# 2022 Spikers' Turf season

The 2022 Spikers' Turf season was the fifth season of the men's volleyball league Spikers' Turf, which began on August 30, 2022 with only one conference.
No tournament was held in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Open Conference

The 2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference was the fifteenth conference of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament were held at Paco Arena, Manila from 30 August to 6 October 2022 with a total of seven teams.
The Spikers' Turf returned after a three-year absence, with its last tournament played being the 2019 Open Conference.
NU-Sta. Elena Nationals defeated the reigning champions Cignal HD Spikers in the championship match best-of-three series to clinched their first ever gold of the tournament. Cignal HD Spikers gets their fourth silver. PGJC-Navy Sea Lions defeated VNS-One Alicia Griffins in the third place match best-of-three series and claimed their first bronze.

### Participating teams

2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference :
| Abbr. | Team | Affiliation | Head Coach | Team Captain |
| PAR | Army-Katinko Troopers | Greenstone Pharmaceutical HK, Inc. / Philippine Army | Melvin Carolino | Benjaylo Labide |
| ADM | Ateneo-Fudgee Barr Blue Eagles | Ateneo De Manila University / Republic Biscuit Corporation | Timothy Sto. Tomas | Lance Andrei De Castro |
| CHD | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Dexter Clamor | Ysrael Wilson Marasigan |
| NUI | NU-Sta. Elena Nationals | National University / Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation | Dante Alinsunurin | Ave Joshua Retamar |
| PJN | PGJC-Navy Sea Lions | Philippine Navy | Cecil Cruzada | Gregorio Dolor |
| SRC | Santa Rosa City Lions | Department of Education City Division of Sta. Rosa | Edward Jan Lirio | Chris Emmanuel Hernandez |
| VNS | VNS-One Alicia Griffins | VNS Management Group | Ralph Raymund Ocampo | John Benedict San Andres |

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | PGJC-Navy Sea Lions | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2.833 | 544 | 468 | 1.162 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Cignal HD Spikers | 6 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 3 | 5.333 | 465 | 388 | 1.198 | Semifinals |
| 3 | NU-Sta. Elena Nationals | 6 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 2.500 | 504 | 427 | 1.180 | Semifinals |
| 4 | VNS-One Alicia Griffins | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0.714 | 537 | 552 | 0.973 | Semifinals |
| 5 | Santa Rosa City Lions | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 0.438 | 457 | 527 | 0.867 | |
| 6 | Ateneo-Fudgee Barr Blue Eagles | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 0.375 | 451 | 512 | 0.881 | |
| 7 | Army-Katinko Troopers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 17 | 0.412 | 478 | 562 | 0.851 | |

### Final round
#### Semifinals

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | NU-Sta. Elena Nationals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3.000 | 279 | 253 | 1.103 | Championship series |
| 2 | Cignal HD Spikers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 2.667 | 255 | 232 | 1.099 | Championship series |
| 3 | PGJC-Navy Sea Lions | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0.500 | 200 | 218 | 0.917 | 3rd place series |
| 4 | VNS-One Alicia Griffins | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.111 | 216 | 247 | 0.874 | 3rd place series |

#### 3rd place

* PGJC-Navy wins series, 2–0.
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Sep | 14:30 | VNS-One Alicia Griffins | 0–3 | PGJC-Navy Sea Lions | 20–25 | 19–25 | 21–25 | | | 60–75 | P2 |
| 1 Oct | 14:30 | PGJC-Navy Sea Lions | 3–1 | VNS-One Alicia Griffins | 26–28 | 25–18 | 25–16 | 25–23 | | 101–85 | P2 |

#### Championship

* NU-Sta. Elena wins series, 2–0.
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 29 Sep | 17:30 | Cignal HD Spikers | 1–3 | NU-Sta. Elena Nationals | 21–25 | 25–20 | 23–25 | 18–25 | | 87–95 | P2 |
| 1 Oct | 17:30 | NU-Sta. Elena Nationals | 3–1 | Cignal HD Spikers | 25–18 | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | 98–89 | P2 |

## Conference results

| Conference | Champion | Runners-up | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th |
| Open | NU-Sta. Elena | Cignal HD | PGJC-Navy | VNS-One Alicia | Santa Rosa City | Ateneo-Fudgee Barr | Army-Katinko |