2018 Philippine Super Liga All-Filipino Conference

Format

• The preliminary round was split into two rounds.
• The first round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of seven matches.

• In the second round, teams were divided into two groups based on results from the first round. The top three teams from one pool were grouped with the bottom three teams from the other pool.
• Results from the first round were carried over, and teams played in another single round-robin, playing one match against all other teams in their poll for an additional three matches. By the end of the second round, all teams will have played a total of ten matches.

• The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches.
• The match-ups were as follows:
• * QF1: #1 vs. #8
• * QF2: #2 vs. #7
• * QF3: #3 vs. #6
• * QF4: #4 vs. #5
• The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers were eliminated.

• The semifinals featured the twice-to-beat advantage, where the higher-seeded team in a match-up only needs to win one out of two matches. The lower-seeded team must win two matches back-to-back to advance.
• The match-ups were as follows:
• * SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winner
• * SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winner
• The winners advanced to the championship while the losers would play in the third-place match.

• The championship was a best-of-three series while the third-place match was single-elimination.
• The match-ups were as follows:
• * Championship: Semifinal round winners
• * Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

Preliminary round