The Philippine Super Liga Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup was an annual beach volleyball tournament hosted by the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2015 to 2021, with the exception of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These tournaments featured squads fielded by PSL member teams as well as multiple guest teams.
The tournament featured both a women's and men's division, the latter of which the indoor conferences didn't have since 2015. The 2021 edition only featured a women's tournament and was notably the PSL's final tournament in its history.
History The Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup was launched in July 2015, with PSL president Tats Suzara stating that the tournament serves a way for the league to scout talents to represent the Philippines in international beach volleyball tournaments. The inaugural edition was held at SM By The Bay, located within the SM Mall of Asia Complex. It featured a total of 22 teams, 13 in the women's division and nine in the men's division.
The next three tournaments from 2016 to 2018 were also held at SM By The Bay. The 2019 edition saw the tournament's first venue change, moving to the Capital Resort Hotel in Lingayen, Pangasinan.
The hosting of the 2020 tournament was heavily affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic, following the league's suspension of play on March 23 that year. The PSL had planned to host the 2020 Challenge Cup in late November, but due to weather conditions that were brought by Super Typhoon Rolly, it was cancelled entirely. A new tournament was held in February 2021 to be played at the Subic Tennis Center, by which point only three of the league's member teams remained. All three teams would leave the league after the 2021 Challenge Cup, making it the last tournament in the Philippine Super Liga's history.
List of tournaments Year Duration Venue Location 2015 July 18 – August 8, 2015 SM By The Bay Pasay 13 (11) 9 (7) 2016 May 7–29, 2016 SM By The Bay Pasay 13 (10) 10 (8) 2017 May 4–7, 2017 SM By The Bay Pasay 12 (8) 9 (7) 2018 May 23–27, 2018 SM By The Bay Pasay 12 (8) 8 2019 May 16–18, 2019 Capitol Resort Hotel Lingayen, Pangasinan 14 (8) 10 2021 February 26–28, 2021 Subic Tennis Center Olongapo, Zambales 8 (6)
Medal table
Women's division
Per year Year Champions Runners-up Third place Ref. 2015 Giligan's Sisig Queens Foton Tornadoes Cignal HD Spikers (B) 2016 RC Cola–Army Troopers (A) Foton Toplanders FEU–Petron 2017 Petron Sprint 4T Generika–Ayala Lifesavers (A) Petron XCS 2018 Petron XCS Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors (A) Generika–Ayala Lifesavers (A) 2019 Petron XCS Sta. Lucia–Santorini Sta. Lucia–Woodside 2021 Abanse Negrense (A) Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors (A) Abanse Negrense (B)
Per franchise The table lists all medals won by a single franchise and not by individual squad.
Franchise Total Petron Blaze Spikers 3 0 1 4 Abanse Negrense 1 0 1 2 Giligan's Sisig Queens 1 0 0 1 Philippine Army Lady Troopers 1 0 0 1 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 0 3 1 4 Foton Tornadoes 0 2 0 2 Generika–Ayala Lifesavers 0 1 1 2 Cignal HD Spikers 0 0 1 1 FEU Lady Tamaraws 0 0 1 1
Men's division
Per year Year Champions Runners-up Third place Ref. 2015 SM By The Bay (A) Champion Infinity (B) Cignal HD Spikers (A) 2016 Philippine Navy (A) Team Volleyball Manila FEU Tamaraws (A) 2017 Generika–Ayala Lifesavers Cignal HD Spikers SM By The Bay 2018 Foton Tornadoes Sands SM By The Bay Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters 2019 Cignal HD Spikers Foton Tornadoes Blue Energy Philippine Army Troopers
Per franchise The table lists all medals won by a single franchise and not by individual squad.
Franchise Total Cignal HD Spikers 1 1 1 3 SM By The Bay 1 1 1 3 Foton Tornadoes 1 1 0 2 Generika–Ayala Lifesavers 1 0 0 1 Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays 1 0 0 1 Team Volleyball Manila 0 2 0 2 FEU Tamaraws 0 0 1 1 Philippine Army Troopers 0 0 1 1 Smart Prepaid Giga Hitters 0 0 1 1
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