2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference

The 2013 PSL Grand Prix was the second tournament of the Philippine Super Liga for its maiden season. It was held from November 10, 2013 to December 14, 2013. For this conference (women's), each team was allowed to include two import players^[1] in the line up.^[2][3] The TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers clinched the women's championship,^[4] thereby winning all two conferences of the 2013 PSL season.

2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference Finals

Men's Finals G1 Wins PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters 3 1 Systema Active Smashers 2 0
Duration	December 14, 2013
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Kheeno Franco (PLDT)
Winning coach	Francis Vicente
Semifinalists	Maybank Tigers Giligan's Sisig Kings
TV network(s)	Solar Sports
Women's Finals G1 Wins TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers 3 1 Cignal HD Spikers 1 0
Duration	December 14, 2013
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Finals MVP	Wanitchaya Luangtonglang (TMS-PA)
Winning coach	Sgt. Rico De Guzman
Semifinalists	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns
TV network(s)	Solar Sports
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A men's division was also introduced^[5][6] with the PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters emerging as the first men's champions.^[7]

Women's division

2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
CAG	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	Alvaro Antonio		Nestor Pamilar	Maria Angeli Tabaquero (UST)	Wanida Kotruang Patcharee Sangmuang
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sammy Acaylar	Michelle Datuin (DLSU)	Zhanzhan Li Lei Xie
PET	Petron Blaze Spikers	Petron Corporation		Vilet Ponce-De Leon	Karla Bello (ADMU)	Shinako Tanaka Misao Tanyama
PLDT	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Roger Gorayeb	Lou Ann Latigay (SSC-R)	Kaylee Manns Savannah Noyes
RCC	RC Cola Raiders	Asiawide Refreshments Corporation		Ronald Dulay	Ivy Remulla (DLSU)	Sontaya Keawbundit Minghua Zhang
TMS-PA	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	TMS Ship Agencies, Inc. and Philippine Army		Enrico De Guzman	Cristina Salak (FEU)	Wanitchaya Luangtonglang Yuki Murakoshi

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	5	5	0	15	15	4	3.750	457	371	1.232
2	TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers	5	4	1	12	12	5	2.400	393	320	1.228
3	Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns	5	3	2	9	11	8	1.375	420	406	1.034
4	Cignal HD Spikers	5	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	376	377	0.997
5	Petron Blaze Spikers	5	1	4	2	5	14	0.357	371	419	0.885
6	RC Cola Raiders	5	0	5	1	5	15	0.333	346	470	0.736

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 November	14:00	PET	0–3	CAG	20-25	14-25	22-25			56-75
13 November	14:00	PLDT	3–1	CIG	25-19	21-25	25–21	25-14		96-79
13 November	16:00	TMS-PA	3-1	RCC	19-25	25-15	25-21	25-16		94–77
15 November	14:00	CAG	1-3	TMS-PA	25-19	14-25	13-25	17-25		69-94
15 November	16:00	CIG	3-1	PET	17-25	25-19	15-16	25-14		92-74
20 November	14:00	TMS-PA	0-3	PLDT	13-25	20-25	22-25			55-75
20 November	16:00	RCC	1-3	CAG	25-23	16-25	18-25	12-25		71-98
23 November	14:00	CIG	3-1	RCC	25-14	25-11	25-8			75-33
23 November	16:00	PET	0-3	TMS-PA	23-25	14-25	18-25			55-75
27 November	14:00	CAG	3-1	CIG	25-14	18-25	27-25	25-23		95-87
27 November	14:00	PLDT	3-1	PET	25-15	25-21	14-25	25-17		89-78
29 November	14:00	RCC	1-3	PLDT	13-25	26-24	18-25	20-25		77-99
29 November	16:00	CIG	0-3	TMS-PA	5-25	18-25	20-25			43-75
1 December	14:00	PLDT	3-1	CAG	25-16	25-17	22-25	26-24		98-82
1 December	16:00	PET	3-2	RCC	20-25	19-25	25-21	25-12	15-5	104-88

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
						1	PLDT	2
	4	CIG	3			4	CIG	3
	5	PET	1								4	TMS-PA	3
											2	CIG	1
						2	TMS-PA	3
	3	CAG	3			3	CAG	0
	6	RCC	1								Third place
											1	PLDT	3
											3	CAG	0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
4 December	14:00	CAG	3-1	RCC	25-21	25-18	15-25	25-19		90-73
4 December	16:00	CIG	3-1	PET	19-25	25-19	25-15	25-22		94-81

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
7 December	14:00	TMS-PA	3–0	CAG	25–15	25–20	25–17			75-52
7 December	16:00	PLDT	2-3	CIG	25-17	22-25	25-21	25-27	14-16	111-106

5th place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 December	14:00	RCC	2-3	PET	13-25	25-20	25-22	22-25	11-15	96-107

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 December	16:00	CAG	0–3	PLDT	17-25	21-25	23-25			65-75

Women's Finals

Main article: 2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference - Women's finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 December	16:00	TMS-PA	3-1	CIG	25-14	22-25	25-17	25-20		97-76

Final standing

Rank Team TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers Cignal HD Spikers PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters 4 Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns 5 Petron Blaze Spikers 6 RC Cola Raiders

Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference Women's Division Champions  TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers 2nd title

Men's division

2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference teams (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
GIL	Giligan's Sisig Kings	Giligan's Restaurant		Franklin Mauricio	Salvador "John" Depante III (UST)
MAY	Maybank Tigers	Maybank Philippines, Inc.		Ariel Atendido	Michael Maglonzo (DLSU)
PLDT	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company		Francis Vicente	Richard Gomez (UPOU)
SYS	Systema Active Smashers	Peerless Lion Corporation		Sammy Gaddi	Renz B. Ordoñez (Letran)

Classification round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters	3	2	1	7	8	3	2.667	254	235	1.081
2	Systema Active Smashers	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	252	237	1.063
3	Giligan's Sisig Kings	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	253	253	1.000
4	Maybank Tigers	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	226	260	0.869

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
10 November	16:00	PLDT	3–0	SYS	25-23	25-23	25–22			75–68
13 November	18:00	MAY	0–3	GIL	23-25	25-27	24-26			72-78
15 November	18:00	GIL	3-2	PLDT	28-26	20-25	21-25	25-19	15-8	109-103
20 November	18:00	SYS	3-2	MAY	25-21	24-26	17-25	25-17	15-7	106-96
23 November	18:00	SYS	3-0	GIL	28-26	25-23	25-17			78-66
27 November	18:00	PLDT	3–0	MAY	25-21	25-13	26-24			76-54

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	PLDT	3
	4	MAY	0
						1	PLDT	3
						2	SYS	2
	2	SYS	3
	3	GIL	2			Third place
						4	MAY	3
						3	GIL	2

Semi-finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
1 December	18:00	SYS	3-2	GIL	19-25	19-25	25-22	25-23	15-11	103-106
4 December	18:00	PLDT	3–0	MAY	25-17	25-15	27-25			77-59

3rd place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
11 December	18:00	GIL	2-3	MAY	17-25	25-22	28-26	14-25	7-15	91-113

Men's Finals

Main article: 2013 PSL Grand Prix Conference - Men's finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 December	14:00	SYS	2-3	PLDT	26-28	16-25	25-20	25-22	14-16	106-111

Final standing

Rank Team PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters Systema Active Smashers Maybank Tigers 4 Giligan's Sisig Kings

Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference Men's Division Champions  PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters 1st title

Awards

Award		Men's	Women's
MVP		Kheeno Franco (PLDT)	Wanitchaya Luangtonglang (TMS-PA)
Best Outside Spiker	1st: 2nd:	Salvador Depante (GIL) Jasper Adorador (MAY)	Zhanzhan Li (CIG) Wanida Kotruang (CAG)
Best Middle Blocker	1st: 2nd:	AJ Pareja (SYS) Rocky Honrade (SYS)	Savannah Noyes (PLDT) Maureen Penetrante-Ouano (CIG)
Best Setter		Rolando Casillan (PLDT)	Kaylee Manns (PLDT)
Best Opposite		Henry Pecana (PLDT)	Suzanne Roces (PLDT)
Best Libero		Gilbert Longavela (PLDT)	Yuki Murakoshi (TMS-PA)

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Arena
• Ynares Sports Arena

Broadcast partner

• Solar Sports

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