The men's division of the 2017 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the first conference of the 2017 Premier Volleyball League men's division season. The conference started on April 30, 2017 and concluded on June 13, 2017. All elimination round games were played at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan while the semifinals and Finals games were held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig.
Participating teams
Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference (Men's Division) Abbr. Team Company Head coach Team captain CLS Cafe Lupe Sunrisers Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurantbox John Patrick de Guzman Ralph Ocampo (Mapúa) CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Oliver Allan Almadro Ysay Marasigan (Ateneo) IEM IEM Volley Masters Instituto Estetico Manila Ernesto Balubar Rence Ordoñez (Letran) PAF Philippine Air Force Air Spikers Philippine Air Force Rhovyl Verayo Jessie Lopez (FEU) PAR Philippine Army Troopers Philippine Army Rico de Guzman Benjaylo Labide (FEU) STE Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation Arnold Laniog Jan Berlin Paglinawan (NU)
Format Preliminary round The six teams compete in a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of five matches. The top four teams will advance to the semifinals while the bottom two will be eliminated and ranked 5th through 6th in the final standings.
Semifinals The top four teams from the preliminary round compete in the semifinals. Teams compete in best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the finals while the losers will compete in the third place series. The match-ups for the semifinals are as follows: SF1: PR #1 vs. PR #4 SF2: PR #2 vs. PR #3
Third place series The losing teams from the semifinals compete in a best-of-three series to determine which team will finish third in this conference. If the series is tied at 1–1 when the championship is decided, the pool standing procedure will be used (starting from set ratio).
Finals The winning teams from the semifinals compete in a best-of-three series to determine the conference champions. The losing team in this round will be declared conference runners-up.
Pool standing procedure Teams are initially ranked by wins followed by match points. A win awards three points if the match lasted for three or four sets (3–0 or 3–1), or two points if the match lasted for five sets (3–2). A loss only awards one point if the match lasted for five sets (2–3).
If multiple teams tie for wins and match points, the next criteria are set ratio (the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost across all matches) and point ratio (the number of points won divided by number of points lost across all matches). If any teams are still tied, the procedure will be applied again, but only considering matches between the remaining tied teams.
Preliminary round
Match results All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Fourth-seed playoff
Philippine Army Troopers advances to the semifinals round.
Semifinals Ranking is based from the preliminary round.
All series are best-of-3
Rank 1 vs Rank 4
Rank 2 vs Rank 3
Finals
3rd Place
Championship
2017 PVL Reinforced Open ConferenceMen's Division championsCignal HD Spikers Team roster Sandy Montero, Joshua Villanueva, Ralph Diezmo, Bonjomar Castel, Edmar Bonono, Lorenzo Capate Jr., Rex Intal,Ysay Marasigan (c), Vince Mangulabnan, Mark Gil Alfafara, Peter Torres, Alexis Faytaren, Herschel RamosHead coach Oliver Almadro
Awards Award Recipient MVP Finals:Conference: Lorenzo Capate Jr. (Cignal) Alnakran Abdilla (Air Force)Best Setter Vince Mangulabnan (Cignal) Best Outside Spiker 1st:2nd: Mark Gil Alfafara (Cignal) Fauzi Ismail (Air Force) Best Middle Blocker 1st:2nd: Jayvee Sumagaysay (Army) Gregorio Dolor (IEM)Best Opposite Spiker Edward Camposano (Sta. Elena)Best Libero Rence Melgar (IEM)
Final standings
RankTeamCignal HD SpikersPhilippine Air Force Air SpikersPhilippine Army Troopers4Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls5IEM Volley Masters6Cafe Lupe Sunrisers
References