2015 Spikers' Turf Collegiate Conference
The Spikers’ Turf Collegiate Conference was the 2nd conference of the Spikers' Turf men's volleyball which started on July 13, 2015 and ended on September 27, 2015 at the Filoil Flying V Arena in San Juan. There were twelve competing teams in this conference.
Format
; Preliminary round- In the preliminary round, teams were split into two groups of six.
- The preliminary round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their group for a total of five matches.
- The top four teams advanced to the quarterfinals while the bottom two were eliminated.
- The quarterfinals was also a single round-robin, with each team playing seven matches in this round.
- The top four teams advanced to the semifinals while the bottom four were eliminated.
- The semifinals featured best-of-three series
- The match-ups were as follows:
- * SF1: QF1 vs. QF4
- * SF2: QF2 vs. QF3
- The winners advanced to the championship while the losers would play in the third-place series.
- The championship and third-place series were best-of-three series.
- The match-ups were as follows:
- * Championship: Semifinal round winners
- * Third-place series: Semifinal round losers
- If the championship ends after two matches, which can only occur if either team wins 2–0, the third-place series will immediately end even if it is tied. Tiebreakers would be used to determine the winner of the third-place series in this scenario.
Pool standing procedure
- First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
- If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
- * 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.
- In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
- * Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
- * Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed.
- * Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.
Quarterfinals
Match results
- Play-offs match for the 4th spot in the semis
- ''National College of Business and Arts advances to the semi-finals round.''
Semi-finals
Ranking is based from the quarter-final round.- ''All series are best-of-3''
Rank 1 vs Rank 4
''Ateneo de Manila University advances to the final round.''Rank 2 vs Rank 3
National University advances to the final round.''Emilio Aguinaldo College Generals|Emilio Aguinaldo College] & National College of Business & Arts will battle for the 3rd place.''Finals
Third place match
Emilio Aguinaldo College wins the series in two games
Final
Ateneo de Manila University wins the series in two games
Awards
- Most valuable player
- * Marck Espejo
- Most valuable player
- * Marck Espejo
- Best setter
- * April Jhon Pagtalunan
- Best Outside Spikers
- * Howard Mojica
- * Marck Espejo
- Best middle blockers
- * Kim Malabunga
- * Reyson Fuentes
- Best opposite spiker
- * Ysay Marasigan
- Best libero
- * Ricky Marcos
Final standings
| Spikers' Turf 1st Season Collegiate Conference |
| Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles First Title |
| Team roster Lawrence Magadia, Karl Baysa, Ron Medalla, Joshua Villanueva, Anthony Koyfman, Ysrael Marasigan, Timothy Sto. Tomas, Rex Intal, Dan Posadas, Manuel Sumanguid, Esmilzo Polvorosa, Marck Espejo, Gian Carlo Glorioso, Ishmael Rivera Oliver Almadro, Jarod Hubalde |
;Note:Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles made history in the Spikers' Turf by being the first team to sweep a conference.