Fit To Hit: Philippine Beach Volleyball Invitational

Fit To Hit
Sport Beach volleyball
Founded 2015
Founder Solar Sports, Sports Vision Management Group, Inc.
Inaugural season 2015
No. of teams 8
Country  Philippines
Venue(s) The Sands, SM By The Bay
Most recent
champion(s)		 New Zealand Ceres
TV partner(s) Solar Sports

Fit To Hit: Philippine Beach Volleyball Invitational is the inaugural tournament of Fit To Hit, a beach volleyball league organized by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. (organizer of the Shakey's V-League and Spikers' Turf indoor volleyball leagues) and Solar Sports.[1]

The Invitational is an international tournament held on September 25–27, 2015 at The Sands, SM By the Bay of the SM Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City. It was televised on the Solar Sports channel on a delayed basis.[2][3]

After the Invitational, Fit To Hit will stage beach volleyball circuit legs in different cities across the Philippines, as part of the development program for the beach volleyball.

Tournament format

The eight teams will participate in the tournament, will be divided into two four-team groups. The teams will first undergo a single round robin preliminary round, while 4 teams will moved over to the semifinals. The two teams that will win in the semifinals, will advance to the finals. Classification matches will also be played for the 6 remaining teams.[4]

Teams

The tournament is among teams from Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand and the Philippines. Teams from China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam backed out of the competition because LVPI withdrew its support.

Country Team Players Name Group
Hong KongHong Kong Mamy Poko Pants Win Tung To and Yung Yung Koo B
Rubbermaid Wai Yan Lo and Rachel Tam A
MalaysiaMalaysia BYD Luk Teck Hua and Beh Shun Thing B
Paşabahçe Low Mei Cing and Nuraini Binti Arriffin A
New ZealandNew Zealand Ceres Julia Tilley and Shauna Polley A
PhilippinesPhilippines Philips Gold Bea Tan and Lindsay Dowd A
Mane N' Tail Charo Soriano and Alexa Micek B
ShopTV Gretchel Soltones and Lou Ann Latigay B

Final Ranking

Total amount of prizes that will given away to the eight teams, to be divided based on their placings: $19,000 Dollars

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s) New Zealand Ceres
2nd, silver medalist(s) Hong Kong Mamy Poko Pants
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Hong Kong Rubbermaid
4 Philippines Mane 'n Tail
5 Malaysia BYD
6 Malaysia Paşabahçe
7 Philippines Philips Gold
8 Philippines ShopTV

References

  1. ↑ "Beach volleyball fever reaches its peak at Fit to Hit". Solar Sports. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Pinay spikers to star in beach volleyball invitational". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fit to Hit Beach Volleyball Tournament to Kickoff at The Sands, SM by the Bay". Sports Gateway PH. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Four-nation beach volley slated at SM". Philippine Star. Retrieved September 23, 2015.

See also

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