The 2018 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference (also known as the 2018 Chooks-to-Go Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference due to sponsorship reasons) was the third conference of the 2018 season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) and the fifth running of the All-Filipino Conference. The tournament ran from October 30 to December 20, 2018.
The F2 Logistics Cargo Movers and Petron Blaze Spikers continued their rivalry with a fifth consecutive championship contest, with Petron winning this tournament to claim their fifth league title.
This conference ran simultaneously with the 2018 Collegiate Grand Slam.
Teams
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Edgar Barroga Rachel Daquis CCL Cocolife Asset Managers United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation Moro Branislav Margarita Anna Marie Tejada FTL F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Global Logistics Inc. Ramil de Jesus Cha Cruz-Behag FOT Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Aaron Velez Maika Ortiz GAL Generika–Ayala Lifesavers Actimed, Inc. Sherwin Meneses Angeli Pauline Araneta PET Petron Blaze Spikers Petron Corporation Shaq delos Santos Frances Molina SLR Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation George Pascua Pamela Lastimosa SMA Smart Giga Hitters Smart Communications Roger Gorayeb Aiko Sweet Urdas
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 in their pool for a total of seven matches.
Second round In the second round, teams were divided into two groups based on results from the first round. The top three teams from one pool were grouped with the bottom three teams from the other pool. Results from the first round were carried over, and teams played in another single round-robin, playing one match against all other teams in their poll for an additional three matches. By the end of the second round, all teams will have played a total of ten matches.
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches. The match-ups were as follows: QF1: #1 vs. #8 QF2: #2 vs. #7 QF3: #3 vs. #6 QF4: #4 vs. #5 The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers were eliminated.
Semifinals The semifinals featured the twice-to-beat advantage, where the higher-seeded team in a match-up only needs to win one out of two matches. The lower-seeded team must win two matches back-to-back to advance. The match-ups were as follows: SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winner SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winner The winners advanced to the championship while the losers would play in the third-place match.
Finals The championship was a best-of-three series while the third-place match was single-elimination. The match-ups were as follows: Championship: Semifinal round winners Third-place match: Semifinal round losers
Preliminary round
Match results All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Second round
Group A
Group B
Combined records
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals Twice-to-beat higher seed (*)
Bronze match
Finals Best-of-three series
Final standing
RankTeam Petron Blaze Spikers F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Generika–Ayala Lifesavers 4 Cignal HD Spikers 5 Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy 6Smart Giga Hitters 7 Cocolife Asset Managers 8 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
2018 All Filipino Conference Champions Petron Blaze Spikers Team roster Ces Molina (c). Ria Duremdes (libero), Ging Balse-Pabayo, Bernadeth Pons, Mika Reyes, Jasmine Alcayde, Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Rhea Dimaculangan, Chlodia Cortez, Angelica Legacion, Cherry Rondina, Carmela Tunay, Princess Gaiser (libero), Shaq de los Santos (head coach)
Individual awards Award Name/Team MVP Rhea Dimaculangan (Petron Blaze Spikers) Best Outside Spiker 1st: Rachel Daquis (Cignal HD Spikers) 2nd: Patty Jane Orendain (Generika–Ayala Lifesavers) Best Middle Blocker 1st: Ria Meneses (Generika–Ayala Lifesavers) 2nd: Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers)Best Opposite Spiker Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (Petron Blaze Spikers)Best Setter Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics Cargo Movers) Best Libero Kath Arado (Generika–Ayala Lifesavers)Best Scorer Mylene Paat (Cignal HD Spikers)
Venues Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue) Mall of Asia Arena (semifinals and finals)
Broadcast partners ESPN 5: The 5 Network, AksyonTV, Hyper (SD and HD), ESPN5.com
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