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MANILA, Philippines — The postponed PVL Reinforced Conference Pool A triple-header on Thursday (July 25) has been moved to August 8 as the final playdate of the first round at Philsports Arena.
A day after the postponement of Pool A games due to inclement weather, the league has decided to extend the first round to another day next month as six squads from the group won’t have a game this week and will return to action on Tuesday.
PLDT was supposed to gun for win No.3 in Pool A against Farm Fresh, which is winless in two games, at 1 p.m., while Creamline (1-1) and Nxled, who both hold identical 1-1 records, fight for their second win at 3 p.m.
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Chery Tiggo was scheduled to take on the winless Galeries Tower (0-2) at 5 p.m.
The Pool A teams end a week-long hiatus on Tuesday with winless squads Farm Fresh and Galeries Tower fighting for their first win at 1 p.m. Chery Tiggo will eye its third win against Creamline at 3 p.m., while unbeaten PLDT battles Nxled at 5 p.m.
After the games on August 8, the second round fires off with the top three Pool A teams playing the bottom three of Pool B in Pool C, while Pool D will consist of the top three Pool B squads and cellar dwellers of Pool A.
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Teams will only play against the teams from the other group.
After the preliminary rounds, teams will be ranked using the FIVB Classification System with the Top 8 advancing to the knockout quarterfinals
Winners of the playoff round will move on to the semifinals, which will also played in a do-or-die format. Both battle for the title and the bronze match will be knockout matches.