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The 2015 PSL season is the third season of the
Philippine Super Liga The Philippine Super Liga (PSL; alternatively spelled as Philippine Superliga) was a non-professional corporate club women's volleyball league in the Philippines. It was first organized by SportsCore Event Management and Consultancy, Inc. and ...
(PSL). There were two indoor conferences for the season – the All-Filipino, and the
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. It staged its first beach volleyball tournament, the
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, for the women's and men's divisions.


Developments

* The PSL is now sanctioned under the
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, Inc. (LVPI), the newest governing body for volleyball in the Philippines under the leadership of POC 1st Vice President Joey Romasanta, aside for being recognized by the AVC and the FIVB. The PSL was first sanctioned by the
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(PVF) until the federation was stripped of its recognition by the local (POC) and foreign (FIVB, AVC) sport governing bodies. The LVPI also supported the stints of Cignal and Petron who participated in the Asian Club Championships, and helped on the processing of the imports transfer clearances for the 12 imports that played in the Grand Prix. * The PSL introduced the use of "skorts", a combination of tennis-like skirts and shorts, as part of the women's uniforms during the All Filipino Conference, but it was discontinued during the PSL Grand Prix. * Continuous coaching and players, television crew, officiating (referees), volleyball information system, press corps and medical seminars. * After the introduction of the Men's Division in the PSL in 2013, the PSL launched the Beach Volleyball division thru the Challenge Cup and Open Series. * The PSL's official newspaper, ''PSL Trending'', managed by the PSL Press Corps under its president, Marc Anthony Reyes of the ''
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''. ''PSL Trending'' is given to the fans for free at the venues during gamedays. * The PSL has partnered with the
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( TV5,
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and
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.ph) for three years starting 2015, for broadcast and online coverage. * The PSL became the third Southeast Asian-based volleyball club league (next to Thailand and Vietnam) to utilize the video challenge system to decide crucial calls of the games for a fair and balanced officiating, as part of the full compliance to the FIVB rules. The video challenge equipment arrived on October 26, 2015 and was used during the second round of the 2015 Grand Prix conference.


2015 draft (Women's Division)

The draft was held on March 12, 2015 at SM Aura Premier, Taguig.


First round


Second round


Indoor Volleyball


All-Filipino Conference

The
Petron Blaze Spikers The Petron Blaze Spikers were a professional women's volleyball team that played in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2013 to 2020. After the cancellation of the 2020 season of the PSL due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the team took a lea ...
became the first team to sweep a PSL tournament with a 13–0 record and claim the All-Filipino championship, its second consecutive PSL title. There was no men's tournament for this conference. Classification round (March 21 to April 23, 2015): Playoffs (April 25 to May 16, 2015): Final standing: Awards:


Grand Prix Conference

The Grand Prix Conference started on October 10, 2015 at the Alonte Sports Arena in Binan, Laguna. There was no men's tournament for this conference. Classification round (October 10 to November 16, 2015): Playoffs (November 19 to December 5, 2015): Final standings:


Beach Volleyball


Women's Division

Final standing:


Men's Division

Final standing:


International competitions


AVC Asian Women's Championship

An all-PSL selection represented the Philippines in the
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. The team placed 12th out of 14 competitors. Coaching staff * Head coach:
Sinfronio "Sammy" Acaylar ( CIG) * Assistant coach(es):
Francis Vicente ( PHG)
Rosemarie Prochina ( MNT)
Benson Bocboc ( SHP) Team staff * Team manager: * Team Utility: Medical staff * Team physician: * Physical therapist:
Marie Ong


AVC Club Championships

The champions of the 2014 Grand Prix - the
Petron Blaze Spikers The Petron Blaze Spikers were a professional women's volleyball team that played in the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) from 2013 to 2020. After the cancellation of the 2020 season of the PSL due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the team took a lea ...
(women's) and the
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(men's) - represented the Philippines in the 2015 AVC Club Volleyball Championships. * The Petron Blaze Spikers placed 8th out of 9 competitors in the
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held in
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on September 12 to 20, 2015. * The Cignal HD Spikers placed 12th out of 16 competitors in the men's tournament held in
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on August 13 to 21, 2015.


Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball

The women's division champions of the 2015 Beach Challenge Cup, Danika Gendrauli and Norie Jane Diaz, were the PSL representatives in the
2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament The 2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament was an international women's beach volleyball tournament hosted in Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines from November 29 to December 3, 2015. The tournament staged by the Philippine S ...
held in Manila from November 29 to December 3, 2015. Gendrauli and Diaz played as Philippines (Team B).
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and Alexa Micek represented the
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and played as Philippines (Team A). Team A finished 12th and Team B finished 13th (last).


Venues

All-Filipino Conference: *
Cuneta Astrodome The Cuneta Astrodome is an indoor arena that is located in Pasay, Philippines. Since the 1993 PBA season, it was better known as the home of the Philippine Basketball Association. when it left the PhilSports Arena (that was then known as ULTRA), ...
(main venue) *
Mall of Asia Arena The SM Mall of Asia Arena, also known as the Mall of Asia Arena or the MoA Arena, is an indoor arena within the SM Mall of Asia complex, in Bay City, Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines. It has a seating capacity of 15,000 for sporting events, an ...
(March 21 - opening day) *
Filoil Flying V Arena The Filoil EcoOil Centre, formerly Filoil Flying V Centre, Filoil Flying V Arena and The Arena in San Juan, also known as the Entertainment and Recreational Arena of the People (initials taken after former mayor and president Joseph Estrada's nic ...
(March 29 and March 30) *
Alonte Sports Arena The Alonte Sports Arena is an indoor arena in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines with the capacity of 6,500 people. It serves as the home to the Laguna Heroes of Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and has hosted games of the Philippine Basketball Ass ...
("Spike on Tour" / March 26, April 9 and April 18) *
Quezon Convention Center The Quezon Convention Center is a multi-purpose convention center in Quezon located near the Provincial Capitol in Lucena, Quezon, Philippines. The venue has hosted local and regional basketball competitions, concerts, and conferences. ...
("Spike on Tour" / April 25) *Imus City Sports Center ("Spike on Tour" / May 11 / Finals Game 1) Beach Volleyball: *Sands - SM By The Bay (
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) Grand Prix: *
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(main venue) *
Filoil Flying V Arena The Filoil EcoOil Centre, formerly Filoil Flying V Centre, Filoil Flying V Arena and The Arena in San Juan, also known as the Entertainment and Recreational Arena of the People (initials taken after former mayor and president Joseph Estrada's nic ...
(secondary venue) *
Alonte Sports Arena The Alonte Sports Arena is an indoor arena in Biñan, Laguna, Philippines with the capacity of 6,500 people. It serves as the home to the Laguna Heroes of Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and has hosted games of the Philippine Basketball Ass ...
(October 10 - opening day) *
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Sports and Convention Center ("Spike on Tour" / November 7) *
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("Spike on Tour" / November 14) *Imus City Sports Center ("Spike on Tour" / November 21)


Brand ambassador

* Charleen Abigail Cruz


Broadcast partners

* TV5,
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,
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Controversies

On October, PVF President Edgardo "Boy" Cantada, condemned the act of the LVPI and Score (headed by Ramon Suzara, the president of PSL, and one of the masterminds in the withdrawal of recognition of PVF in the POC, AVC, and FIVB) over the incident involving 12 imports of the Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix who have gone through the immigration process and play in the league without any necessary working permits and other documents of foreigners who will work in the country. He also criticized LVPI and Suzara for blatant disregard and abuse of the Philippine immigration and labor laws over the incident.


References

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