ONE last day of preliminary round action awaits in Passi City, Iloilo on Saturday to determine the final matchups for the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference qualifying round.
The top three and bottom three teams have locked in their positions for the next phase of the competition with 1-seed Creamline taking on 12-seed Nxled, 2-seed Petro Gazz facing 11-seed Capital1 ,and 3-seed Cignal going against 10-seed Galeries Tower.
READ: It's Creamline vs Nxled, Petro Gazz vs Capital1, Cignal vs Galeries
For the six remaining teams, there is still a midtable logjam to be settled when ZUS Coffee (4-6; 14 points) plays PLDT (7-3; 20 points), as Chery Tiggo (5-5; 14 points) locks horns with Choco Mucho (7-3; 17 points) in the City of Love.
Every game, every set, and every result will count in the seeding race, as Farm Fresh (5-6; 15 points; 0.818 set ratio) and Akari (5-6; 15 points; 0.727 set ratio), both teams having completed their 11 prelims matches already, will be interested spectators come Saturday, as they all find out together which team plays which in the qualifying round.
SPIN.ph did the math and projected how every possible outcome in the last two prelims matches will shake up the team standings.
In parenthesis are the total match points which will act as a tiebreaking metric in the event of identical records. Each team gets three match points for a 3 or 4-set win, two match points for a 5-set win, and one match point for a 5-set loss.
Once match points are also tied up, the next tiebreaker will be the sets ratio in which the total number of sets won over 11 prelims matches will be divided by the total number of sets lost.
If ZUS Coffee def. PLDT AND Choco Mucho def. Chery Tiggo

1) ZUS win in 3/4 sets AND CMFT win in 3/4 sets
- 4th CMF 8-3 (20)
- 5th PLD 7-4 (20)
- 6th ZUS 5-6 (17)
- 7th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 8th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 9th CTC 5-6 (14)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 CMF vs 9 CTC; 5 PLD vs 8 AKA; 6 ZUS vs 7 FFF
2) ZUS win in 5 sets AND CMFT win in 5 sets
- 4th CMF 8-3 (18)
- 5th PLD 7-4 (21)
- 6th ZUS 5-6 (16)
- 7th CTC 5-6 (15)
- 8th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 9th AKA 5-6 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 CMF vs 9 AKA; 5 PLD vs 8 FFF; 6 ZUS vs 7 CTC
3) ZUS win in 3/4 sets AND CMFT win in 5 sets
- 4th CMF 8-3 (19)
- 5th PLD 7-4 (20)
- 6th ZUS 5-6 (17)
- 7th CTC 5-6 (15)
- 8th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 9th AKA 5-6 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 CMF vs 9 AKA; 5 PLD vs 8 FFF; 6 ZUS vs 7 CTC
4) ZUS win in 5 sets AND CMFT win in 3/4 sets
- 4th CMF 8-3 (20)
- 5th PLD 7-4 (21)
- 6th ZUS 5-6 (16)
- 7th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 8th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 9th CTC 5-6 (14)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 CMF vs 9 CTC; 5 PLD vs 8 AKA; 6 ZUS vs 7 FFF
If PLDT def. ZUS Coffee AND Chery Tiggo def. Choco Mucho

5) PLDT win in 3/4 sets AND CTC win in 3/4 sets
- 4th PLD 8-3 (23)
- 5th CMF 7-4 (17)
- 6th CTC 6-5 (17)
- 7th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 8th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 9th ZUS 4-7 (14)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 ZUS; 5 CMF vs 8 AKA; 6 CTC vs 7 FFF
6) PLDT win in 5 sets AND CTC win in 5 sets
- 4th PLD 8-3 (22)
- 5th CMF 7-4 (18)
- 6th CTC 6-5 (16)
- 7th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 8th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 9th ZUS 4-7 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 ZUS; 5 CMF vs 8 AKA; 6 CTC vs 7 FFF
7) PLDT win in 3/4 sets AND CTC win in 5 sets
- 4th PLD 8-3 (23)
- 5th CMF 7-4 (18)
- 6th CTC 6-5 (16)
- 7th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 8th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 9th ZUS 4-7 (14)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 ZUS; 5 CMF vs 8 AKA; 6 CTC vs 7 FFF
8) PLDT win in 5 sets AND CTC win in 3/4 sets
- 4th PLD 8-3 (22)
- 5th CMF 7-4 (17)
- 6th CTC 6-5 (17)
- 7th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 8th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 9th ZUS 4-7 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 ZUS; 5 CMF vs 8 AKA; 6 CTC vs 7 FFF
If ZUS Coffee def. PLDT AND Chery Tiggo def. Choco Mucho

9) ZUS win in 3/4 sets AND CTC win in 3/4 sets
- 4th PLD 7-4 (20)
- 5th CMF 7-4 (17)
- 6th CTC 6-5 (17)
- 7th ZUS 5-6 (17)
- 8th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 9th AKA 5-6 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 AKA; 5 CMF vs 8 FFF; 6 CTC vs 7 ZUS
10) ZUS win in 5 sets AND CTC win in 5 sets
- 4th PLD 7-4 (21)
- 5th CMF 7-4 (18)
- 6th CTC 6-5 (16)
- 7th ZUS 5-6 (16)
- 8th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 9th AKA 5-6 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 AKA; 5 CMF vs 8 FFF; 6 CTC vs 7 ZUS
11) ZUS win in 3/4 sets AND CTC win in 5 sets
- 4th PLD 7-4 (20)
- 5th CMF 7-4 (18)
- 6th CTC 6-5 (16)
- 7th ZUS 5-6 (17)
- 8th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 9th AKA 5-6 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 AKA; 5 CMF vs 8 FFF; 6 CTC vs 7 ZUS
12) ZUS win in 5 sets AND CTC win in 3/4 sets
- 4th PLD 7-4 (21)
- 5th CMF 7-4 (17)
- 6th CTC 6-5 (17)
- 7th ZUS 5-6 (16)
- 8th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 9th AKA 5-6 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 AKA; 5 CMF vs 8 FFF; 6 CTC vs 7 ZUS
If PLDT def. ZUS Coffee def. PLDT AND Choco Mucho def. Chery Tiggo

13) PLDT win in 3/4 sets AND CMFT win in 3/4 sets
- 4th PLD 8-3 (23)
- 5th CMF 8-3 (20)
- 6th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 7th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 8th CTC 5-6 (14)
- 9th ZUS 4-7 (14)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 ZUS; 5 CMF vs 8 CTC; 6 FFF vs 7 AKA
14) PLDT win in 5 sets AND CMFT win in 5 sets
- 4th PLD 8-3 (22)
- 5th CMF 8-3 (19)
- 6th CTC 5-6 (15)
- 7th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 8th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 9th ZUS 4-7 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 ZUS; 5 CMF vs 8 AKA; 6 CTC vs 7 FFF
15) PLDT win in 3/4 sets AND CMFT win in 5 sets
- 4th PLD 8-3 (23)
- 5th CMF 8-3 (19)
- 6th CTC 5-6 (15)
- 7th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 8th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 9th ZUS 4-7 (14)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 ZUS; 5 CMF vs 8 AKA; 6 CTC vs 7 FFF
16) PLDT win in 5 sets AND CMFT win in 3/4 sets
- 4th PLD 8-3 (22)
- 5th CMF 8-3 (20)
- 6th FFF 5-6 (15)
- 7th AKA 5-6 (15)
- 8th CTC 5-6 (14)
- 9th ZUS 4-7 (15)
- Qualifying round matchups: 4 PLD vs 9 ZUS; 5 CMF vs 8 CTC; 6 FFF vs 7 AKA
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