2014 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix


The 2014 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix was the fourth conference of the Philippine [Super Liga] and the second conference of the 2014 Philippine [Super Liga season|2014 season]. The tournament ran from October 18, 2014 to November 30, 2014. The tournament's major sponsor was Asics. FIVB Referees Commission director Mohammed Hassan was the guest of honor of the opening ceremony held in Smart Araneta Coliseum.
For this tournament, several teams took leave from the league, due to their participation in the Reinforced Open Conference of the Shakey's V-League, which coincided with the tournament - namely, the Philippine Army Lady Troopers, the Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns, the PLDT Home TVolution Power Attackers and the Instituto Estetico Manila Phoenix Volley Masters.
New teams for this conference were the Foton Tornadoes, the Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions and the Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers. The former AirAsia Flying Spikers became the Generika Lifesavers after the pullout of AirAsia Philippines. In the men's division, the Maybank Tigers returned for this conference, while the Systema Active Smashers played as the "Bench–Systema Active Smashers".
The champions of this tournament - the Petron Blaze Spikers and the Cignal HD Spikers - will represent the Philippines in the 2015 2015 Asian [Women's Club Volleyball Championship|Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship] and 2015 Asian [Men's Club Volleyball Championship|Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship], respectively.

Women's division

Uniforms

For the women's division, the color combination of each team's uniforms deviated from its respective brand colors.
TeamBrand colorsDarkAlternateLight
Cignal HD Jersey
Cignal HD Shorts
Foton Jersey
Foton Shorts
Generika Jersey
Generika Shorts
Mane 'n Tail Jersey
Mane 'n Tail Shorts
Petron Blaze Jersey
Petron Blaze Shorts
RC Cola-Air Force Jersey
RC Cola-Air Force Shorts

Format

; Classification round
  • The classification round was a double round-robin tournament, with each team playing two matches against all other teams in their pool for a total of ten matches.
  • The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while teamks ranked fifth and sixth would place in the fifth-place match.
; Semifinals
  • The semifinals also single-elimination matches.
  • The match-ups were be as follows:
  • * SF1: #1 vs. #4
  • * SF2: #2 vs. #3
  • The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.
; Finals
  • The championship, third-place, and fifth-place matches were all single-elimination.
  • The match-ups were be as follows:
  • * Championship match: Semifinal round winners
  • * Third-place match: Semifinal round losers
  • * Fifth-place match: #5 vs. #6

    Classification round

Final round

Semifinals

Finals

Fifth place match
Third place match
Championship match

Final standing

RankTeam
Petron Blaze Spikers
Generika Lifesavers
RC Cola-Air Force Raiders
4Cignal HD Spikers
5Foton Tornadoes
6Mane 'n Tail Lady Stallions

Men's division

Format

; Classification round
  • The classification round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of four matches.
  • The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the fifth-place team was eliminated.
; Semifinals
  • The semifinals featured single-elimination matches.
  • The match-ups were be as follows:
  • * SF1: #1 vs. #4
  • * SF2: #2 vs. #3
  • The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.
; Finals
  • Both the championship and third-place matches were all single-elimination.
  • The match-ups were be as follows:
  • * Championship match: Semifinal round winners
  • * Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

    Classification round

* ''forfeit''

Playoffs

Semifinals

Finals

Third place match
Championship match

Final standing

RankTeam
Cignal HD Spikers
PLDT Home Telpad-Air Force Turbo Boosters
Fourbees Cavite Patriots Total Attackers
4Maybank Tigers
5Bench–Systema Active Smashers

Awards

Venues