royse Tubino, Marleen Cortel, Relea Ferina Saet Head coachGeorge Pascua
Individual awards Award Name/Team MVP Jovelyn Gonzaga (Cignal) Best Outside Spiker 1st: Frances Xinia Molina (Petron) 2nd: Rachel Daquis (Cignal) Best Middle Blocker 1st: Chihiro Fujiwara (KSWU) 2nd: Maica Morada (Cignal)Best Opposite Spiker Mary Grace Berte (Foton)Best Setter Relea Ferina Saet (Cignal) Best Libero Angelique Dionela (Cignal)
Venues Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue) Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan Muntinlupa Sports Complex, Muntinlupa
Broadcast partners Sports5: TV5, AksyonTV, Hyper (SD and HD), Sports5.ph
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