THE V-League has released the preliminary match schedules starting with men’s play on Oct. 16 at Paco Arena in Manila.
Twelve men's teams are split into two groups, with Pool A bannered by Spikers' Turf champions National University, with Adamson, La Salle, University of Sto. Tomas, Arellano, and College of St. Benilde completing the cast.
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Ateneo, Far Eastern University, University of the Philippines, Perpetual, San Beda, and San Sebastian are in Pool B.
The Falcons and Blazers play in the first match of the opening quadruple-header.
In the women’s division, Pool A has Ateneo, Adamson, FEU, and San Sebastian, while Pool B features NCAA champion College of St. Benilde, San Beda, UP, and UST.
The V-League women's tournament opens on Oct. 19 with Ateneo and San Sebastian playing in the fiurst match.
The preliminaries serve as a classification round for the playoffs, thus no team will be eliminated after the first round of play for both divisions.
The tournaments are set to run until November.
The schedule:
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