{{Short description|Inaugural conference of the Philippine Super Liga}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{Use Philippine English|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox Philippine Super Liga conference | year = 2013 | conference = Invitational Conference | logo = | duration = July 7–28, 2013 | matches = | teams = 6 | TV = Solar Sports | attendance =
| champion = TMS–Philippine Army Lady Troopers | runner-up = Cignal HD Spikers | third = Petron Blaze Spikers | fourth = Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns
| mvp = Venus Bernal | finals_mvp = | outside_hitter = | middle_blocker = | opposite_hitter = | setter = | libero =
| prevconf_year = | prevconf_link = | nextconf_year = 2016 | nextconf_link = 2016 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Cup
| prev_conf = | prev_conf_link = | next_conf = 2013 Grand Prix | next_conf_link = 2013 Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix Conference }} The '''2013 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference''' was the first conference of the Philippine Super Liga and its inaugural season. It was held from July 7, 2013 to July 28, 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Cordero |first=Abac |url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/2013/07/06/962242/asian-volley-official-graces-psl-opener |title=Asian volley official graces PSL opener |work=The Philippine Star |date=2013-07-06 |accessdate=2013-11-23}}</ref> The '''TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers''' emerged as the first PSL champion.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sports.inquirer.net/111851/army-beats-cignal-wins-inaugural-super-liga-championship |title=Army beats Cignal, wins inaugural Super Liga championship |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |date=2013-07-28 |accessdate=2013-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Zarate |first=Noel |url=http://ph.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/sportztackle/tms-philippine-army-captures-inaugural-philippine-super-liga-193952212.html |title=TMS-Philippine Army captures inaugural Philippine Super Liga Invitational crown |work=Yahoo Sports Philippines |date=2013-07-29 |accessdate=2013-11-23}}</ref>
==Participating teams==
{| class="wikitable" |+ 2013 Philippine Super Liga Invitational Conference teams |- ! Abbr. ! Team ! Company / Affiliation ! Colors ! Head coach ! Team captain |- | align=center | CAG | align=center | '''Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns''' | align=center | Alvaro Antonio | align=center | {{color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{color box|yellow|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}} | align=center | Nestor Pamilar | align=center | Wendy Anne Semana (FEU) |- | align=center | CIG | align=center | '''Cignal HD Spikers''' | align=center | Cignal TV, Inc. | align=center | {{color box|#B31B1B|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}} {{color box|transparent|border=silver}} | align=center | Sammy Acaylar | align=center | Venus Bernal (UST) |- | align=center | PCSO | align=center | '''PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins''' | align=center | Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office | align=center | {{color box|blue|border=silver}} {{color box|skyblue|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} | align=center | Ronald Dulay | align=center | Ivy Remulla (DLSU) |- | align=center | PET | align=center | '''Petron Blaze Spikers''' | align=center | Petron Corporation | align=center | {{color box|navy|border=silver}} {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}} | align=center | Ma. Vilet Ponce de Leon | align=center | Roxanne Pimentel-So (UST) |- | align=center | PLDT | align=center | '''PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters''' | align=center | Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company | align=center | {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}} | align=center | Francis Vicente | align=center | Lou Ann Latigay (SSC-R) |- | align=center | TMS-PA | align=center | '''TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers''' | align=center | Philippine Army / TMS Ship Agencies, Inc. | align=center | {{color box|green|border=silver}} {{color box|yellow|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}} | align=center | Enrico De Guzman | align=center | Joanne Bunag (FEU) |}
==Format== ; Classification round * The classification round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of five matches. * The top two teams earned a bye to the semifinals while the remaining teams started in the quarterfinals.
; Quarterfinals * The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches. * The match-ups were as follows: ** QF1: #3 vs. #6 ** QF2: #4 vs. #5 * The winners advanced to the semifinals while the losers would play in the fifth-place match.
; Semifinals * The semifinals also featured single-elimination matches. * The match-ups were as follows: ** SF1: #1 vs. QF2 winner ** SF2: #2 vs. QF1 winner * The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match.
; Finals * Both the championship, third-place, and fifth-place matches were all single-elimination. * The match-ups were as follows: ** Championship match: Semifinal round winners ** Third-place match: Semifinal round losers ** Fifth-place match: Quarterfinal round losers
==Classification round== {{2013 PSL Invitational classification round standings}}
{{Vb res start 5}} {{Vb res 5|7 July|14:00|PET|0–3|CIG|22-25|17-25|23–25||}} {{Vb res 5|7 July|15:30|PLDT|3–1|PCSO|22–25|25–18|25–22|25–20|}} {{Vb res 5|7 July|17:00|TMS-PA|2–3|CAG|23–25|27–25|24–26|25–14|12-15}} {{Vb res 5|10 July|14:00|CIG|1–3|TMS-PA|22-25|15-25|27–25|18-25|}} {{Vb res 5|10 July|16:00|PCSO|2–3|CAG|25-16|18-25|25–20|15-25|13-15}} {{Vb res 5|10 July|18:00|PLDT|1–3|PET|22-25|18-25|25–17|20-25|}} {{Vb res 5|12 July|14:00|PLDT|1–3|CAG|16-25|17-25|28–26|23-25|}} {{Vb res 5|12 July|16:00|PET|0–3|TMS-PA|19-25|15-25|19–25||}} {{Vb res 5|12 July|18:00|PCSO|3–1|CIG|16-25|25-23|25–17|25-21|}} {{Vb res 5|14 July|14:00|PET|3–1|PCSO|18-25|25-21|25–22|25-16|}} {{Vb res 5|14 July|16:00|CAG|0–3|CIG|18-25|21-25|22–25||}} {{Vb res 5|14 July|18:00|PLDT|2-3|TMS-PA|14-25|26-24|23–25|19-25|15-10}} {{Vb res 5|17 July|14:00|CIG|3–1|PLDT|21-25|25-21|26–24|25-22|}} {{Vb res 5|17 July|16:00|TMS-PA|3–0|PCSO|25-19|25-15|25-11||}} {{Vb res 5|17 July|18:00|CAG|1–3|PET|21-25|23-25|25–22|19-25|}} {{end}}
==Playoffs== {{2013 PSL Invitational playoff bracket}}
=== Quarterfinals === {{Vb res start 5}} {{Vb res 5|21 July|14:00|PET|3–2|PCSO|27–29|25–13|22–25|25-22|15-12|}} {{Vb res 5|21 July|16:00|CAG|3–0|PLDT|27–25|25–20|25–15|||}} {{end}}
=== Semifinals === {{Vb res start 5}} {{Vb res 5|26 July|17:00|TMS-PA|3-2|CAG|25-22|25-22|25-27|10-25|15-13|}} {{Vb res 5|26 July|19:00|CIG|3-0|PET|25-20|25-20|25-23|||}} {{end}}
=== Finals ===
==== Fifth place match ==== {{Vb res start 5}} {{Vb res 5|28 July|14:00|PLDT|3-2|PCSO|25-18|26-24|21-25|21-25|20-18|}} {{end}}
==== Third place match ==== {{Vb res start 5}} {{Vb res 5|28 July|16:00|PET|3-1|CAG|25-18|22-25|26-24|25-16||}} {{end}}
==== Championship match ==== {{Vb res start 5}} {{Vb res 5|28 July|18:00|TMS-PA|3-1|CIG|25-15|25-18|14-25|25-16||}} {{end}}
==Final standing== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width=40 style="background:#00008B; color:#FFD700;"|Rank !width=180 style="background:#00008B; color:#FFD700;"|Team |- |style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"|{{Gold1}} | style="text-align:left;"|'''TMS-Philippine Army Lady Troopers''' |- |style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"|{{Silver2}} | style="text-align:left;"|Cignal HD Spikers |- |style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"|{{Bronze3}} | style="text-align:left;"|Petron Blaze Spikers |- |style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| 4 | style="text-align:left;"|Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns |- |style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| 5 | style="text-align:left;"|PLDT myDSL Speed Boosters |- |style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| 6 | style="text-align:left;"|PCSO Bingo Milyonaryo Puffins |} {{col-end}}
==Awards== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#00008B; color:#FFD700;"| Award ! style="background:#00008B; color:#FFD700;"| Awardee |- | style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| MVP || '''Venus Bernal''' (CIG) |- | style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| Best Spiker || '''Honey Royse Tubino''' (CIG) |- | style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| Best Blocker || '''Cristina Salak''' (TMS-PA) |- | style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| Best Scorer || '''Ma. Paulina Soriano''' (PLDT) |- | style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| Best Server || '''Sandra delos Santos''' (CAG) |- | style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| Best Setter || '''Arriane Argarin''' (CIG) |- | style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| Best Digger || '''Angelique Dionela''' (CAG) |- | style="background:#FFD700; color:#00008B;"| Best Receiver || '''Jennylyn Reyes''' (CIG) |}
==Venues== *PhilSports Arena *Filoil Flying V Arena *Mall of Asia Arena (semi-finals and finals)
==Broadcast partner== *Solar Sports
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Philippine Super Liga seasons}}
Invitational Philippine Super Liga Philippine Super Liga