V-League 5th Season 1st Conference

The V-League 5th Season 1st Conference is a tournament of the Shakey's V-League. The tournament began on March 30, 2008 and ended on May 30, 2008 at The Arena in the city of San Juan.Joining are NCR teams Ateneo de Manila University, Adamson University, College of Saint Benilde, Far Eastern University, Lyceum of the Philippines University, San Sebastian College - Recoletos, and Visayas teams University of Saint La Salle and University of San Jose - Recoletos

Adamson University finally broke its runner-up "curse" by winning over Ateneo de Manila University in two games to none in the finals series. This makes them the third champion team, alongside University of Santo Tomas and De La Salle University.

Tournament Format

*Double Round Robin Preliminaries. If a team is seeded at 1 and 2, they will automatically have a slot in the Semifinals and will skip the Quarterfinals.
*All remaining Manila and Visayas teams will merge in a Single Round Robin affair.
*Top two teams with the best record after the single-round robin quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals
**However, If a team won 3 out of 5 games in the quarterfinals, they will have a chance for a playoff berth against the second seed team for the right to enter the semifinals
*The automatic semifinalists and the quarterfinalist advancers will now move on to the Single Round Robin Semifinals. Whoever seeds 1 and 2, will make it to the best of three championship series.
**There will be a playoff if seeds 2 and 3 will be tied once more.
*Best of Three Championship series
**If the battle for the gold ended in two games only, the battle for the bronze will be best of three also instead of one game.

Eliminations Standing

Quarterfinals Standing

emifinals Standing

Battle for First Standing

Finals

Conference Awardees

*Best Scorer: Beverly Boto (LPU)
*Best Attacker: Jaroensri Bualee (SSC-R)
*Best Blocker: Maria Rosario Soriano (ADMU)
*Best Setter: Janet Serafica (AdU)
*Best Digger: Lizlee Ann Gata (AdU)
*Best Server: Angela Benting (AdU)
*Best Receiver: Mary Jane Pepito (SSC-R)
*Most Improved Player: Maria Rosario Soriano (ADMU)
*Finals MVP: Rissa Jane Laguilles (AdU)
*Conference MVP: Neriza Bautista (AdU)