Season 8 Tournament

Main article: *PEx Volleyball Club*

The eighth season of the PExVC retained the original color teams from season 7: Blue, Green, Orange, Pink and Yellow colors shuffling the original teams of season 7. The color games formally started on June 3, 2023 at the Homecourt Gym in Makati and culminated with the finals of the tournament on July 22, 2023.

This is the shortest season to date, with only 4 color games in total.

## **Tournament Format**

**PRELIMINARIES:**

* The first 2 weeks of the tournament will be a series of double round robin matches.
* All elimination round matches will be a single set format (21 pts per set with deuce). Each team will have 8 matches per week, for a total of 16 single set matches.
* The accumulated standings at the of eliminations will determine the official ranking for the semifinals. In case of a tie, the ratio of points won and lost shall break the tie.

**SEMIFINALS:**

* The 3rd week of the league will be reserved for the Knockout round and semifinals.
* Seed 4 and 5 will figure in a Knockout match played in a Best-of-5-sets format. The winner of this match will face the 1st seeded team.
* Seed 1 and 2 will have a twice to beat advantage. Seed 1 will face the winner of the Knockout match, while Seed 2 will face the Seed 3. Game one of both crossover semifinals will be played in a Best-of-5-sets format. In case of a Game 2, it will be played in a Best-of-3-sets format.
* Scenarios for the Color Game Champion (CGC) will be as follows:
	+ (1) If the CGC finishes eliminations as either the 1st or 2nd seed, they will have a twice to beat advantage and rule above applies;
	+ (2) If the CGC finishes as the 3rd seed, they will have no twice to beat advantage, and will face 2nd seed;
	+ (3) if the CGC finishes at the 4th place, they will be promoted to 3rd seed and will face 2nd seed. 3rd place team and 5th place team will face in the knockout;
	+ (4) if the CGC finishes at the 5th place, they will be promoted to 3rd seed and will face 2nd seed. 3rd place team and 4th place team will face in the knockout.
* The winners of the semifinal pairings will advance to the finals, while the losers will face in the bronze medal match. The loser of the knockout match will be eliminated.

**FINALS:**

* Finals and bronze matches will also follow a best of 5 format same as the semifinals.

## **Team Line Up**

 **27** | TAQUISO, Ruben Dave

 **04** | TAPERLA, Rollen P.

 **05** | QUITCO, Kenan Jairus C.

 **14** | TOLEDO, Robin C.

 **26** | SUBIRE, Vhermar D

## **Color Games Summary**

The color games ran every Saturday from June 6, 2023 to June 24, 2023 for a total of 4 games. Netherlands won the Color Games Championships, winning one weekly gold, and will earn the automatic semifinals incentive in the tournament. The China and Russia are tied at 2nd and 3rd.

Japan and Turkiye will figure in the first match in the tournament as the 4th and 5th seeded teams.

## **Preliminaries**

**TEAM STANDINGS**

█ *Qualified to the semifinals with twice to beat advantage*
█ *Qualified to the semifinals*

**ELIMINATIONS (Week by week results)**

DAY 1 - JULY 1, 2023 - Meralco Gym, Pasig City

*Scores above dark cells are first round results.*
*Scores below dark cells are second round results.*

DAY 2 - JULY 8, 2023 - Homecourt Gym, Mandaluyong City

*Scores above dark cells are third round results.*
*Scores below dark cells are fourth round results.*

**MATCH UP RESULTS**

## **Playoffs**

**Knockout Match**

 *\*Fourth seed Russia advance to the Final 4 to face 1st seeded China*

**Semifinals (2 v 3)** *Netherlands with twice to beat advantage*

**Semifinals (1 v 4)** *China with twice to beat advantage*

**Semifinals (2 v 3)** *Do-or-die match*

**Bronze Medal Match**

**Gold Medal Match**

## **Final Standing**

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 3
 4
 5

## **Awards**

**Skills Awards**

**Special Awards**

## **Statistics**

**Individual Records**

* **Son Beltran** won her third championship, tying Dodley Gallardo and Lanz Desiderio with the most number of championships.
* **Franc Mangahas** and **Brian Paulino** won their second championship.
* **Manuel Palian** set the all-time digging record during this season beating the previous record of Aaron Santomin in season 5.
* **Vincent Ompoc** set the all-time setting record during this season beating the previous record of Jerome Abada in season 4.
* **Manuel Tapia** set the all-time receiving record during this season beating the previous record of Ryan Domopoy in season 2.

**Team Records**

* This is the sixth time in seven seasons that the number one seed claimed the tournament crown.
* For the first time in PExVC history, the color Blue did not finished in the Top 2 after the Eliminations.
* This is the first time that the color Yellow entered the finals, and won.

## **Videos**

Season 8 - Theme RevealPExVC Season 8 Tournament - OBBPExVC Season 8 Finals Intro