Philippines national volleyball teams in FIVB club tournaments explained

Clubname:Rebisco and Choco Mucho
Fullname:Rebisco Philippines /
Choco Mucho
Founded:2021
Chrtitle:Owner
Chairman:Philippine National Volleyball Federation
Mgrtitle:Head coach
Manager:
Dante Alinsunurin

Jorge Edson (Rebisco)
Arthur Mamon (Choco Mucho)
Captain:
John Vic De Guzman

Aby Maraño (Rebisco)
Iris Tolenada (Choco Mucho)
League:None

The Philippine National Volleyball Federation sent representative teams in the 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships under the name of Rebisco and Choco Mucho, brands of its sponsor Republic Biscuit Corporation. The teams don't belong to a domestic league with its players derived from the pool of the Philippine men's and women's national teams.

History

PSL All Stars

See main article: Philippine Super Liga All-Stars. The Philippines under the previous national federation, Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas (LVP) has been represented by non-club teams in official FIVB and AVC tournaments. Republic Biscuit Corporation which owns the Rebisco brand has been supporting Philippine volleyball since 2017.[1]

The PSL All-Stars, a selection team from players of the Philippine Super Liga, was the country's representative at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Metro Manila rather than a regular club side. That team played as "PSL-F2 Logistics Manila" which finished last among 8th teams in that tournament.[2] [3] The team featured again in the 2017 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship as "Rebisco-PSL Manila" due to a sponsorship deal with Republic Biscuit. The team likewise finished last at 8th place.[4] The selection team has also participated in other tournaments in Thailand and the PSL Super Cup.

Rebisco and PNVF

The Philippine National Volleyball Federation succeeded the LVP in early 2021. In June 2021, the PNVF secured a three-year sponsorship deal with Republic Biscuit Corporation. The company pledged to support the federation's national team programs.[5] [6]

The PNVF entered the men's and women's national teams for the 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships under the Rebisco name.[7] [8] For the women's competition, the federation will field two teams composing of national team players.[7] The first team will composed of more established players and the second team will be a developmental side composed of younger players.[9]

Originally, the PNVF planned to send two teams in that competition; the national team under the Rebisco brand and the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers winners of the 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference.[10] [11] However Chery Tiggo and all the other teams in the league declined to participate.[7] The PNVF will instead field a second team composing of national team players instead.[7] The second team was named Team Choco Mucho, after another brand of Republic Biscuit Corporation and shares the name with a PVL club, Choco Mucho Flying Titans.[12]

Choco Mucho placed sixth in the 2021 Women's Club Championship, besting the Rebisco team which settled for seventh place.[13] The men's Rebisco team on their part finished 9th out of 10 teams in their tournament.[14]

Rosters

The following were the Philippine national team rosters for the 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships.

Men's

Team Rebisco
NumberPositionNameDate of birthHeightOther current club
2MBJohn Paul BugaoanOctober 8, 20211.90NaN0 Cignal HD Spikers
4SJoshua RetamarOctober 8, 20211.820NaN0 Sta. Elena Ball Hammers
5LManuel Sumanguid IIIOctober 8, 20211.70NaN0 Cignal HD Spikers
6MBKim MalabungaOctober 8, 20211.980NaN0 Go for Gold-Air Force
7MBRex IntalOctober 8, 20211.90NaN0 Cignal HD Spikers
8OPMark AlfafaraOctober 8, 20211.830NaN0 PLDT
9OHAngelo AlmendrasOctober 8, 20211.90NaN0 Sta. Elena Ball Hammers
10OHJohn Vic De Guzman (c)October 8, 20211.880NaN0 PLDT
11OHJoshua UmandalOctober 8, 20211.880NaN0 PLDT
12MBFrancis Philip SauraOctober 8, 20211.950NaN0 Go for Gold-Air Force
14SEsmilzo PolvorosaOctober 8, 20211.830NaN0 Cignal HD Spikers
16LRicky MarcosOctober 8, 20211.620NaN0 Sta. Elena Ball Hammers
17SJessie LopezOctober 8, 20211.780NaN0 Go for Gold-Air Force
19OPYsrael MarasiganOctober 8, 20211.830NaN0 Cignal HD Spikers
Source: PNVF and match #21 P–2

Women's

Rebisco

Team Rebisco
NumberPositionNameDate of birthHeightOther current club
2MBAbigail MarañoOctober 1, 20211.750NaN0 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
4OHMhicaela BelenOctober 1, 20211.710NaN0 National University
5MBImee HernandezOctober 1, 20211.80NaN0 University of Santo Tomas
6LBernadette PepitoOctober 1, 20211.570NaN0 University of Santo Tomas High School
7SRhea DimaculanganOctober 1, 20211.70NaN0 PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
8OHEjiya LaureOctober 1, 20211.770NaN0 University of Santo Tomas
9LJennifer NiervaOctober 1, 20211.640NaN0 National University
10MBMary Joy Baron (c)October 1, 20211.820NaN0 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
11OP Faith NisperosOctober 1, 20211.80NaN0 Ateneo de Manila University
15OH Jessica GalanzaOctober 1, 20211.70NaN0 Creamline Cool Smashers
16OPAleona Denise ManabatOctober 1, 20211.880NaN0 Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers
17SKamille CalOctober 1, 20211.790NaN0 National University
21MB Ivy LacsinaOctober 1, 20211.850NaN0 National University
26OPKim Kianna DyOctober 1, 20211.780NaN0 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Sources: AVC and match #15 P–2

Choco Mucho

Team Choco Mucho
NumberPositionNameDate of birthHeightOther current club
1OH Kalei MauOctober 1, 20211.850NaN0 Changos de Naranjito
3SDeanna WongOctober 1, 20211.730NaN0 Choco Mucho Flying Titans
7OH Mylene PaatOctober 1, 20211.80NaN0 Chery Tiggo Crossovers
8SAngelica CayunaOctober 1, 20211.680NaN0 Perlas Spikers
11OPMar-Jana PhillipsOctober 1, 20211.830NaN0 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
13MBDell PalomataOctober 1, 20211.90NaN0 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
18MBMarivic MenesesOctober 1, 20211.850NaN0 Petro Gazz Angels
23LDawn MacandiliOctober 1, 20211.520NaN0 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
32SIris Tolenada (c)October 1, 20211.750NaN0free agent
56OHErnestine TiamzonOctober 1, 20211.750NaN0 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers

Sources: AVC and match #15 P–2

Competitive record

Men's

Asian Club Championship

  • 2021 – (Rebisco) – 9th place

Women's

Asian Club Championship

  • 2021
    • First team (Rebisco) – 7th place
    • Second team (Choco Mucho) – 6th place

Coaches

Team
Coach
Rebisco Men's Dante Alinsunurin
Women's Jorge Edson
Choco Mucho Women's Arthur Mamon

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: PHL volleyball gets avid support . 14 October 2021 . BusinessMirror . 13 October 2021.
  2. News: F2 Logistics to serve as official sponsor for PSL-Pilipinas. Tiebreaker Times. October 1, 2016. October 1, 2016.
  3. News: Lozada. Bong. Bangkok Glass sweeps winless PSL-F2. 23 October 2016. Philippine Daily Inquirer. 23 October 2016.
  4. News: Rebisco PSL Manila settles for 8th place after winless campaign . 28 August 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 31 May 2017.
  5. News: PNVF, Rebisco inks 3-year sponsorship deal . 28 August 2021 . BusinessWorld . 15 June 2021.
  6. News: Rebisco to support all of PNVF national teams . 28 August 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 15 June 2021.
  7. News: Volleyball: 2 national teams to join Asian club tourney . 27 August 2021 . ABS-CBN News . 27 August 2021 . en.
  8. News: Lozada . Bong . PNVF sending three teams to two Asian club tourneys . 28 August 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 28 August 2021 . en.
  9. News: Dannug . Jonash . PNVF to split AVC Women's Club teams to vets, young guns . 3 September 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 3 September 2021.
  10. News: Suing . Ivan . Chery Tiggo marches in full force . 18 August 2021 . Daily Tribune . 18 August 2021.
  11. News: Dannug . Jonash . Chery Tiggo, Rebisco invited to join Asian Women's Club Championship . 18 August 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 18 August 2021.
  12. News: Marano, Deguzman captain Rebisco PH as Tolenada skippers Choco Mucho in AVC Club . 7 September 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 7 September 2021.
  13. News: Choco Mucho settles for 6th in Asian club tournament . 14 October 2021 . BusinessMirror . 7 October 2021.
  14. News: Lozada . Bong . Rebisco ends AVC stint with win over Sri Lanka's CEB Sports Club . 14 October 2021 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 13 October 2021 . en.