The 2017 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference (also known as the 2017 Rebisco Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference due to sponsorship reasons) was the second conference of the 2017 season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) and the fourth running of the All-Filipino Conference. The tournament ran from June 6 to July 13, 2017, with the formal opening ceremonies taking place on June 10 at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.
The league expanded back to eight teams with the debut of the Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors and the return of the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers.
PSL chairman Philip Ella Juico announced that half of the ticket sales for the June 6 and 8 games will be donated to Ian Lariba, the 2016 Summer Olympics competitor who has been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.
The Petron Blaze Spikers won their third PSL championship after defeating F2 Logistics in the finals in what would go on to spark a rivalry between the two sides. On July 14, a day after Petron's triumph, PSL president Tats Suzara announced that Petron will play in the 2017 Macau Invitational Women’s Volleyball Tournament to be held on September 23 to 25, 2017 in Macau.
Teams Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain CHE Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors Mileage Asia Corporation Lerma Giron Mean Mendrez CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. George Pascua Stephanie Mercado CCL Cocolife Asset Managers United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation Kungfu Reyes Michele Gumabao FTL F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Global Logistics, Inc. Ramil de Jesus Cha Cruz FOT Foton Tornadoes United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Moro Branislav Jaja Santiago 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 Sammy Acaylar Djanel Cheng
Format Preliminary round In the preliminary round, teams were split into two pools. The preliminary round was composed of two single round-robin tournaments, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool. After playing three matches, teams were assigned to new pools based on results from their initial pools. The top two teams from each pool were grouped together with the same process for the bottom two from each pool. By the end of the preliminary round, all teams will have played a total of six matches.
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches. The match-ups were as follows: QF1: C1 vs. D4 QF2: C2 vs. D3 QF3: C3 vs. D2 QF4: C4 vs. D1 The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers would play in the 5th–8th classification round.
Semifinals and 5th–8th classification round The semifinals and 5th–8th classification round also featured single-elimination matches. The semifinals match-ups were as follows: SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF3 winner SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF4 winner The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match. The 5th–8th classification round match-ups were as follows: CL1: QF1 loser vs. QF3 loser CL2: QF2 loser vs. QF4 loser The winners advanced to the fifth-place match while the losers would play in the seventh-place match.
Finals All matches were single-elimination except the championship which was a best-of-three series. The match-ups were as follows: Championship: Semifinal round winners Third-place match: Semifinal round losers Fifth-place match: 5th–8th classification round winners Seventh-place match: 5th–8th classification round losers
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Playoffs
Bracket
Quarterfinals
5th to 8th classification
7th place
5th place
Semifinals
Bronze match
Finals
Final standing
RankTeam Petron Blaze Spikers F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Cignal HD Spikers 4 Foton Tornadoes 5 Cocolife Asset Managers 6 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 7 Generika–Ayala Lifesavers 8 Cherrylume Iron Lady Warriors
2017 PSL All-Filipino Petron Blaze Spikers Team roster Bernadeth Pons, April Ross Hingpit, Mika Reyes, Carmina Aganon, Ria Beatriz Janelle Duremdes, Bang Pineda, Frances Molina (c), Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Mary Remy Joy Palma, Toni Rose Basas, Rhea Dimaculangan, Sisi Rondina, Carmela Tunay, Marivic Meneses Head coachCesael delos Santos
Individual awards Award Name/Team MVP Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (Petron) Best Outside Spiker 1st: EJ Laure (Foton) 2nd: Ara Galang (F2 Logistics) Best Middle Blocker 1st: Majoy Baron (F2 Logistics) 2nd: Mika Reyes (Petron)Best Opposite Spiker Jaja Santiago (Foton)Best Setter Rhea Dimaculangan (Petron) Best Libero Angelique Beatrice Dionela (Cignal)
Venues Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue)
"Spike on Tour" Venues: Bacoor City Strike Gym (June 15) Batangas City Convention Center (June 24) Baliwag Star Arena (June 27) Imus Sports Center (July 4) Muntinlupa Sports Complex (July 6) De La Salle Lipa Sentrum (July 8)
Broadcast partners Sports5: AksyonTV, TV5, Hyper (SD and HD), Sports5.ph
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