Philippine Super Liga All-Stars Explained

Clubname:PSL All-Stars
Fullname:Philippine SuperLiga All-Stars
Founded:2016
Dissolved:2019
Mgrtitle:Head Coaches
League:N/A (League selection)
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The Philippine SuperLiga All-Stars was a volleyball selection team composed of players from the Philippine Super Liga (PSL).[1] Only women's teams have been formed.

It competed as a club team in international club tournaments outside the Philippines such as the AVC Club Volleyball Championship and the FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.

History

2016

Thai-Denmark Super League

The Philippine Super Liga was invited to participate in the 2016 Women's Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League in Bangkok, Thailand. The league decided to send a selection team instead of one of the clubs competing in the league. The selection of players was done around late February 2016.[2] The team played in the tournament as "Petron-PSL". PSL president Ramon Suzara, who used to be the secretary general of the Philippine Amateur Volleyball Association (PAVA) when the country won the last gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games women's volleyball in 1993, stated in a press release that the PSL All-Stars selection is a "fighting team".[3] The 14-member team, coached by George Pascua of the Petron Tri-Activ Spikers and assisted by Michael Cariño of the Cignal HD Spikers, was announced on March 1, 2016.[1] Pascua appointed Rachel Anne Daquis of the RC Cola-Army Troopers as the team captain.[4]

The PSL All-Stars lost all its group stage matches against Bangkok Glass, Idea Khonkaen and 3BB Nakhonnont, but managed to win at least a set against each of the teams except Idea Khonkaen.[5] The team won in an exhibition game outside the scope of the tournament against the Hong Kong national team which was also held in Bangkok.[6]

Organizers of a volleyball tournament in Croatia has also expressed their interest to invite the PSL All Stars team in a tourney to be held on July, coinciding with the 2016 PSL All Filipino Conference, according to Suzara, who is also the adviser of Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI). The team was also invited to participate in a friendly match with the Hong Kong national team on June 12, 2016.[7] The Hong Kong invitation was confirmed.[8] although the match didn't push through.

FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

The PSL fielded its all-star selection for the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship to be hosted at home in Pasay from October 18–23, 2016.[9]

27 players from the 8 participating PSL clubs were invited to participate in tryouts held at the Filoil Flying V Centre to determine 7 Philippine-based players who will compose the team that will participate at the international tournament.[10] Six additional foreign players will be selected by the FIVB. It was planned that starting in July 2016, one player that will be part of the team will be announced to the public every week.[11] Although the first two players, Rachel Anne Daquis and Jovelyn Gonzaga, to form the team was announced earlier on June 30, 2016.[12]

The team management also tapped Japan women's national volleyball team assistant coach Shun Takahashi as a head coach of the team in early September 2016[13] but Takahashi was later reassigned as 1st assistant coach later in the same month following the appointment of Serbian mentor Moro Branislav as head coach. Branislav was stated to be the first choice coach from the start by the management and was just waiting for the Serbian coach to be available.[14] Daquis was named as the team captain.[15]

On September 30, 2016, the PSL announced that the team will be sponsored by F2 Logistics Philippines, Inc. and will compete under the name "PSL-F2 Logistics Manila".[16] Foton was also named as the official transportation provider while Turkish Airlines was designated as official airlines of the team.[17]

PSL-F2 Logistics Manila lost all of its three games in the preliminary round, only winning a set against Turkish club Eczacıbaşı VitrA, the defending champions. Then they lost to Hisamitsu Springs in the classification round for 5th to 8th place.[18] The Philippine team finished last out of the 8 participating teams in the tournament after losing to Thai club Bangkok Glass in the 7th place playoff.[19]

2017

Asian Women's Club Championship

On May 9, 2017, the PSL announced that the PSL All-Stars would be fielded in the 2017 AVC Women's Club Championship in place of the Foton Tornadoes, after Foton begged off due to its depleted roster. The team played as "Rebisco-PSL Manila" with an All-Filipino lineup coached by Francis Vicente.[20] The team was winless and finished last.[21]

Annual Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's Cup

The PSL participated at the 2017 Annual Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s Cup Volleyball Tournament in Sisaket, Thailand.[22] In the preliminary round, the team was classified under Group B along with Bangkok Glass and Rangsit University. Shaq delos Santos was the head coach of the team.[23]

On its first game, the team lost its four-set match against Bangkok Glass.[24] They won their next match with straight sets against Rangsit University securing a place in the semifinal stage.[25] It then lost to PEA-Sisaket and was relegated to the match for the bronze medal.

The team secured a 3-1 set victory over Khonkaen Star becoming the first foreign team to win a medal the Thai hosted tournament. This also marked the PSL All-Star team's first medal in an international tournament.[26]

2018

When the Philippine Super Liga adjusted its calendar to align with the scheduling of both the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) and the Asian Volleyball Confederation for 2018 in November 2017, the league announced that they would be forming a pool of two to three teams where players for the PSL All-Star team will be drawn.[27]

2019

According to the calendar released by the Philippine Super Liga for 2019, a selection team was participate at the 2019 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship in China which was planned to primarily compose of players of the PSL Grand Prix 2019 champions backed with players from other PSL teams although no Philippine team joined the tournament. Also from January 19 to 30, 2019, a PSL selection team was scheduled to play exhibition matches and volleyball clinics outside Metro Manila as part of the PSL On Tour.[28]

A selection team was also planned to participate in lieu of Indonesia which reportedly withdrew from the Philippine leg of the ASEAN Grand Prix.[29] Indonesia reverted its decision and entered the tournament.

Two PSL selection teams, Team Sparkle and Team Shine competed in the 2019 PSL Super Cup.[30]

Names

In most of the tournaments the league selection joined, they competed under a name of a sponsor.

Rosters

See main article: 2017 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship.

Head coach: Francis Vicente

No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlockClub
30 September 19931.70NaN059kg (130lb)275cm (108inches)265cm (104inches)F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
align=left align=right 30 January 1996 65kg (143lb) 280cm (110inches) 277cm (109inches) Foton Tornadoes
21 June 19941.830NaN061kg (134lb)283cm (111inches)279cm (110inches)Petron Blaze Spikers
31 October 1991 1.730NaN0 61kg (134lb) 273cm (107inches) 274cm (108inches) Cignal HD Spikers
12 January 19941.850NaN072kg (159lb) 271cm (107inches)268cm (106inches)Generika-Ayala Lifesavers
29 February 19881.780NaN068kg (150lb)280cm (110inches)275cm (108inches)Petron Blaze Spikers
align=left align=right 30 August 1991 70kg (150lb) 290cm (110inches) 295cm (116inches) Foton Tornadoes
21 March 19911.70NaN066kg (146lb)266cm (105inches)256cm (101inches)Petron Blaze Spikers
27 August 1995 1.650NaN0600NaN0 258cm (102inches)252cm (99inches)Generika-Ayala Lifesavers
(c) 13 December 1987 1.780NaN0 58kg (128lb) 277cm (109inches) 268cm (106inches) Cignal HD Spikers
21 January 1992 1.650NaN056kg (123lb)251cm (99inches)247cm (97inches)COCOLIFE Asset Managers
22 December 19921.750NaN054kg (119lb)280cm (110inches)270cm (110inches)F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
24 September 19941.80NaN061kg (134lb)280cm (110inches)275cm (108inches)Petron Blaze Spikers
5 December 1994 1.860NaN060kg (130lb)287cm (113inches)280cm (110inches)Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors

See main article: 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.

Head coach: Moro Branislav

No.NameDate of birthHeightWeightSpikeBlockClub
1.780NaN064kg (141lb)291cm (115inches)283cm (111inches) 3bb Nakhornnont
1.930NaN068kg (150lb)280cm (110inches)278cm (109inches) Foton
1.860NaN070kg (150lb)309cm (122inches)295cm (116inches) Petron
1.550NaN056kg (123lb)255cm (100inches)250cm (100inches)
1.820NaN063kg (139lb)279cm (110inches)267cm (105inches) F2 Logistics
1.80NaN061kg (134lb)280cm (110inches)270cm (110inches) Petron
1.730NaN051kg (112lb)273cm (107inches)274cm (108inches) RC Cola-Army
1.70NaN060kg (130lb)275cm (108inches)265cm (104inches) F2 Logistics
10 1.930NaN074kg (163lb)309cm (122inches)300cm (100inches) Dinamo Krasnodar
11 1.880NaN074kg (163lb)302cm (119inches)296cm (117inches) Cignal
12 1.550NaN051kg (112lb)258cm (102inches)240cm (90inches) Petron
13 1.780NaN060kg (130lb)277cm (109inches)268cm (106inches) RC Cola-Army
14 1.930NaN079kg (174lb)310cm (120inches)296cm (117inches) Zürich
15 1.850NaN070kg (150lb)280cm (110inches)277cm (109inches) Foton

Team captains

All-time players

Domestic players

Imports

Head coaches

NameTenureTournament
George Pascua c. March 2016 Thai-Denmark Super League
Shun Takahashi September 2016 None
September–October 2016 FIVB Women's Club World Championship
May 2017 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
Cesael delos Santos September 2017 Annual Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's Cup
Carl Dimaculangan November 2019 PSL Super Cup[31]
Vilet Ponce de Leon

Fixtures and results

Games played
Win   Defeat
OpponentDateResultSetEventLocation
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1 Bangkok Glass1–325–2311–2516–259–25Thai-Denmark Super LeagueBangkok, Thailand
2 Idea Khonkaen0–322–2520–2519–25
3 3BB Nakhonnont1–315–2511–2525–2315–25
43–025–2225–1525–20Exhibition match
5 Rexona-Sesc Rio0–315–2513–2520–25FIVB Women's Club World ChampionshipPasay, Philippines
6 Pomì Casalmaggiore0–319–2515–2521–25
7 Eczacıbaşı VitrA1–317–2517–2525–2314–25
8 Hisamitsu Springs0–315–2518–2521–25
9 Bangkok Glass0–316–2523–2520–25
10 Hisamitsu Springs0–317–2510–2514–25Asian Women's Club Volleyball ChampionshipUst-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
11 Vietinbank1–321–2525–1720–2514–25
12 Tianjin Bohai Bank0–317–2511–2519–25
13 Supreme Chonburi1–320–2512–2525–1825–27
14 Sarmayeh Bank0–323–2517–2527–29
15 Vietinbank0–313–2518–2515–25
16 Bangkok Glass1–315–25Annual Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's CupSisaket, Thailand
17 Rangsit University3–026-2425-1925-23
18 PEA-Sisaket1–325-1325-1325-22
19 Khonkaen Star3–125-1825-2232-3425-22
200–314–2518–2516–25PSL Super CupSan Juan, Philippines
210–38–2512–2520–25
220–310–2516–2516–25
230–312–2518–2518–25
24 PSL Shine 2–325–15 25–1920–2522–2515–17
Scores and results list the PSL All Stars' figures first. For the 2019 PSL Cup, two selection teams participated with results of both teams listed. Specific PSL selection team in parentheses (or the first team in case of match no 24)

Competitive records

FIVB / AVC tournaments

FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship

Asian Women's Club Championship

YearRoundPosition style WL
2017Seventh place match8th place06
2019Did not enter

Other

Volleyball Thai-Denmark Super League

Annual H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn's Cup:

PSL Super Cup

YearRoundPositionWL
2019Bronze medal match 3rd place12
Bronze medal match 4th place03

Notes and References

  1. News: PSL All-Star to put premium on defense. 2 March 2016. The Philippine Star. 2 March 2016.
  2. News: Reyes. Marc Anthony. PSL targets strong squad for Bangkok tournament. 24 February 2016. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 24 February 2016.
  3. News: Pinays To See Action against Thai-Denmark Super League in Bangkok. Philippine Super Liga. February 24, 2016. March 3, 2016.
  4. News: Daquis to skipper PSL stars in Thai joust. ABS-CBN Sports. March 4, 2016. March 4, 2016.
  5. News: PSL All-Stars show promise despite winless finish. 28 March 2016. The Philippine Star. 28 March 2016.
  6. News: Reyes. Marc Anthony. PSL All-Stars whip HK bets. 28 March 2016. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 28 March 2016.
  7. News: PSL All-Stars earn invitations to more tourneys. ABS-CBN News. March 29, 2016. March 30, 2016.
  8. News: Lozada. Mei-Lin. Super Liga invited to Croatian tournament but yet to confirm participation due to scheduling conflict. 29 March 2016. Sports Interactive Network Philippines. 29 March 2016.
  9. News: Facing powerhouse teams in Thailand, PSL All-Stars to go all out. Fox Sports Asia. March 2, 2016. March 3, 2016.
  10. News: Survival of the fittest as huge field of PSL stars vie for limited slots in PH team for FIVB world club meet. Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Lozada. Mei-Lin. June 23, 2016. June 24, 2016.
  11. News: Li. Matthew. Shot at FIVB CWC team adds new dimension to PSL AFC. 18 June 2016. Tiebreaker Times. 17 June 2016.
  12. News: Daquis, Gonzaga named 1st 2 spikers of Superliga team. 1 July 2016. The Standard. 1 July 2016.
  13. News: PSL All-Stars Manila taps Japanese head coach. ABS-CBN Sports. Escarlote. Mark. September 8, 2016. September 8, 2016.
  14. News: Reyes. Marc Anthony. PSL names Serbian new Foton PH (sic) head coach. 23 September 2016. Philippine Daily Inquirer.
  15. News: Rachel Anne Daquis named team captain of PSL squad seeing action in Women's World Club meet. Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Lozada. Mei-Lin. September 23, 2016. September 23, 2016.
  16. News: F2 Logistics to serve as official sponsor for PSL-Pilipinas. Tiebreaker Times. October 1, 2016. October 1, 2016.
  17. News: F2 Logistics backs PSL Manila’s world tilt bid. 3 October 2016. The Philippine Star. 3 October 2016.
  18. News: Lozada. Bong. Branislav confident PSL-F2 Logistics can conquer Bangkok Glass. 23 October 2016. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 23 October 2016.
  19. News: Lozada. Bong. Bangkok Glass sweeps winless PSL-F2. 23 October 2016. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 23 October 2016.
  20. News: Manicad. Julius. PSL stars set to take Asia by storm. 11 May 2017. Volleyverse. 9 May 2017.
  21. News: Rebisco PSL Manila settles for 8th place after winless campaign . 28 August 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 31 May 2017.
  22. News: Manicad. Julius. PSL stars brace for war. 6 September 2017. 1 September 2017. Volleyverse.
  23. News: Co. Chris. PSL selection sasabak sa Thailand tourney. PSL selection will compete at Thailand tourney. 6 September 2017. Pilipino Star Ngayon. 3 September 2017. fil.
  24. News: Ong. Nads. Good start for PSL stars. 6 September 2017. Volleyverse. 5 September 2017.
  25. News: Manicad. Julius. PSL stars to put best effort vs Thai NT. 8 September 2017. Volleyverse. 7 September 2017.
  26. News: PSL All-Stars win bronze in Thailand meet. 12 September 2017. ABS-CBN News. 11 September 2017.
  27. News: Mendoza. Voltaire. PSL aligns 2018 schedule with FIVB, AVC calendars. 29 November 2017. The Philippine Star. 29 November 2017.
  28. News: Fernandez . Lawrence . Philippine Superliga releases calendar for 2019 . 28 December 2018 . VolleyVerse . 28 December 2018.
  29. News: PSL pours in support for 2019 SEA Games volleyball . 19 September 2019 . Rappler . 17 September 2019.
  30. News: Selection teams set to challenge national squad in special PSL tourney . 18 October 2019 . BusinessWorld . 18 October 2019.
  31. News: PH volleyball team to use PSL Super Cup as prep for SEA Games . 6 November 2019 . ESPN5 . 30 October 2019.