2016 PSL Invitational Cup

The 2016 PLDT Home Ultera PSL Invitational Cup was the first indoor volleyball tournament for the Philippine Super Liga's fourth season. It ran from February 18 to April 9, 2016, coinciding with the UAAP Season 78 volleyball tournaments. A guest team from Thailand, playing under the name Est Cola, joined the final round, clashing against top three teams of the preliminary round for the championship.^[1][2][3][4] LVPI Director Jeff Tamayo was the guest speaker of the opening ceremonies, while LVPI President Joey Romasanta and Sports5 head Patricia Bermudez-Hizon attended the awarding ceremonies.

2016 PSL Invitational Cup

Women's Finals G1 G2 Wins Est Cola 1 - 0 RC Cola-Army Troopers 3 - 1
Duration	April 9, 2016
Arena(s)	Filoil Flying V Arena
Winning coach	Sgt. Emilio Reyes, Jr.
TV network(s)	TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph
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The tournament marked the return of the Philippine Army Lady Troopers (now playing under the name of another PSL team, RC Cola) to the PSL.^[5]

Teams

2016 PSL Invitational Cup
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.		Sinfronio Acaylar	Michelle Laborte (USLS)
EST	Est Cola	Serm Suk Public Company Ltd.		Chamnan Dokmai	Jarasporn Bundasak
F2L	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Global Logistics, Inc.		Rosemarie Molit-Prochina	Charleen Cruz (DLSU)
FOT	Foton Toplanders	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.		Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon	Angeli Araneta (UP)
NSJ	New San Jose Builders Victorias	New San Jose Builders, Inc.		Michael Molleno	Coleen Laurice Bravo (UPHSD)
PET	Petron Tri-Activ Spikers	Petron Corporation		George Pascua	Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (UST)
RCC	RC Cola-Army Troopers	ARC Refreshments Corporation		Sgt. Emilio Reyes, Jr.	Jovelyn Gonzaga (CPU)

Classification round

The format of the classification round was similar to the FIVB World Grand Prix.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	RC Cola-Army Troopers	6	5	1	16	14	3	4.667	411	314	1.309	Advanced to the final round
2	Petron Tri-Activ Spikers	6	5	1	16	14	6	2.333	440	392	1.122
3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	6	4	2	12	12	8	1.500	442	416	1.063
4	Cignal HD Spikers	5	3	2	9	11	8	1.375	424	397	1.068
5	Foton Toplanders	5	1	4	3	3	13	0.231	327	378	0.865
6	New San Jose Builders Victorias	6	0	6	0	2	18	0.111	349	496	0.704

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 February	16:00	RCC	3–0	FOT	25–17	25–9	25–22			75–48	P2
18 February	18:00	F2L	3–0	NSJ	25–23	25–10	25–4			75–37	Report
20 February	13:00	F2L	0–3	RCC	22–25	12–25	19–25			53–75	Report
20 February	15:00	NSJ	1–3	FOT	16–25	25–23	20–25	17–25		78–98	Report
23 February	16:00	NSJ	0–3	RCC	15–25	20–25	15–25			50–75	P2
23 February	18:00	F2L	3–0	FOT	25–23	25–22	25–19			75–64	P2
08 March	16:00	PET	3–1	CIG	19–25	25–22	25–21	25–21		94–89	Report
08 March	18:00	F2L	3–1	NSJ	25–18	23–25	25–17	25–23		98–83	Report
10 March	16:00	F2L	0–3	PET	14–25	15–25	16–25			45–75	P2
10 March	18:00	NSJ	0–3	CIG	20–25	19–25	18–25			57–75	P2
12 March	13:00	NSJ	0–3	PET	20–25	16–25	8–25			44–75	Report
12 March	15:00	F2L	3–1	CIG	25–18	25–17	21–25	25–22		96–82	Report
15 March	16:00	RCC	3–0	FOT	25–21	25–17	25–23			75–61	Report
15 March	18:00	PET	2–3	CIG	25–18	13–25	19–25	25–20	12–15	94–103	Report
17 March	16:00	RCC	2–3	PET	25–19	27–29	22–25	25–14	12–15	111–102	Report
17 March	18:00	FOT	0–3	CIG	20–25	18–25	18–25			56–75	Report
19 March	13:00	FOT	1–3	PET	25–14	16–25	22–25	7–25		0–0	Report
19 March	15:00	RCC	3–0	CIG	25–16	25–14	25–19			0–0	Report

Final round

In the final round, the teams competed using a single round-robin format.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR
1	RC Cola-Army Troopers	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	255	238	1.071
2	Est Cola	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	244	182	1.341
3	Petron Tri-Activ Spikers	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	227	261	0.870
4	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	198	243	0.815

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 April	16:00	F2L	0–3	EST	14–25	15–25	17–25	–	–	46–75
07 April	18:00	RCC	3–1	PET	25–19	25–23	16–25	25–20	–	91–87
08 April	16:00	RCC	3–0	F2L	25–21	25–20	25–16	–	–	75–57
08 April	18:00	PET	0–3	EST	12–25	12–25	23–25	–	–	47–75
09 April	13:00	PET	3–1	F2L	25–22	26–24	16–25	26–24	–	93–95
09 April	15:00	RCC	3–1	EST	25–23	25–23	14–25	25–23	–	89–94

Final standing

Rank Team RC Cola-Army Troopers Est Cola (co-champion) Petron Tri-Activ Spikers F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 4 Cignal HD Spikers 5 Foton Toplanders 6 New San Jose Builders Victorias

2016 Philippine SuperLiga Invitational Cup RC Cola-Army Troopers 1st title (of RC Cola); 4th title (of Philippine Army Lady Troopers) Team roster Genie Sabas, Joanne Bunag, Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo (on maternity leave), Cristina Salak, Jovelyn Gonzaga (c), Michelle Carolino, Angela Nunag, Honey Royse Tubino, Rachel Anne Daquis, Nerissa Bautista, Christine Agno, Sarah Jane Gonzales, Jeaniie delos Reyes Head coach Sgt. Emilio Reyes, Jr. Est Cola (co-champion) Team roster Anisa Yotpinit, Wipawee Srithong, Chamaipon Phokha, Patcharaporn Sittisad, Tirawan Sang-ob, Sutadta Chuewulim, Sasipaporn Janthawisut, Jarasporn Bundasak (c), Tichaya Boonlert, Sineenat Phocharoen, Parinya Pankaew Head coach Chamnan Dokmai

Individual awards

Award		Name/Team
MVP		Jovelyn Gonzaga (RC Cola-Army)
Best Outside Spiker	1st:	Sutadta Chuewulim (Est Cola)
	2nd:	Honey Royse Tubino (RC Cola-Army)
Best Middle Blocker	1st:	Abigail Maraño (F2 Logistics)
	2nd:	Maica Morada (Petron)
Best Opposite Spiker		Aiza Maizo-Pontillas (Petron)
Best Setter		Tichaya Boonlert (Est Cola)
Best Libero		Anisa Yotpinit (Est Cola)

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Arena (main venue)
• Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan
• Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna
• Batangas City Sports Center, Batangas City, Batangas
• Imus Sports Complex, Imus, Cavite

Broadcast partners

• Sports5: TV5, AksyonTV, Hyper (SD and HD), Sports5.ph

Broadcast notes for final round

Game	Sports5 coverage
	Play-by-play	Analyst	Courtside reporter
F2 Logistics vs. Est Cola	James Velasquez	Denise Tan	Chino Lui-Pio
RC Cola-Army vs. Petron	Anthony Suntay	Chiqui Pablo
RC Cola-Army vs. F2 Logistics	Anthony Suntay	Tex Suter	Mich del Carmen
Petron vs. Est Cola	Chiqui Reyes	Chiqui Pablo
Petron vs. F2 Logistics	James Velasquez	Denise Tan	Carla Lizardo
RC Cola-Army vs. Est Cola	James Velasquez	Tex Suter