2015 Spike For Peace International Beach Volleyball Tournament

2015 Spike For Peace Invitational Tournament
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Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
Dates	November 29 – December 3
Teams	13 (from 11 countries)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Akiko Hasegawa and Ayumi Kusano (JPN) (1st title)
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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.^[1]^[2]

The tournament staged by the Philippine Sports Commission thru its beach volleyball consultant Eric Lecain^[3] and backed by the FIVB, AVC, POC and the local volleyball federation, the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI) was staged indoors at the PhilSports Arena. 300 m³ (11,000 cu ft) 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 0.30 m (0.98 ft) thick.^[2]^[4]

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. Canada, China, Poland and Switzerland were also invited but didn't confirm its participation. For the Philippine delegation, Lecain also considered to add the services of Alyssa Valdez and Jovelyn Gonzaga in one of the national teams but was not able to confirmed participation from the two.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Country		Players	Country		Players
Australia	A	Justine Mowen Jordan Mowen	Philippines	A	Representing Shakey's V-League: Alexa Micek Charo Soriano
Australia	B	Becchara Palmer Sarah Battaglene	Philippines	B	Representing Philippine Super Liga: Danika Gendrauli Norie Jane Diaz
Brazil		Semirames Perazzo Ameral Bruna Figueiredo	Spain		Ester Ribera Amaranta Fernandez
Indonesia		Juliana Dhita Dini Jasita Utami Putu	Sweden		Karin Lundqvist Anne-Lie Rinisland
Japan		Akiko Hasegawa Ayumi Kusano	Thailand		Tanarattha Udomchavee Varapatsorn Radarong
Netherlands		Roos Van Dev Hoeven Gabrielle Ilke	United States		Emily Stockman Amanda Dowdy
New Zealand		Julie Tiley Shauna Polley

Both Philippine teams were coached by Oliver Almadro.^[3]

Officials

Country	Names^{[citation needed]}
Canada	Christopher Torr
American Samoa	Samuel Andrew Montalvo
Vietnam	Nguyen Thai Binh
Philippines	Ginio Panganiban

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.^[3]

Preliminary round

The 14 teams were divided into 4 pools^[5] (3 teams, 3 teams, 4 teams and 4 teams^[8]^[9]).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Meertens–Van Der Hoeven	2	1	1	3	4	1	4.000	92	88	1.045	Quarterfinals
2	Ribera–Fernandez	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	101	101	1.000	Contenders Bracket
3	Palmer–Battaglene	2	1	1	3	2	3	0.667	89	93	0.957	Contenders Bracket

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Nov 29	14:27	Palmer–Battaglene	0–2	Meertens–Van Der Hoeven	20-22	17-21		37–43	Report
Nov 29	19:00	Ribera–Fernandez	1–2	Palmer–Battaglene	17-21	21-16	12-21	50–52	Report
Nov 30	17:00	Ribera–Fernandez	2–1	Meertens–Van Der Hoeven	15-21	21-17	15-11	51-49	Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Dhita–Putu	2	2	0	4	4	1	4.000	95	78	1.218	Quarterfinals
2	Stockman–Dowdy	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	107	99	1.081	Contenders Bracket
3	Ju. Mowen–Jo. Mowen	2	0	2	2	1	4	0.250	74	99	0.747	Contenders Bracket

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Nov 29	15:20	Stockman–Dowdy	2–1	Ju. Mowen–Jo. Mowen	21–23	21–13	15–10	57–46	Report
Nov 30	13:00	Ju. Mowen–Jo. Mowen	0–2	Dhita–Putu	16–21	12–21		28–42	Report
Dec 1	14:00	Dhita–Putu	2–1	Stockman–Dowdy	21–16	17–21	15–13	53–50	Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Hasegawa–Kusano	3	3	0	6	6	1	6.000	84	54	1.556	Quarterfinals
2	Lundqvist–Rininsland	3	2	1	5	5	2	2.500	146	130	1.123	Contenders Bracket
3	Ameral–Figueiredo	3	1	2	4	3	4	0.750	115	118	0.975	Contenders Bracket
4	Gendrauli–Diaz	3	0	3	3	0	6	0.000	82	126	0.651

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Nov 29	16:23	Gendrauli–Diaz	0–2	Lundqvist–Rininsland	13–21	16–21		29–42	Report
Nov 29	17:10	Hasegawa–Kusano	2–0	Ameral–Figueiredo	21–12	21–15		42–27	Report
Nov 30	14:00	Lundqvist–Rininsland	2–1	Ameral–Figueiredo	21–12	14–21	15–13	50–46	Report
Nov 30	15:00	Hasegawa–Kusano	2–0	Gendrauli–Diaz	21–16	21–11		42–27	Report
Nov 30	18:00	Rininsland	1–2	Hasegawa–Kusano	21-17	18-21	15-17	54-55	Report
Nov 30	19:00	Ameral–Figueiredo	2–0	Gendrauli–Diaz	21-15	21-11		42-26	Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Udomchavee–Radarong	2	2	0	4	4	0	MAX	84	49	1.714	Quarterfinals
2	Tiley–Polley	2	1	1	3	2	2	1.000	71	69	1.029	Contenders Bracket
3	Micek–Soriano	2	0	2	2	0	4	0.000	47	84	0.560	Contenders Bracket

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Total	Report
Nov 29	18:00	Udomchavee–Radarong	2–0	Micek–Soriano	21–11	21–9	42–20	Report
Nov 30	16:00	Tiley–Polley	2–0	Micek–Soriano	21–17	21–10	42–27	Report
Dec 1	13:00	Tiley–Polley	0–2	Udomchavee–Radarong	15–21	14–21	29–42	Report

Schedule: Philippine Sports Commission^[10]

Second round

Contenders bracket

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Dec 1	16:00	Ribera–Fernandez	2–0	Micek–Soriano	21-14	21-10		42-24	Report
Dec 1	17:00	Palmer–Battaglene	1–2	Tiley–Polley	19-21	21-15	9-15	49-51	Report
Dec 1	18:00	Stockman–Dowdy	0–2	Ameral–Figueiredo	21-15	21-13		42-28	Report
Dec 1	19:00	Ju. Mowen–Jo. Mowen	0–2	Lundqvist–Rininsland	10-21	10-21		20-42	Report

Final round

Fifth place

Consolation semifinals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Dhita / Putu

2

A2

Ribera / Fernandez

0

A2

Ribera / Fernandez

2

B1

Dhita / Putu

1

D2

Tiley / Polley

0

C1

Hasegawa /
Kusano

2

C1

Hasegawa /
Kusano

2

D2

Tiley / Polley

0

D1

Udomchavee /
Radarong

2

C1

Hasegawa /
Kusano

2

A2

Ribera / Fernandez

1

C2

Lundqvist / Rininsland

0

A1

Meertens /
Van Der Hoeven

1

C3

Ameral / Figueiredo

2

Seventh place

A1

Meertens /
Van Der Hoeven

0

C3

Ameral / Figueiredo

1

Third place

D1

Udomchavee /
Radarong

2

C2

Lundqvist / Rininsland

2

D2

Tiley / Polley

2

D1

Udomchavee /
Radarong

0

B1

Dhita / Putu

2

A1

Meertens /
Van Der Hoeven

0

C2

Lundqvist / Rininsland

2

C3

Ameral / Figueiredo

1

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.^[11]^[12]

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Dec 2	14:00	Meertens–Van Der Hoeven	1–2	Ameral–Figueiredo	14-21	21-19	12-15	47-55	Report
Dec 2	15:00	Dhita–Putu	2-0	Ribera–Fernandez	22-20	23-21		45-41	Report
Dec 2	16:00	Hasegawa–Kusano	2–0	Tiley–Polley	21-9	21-11		42-20	Report
Dec 2	17:00	Udomchavee–Radarong	0–2	Lundqvist–Rininsland	22-24	20-22		42-46	Report

5th–8th place semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Dec 2	18:00	Ribera–Fernandez	2–0	Tiley–Polley	21–12	23–21		44–33	Report
Dec 2	19:00	Meertens–Van Der Hoeven	0–2	Udomchavee–Radarong	17–21	18–21		35–42	Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Dec 3	13:00	Lundqvist–Rininsland	2–1	Ameral–Figueiredo	19-21	21-19	15-8	55-48	Report
Dec 3	14:00	Dhita–Putu	1–2	Hasegawa–Kusano	14-21	21-18	12-15	47-54	Report

Seventh place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Dec 3	15:00	Tiley–Polley	2–0	Meertens–Van Der Hoeven	21-19	21-17		42-36	Report

Fifth place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Dec 3	16:00	Ribera–Fernandez	1–2	Udomchavee–Radarong	21-19	18-21	17-19	56-59	Report

Third place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Dec 3	17:00	Ameral–Figueiredo	1–2	Dhita–Putu	16-21	21-19	8-15	45-55	Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Total	Report
Dec 3	18:00	Lundqvist–Rininsland	0–2	Hasegawa–Kusano	19-21	12-21		31-42	Report

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	Hasegawa–Kusano (JPN)	6–0
	Lundqvist–Rininsland (SWE)	5–2
	Dhita–Putu (INA)	4–1
4	Ameral–Figueiredo (BRA)	3–4
5	Udomchavee–Radarong (THA)	4–1
6	Ribera–Fernandez (ESP)	3–3
7	Tiley–Polley (NZL)	3–3
8	Meertens–Van Der Hoeven (NED)	1–4
Eliminated at the Contenders bracket
10	Palmer–Battaglene (AUR)	1–2
10	Stockman–Dowdy (USA)	1–2
12	Ju. Mowen–Jo. Mowen (AUS)	0–3
12	Micek–Soriano (PHI)	0–3
Eliminated at the Preliminary round
13	Gendrauli–Diaz (PHI)	0–3

2015 Spike For Peace winners
Japan Akiko Hasegawa and Ayumi Kusano 1st title

References

^ De la Paz, Diego (7 November 2015). "PSC organizes Spike For Peace at PhilSports". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Terrado, Reuben (10 November 2015). "Philsports Arena to be transformed into indoor beach volleyball venue for 'Spike for Peace'". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Henson, Quinito (22 November 2015). "Joey voted to AVC Board". Philippine Star. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
^ Henson, Quinito (29 November 2015). "PSC promotes 'Spike For Peace'". Philstar. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Durian, Mavelle (10 November 2015). "Canada joins PSC's Spike For Peace". Philippine Canadian Inquirer. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
^ Oredo, Angie (18 November 2015). "Brazil at Indonesia, sasabak sa Spike for Peace (Brazil and Indonesia, will participate at Spike for Peace)" (in Tagalog). Balita. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
^ Oredo, Angie (25 November 2015). "Team PSL at Team V-League, sasabak sa Spike for Peace (Team PSL and Team V-League, will participate at Spike for Peace)" (in Tagalog). Balita. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b Co, Chris (29 November 2015). "Spike for Peace hahataw ngayon (Spike For Peace starts today)" (in Filipino). Pilipino Star Ngayon. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ Cordero, Abac (29 November 2015). "Philippines pairs in international beach volley tilt". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ "Spike For Peace Game Schedule". Philippine Sports Commission. Archived from the original on December 4, 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "Dec. 1-2 Schedule" (PDF). Philippine Sports Commission. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Manicad, Julius (2 December 2015). "Two Philippine teams out of Spike For Peace" (in English and Filipino). The Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

[businessmirror-1] De la Paz, Diego (7 November 2015). "PSC organizes Spike For Peace at PhilSports". BusinessMirror. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[transform-2] Terrado, Reuben (10 November 2015). "Philsports Arena to be transformed into indoor beach volleyball venue for 'Spike for Peace'". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[Sporting_Chance-3] Henson, Quinito (22 November 2015). "Joey voted to AVC Board". Philippine Star. Retrieved 23 November 2015.

[4] Henson, Quinito (29 November 2015). "PSC promotes 'Spike For Peace'". Philstar. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[canadajoins-5] Durian, Mavelle (10 November 2015). "Canada joins PSC's Spike For Peace". Philippine Canadian Inquirer. Retrieved 10 November 2015.

[sasabak-6] Oredo, Angie (18 November 2015). "Brazil at Indonesia, sasabak sa Spike for Peace (Brazil and Indonesia, will participate at Spike for Peace)" (in Tagalog). Balita. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

[7] Oredo, Angie (25 November 2015). "Team PSL at Team V-League, sasabak sa Spike for Peace (Team PSL and Team V-League, will participate at Spike for Peace)" (in Tagalog). Balita. Retrieved 25 November 2015.

[psn-8] Co, Chris (29 November 2015). "Spike for Peace hahataw ngayon (Spike For Peace starts today)" (in Filipino). Pilipino Star Ngayon. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[9] Cordero, Abac (29 November 2015). "Philippines pairs in international beach volley tilt". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[sked-10] "Spike For Peace Game Schedule". Philippine Sports Commission. Archived from the original on December 4, 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.

[11] "Dec. 1-2 Schedule" (PDF). Philippine Sports Commission. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[12] Manicad, Julius (2 December 2015). "Two Philippine teams out of Spike For Peace" (in English and Filipino). The Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.

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