# 2024 PNVF Champions League for Men

The men's division of the 2024 PNVF Champions League began on February 11 to 17, 2024, at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines. This is the fourth edition of the PNVF tournament and its third edition as the PNVF Champions League.
A total of eight teams competed for the championship title and divided into two pools.
Cignal HD Spikers won their second title of tournament.

## Participating teams

| Club | Affiliation | Coach | Captain |
| Benilde Blazers | De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde | Arnold Laniog | Bryle Gomez |
| Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV | Dexter Clamor | John Paul Bugaoan |
| D'Navigators Iloilo | Iloilo City | Boyet Delmoro | John Michael Apolinario |
| PGJC Philippine Navy | Philippine Navy | Cecille Cruzada | Marvin Hairami |
| Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | Philippine Air Force | Jhimson Merza | Rodolfo Labrador Jr. |
| Philippine Army Troopers | Philippine Army | Melvin Carolino | Benjaylo Labide |
| Savouge Spin Doctors | Savouge Aesthetics Philippines | Sabtbl Abdul | Jhon Lorenz Señoron |
| VNS Asereht Griffins | VNS Management Group | Ralph Raymond Ocampo | Ron Medalla |

## Pools composition

| Pool A | Pool B |
| Benilde Blazers | D' Navigators Iloilo |
| Cignal HD Spikers | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers |
| PGJC Philippine Navy | Philippine Army Troopers |
| Savouge Spin Doctors | VNS Asereht Griffins |

## Format

The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference:

### Preliminary Round

* Single-round robin preliminaries; 8 teams; 2 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
* The top two teams in each pool will qualified for the final round

### Semifinal (knockout stage)

* SF1: A1 winner vs. B2 winner
* SF2: B1 winner vs. A2 winner

### Finals (knockout stage)

* Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
* Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

## 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: number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
* Setpoint 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.

## Venue

* All matches
* Manila
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum
* Capacity: 10,000

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cignal HD Spikers | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 227 | 174 | 1.305 | Final round |
| 2 | Benilde Blazers | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 225 | 234 | 0.962 | Final round |
| 3 | Savouge Spin Doctors | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | 209 | 240 | 0.871 | Classification round |
| 4 | PGJC Philippine Navy | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 244 | 257 | 0.949 | Classification round |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 11 Feb | 13:00 | Cignal HD Spikers | 3–0 | Benilde Blazers | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–20 | | 75–60 |
| 11 Feb | 15:30 | Savouge Spin Doctors | 3–1 | PGJC Philippine Navy | 25–21 | 15–25 | 25–22 | 25–22 | 90–90 |
| 12 Feb | 13:00 | Benilde Blazers | 3–0 | Savouge Spin Doctors | 25–20 | 25–23 | 25–23 | | 75–66 |
| 13 Feb | 13:00 | PGJC Philippine Navy | 0–3 | Cignal HD Spikers | 15–25 | 21–25 | 25–27 | | 61–77 |
| 14 Feb | 15:30 | Cignal HD Spikers | 3–0 | Savouge Spin Doctors | 25–15 | 25–16 | 25–22 | | 75–53 |
| 14 Feb | 18:00 | Benilde Blazers | 3–1 | PGJC Philippine Navy | 26–24 | 25–22 | 14–25 | 25–22 | 90–93 |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | D' Navigators Iloilo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | MAX | 225 | 184 | 1.223 | Final round |
| 2 | VNS Asereht Griffins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1.200 | 263 | 265 | 0.992 | Final round |
| 3 | Philippine Army Troopers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 246 | 238 | 1.034 | Classification round |
| 4 | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 231 | 278 | 0.831 | Classification round |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Total |
| 11 Feb | 18:00 | VNS Asereht Griffins | 0–3 | D' Navigators Iloilo | 20–25 | 23–25 | 20–25 | | 63–75 |
| 12 Feb | 15:30 | D' Navigators Iloilo | 3–0 | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 25–18 | 25–21 | 25–23 | | 75–62 |
| 12 Feb | 18:00 | Philippine Army Troopers | 1–3 | VNS Asereht Griffins | 23–25 | 25–16 | 22–25 | 23–25 | 93–91 |
| 13 Feb | 15:30 | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 1–3 | VNS Asereht Griffins | 17–25 | 30–28 | 21–25 | 29–31 | 97–109 |
| 13 Feb | 18:00 | D' Navigators Iloilo | 3–0 | Philippine Army Troopers | 25–18 | 25–22 | 25–19 | | 75–59 |
| 14 Feb | 13:00 | Philippine Army Troopers | 3–1 | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 25–19 | 25–14 | 19–25 | 25–14 | 94–72 |

## Classification round

* All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
* All are (knockout stage).
| 5th–8th semifinals | 5th–8th semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| February 15 | February 15 |
| Savouge Spin Doctors | 3 |
| Savouge Spin Doctors | 3 | February 16 | February 16 |
| Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 0 | February 16 | February 16 |
| Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 0 | Savouge Spin Doctors | 3 |
| February 15 | February 15 | | Savouge Spin Doctors | 3 |
| February 15 | February 15 | Philippine Army Troopers | 0 |
| Philippine Army Troopers | 3 | Philippine Army Troopers | 0 |
| PGJC Philippine Navy | 0 | | |
| PGJC Philippine Navy | 0 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | February 16 | February 16 |
| | | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 1 |
| | | PGJC Philippine Navy | 3 |

### 5th–8th places

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Feb | 12:00 | Savouge Spin Doctors | 3–0 | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 25–18 | 25–18 | 25–18 | | | 75–54 | |
| 15 Feb | 14:30 | Philippine Army Troopers | 3–0 | PGJC Philippine Navy | 25–23 | 25–17 | 25–17 | | | 75–57 | |

### 7th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Feb | 15:00 | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 1–3 | PGJC Philippine Navy | 18–25 | 19–25 | 25–23 | 19–25 | | 81–98 | |

### 5th place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 16 Feb | 17:30 | Savouge Spin Doctors | 3–0 | Philippine Army Troopers | 25–16 | 25–23 | 25–21 | | | 75–60 | |

## Final round

* All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
* All are knockout stage.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship match | Championship match |
| February 15 | February 15 |
| Cignal HD Spikers | 3 |
| Cignal HD Spikers | 3 | February 17 | February 17 |
| VNS Asereht Griffins | 0 | February 17 | February 17 |
| VNS Asereht Griffins | 0 | Cignal HD Spikers | 3 |
| February 15 | February 15 | | Cignal HD Spikers | 3 |
| February 15 | February 15 | D' Navigators Iloilo | 1 |
| D' Navigators Iloilo | 3 | D' Navigators Iloilo | 1 |
| Benilde Blazers | 0 | | |
| Benilde Blazers | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | February 17 | February 17 |
| | | VNS Asereht Griffins | 0 |
| | | Benilde Blazers | 3 |

### Semifinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 15 Feb | 17:00 | Cignal HD Spikers | 3–0 | VNS Asereht Griffins | 25–14 | 25–15 | 25–22 | | | 75–51 | |
| 15 Feb | 19:30 | D' Navigators Iloilo | 3–0 | Benilde Blazers | 25–21 | 25–16 | 25–19 | | | 75–56 | |

### Finals
#### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 17 Feb | 15:00 | VNS Asereht Griffins | 0–3 | Benilde Blazers | 18–25 | 22–25 | 24–26 | | | 64–76 | |

#### Championship match

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 17 Feb | 17:30 | Cignal HD Spikers | 3–1 | D' Navigators Iloilo | 27–25 | 31–33 | 25–16 | 25–18 | | 108–92 | |

## Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Cignal HD Spikers |
| | D' Navigators Iloilo |
| | Benilde Blazers |
| 4 | VNS Asereht Griffins |
| 5 | Savouge Spin Doctors |
| 6 | Philippine Army Troopers |
| 7 | PGJC Philippine Navy |
| 8 | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers |
* 2024 PNVF Champions League for Men Champions
* Cignal HD Spikers 2nd title

## Awards and medalists
### Individual awards

| Award | Player | Team |
| Most Valuable Player | Joshua Umandal | Cignal |
| 1st Best Outside Spiker | Joshua Umandal | Cignal |
| 2nd Best Outside Spiker | Barbie San Andres | D'Navigators |
| 1st Best Middle Blocker | Jayvee Sumagaysay | D'Navigators |
| 2nd Best Middle Blocker | John Paul Bugaoan | Cignal |
| Best Opposite Spiker | Kevin Montemayor | VNS |
| Best Setter | EJ Casaña | Cignal |
| Best Libero | Bryle Gomez | Benilde |