2023 PNVF Challenge Cup – Men's Division

2023 PNVF Challenge Cup
Men's Division
Tournament details
DatesNovember 7–25, 2023
Teams20
Venue(s)Rizal Memorial Coliseum
ChampionsUniversity of Santo Tomas (1st title)
Runners-upCignal HD Spikers
Third placeVNS Asereht
Fourth placeNational University
Tournament awards
MVPJoshua Ybañez (UST)
Best SetterJerome Lopez (VNS)
Best OHJoshua Ybañez (UST)
Rey Miguel De Vega (UST)
Best MBJohn Paul Bugaoan (Cignal)
Edlyn Paul Colinares (UST)
Best OPPSherwin Umandal (UST)
Best LiberoManuel Sumanguid III (Cignal)
Tournament statistics
Matches played48

The men's division of the 2023 PNVF Challenge Cup began on November 7, 2023.

Starting from this season, the tournament formerly known as the PNVF Champions League would be known as the PNVF Challenge Cup.[1] This marks as the third season of the league.

University of Santo Tomas were the champions.[2]

Participating teams

The tournament was originally meant to enable local government units (cities, municipalities, and provinces) to hold their own volleyball programs.[3] The Challenge Cup would be opened for school and club teams. By the end of October 2023, the PNVF has secured commitment from 20 men's teams.[4]

Club/Team Sponsor Locality
Arellano University — Manila
Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. —
Kuya JM Davao City Kuya JM Davao City
D'Navigators Iloilo — Iloilo City
Emilio Aguinaldo College — Manila
José Rizal University — Mandaluyong
3B Marikina — Marikina
National University — Manila
Angatleta–Orion Angatleta Sports Orion, Bataan
Plaridel, Quezon — Plaridel, Quezon
PGJC–Navy Philippine Navy —
Rizal Technological University–Basilan — Basilan
Santa Rosa City — Santa Rosa, Laguna
Savouge Aesthetics Savouge Medical Aesthetics Clinic —
Tacloban–Eastern Visayas Fighting Warays — Tacloban
University of Batangas — Batangas City
University of the East–Cherrylume Mileage Asia Corporation Manila
University of Santo Tomas — Manila
VNS Asereht — —
Volida Volleyball Club — Manila

Format

The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference:

Preliminary Round
  1. Single-round robin preliminaries; 20 teams; 4 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
  2. The top two teams in each pool will qualified for the final round
Quarterfinal (knockout stage)
  1. QF1: #A1 vs. #D2
  2. QF3: #C1 vs. #B2
  3. QF2: #B1 vs. #C2
  4. QF4: #D1 vs. #A2
Semifinal (knockout stage)
  1. SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF3 winner
  2. SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF4 winner
Finals (knockout stage)
  1. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
  2. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Pools composition

The 20 teams were divided into four pools.[1]

Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D
Cignal HD Spikers National University PGJC–Navy University of Santo Tomas
Kuya JM–Davao City RTU-Basilan 3B Marikina City Tacloban Fighting Warays
Savouge Aesthetics Arellano University Angatleta–Orion D'Navigators Iloilo
Volida Volleyball Club VNS Asereht Jose Rizal University Santa Rosa City
University of Batangas University of the East-Cherrylume Plaridel, Quezon Emilio Aguinaldo College

Venue

All matches
Manila
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 10,000

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Cignal HD Spikers 4 4 0 12 12 0 MAX 300 178 1.685 Quarterfinals
2 Savouge Aesthetics 4 2 2 6 7 6 1.167 232 213 1.089
3 Kuya JM–Davao City 4 2 2 6 6 6 1.000 197 180 1.094
4 University of Batangas 4 2 2 6 6 7 0.857 275 285 0.965
5 Volida Volleyball Club 4 0 4 0 0 12 0.000 152 300 0.507
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
07 Nov 14:00 RMC Cignal HD Spikers 3–0 Savouge Aesthetics 25–21 25–16 25–22     75–59  
09 Nov 12:00 RMC Volida Volleyball Club 0–3 University of Batangas 14–25 12–25 11–25     37–75  
14 Nov 12:00 RMC University of Batangas 0–3 Cignal HD Spikers 15–25 14–25 16–25     45–75  
14 Nov 14:00 RMC Kuya JM–Davao City 3–0 Volida Volleyball Club 25–19 25–19 25–11     75–49  
15 Nov 08:00 RMC Volida Volleyball Club 0–3 Savouge Aesthetics 11–25 11–25 17–25     39–75  
15 Nov 14:00 RMC Cignal HD Spikers 3–0 Kuya JM–Davao City 25–19 25–17 25–11     75–47  
17 Nov 18:00 RMC Savouge Aesthetics 3–0 Kuya JM–Davao City 25–17 25–19 25–20     75–56  
18 Nov 12:00 RMC Volida Volleyball Club 0–3 Cignal HD Spikers 12–25 7–25 8–25     27–75  
19 Nov 18:00 RMC Kuya JM–Davao City 3–0 University of Batangas 25–20 25–19 25–17     75–56  
20 Nov 15:00 RMC University of Batangas 3–1 Savouge Aesthetics 25–22 30–28 19–25 25–23   99–98  

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 National University 4 4 0 11 12 2 6.000 337 263 1.281 Quarterfinals
2 VNS Asereht 4 3 1 10 11 4 2.750 271 257 1.054
3 University of the East–Cherrylume 4 2 2 6 7 7 1.000 321 310 1.035
4 RTU-Basilan 4 1 3 2 3 11 0.273 271 325 0.834
5 Arellano University 4 0 4 1 3 12 0.250 280 353 0.793
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
07 Nov 16:00 RMC National University 3–0 RTU-Basilan 25–15 25–17 25–19     75–51  
08 Nov 12:00 RMC University of the East–Cherrylume 3–1 Arellano University 25–18 22–25 25–22 25–23   97–88  
09 Nov 14:00 RMC VNS Asereht 3–1 University of the East–Cherrylume 25–18 19–25 25–21 25–20   94–84  
14 Nov 10:00 RMC VNS Asereht 3–0 RTU-Basilan 25–23 25–15 25–23     75–61  
16 Nov 18:00 RMC National University 3–2 VNS Asereht 25–23 22–25 25–21 25–27 15–6 112–102  
18 Nov 14:00 RMC University of the East–Cherrylume 0–3 National University 22–25 23–25 20–25     65–75  
18 Nov 16:00 RMC Arellano University 0–3 VNS Asereht 11–25 19–25 17–25     47–75  
20 Nov 09:00 RMC RTU-Basilan 0–3 University of the East–Cherrylume 18–25 16–25 19–25     53–75  
20 Nov 11:00 RMC National University 3–0 Arellano University 25–17 25–12 25–16     75–45  
21 Nov 13:00 RMC Arellano University 2–3 RTU-Basilan 25–19 25–22 22–25 18–25 10–15 100–106  

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 PGJC–Navy 4 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 322 184 1.750 Quarterfinals
2 Jose Rizal University 4 3 1 9 10 3 3.333 300 236 1.271
3 3B Marikina City 4 2 2 6 6 6 1.000 248 252 0.984
4 Plaridel, Quezon 4 1 3 3 3 9 0.333 242 268 0.903
5 Angatleta–Orion 4 0 4 0 0 12 0.000 127 300 0.423
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
08 Nov 08:00 RMC Angatleta–Orion 0–3 Jose Rizal University 11–25 15–25 12–25     38–75  
08 Nov 10:00 RMC PGJC–Navy 3–0 Plaridel, Quezon 25–18 25–23 25–20     75–61  
09 Nov 18:00 RMC Plaridel, Quezon 3–0 Angatleta–Orion 25–18 25–10 25–14     75–42  
14 Nov 08:00 RMC 3B Marikina City 0–3 PGJC–Navy 20–25 11–25 18–25     49–75  
15 Nov 10:00 RMC Jose Rizal University 3–0 3B Marikina City 25–13 25–17 25–19     75–49  
15 Nov 12:00 RMC PGJC–Navy 3–0 Angatleta–Orion 25–0 25–0 25–0     75–0  
16 Nov 16:00 RMC 3B Marikina City 3–0 Plaridel, Quezon 25–20 25–14 25–21     75–55  
17 Nov 16:00 RMC Angatleta–Orion 0–3 3B Marikina City 11–25 15–25 21–25     47–75  
19 Nov 14:00 RMC Jose Rizal University 1–3 PGJC–Navy 24–26 16–25 25–22 9–25   74–98  
20 Nov 13:00 RMC Plaridel, Quezon 0–3 Jose Rizal University 13–25 14–25 24–26     51–76  

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 University of Santo Tomas 4 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 320 247 1.296 Quarterfinals
2 D'Navigators Iloilo 4 3 1 9 9 3 3.000 293 246 1.191
3 Emilio Aguinaldo College 4 2 2 6 6 7 0.857 295 273 1.081
4 Santa Rosa City 4 1 3 3 4 10 0.400 273 335 0.815
5 Tacloban Fighting Warays 4 0 4 0 2 12 0.167 260 338 0.769
Source: [citation needed]
Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
07 Nov 18:00 RMC University of Santo Tomas 3–0 Santa Rosa City 25–14 25–20 25–17     75–51  
08 Nov 14:00 RMC Santa Rosa City 1–3 Emilio Aguinaldo College 16–25 20–25 25–23 15–25   76–98  
09 Nov 16:00 RMC Emilio Aguinaldo College 0–3 University of Santo Tomas 20–25 17–25 18–25     55–75  
16 Nov 14:00 RMC D'Navigators Iloilo 3–0 Emilio Aguinaldo College 27–25 25–22 25–20     77–67  
17 Nov 14:00 RMC Tacloban Fighting Warays 0–3 D'Navigators Iloilo 18–25 17–25 16–25     51–75  
18 Nov 18:00 RMC D'Navigators Iloilo 0–3 University of Santo Tomas 23–25 23–25 20–25     66–75  
19 Nov 16:00 RMC Santa Rosa City 3–1 Tacloban Fighting Warays 25–23 18–25 25–20 25–21   93–89  
20 Nov 17:00 RMC Tacloban Fighting Warays 0–3 Emilio Aguinaldo College 17–25 17–25 11–25     45–75  
21 Nov 15:00 RMC D'Navigators Iloilo 3–0 Santa Rosa City 25–17 25–14 25–22     75–53  
21 Nov 17:00 RMC University of Santo Tomas 3–1 Tacloban Fighting Warays 25–19 25–19 20–25 25–12   95–75  

Final round

Quarterfinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
23 Nov 10:00 Cignal HD Spikers 3–0 D'Navigators Iloilo 25–18 25–23 25–17     75–58  
23 Nov 12:30 PGJC–Navy 0–3 VNS Asereht 24–26 24–26 24–26     72–78  
23 Nov 15:00 National University 3–0 Jose Rizal University 26–24 25–19 25–18     76–61  
23 Nov 17:30 University of Santo Tomas 3–0 Savouge Aesthetics 25–19 25–20 25–20     75–59  

Semifinals

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
24 Nov 15:00 Cignal HD Spikers 3–2 VNS Asereht 25–21 25–22 21–15 23–25 15–10 109–93  
24 Nov 17:30 National University 1–3 University of Santo Tomas 18–25 22–25 25–20 24–26   89–96  

Finals

Bronze Medal Match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Nov 10:00 VNS Asereht 3–2 National University 32–34 23–25 26–24 25–23 15–13 121–119  

Gold Medal Match

Date Time Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
25 Nov 17:30 Cignal HD Spikers 2–3 University of Santo Tomas 25–20 22–25 22–25 25–19 13–15 107–104  

Final standing

Awards

Individual awards

Award Player Team Ref.
Most Valuable Player Joshua Ybañez UST [5]
1st Best Outside Spiker Joshua Ybañez UST
2nd Best Outside Spiker Rey Miguel De Vega UST
1st Best Middle Blocker John Paul Bugaoan Cignal
2nd Best Middle Blocker Edlyn Paul Colinares UST
Best Opposite Spiker Sherwin Umandal UST
Best Setter Jerome Lopez VNS
Best Libero Manuel Sumanguid III Cignal

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "36-team PNVF Challenge Cup kicks off Tuesday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum". Volleyball Philippines. Philippine National Volleyball Federation. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Tigers, Lady Blazers emerge PNVF champions". The Philippine Star. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  3. ^ "LGUs rev up for PNVF Challenge Cup in November". Manila Bulletin. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ^ "PNVF Challenge Cup lures 37 squads". Malaya Business Insight. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  5. ^ Malanum, Jean (November 26, 2023). "UST, CSB pocket PNVF Challenge Cup titles". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.