The men's division of the 2017 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the second conference of the 2017 Premier Volleyball League men's division season. The conference started on July 1, 2017 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan. The tournament will have two new teams, Megabuilders and Gamboa Coffee.
Participating teams
Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference (Men's Division) Abbr. Team Company Head coach Team captain CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Oliver Almadro Ysay Marasigan CLS Cafe Lupe Sunrisers Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurant Rodrigo Palmero Ralph Ocampo GCM Gamboa Coffee Spikers Universal Knowledge DermPharma, Inc. Mario Mia Sam Damian IEM IEM Volley Masters Instituto Estetico Manila Renz Ordoñez Eden Canlas MEG Megabuilders Volley Bolts One Mega Builders Construction Corporation Dante Alinsunurin Francis Saura PAF Philippine Air Force Air Spikers Philippine Air Force Rhovyl Verayo Jessie Lopez PAR Philippine Army Troopers Philippine Army Rico de Guzman Benjaylo Labide STE Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation Arnold Laniog Jan Berlin Paglinawan
Format Preliminary round The eight teams compete in a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of seven matches. The top four teams will advance to the semifinals while the bottom four will be eliminated and ranked 5th through 8th 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
All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls advances to the semifinals round.
Final round
Semifinals Rank 1 vs Rank 4
Rank 2 vs Rank 3
Finals 3rd Place
Championship
Open Conference Men's Division ChampionsCignal HD SpikersYsay Marasigan (c), Sandy Montero, Josh Villanueva, Ralph Diezmo, Bonjomar Castel, Edmar Bonono,Lorenzo Capate Jr., Rex Intal, Vince Mangulabnan, Mark Gil Alfafara, Peter Torres, Alexis Faytaren, Herschel RamosHead coach: Oliver Almadro
Awards Award Recipient MVP Finals:Conference: Lorenzo Capate Jr.(Cignal; both awards)Best Setter Vincent Mangulabnan (Cignal) Best Outside Spiker 1st:2nd: Edwin Tolentino (Air Force)Isaah Arda (Sta. Elena) Best Middle Blocker 1st:2nd: Kim Malabunga (Megabuilders)Francis Saura (Megabuilders)Best Opposite Spiker Berlin Panglinawan (Sta. Elena)Best Libero Sandy Domenick Montero (Cignal)
Final standings RankTeam Cignal HD Spikers Megabuilders Volley Bolts Philippine Air Force Air Spikers4 Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls5 Philippine Army Troopers6 IEM Volley Masters7 Gamboa Coffee Spikers8 Cafe Lupe Sunrisers
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