The 2017 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix (also known as the 2017 Chooks-to-Go Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix due to sponsorship reasons) was the third and final conference of the 2017 season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL) and fifth running of the Grand Prix. The conference ran from October 21 to December 16, 2017, with the formal opening ceremony on October 28, 2017, at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan.
This tournament featured nine teams with the debut of the Iriga City Oragons and the inclusion of the UST Golden Tigresses in the lineup. The F2 Logistics Cargo Movers avenged their All-Filipino Conference loss against the Petron Blaze Spikers to win their second league title.
Teams Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain Imports CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. George Pascua Stephanie Mercado Beth Carey Alexis Mathews Mami Miyashita CCL Cocolife Asset Managers United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation Kungfu Reyes Michele Gumabao Shar Latai Manu-Olevao Taylor Milton FTL F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Global Logistics, Inc. Ramil de Jesus Cha Cruz Kennedy Bryan María José Pérez FOT Foton Tornadoes United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Moro Branislav Jaja Santiago Dragana Perunicic Sara Klisura Katarina Vukomanovic GAL Generika–Ayala Lifesavers Erikagen, Inc. Francis Vicente Angeli Pauline Araneta Katarina Pilepic Darlene Ramdin Penina Snuka ICO Iriga City Oragons Iriga City Parley Tupaz Reynelen Raterta Tamara Kmezić Samaa Miyagawa Minami Yoshioka PET Petron Blaze Spikers Petron Corporation Shaq Delos Santos Frances Molina Hillary Hurley Lindsay Stalzer Yuri Fukuda SLR Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Jerry Yee Djanel Cheng Bohdana Anisova Marisa Field Kristen Moncks UST Victoria Sports–UST New San Jose Builders, Inc. andUniversity of Santo Tomas Paul Jan Doloiras Shannen Palec Yukie Inamasu
Format Preliminary round The preliminary round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of eight matches. The top eight teams advanced to the quarterfinals while the ninth-place team was eliminated.
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches. The match-ups were as follows: QF1: #1 vs. #8 QF2: #2 vs. #7 QF3: #3 vs. #6 QF4: #4 vs. #5 The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers were eliminated.
Semifinals The semifinals also featured single-elimination matches. The match-ups were as follows: SF1: QF1 vs. QF4 winner SF2: QF2 vs. QF3 winner The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.
Finals The third-place match was single-elimination while the championship was a best-of-three series. The match-ups were as follows: Championship: Semifinal round winners Third-place match: Semifinal round losers
Preliminary round
Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze match
Finals
Final standing
RankTeam F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Petron Blaze Spikers Foton Tornadoes 4 Cocolife Asset Managers 5 Cignal HD Spikers 6 Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 7 Generika–Ayala Lifesavers 8 Iriga City Oragons 9 Victoria Sports–UST
2017 PSL Grand Prix Champions Team roster Abigail Maraño, Kennedy Lynne Bryan (Import), Carmel June Saga, Dawn Macandili, Ernestine Tiamzon, Fritz Joy Gallenero, Kim Fajardo, Mary Joy Baron, Charleen Abigaile Cruz (c), Shawna Lei-Santos, Aduke Christine Ogunsanya, Kim Kianna Dy, María José Pérez (Import), Desiree Wynea Cheng Head Coach: Ramil de Jesus
Individual awards Award Name/Team MVP María José Pérez (F2 Logistics) Best Outside Spiker 1st: Hillary Hurley (Petron) 2nd: Lindsay Stalzer (Petron) Best Middle Blocker 1st: Mika Reyes (Petron) 2nd: Mary Joy Baron (F2 Logistics)Best Opposite Spiker 1st: Jaja Santiago (Foton) 2nd: Kim Kianna Dy (F2 Logistics)Best Setter Kim Fajardo (F2 Logistics) Best Libero 1st: Dawn Macandili (F2 Logistics) 2nd: Yuri Fukuda (Petron)Best Scorer in a Match Sara Klisura (Foton)
Venues Filoil Flying V Center (main venue) University of St. La Salle–Bacolod Malolos Sports and Convention Center De La Salle Lipa Centrum Batangas City Sports Center Mall of Asia Arena
Broadcast partners Sports5: AksyonTV, ESPN 5, Hyper (SD and HD), Sports5.ph
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