2021 Philippine Super Liga season
2021 Philippine Super Liga season | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 2021 |
| Teams | 8 |
| Beach Challenge champions | Women's: Abanse Negros (Team A) Men's: (no tournament) |
| Beach Challenge runners-up | Women's: Sta. Lucia (Team A) |
The 2021 Philippine Super Liga season was the ninth and final season of the Philippine Super Liga (PSL). This season saw major uncertainty after three teams (Petron Blaze Spikers, Generika–Ayala Lifesavers and Marinerang Pilipina Lady Skippers) took a leave of absence. Cignal TV, which is under PLDT, which in turn owns both the PLDT Home Fibr Hitters and Cignal HD Spikers, signed a three-year broadcast deal with the professional Premier Volleyball League (PVL), and with it both teams moved to the rival league. The rival PVL also secured a three-year broadcast deal with Cignal TV, parent of the Cignal HD team.
On February 26, nearly one year after the last season saw its premature end, the PSL returned with the sixth edition of the Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup. The league had planned on hosting three indoor conferences afterwards, but on March 9, the Chery Tiggo Crossovers and Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors left for the PVL with the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers to follow two days later on March 11. This meant that the league was left with zero full-time member teams, forcing the league to cancel the planned All-Filipino Conference.
On March 11, the PSL released a statement that it will still be active in sports development and maintained that the departure of its clubs to the PVL was done in amicable terms. In 2022, Athletic Events & Sports Management Group (ACES), the PSL's organizers, established the Shakey's Super League.