2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference Explained

Competition:	Spikers' Turf Open Conference
Continent:	Asia
Year:	2023
Size:	300
Dates:	January 22 – March 31
Teams:	11
Champions Other:	Cignal HD Spikers
Title Number:	4
Second Other:	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Third Other:	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Fourth Other:	D' Navigators Iloilo
Setter:	John Michael Apolinario
Opposite Spiker:	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
Libero:	Manuel Sumanguid III
Matches:	65
Website:	Spikers' Turf
Last:	2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference
Next:	2023 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference

The 2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference was the sixteenth conference and the start of the sixth season of the Spikers' Turf.^[1] The tournament began on January 22, 2023, with a total of eleven teams, including four new teams at the Paco Arena, Paco, Manila.^[2] This is the first conference of the league to use a Video Challenge.

Participating teams

2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference! Abbr.! Team! Affiliation! Head Coach! Team Captain

CTB	AMC Cotabato Spikers	AMC Volleyball / Cotabato	Arthur Mamon	Jayvee Sumagaysay
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Dexter Clamor	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan
DNV	D' Navigators Iloilo	Iloilo City	Kenneth Panes	Jerome Cordez
IMU	Imus City–AJAA Spikers	Imus City / Ivy Tuason Photography	Sinfronio Acaylar	Esmilzo Polvorosa
NUB		National University / Archipelago Builders	Dante Alinsunurin	Joseph Bello
PJN	PGJC Navy Sea Lions	Philippine Navy	Cecille Cruzada	Gregorio Dolor
PAF	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	Philippine Air Force	Jhimson Merza	Jessie Lopez
PAR	Philippine Army Troopers	Philippine Army	Melvin Carolino	Benjaylo Labide
SRC	Santa Rosa City Lions	Department of Education City Division of Sta. Rosa	Edward Jan Lirio	Harvey Quezada
VVH	Vanguard Volley Hitters	Vanguard Volleyball Team	Edjet Mabbayad	Ronchette Lee Villegas
VNS	VNS Griffins	VNS Management Group	Ralph Raymund Ocampo	Ron Medalla

Transactions

Team additions and transfers

The following are the players who transferred to another team for this conference.

Player	Moving from	Moving to
Edward Camposano	Cignal HD Spikers	AMC Cotabato Spikers	^[3]
Fauzi Kasim Ismail	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Jayvee Sumagaysay	Team Dasma Monarchs	AMC Cotabato Spikers
John Vic De Guzman	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Joshua Umandal	PGJC Navy Sea Lions	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Kim Harold Dayandante	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Kris Cian Silang	Team Dasma Monarchs	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Lloyd Josafat	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Madzlan Gampong	Army-Katinko Troopers	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Manuel Andrei Medina	Team Dasma Monarchs	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Rex Emmanuel Intal	Cignal HD Spikers	AMC Cotabato Spikers
Steven Rotter	Long Beach State Beach	AMC Cotabato Spikers	^[4]
Vince Patrick Lorenzo	PGJC Navy Sea Lions	AMC Cotabato Spikers
EJ Casaña	PGJC Navy Sea Lions	Cignal HD Spikers	^[5]
Gadpray Aresgado	Bacolod City Tarags	Cignal HD Spikers
Deanne Neil De Pedro	Bacolod City Tarags	D' Navigators Iloilo
Jade Alex Disquitado	Sta. Rosa City Lions	D' Navigators Iloilo	^[6]
Rash Nursiddik	Bacolod City Tarags	D' Navigators Iloilo
Angelino Pertierra	Cignal HD Spikers	Imus City–AJAA Spikers	^[7]
Bonjomar Castel	Philippine Navy Sea Lions	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Bryan Bagunas	Win Streak	Imus City–AJAA Spikers	^[8]
Esmilzo Joner Polvorosa	VNS-One Alicia Griffins	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Francis Saura	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Hero Austria		Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Ishmael John Rivera		Imus City–AJAA Spikers
James Martin Natividad	Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Kim Malabunga	VNS-One Alicia Griffins	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Louie Ramirez	Cignal HD Spikers	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Rey Taneo	Army-Katinko Troopers	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Ricky Marcos	Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Ridzuan Muhali		Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Rikko Marius Marmeto	Go for Gold-Air Force Aguilas	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Ronniel Rosales	PGJC Navy Sea Lions	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
Alfredo Pagulong	VNS-One Alicia Griffins	PGJC Navy Sea Lions
Berhashidin Daymil	Sta. Elena-NU Ball Hammers	PGJC Navy Sea Lions
Christian Celis		PGJC Navy Sea Lions
Jeffrey Alicando		PGJC Navy Sea Lions
Owen Jaime Suarez	Cignal HD Spikers	PGJC Navy Sea Lions
Sean Victor Padon		PGJC Navy Sea Lions
Rence Melgar	Team Dasma Monarchs	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers
Aljune Centeno		Santa Rosa City Lions
Mark Kevin Motemayor	VNS Griffins	Santa Rosa City Lions
Uriel Mendoza	VNS Griffins	Santa Rosa City Lions
Clark Fernandez	Bacolod City Tarags	Vanguard Volley Hitters
John Carlo Desuyo	IEM Phoenix Volley Masters	Vanguard Volley Hitters
John Daniel Diwa	Army-Katinko Troopers	Vanguard Volley Hitters
Joven Camaganakan	Bacolod City Tarags	Vanguard Volley Hitters
Razzel Palisoc	Basilan Steel Spikers	Vanguard Volley Hitters
Ronchette Lee Villegas	Bacolod City Tarags	Vanguard Volley Hitters
Ruvince Abrot	Bacolod City Tarags	Vanguard Volley Hitters
Mark Deximo		VNS Griffins
Philip Michael Bagalay		VNS Griffins	^[9]
Ron Medalla	Global Remit	VNS Griffins

Venue

Preliminary round	Final round
City of Manila
Paco Arena	Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 6,100

Format

Preliminary round

1. The eleven teams are competing in a single round-robin elimination.
2. Top four teams advance to semifinals.

Semifinals

1. The four teams will compete again in a single round-robin elimination.
2. The third and fourth-ranked teams will relegate to the 3rd place series.
3. The first and second-ranked teams will advance to the championship series.

Finals

1. Best-of-three series.
2. Bronze medal: SF Ranked 3 vs. SF Ranked 4
3. Gold medal: SF Ranked 1 vs. SF Ranked 2

Pool standing procedure

1. Number of matches won
2. Match points
3. Sets ratio
4. Points ratio
5. If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.

Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time .

Ranking

Match results

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time .

Semifinals

Ranking

Match results

Finals

• All are best-of-three series.

3rd place

• Imus wins the series, 1–1, via sets ratio of 1.33 vs. 0.750

Championship

• Cignal wins series, 2–0

Awards

width=250	Award	width=200	Player	width=170	Team	width=10	Ref
Conference Most Valuable Player	Joshua Umandal	AMC Cotabato Spikers	^[10] ^[11]
Finals Most Valuable Player	Marck Jesus Espejo	Cignal HD Spikers
1st Best Outside Spiker	Jade Alex Disquitado	D' Navigators Iloilo
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Wendel Concepcion Miguel	Cignal HD Spikers
1st Best Middle Blocker	John Paul Bugaoan	Cignal HD Spikers
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Mfena Gwaza	D' Navigators Iloilo
Best Opposite Spiker	Ysrael Wilson Marasigan	Cignal HD Spikers
Best Setter	John Michael Apolinario	D' Navigators Iloilo
Best Libero	Manuel Sumanguid III	Cignal HD Spikers

Final standings

width=40	Rank	Team
	Cignal HD Spikers
	AMC Cotabato Spikers
	Imus City–AJAA Spikers
4	D' Navigators Iloilo
5	VNS Griffins
6	PGJC Navy Sea Lions
7	Santa Rosa City Lions
8	Philippine Army Troopers
9	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers
10
11	Vanguard Volley Hitters

Team roster:
Sandy Domenick Montero, Peter Denmar Torres, Edmar Lutcha Bonono, Alexis Faytaren, John Paul Bugaoan, Ysrael Wilson Marasigan (c), Gadpray Aresgado, Wendel Miguel, Alfred Valbuena, Chumason Celestine Njigha, Manuel Sumanguid III, Marck Espejo, Geuel Asia, Gariel EJ Casaña
Head coach:
Dexter Clamor

See also

• 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spikers' Turf all primed for big serving . spikersturf.ph . January 18, 2023 . en . January 17, 2023.
2. Web site: 11 clubs to compete in Spikers' Turf Open Conference . ABS-CBN News . January 18, 2023 . en . January 17, 2023.
3. Web site: Fancied Cignal, Cotabato spikers flaunt forms . January 27, 2023 . en . January 27, 2023.
4. Web site: Cotabato rolls into semis . spikersturf.ph . March 12, 2023 . en . March 12, 2023.
5. Web site: Cignal signs Casana, Aresgado for 2023 season . spikersturf.ph . January 23, 2023 . en . January 13, 2023.
6. Web site: NU Builders kick off title-retention drive vs Vanguard . spikersturf.ph . January 27, 2023 . en . January 24, 2023.
7. Web site: Sta. Rosa faces Imus to open 2023 season . spikersturf.ph . January 27, 2023 . en . January 21, 2023.
8. Web site: Bryan Bagunas to play for Imus-ITP . spikersturf.ph . February 3, 2023 . en . February 3, 2023.
9. Web site: VNS signs Medalla, Bagalay . spikersturf.ph . January 23, 2023 . en . January 16, 2023.
10. Web site: Agcaoili. Lance. March 31, 2023. Cotabato’s Jau Umandal claims Spikers’ Turf MVP plum. INQUIRER.net. April 7, 2023. en.
11. Web site: Agcaoili. Lance. March 31, 2023. Marck Espejo hails teammates after winning Spikers’ Turf Finals MVP plum. INQUIRER.net. April 7, 2023. en.

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