LIPA City – The men’s volleyball clubs will take center stage in the Philippine National Volleyball Federation Champions League when the tournament opens on Monday (Nov. 29) at the Aquamarine Recreational Center.
Seven teams go all out as they chase the bragging rights as the inaugural men’s champion of the country’s first-ever Champions League.
For the women’s side, a historic feat was already achieved by F2 Logistics in the women’s contest last Thursday, Nov. 25.
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The winner in the men’s tournament will join the Cargo Movers as the country’s representative to the Asian Men’s and Women’s Club Volleyball Championships in May next year.
Go For Gold, Basilan Steel, and VNS are bunched in Pool A, while Pool B is composed of Global Remit, Sabong International Spikers, MRT-Negros, and Team Dasma.
Go for Gold-Air Force and VNS will open hostilities at 10:00 a.m., followed by the MRT-Negros and Sabong International Spikers duel at 1:30 p.m.
Global Remit and Team Dasma cap a three-match schedule at 4:00 p.m.
Basilan Steel Spikers Amin-Anak Mindanao drew an opening day bye and will play Go for Gold on Tuesday, Nov. 30.
Teams will figure in round-robin preliminaries with the top two teams from each pool advancing to the semifinals. (PNVF) – bny
