2013 PSL season
The 2013 PSL Season was the maiden season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL), the first professional volleyball league in the Philippines. The PSL began as a women's league during its inaugural tournament, the Invitational conference. A men's division was added for the succeeding tournament, the Grand Prix conference.[1][2]
| Duration | July 7, 2013 - December 14, 2013 |
|---|---|
| Number of teams | Women's: 6 Men's: 4 |
| TV partner(s) | Solar Sports |
| Conferences | |
| Invitational champions | Women's: TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers |
| Runners-up | Women's: Cignal HD Spikers |
| Grand Prix champions | Women's: TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers Men's: PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters |
| Runners-up | Women's: Cignal HD Spikers Men's: Systema Active Smashers |
| Awards | |
| Season MVP | Women's: Invitational:  Grand Prix:  Men's: Grand Prix: |
| Seasons | |
The TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers were the first PSL champions, winning both tournaments held during the season. For the men's division, the PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters emerged as the first champions.
Invitational Conference
The Invitational Conference, held from July 7, 2013[3] to July 28, 2013. It was the maiden tournament of the PSL.
| 2013 PSL Invitational Conference teams (Women's Division) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbr. | Team | Company | Colors | Head Coach | Team Captain |
| CAG | Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns | Alvaro Antonio | Nestor Pamilar | Wendy Anne Semana (FEU) | |
| CIG | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Sammy Acaylar | Venus Bernal (UST) | |
| PCSO | PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins | Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office | Ronald Dulay | Ivy Remulla (DLSU) | |
| PET | Petron Blaze Spikers | Petron Corporation | Vilet Ponce-De Leon | Roxanne Pimentel-So (UST) | |
| PLDT | PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters | Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company | Francis Vicente | Lou Ann Latigay (SSC-R) | |
| TMS-PA | TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers | TMS Ship Agencies, Inc. and Philippine Army | Enrico De Guzman | Joanne Bunag (FEU) | |
Classification round (July 7, 2013 to July 17, 2013):
| Pts | Matches | Sets | Points | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |
| 1 | TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers | 12 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 2.333 | 469 | 373 | 1.257 |
| 2 | Cignal HD Spikers | 9 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 1.571 | 415 | 406 | 1.022 |
| 3 | Petron Blaze Spikers | 9 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 397 | 407 | 0.975 |
| 4 | Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns | 7 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 0.909 | 456 | 463 | 0.985 |
| 5 | PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 456 | 483 | 0.944 |
| 6 | PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins | 4 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 0.538 | 391 | 452 | 0.865 |
Playoffs (July 21, 2013 to July 28, 2013):
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| 1 | TMS-PA | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | CAG | 3 | 4 | CAG | 2 | ||||||||
| 5 | PLDT | 0 | 1 | TMS-PA | 3 | ||||||||
| 2 | CIG | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | CIG | 3 | |||||||||||
| 3 | PET | 3 | 3 | PET | 0 | ||||||||
| 6 | PCSO | 2 | |||||||||||
Final standing:
Awards
Grand Prix ConferenceThe Grand Prix Conference was held from November 10, 2013 to December 14, 2013. For this conference (women's), each team was allowed to include two import players[4] in the line up.[5][6] A men's division was also introduced.[7][8] Women's divisionFive teams from the Invitational conference continued in the Grand Prix conference. The PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins were replaced by the RC Cola Raiders.
Classification round (November 10, 2013 to December 1, 2013:
Playoffs (December 4, 2013 to December 14, 2013):
Final standing:
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