Season 3 Tournament

Main article: *PEx Volleyball Club*

The third season of the PExVC composed of five teams: Black, White, Red, Yellow and Blue, shuffling the original teams of season 2. The color games formally started on October 8, 2016 at the Meralco Gym and culminated with the finals of the tournament on May 13, 2017.

The tournament was reduced to two weeks of preliminaries. This was also the first season to introduce the automatic semis incentive for the Color Game Champion, the overall champion of the weekly color games.

## **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 (25 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**

*\*James Labrador had to give up his captainship for personal reasons*

## **Color Games Summary**

The color games ran every Saturday from October 8, 2016 to May 7, 2016 for a total of 15 games. The White Stags won 5 weekly crowns that earned them the Color Games Championship and the automatic semifinals incentive in the tournament.

## **Preliminaries**

**TEAM STANDINGS**

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

**ELIMINATIONS (Week by week results)**

DAY 1 - APRIL 22, 2017 - Bureau of Customs Gym, Manila

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

DAY 2 - APRIL 29, 2017 - Bureau of Customs Gym, Manila

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

**MATCH UP RESULTS**

## **Playoffs**

**Knockout Match**

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

**Semifinals (1 v 5)** *Red Dragons with twice to beat*
advantage

**Bronze Medal Match**

**Gold Medal Match**

## **Final Standing**

 2
 3
 4
 5

## **Awards**

**Skills Awards**

**Special Awards**

## **Videos**

PExVC Season 3- Championship - White Stags vs Yellow Phoenix (3-3)PExVC Season 3- Championship - White Stags vs Yellow Phoenix (2-3)PExVC Season 3- Championship - White Stags vs Yellow Phoenix (1-3)
## **Post Season Notes**

* James Labrador was the supposed captain of the White Crusaders, however he withdrew in the middle of the season due to personal reasons. Marco Enrico Bayan took his place.

## **Statistics**

**Individual Records**

* This is the second consecutive championship for Son Beltran, Marco Bayan and Thomas Soler.
* This is the second consecutive finals appearance for Christian Tolentino, PM De Mesa, AJ Silvestre, Nolgie Antonio, Son Beltran,
* Jouz Hugo took home his second MVP award as this season's Finals MVP. He was last season's Season MVP.

**Team Records**

* This is the second consecutive season that the 5th seeded team knocked out the 4th seeded team.
* This is the second consecutive season that the 3rd seeded team knocked out the 2nd seeded team.
* This is the second consecutive season that the color White finished in the Top 2.
* This is the second consecutive season that the color Blue finished in the Top 2 after the Eliminations.
* This is the second consecutive season that the color Yellow played in the Knock out Round.
* This is the only time in PExVC History that the number three seed won the tournament crown. In other seasons, the number one seed always wins.