# 2015 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup

The 2015 PLDT Home Ultera PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup was the inaugural beach volleyball tournament of the Philippine Super Liga and the second tournament for its third season. The conference began on July 18, 2015 and ended on August 8, 2015 at the newly opened The Sands, SM By The Bay (SM Mall of Asia). The games were held for four consecutive Saturdays. The tournament was co-sponsored by Smart Communications.

## Women's Division

2015 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup teams (Women's Division) :
| Abbr. | Team | Company | Head Coach | Players |
| AQP-A | Accel Quantum Plus (Team A) | Sporteum Philippines / UPHSD-Molino | | Evangeline Pastor and Kim Ygay |
| AQP-B | Accel Quantum Plus (Team B) | Sporteum Philippines / UPHSD-Molino | | Aurora Tripoli and Rochet Dela Paz |
| AMY | Amy's Kitchen | Sonia Trading, Inc. | | Marleen Cortel and Samantha Dawson |
| BEN | BENECO | Benguet Electric Cooperative | Jun Nisperos | Cindy Benitez and Florence Madulid |
| CIG-A | Cignal HD Spikers (Team A) | Cignal TV, Inc. | Sammy Acaylar | Charleen Cruz and Michelle Laborte |
| CIG-B | Cignal HD Spikers (Team B) | Cignal TV, Inc. | Sammy Acaylar | April Rose Hingpit and Jeushl Wensh Tiu |
| FOT-A | Foton Hurricanes | United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. | Yani Fernandez | Maria Paulina Soriano and Bea Tan |
| FOT-B | Foton Tornadoes | United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. | Yani Fernandez | Patty Orendain and Fiola Ceballos |
| GIL | Giligan's Sisig Queens | Giligan's Restaurant | | Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz |
| MER | MERALCO | Manila Electric Company | Emil Lontoc | Jem Gutierrez and Jusabille Brillo |
| PET-A | Petron Sprint 4T | Petron Corporation | George Pascua | Alexa Micek and Fille Cayetano |
| PET-B | Petron XCS | Petron Corporation | George Pascua | Gretchen Ho and Ma. Rosario Soriano |
| PHG | Philips Gold Lady Slammers | Federated Distributors, Inc. | Francis Vicente | Aileen Abuel and Rossan Fajardo |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Amy's Kitchen (AMY) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | MAX | 84 | 50 | 1.680 |
| 2 | Philips Gold (PHG) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 72 | 70 | 1.029 |
| 3 | Accel Quantum Plus "A" (AQP-A) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 48 | 84 | 0.571 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| 18 Jul | 13:00 | AMY | 2–0 | AQP-A | 21–7 | 21–13 | 42–20 |
| 18 Jul | 17:30 | PHG | 2–0 | AQP-A | 21–12 | 21–16 | 42–28 |
| 25 Jul | 16:00 | PHG | 0–2 | AMY | 18–21 | 12–21 | 30–42 |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Cignal "B" (CIG-B) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | MAX | 84 | 54 | 1.556 |
| 2 | Petron XCS (PET-B) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 71 | 58 | 1.224 |
| 3 | Accel Quantum Plus "B" (AQP-B) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 41 | 84 | 0.488 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Total |
| 18 Jul | 16:40 | CIG-B | 2–0 | PET-B | 21–16 | 21–13 | 42–29 |
| 18 Jul | 19:00 | CIG-B | 2–0 | AQP-B | 21–12 | 21–13 | 42–25 |
| 25 Jul | 14:30 | PET-B | 2–0 | AQP-B | 21–7 | 21–9 | 42–16 |

#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Foton Tornadoes (FOT-B) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4.000 | 94 | 77 | 1.221 |
| 2 | MERALCO (MER) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1.500 | 92 | 75 | 1.227 |
| 3 | BENECO (BEN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 50 | 84 | 0.595 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 18 Jul | 16:00 | FOT-B | 2–0 | BEN | 21–9 | 21–18 | | 42–27 |
| 18 Jul | 18:20 | MER | 2–0 | BEN | 21–11 | 21–12 | | 42–23 |
| 25 Jul | 16:40 | FOT-B | 2–1 | MER | 21–15 | 15–21 | 16–14 | 52–50 |

#### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Foton Hurricanes (FOT-A) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 134 | 126 | 1.063 |
| 2 | Giligan's (GIL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1.667 | 147 | 135 | 1.089 |
| 3 | Petron 4T (PET-A) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 119 | 131 | 0.908 |
| 4 | Cignal "A" (CIG-A) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 114 | 122 | 0.934 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 18 Jul | 14:30 | GIL | 2–0 | CIG-A | 21–19 | 21–14 | | 42–33 |
| 18 Jul | 15:20 | FOT-A | 2–0 | PET-A | 21–15 | 21–14 | | 42–29 |
| 25 Jul | 13:00 | GIL | 2–1 | FOT-A | 21–19 | 18–21 | 12–15 | 51–55 |
| 25 Jul | 15:20 | PET-A | 2–0 | CIG-A | 22–20 | 21–15 | | 43–35 |
| 25 Jul | 17:30 | FOT-A | 0–2 | CIG-A | 23–25 | 14–21 | | 37–46 |
| 25 Jul | 18:20 | PET-A | 1–2 | GIL | 21–18 | 17–21 | 9–15 | 47–54 |

### Playoffs
#### For 11th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 11:40 | BEN | 2–0 | AQP-B | 21–14 | 21–5 | 0–0 | | | 42–19 | |

#### For 9th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 11:40 | PET-A | 2–0 | AQP-A | 21–8 | 21–9 | 0–0 | | | 42–17 | |

#### Quarterfinals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 5 | Total |
| 01 Aug | 14:30 | CIG-B | 2–0 | MER | 21–14 | 21–18 | | | 42–32 |
| 01 Aug | 15:20 | FOT-A | 2–1 | PET-B | 21–12 | 18–21 | 15–7 | | 54–40 |
| 01 Aug | 16:00 | FOT-B | 2–0 | PHG | 21–19 | 21-12 | | | 42–31 |
| 01 Aug | 16:40 | AMY | 0–2 | GIL | 14–21 | 11–21 | | 25–42 | |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 17:30 | MER | 0–2 | AMY | 17-21 | 19-21 | 0–0 | | | 36–42 | |
| 01 Aug | 18:10 | PHG | 0–2 | PET-B | 18-21 | 13-21 | 0–0 | | | 31–42 | |

#### For 7th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 08 Aug | 10:00 | AMY | 2–0 | PHG | 21–18 | 21–9 | | | | 0–0 | |

#### For 5th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 08 Aug | 11:00 | MER | 0–0 | PET-B | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | |
NOTE: MERALCO won via default.

#### Semi-finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 01 Aug | 01 Aug |
| Cignal (Team B) | 1 |
| Cignal (Team B) | 1 | 08 Aug | 08 Aug |
| Giligan's | 2 | 08 Aug | 08 Aug |
| Giligan's | 2 | Giligan's | 2 |
| 01 Aug | 01 Aug | | Giligan's | 2 |
| 01 Aug | 01 Aug | Foton Tornadoes | 1 |
| Foton Hurricanes | 0 | Foton Tornadoes | 1 |
| Foton Tornadoes | 2 | | |
| Foton Tornadoes | 2 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 08 Aug | 08 Aug |
| | | Cignal (Team B) | 2 |
| | | Foton Hurricanes | 0 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 18:50 | CIG-B | 1–2 | GIL | 23-25 | 21-18 | 3-15 | | | 47–58 | |
| 01 Aug | 19:30 | FOT-A | 0–2 | FOT-B | 18-21 | 16-21 | | | | 34–42 | |

#### For 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 08 Aug | 14:30 | CIG-B | 2–0 | FOT-A | 21–18 | 21–18 | | | | 42–36 | |

#### Women's Finals

Danika Gendrauli and Jane Diaz prevailed in the final game of the PSL's Beach VB Challenge Cup. Gendrauli of SWU (with her partner then, Raphil Aguilar) was used to play against Foton's Fiona Ceballos of CPU together with Army's regular Jovelyn Gonzaga in the finals of Nestea Intercollegiate Beach VB held in Boracay two years ago.
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 08 Aug | 15:30 | GIL | 2–1 | FOT-B | 19–21 | 21–14 | 15–11 | | | 55–46 | |

### Final standing

Gendrauli and Diaz will represent the country in the 2015 Spike For Peace Women’s International Beach Volleyball.
| Rank | Team |
| | Giligan's Sisig Queens |
| | Foton Tornadoes |
| | Cignal HD Spikers (Team B) |
| 4 | Foton Hurricanes |
| 5 | MERALCO Power Spikers |
| 6 | Petron XCS |
| 7 | Amy's Kitchen |
| 8 | Philips Gold Lady Slammers |
| 9 | Petron Sprint 4T |
| 10 | Accel Quantum Plus (Team B) |
| 11 | BENECO |
| 12 | Accel Quantum Plus (Team A) |
| 13 | Cignal HD Spikers (Team A) |
* 2015 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup
* Giligan's Sisig Queens
* 1st title
* Team Roster Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz

## Men's Division

2015 PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup teams (Men's Division) :
| Abbr. | Team | Company | Head Coach | Players |
| CEN | CenterStage Family KTV | CenterStage Family KTV | | John Carlo Lozada and Rence Melgar |
| CHAMP-A | Champion Infinity Active Smashers (Team A) | Peerless Products Corporation | | Angelo Espiritu and Nestor Molate |
| CHAMP-B | Champion Infinity Active Smashers (Team B) | Peerless Products Corporation | | Marjun Alingasa and Tippy Tipgos |
| CIG-A | Cignal HD Spikers (Team A) | Cignal TV, Inc. | Sammy Acaylar | Sandy Montero and Edmar Bonono |
| CIG-B | Cignal HD Spikers (Team B) | Cignal TV, Inc. | Sammy Acaylar | Jay dela Cruz and Emmanuel Luces |
| IEM | IEM Volley Masters | Instituto Estetico Manila | | Michael Ian Conde and Karl dela Calzada |
| SM-A | SM By The Bay (Team A) | SM Prime Holdings | Eric Lecain | Jade Becaldo and Hachaliah Gilbuena |
| SM-B | SM By The Bay (Team B) | SM Prime Holdings | Eric Lecain | Tim Young and Daniel Young |
| UPHSD-A | UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team A) | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA - Molino | | Fernando Alboro and Ronel del Mundo |
| UPHSD-B | UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team B) | University of Perpetual Help System DALTA - Molino | | Emanuel Gamat and Paolo Aloña |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Cignal "A" (CIG-A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 8.000 | 178 | 135 | 1.319 |
| 2 | CenterStage (CEN) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 169 | 183 | 0.923 |
| 3 | Champion Infinity "A" (CHAMP-A) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1.500 | 182 | 156 | 1.167 |
| 4 | UPHSD "A" (UPHSD-A) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 113 | 162 | 0.698 |
| 5 | SM By The Bay "B" (SM-B) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0.125 | 133 | 181 | 0.735 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 18 Jul | 07:30 | CHAMP-A | 2–0 | UPHSD-A | 21–18 | 21–9 | | 42–27 |
| 18 Jul | 08:20 | CIG-A | 2–0 | SM-B | 21–15 | 21–14 | | 42–29 |
| 18 Jul | 10:20 | CIG-A | 2–0 | CEN | 21–17 | 21–19 | | 42–36 |
| 18 Jul | 11:00 | CHAMP-A | 2–0 | SM-B | 21–12 | 21–8 | | 42–20 |
| 25 Jul | 07:30 | UPHSD-A | 2–0 | SM-B | 21–18 | 21–18 | | 42–36 |
| 25 Jul | 08:20 | CEN | 2–1 | CHAMP-A | 21–19 | 21–23 | 15–9 | 57–51 |
| 25 Jul | 10:20 | CIG-A | 2–1 | CHAMP-A | 16–21 | 21–19 | 15–7 | 52–47 |
| 25 Jul | 11:00 | UPHSD-A | 0–2 | CEN | 12–21 | 9–21 | | 21–42 |
| 25 Jul | 19:00 | SM-B | 1–2 | CEN | 16–21 | 21–19 | 11–15 | 48–55 |
| 25 Jul | 20:20 | CIG-A | 2–0 | UPHSD-A | 21–14 | 21–9 | | 42–23 |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | SM By The Bay "A" (SM-A) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 8.000 | 180 | 116 | 1.552 |
| 2 | Champion Infinity "B" (CHAMP-B) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 4.000 | 187 | 123 | 1.520 |
| 3 | Cignal "B" (CIG-B) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1.250 | 160 | 146 | 1.096 |
| 4 | IEM Volley Masters (IEM) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 135 | 150 | 0.900 |
| 5 | UPHSD "B" (UPHSD-B) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.000 | 71 | 168 | 0.423 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Total |
| 18 Jul | 09:00 | CIG-B | 2–0 | UPHSD-B | 21–12 | 21–4 | | 42–16 |
| 18 Jul | 09:40 | CHAMP-B | 2–0 | IEM | 21–15 | 21–15 | | 42–30 |
| 18 Jul | 19:40 | SM-A | 2–0 | IEM | 21–17 | 21–13 | | 42–30 |
| 18 Jul | 20:20 | CHAMP-B | 2–1 | CIG-B | 21–15 | 19–21 | 15–13 | 55–49 |
| 25 Jul | 08:20 | CHAMP-B | 2–0 | UPHSD-B | 21–13 | 21–7 | | 42–20 |
| 25 Jul | 10:20 | SM-A | 2–0 | CIG-B | 21–11 | 21–16 | | 42–27 |
| 25 Jul | 11:40 | CIG-B | 2–0 | IEM | 21–19 | 21–14 | | 42–33 |
| 25 Jul | 12:20 | UPHSD-B | 0–2 | SM-A | 7–21 | 4–21 | | 11–42 |
| 25 Jul | 19:40 | SM-A | 2–1 | CHAMP-B | 21–17 | 18–21 | 15–10 | 54–48 |
| 25 Jul | 21:00 | IEM | 2–0 | UPHSD-B | 21–13 | 21–11 | | 42–24 |

### Playoffs
#### For 9th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 09:10 | SM-B | 0–0 | UPHSD-B | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | |
NOTE: UPHSD-B won via default.

#### For 7th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 08:20 | UPHSD-A | 2–0 | IEM | 21–16 | 21–8 | 0–0 | | | 42–24 | |

#### For 5th place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 07:30 | CHAMP-A | 1–2 | CIG-B | 17-21 | 21-15 | 14–16 | | | 52–52 | |

#### Semi-finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 01 Aug | 01 Aug |
| Champion Infinity (Team B) | 3 |
| Champion Infinity (Team B) | 3 | 08 Aug | 08 Aug |
| Cignal (Team A) | 1 | 08 Aug | 08 Aug |
| Cignal (Team A) | 1 | Champion Infinity (Team B) | 0 |
| 01 Aug | 01 Aug | | Champion Infinity (Team B) | 0 |
| 01 Aug | 01 Aug | SM By The Bay (Team A) | 0 |
| CenterStage | 0 | SM By The Bay (Team A) | 0 |
| SM By The Bay (Team A) | 2 | | |
| SM By The Bay (Team A) | 2 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | 08 Aug | 08 Aug |
| | | Cignal (Team A) | 0 |
| | | CenterStage | 0 |
| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 01 Aug | 10:00 | CHAMP-B | 2–1 | CIG-A | 21–23 | 22–10 | 15–10 | | | 58–43 | |
| 01 Aug | 10:50 | CEN | 2–0 | SM-A | 13-21 | 16–21 | | | | 29–42 | |

#### For 3rd place

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 08 Aug | 13:00 | CEN | 0–0 | CIG-A | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | | 0–0 | |
NOTE: Cignal (Team A) won via default.

#### Men's Finals

| Date | Time | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 08 Aug | 17:00 | SM-A | 2–0 | CHAMP-B | 21–17 | 23–21 | | | | 0–0 | |

### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | SM By The Bay (Team A) |
| | Champion Infinity (Team B) |
| | Cignal HD Spikers (Team A) |
| 4 | CenterStage Family KTV |
| 5 | Cignal HD Spikers (Team B) |
| 6 | Champion Infinity (Team A) |
| 7 | UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team A) |
| 8 | IEM Volley Masters |
| 9 | UPHSD Altas - Molino (Team B) |
| 10 | SM By The Bay (Team B) |
* 2015 Philippine Super Liga Beach Challenge Cup
* SM By The Bay (Team A)
* 1st title
* Team Roster Jade Becaldo and Hachaliah Gilbuena Head Coach: Eric Lecain

## Venue

* The Sands (SM By The Bay, SM Mall of Asia)

## Broadcast partners

* TV5, AksyonTV, Sports5.ph