The 2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament was an international women's

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tournament hosted in

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from November 29 to December 3, 2015. The tournament staged by the

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thru its beach volleyball consultant Eric Lecain and backed by the FIVB, AVC, POC and the local volleyball federation, the

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, Inc. (LVPI) was staged indoors at the

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. of sand from the Southwoods Golf Course was used for a beach volleyball court which was installed on top of the wooden floor of arena. This was to meet the international standard that calls for a court with sand at least thick. The opening ceremonies held last November 30 was well attended by PSC Chairman Richie Garcia, POC board members Cynthia Carrion and Julian Camacho, LVPI Vice President Peter Cayco and LVPI board members Jeff Tamayo, Ricky Palou and Tatz Suzara.

Participants

14 regular teams (some of them are also playing in the 2016 Rio Olympic qualifiers) participated in the tournament.

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and

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were also invited but didn't confirm its participation. For the Philippine delegation, Lecain also considered to add the services of Alyssa Valdez and

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in one of the national teams but was not able to confirmed participation from the two. Both Philippine teams were coached by Oliver Almadro.

Officials

Aside from this, the LVPI helped in the technical aspects of the tournament, including the officiating and the equipment. The organizers paid the sanction fee from the FIVB for the exhibition tournament.

Preliminary round

The 14 teams were divided into 4 pools (3 teams, 3 teams, 4 teams and 4 teams).

Pool A

Pool B

Pool C

Pool D

Schedule:

Second round

Contenders bracket

Final round

Quarterfinals

The pairings of the quarter finals were determined through the drawing of lots. Each tie consist of one team which topped the pool in the preliminary round and a winner from the contenders bracket.

5th–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Third place match

Final

Final standing

References

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