MEN’S volleyball takes center stage beginning tomorrow, Friday, as the Spikers’ Turf stages its inaugural Invitational Conference at the Paco Arena in Manila featuring 24 teams, matching the biggest conference cast ever put up in the country’s premier league.
Cignal HD, which completed a perfect title run in the Open Conference last March, headlines the huge field divided into four groups, with the top two teams from each pool advancing to the knockout quarterfinals.
The semifinalists will be joined by a foreign guest team in a round-robin series, which the organizing Sports Vision expecting a thriller of a chase to the finals and the championship, a winner-take-all affair.
Joining the HD Spikers in Pool C are Davies Paints-Adamson, Philippine Coast Guard, Saints and Lattes-Letran, Santa Rosa City Lions and the St. Gerard Construction-Saint Benide.
Ateneo-Fudgee Bar banners the Pool A cast that includes D’Navigators Iloilo, Don Pacundo-La Salle-Dasmariñas, Kinto-Perpetual Help, Philippine Army and Sta. Elena-National U, while Cabstars-City of Cabuyao headlines the Pool B group, along with EcoOil-La Salle MKA-San Beda, Philippine Air Force, Saskin-Philippine Christian U and VNS Griffins.
Making up Pool D are the Alpha Omega Elite Spikers, Chef on a Diet-Far Eastern U, PGJC Navy, Savouge RTU Basilan, Bayleaf Spikers and the Xentromall-Emilio Aguinaldo College.
Games can be streamed live on SpikersTurf.ph and Pilipinas Live and telecast on OneSports and OneSportsPlus.
