The 2016 Spikers' Turf Reinforced Conference was the third and final conference of the 2016 season of Spikers' Turf and the second running of the Reinforced Conference. The tournament started on October 1, 2016 and ended on November 12, 2016 with games held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig. There were six competing teams in this conference.
This would be last tournament under the Spikers' Turf name until the 2018 Open Conference, as the league became the men's division of the upcoming Premier Volleyball League from 2017 to late 2018.
Teams + 2016 Spikers' Turf Reinforced Conference Abbr. Team Affiliation 100 100 Plus Active Spikers 100plus CHA Champion Supra Peerless Products Manufacturing Corporation CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. IEM IEM Phoenix Volley Masters Instituto Estetico Manila PAF Philippine Air Force Air Spikers Philippine Air Force PAR Philippine Army Troopers Philippine Army
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 two teams advanced to the semifinals while the bottom two were eliminated.
Semifinals The semifinals featured best-of-three series. 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
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.
Preliminary round Ranking
Match results All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Final round All series are best-of-3
Semifinals Rank 1 vs rank 4
Rank 2 vs rank 3
Finals 3rd place
Championship
Awards
Most Valuable Player (Finals) Bryan Bagunas ( Air Force) Most Valuable Player (Conference) Howard Mojica ( Air Force) Best Setter Jessie Lopez ( Air Force) Best Outside Spikers Howard Mojica ( Air Force) Lorenzo Capate ( Cignal) Best Middle Blockers Kheeno Franco ( IEM) Peter Torres ( Cignal) Best Opposite Spiker Berlin Paglinawan ( Champion) Best Libero Sandy Montero ( Cignal)
Final standing
RankTeam Philippine Air Force Air Spikers Cignal HD Spikers Champion Supra4 IEM Phoenix Volley Masters5 Philippine Army Troopers6 100 Plus Active Spikers
Spikers' Turf 2nd Season Reinforced Open Conference Philippine Air Force Air Spikers2nd title Team RosterJeffrey Malabanan (c), Bryan Bagunas, Raffy Masuela, Howard Mojica, Niño Jerus, Rodolfo Labrador, Arvin Avila, Ruben Inaudito, Fauzi Ismail, Reyson Fuentes, Mike Abria, Pitrus de Ocampo, Rey Carl Dimaculangan, Jessie Lopez, Edwin Tolentino, Mark AlfafaraRhovyl Verayo (Head Coach), Dante Alinsunurin (Asst. Coach) Note:(c) - Team Captain(L) - Libero
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