2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – Men's division

The men's division of the 2018 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the first conference of the 2018 Premier Volleyball League men's division season. The conference started on with the opening ceremonies and games on May 6, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City, Philippines.

Teams will play a single round robin in the preliminary round. The top two teams (ranks 1 and 2) after the preliminary round will automatically enter the semifinals round. The bottom teams after the preliminary round will play a single round robin to determine the two teams (as ranks 3 and 4) that will advance to the semifinals round.

Participating teams

Abbr. Team Company Head coach Team captain CIG Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Oliver Almadro Ysay Marasigan IEM IEM Phoenix Volley Masters Instituto Estetico Manila Rafael Presnede Gregorio Dolor PLD PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters PLDT, Inc. Arthur Mamon John Vic De Guzman PAF Philippine Air Force Air Spikers Philippine Air Force Rhovyl Verayo Jessie Lopez PAR Philippine Army Troopers Philippine Army Rico de Guzman Benjaylo Labide VIC Vice Co. Blockbusters Vice Cosmetics Reynaldo Diaz, Jr. Jan Berlin Paglinawan

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 two teams will advance to the semifinals while the bottom four will continue competing in the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals The botton four teams from the preliminary round compete in another single round-robin tournament, with each team playing a total of three matches. The top two teams will advance to the semifinals while the bottom two will be eliminated and be ranked 5th though 6th in the final standings.

Semifinals The top two teams from the preliminary round and the top two from the quarterfinals 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. QF #2 SF2: PR #2 vs. QF #1

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 Team standings

Match results All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Quarterfinals round Team standings

Match results

Final round

All series are best-of-three.

Semifinals Rank 1 vs Rank 4

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

Finals 3rd Place

Championship

2nd Reinforced Conference Men's Division ChampionsPhilippine Air Force Air SpikersJeffrey Malabanan (c), Bryan Bagunas, Jessie Lopez, Juvie Mangaring, Niño Jeruz, Rodolfo Labrador Jr., Reuben Inaudito, Fauzi Ismail, Alnakhran Abdilla, Howard Mojica, Ricky Marcos, Reyson Fuentes, Edwin Tolentino, Pitrus De OcampoHead coach: Rhovyl Verayo

Awards

Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Bryan Bagunas (Philippine Air Force) Conference Marck Espejo (Cignal) Best Outside Spikers 1st:2nd: Marck Espejo (Cignal) Fauzi Ismail (Philippine Air Force) Best Middle Blockers 1st:2nd: Rex Intal (Cignal) John Paul Bugaoan (Vice Co.)Best Opposite Spiker John Vic De Guzman (PLDT Home)Best Setter Ronchette Lee Villegas (PLDT Home)Best Libero Rence Melgar (PLDT Home)

Final standings

RankTeamPhilippine Air Force Air SpikersCignal HD SpikersVice Co. Blockbusters4PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters5Philippine Army Troopers6IEM Phoenix Volley Masters

Medal team rosters Champions Runners-up Third place Philippine Air Force Air Spikers Cignal HD Spikers Vice Co. Blockbusters Juvie Mangaring Jeffrey Malabanan (c)Niño JeruzRodolfo Labrador Jr.Bryan BagunasReuben InauditoFauzi IsmailAlnakhran AbdillaHoward MojicaRicky MarcosReyson FuentesJessie LopezEdwin TolentinoPitrus De OcampoHead coach: Sandy Domenick MonteroJoshua Alexis Miguel VillanuevaPeter Den Mar TorresEdmar BononoLorenzo Capate Jr.Rex IntalYsay Marasigan (c)Vince MangulabnanWendel MiguelAngelino Jose PetierraIsh PolvorosaMarck Jesus EspejoAlexis FaytareTimothy Sto. TomasHead coach: Richard SolisKris Cian SilangOwen Jaime SuarezRikko Marius MarmetoJude GarciaJohn Paul BugaoanRedjohn PalerPaolo PablicoJayson RamosJack KalingkingJan Berlin Paglinawan (c)Peter John QuielKim MalabungaHead coach:

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