2023 Premier Volleyball League season

2023 Premier Volleyball League season
LeaguePremier Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Duration (2023-February-04) (2023-December-16)February 4 – December 16, 2023
TV partner(s)One Sports
Cignal TV
Conferences
First All-Filipino championsCreamline
  First All-Filipino runners-upPetro Gazz
Invitational championsKurashiki Ablaze
  Invitational runners-upCreamline
Second All-Filipino championsCreamline
  Second All-Filipino runners-upChoco Mucho
PVL seasons

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the sixth season of the Premier Volleyball League. The season started on February 4, 2023 with the beginning of the 2023 First All-Filipino Conference and ended on December 16, 2023 with the conclusion of the 2023 Second All-Filipino Conference.

First All-Filipino conference

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Main article: 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference[a][1] was the fourteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its fifth conference as a professional league. The tournament began on February 4, 2023, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City.[2]

Formerly known as the Open Conference, the conference was rebranded as the "All-Filipino Conference" to better reflect the fact that the tournament's participation is restricted to Filipino players, including Filipino-Foreigners.[3]

Participating teams

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2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain
AKA Akari Chargers Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation Brazil Jorge Edson Michelle Cobb
ABM Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers Philippine Army and Corbridge Group Philippines Philippines Randy Fallorina Angela Nunag
CTC Chery Tiggo Crossovers United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Philippines Aaron Velez Mylene Paat
CMF Choco Mucho Flying Titans Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Dante Alinsunurin Bea de Leon
CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Philippines Shaq Delos Santos Rachel Daquis
CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Sherwin Meneses Jia Morado
FTL F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Logistics Philippines Philippines Regine Diego Aby Maraño
PGA Petro Gazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. Philippines Oliver Almadro Chie Saet
HSH PLDT High Speed Hitters PLDT Inc. Philippines Rald Ricafort Mika Reyes

Preliminary round

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Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Creamline Cool Smashers 8 7 1 22 23 5 4.600 674 509 1.324 Final round
2 Petro Gazz Angels 8 6 2 19 20 7 2.857 651 550 1.184
3 PLDT High Speed Hitters 8 6 2 18 20 10 2.000 697 613 1.137
4 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 8 6 2 16 18 12 1.500 646 653 0.989
5 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 8 4 4 13 15 13 1.154 633 595 1.064
6 Cignal HD Spikers 8 3 5 8 9 17 0.529 616 660 0.933
7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 2 6 6 10 20 0.500 613 696 0.881
8 Akari Power Chargers 8 2 6 5 8 21 0.381 590 705 0.837
9 Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers 8 0 8 1 5 24 0.208 532 708 0.751
Source: [citation needed]

Final round

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SemifinalsChampionship
 
          
 
March 18–21
 
 
1
Creamline		33
 
March 26–30
 
4
F2 Logistics		10
 
Creamline133
 
March 18–23
 
Petro Gazz321
 
2
Petro Gazz		313
 
 
3
PLDT		130
 
3rd place match
 
 
March 26–28
 
 
F2 Logistics33
 
 
PLDT11

Invitational conference

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Main article: 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the fifteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its six conference as a professional league. The tournament was originally scheduled to start on June 6, 2023, however, it was moved to June 27, 2023, due to the Philippines women's national volleyball team competing at the 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup.[6]

This conference introduced three debuting teams in the league — Farm Fresh Foxies and Quezon City Gerflor Defenders as newly formed teams, and the return of Foton Tornadoes in the Filipino volleyball scene after the original team was rebranded as Chery Tiggo Crossovers in 2020.[7][8] Philippine Army Lady Troopers is skipping this conference due to military training to most of its players.[9] Two foreign teams, Kurashiki Ablaze of Japan and Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh of Vietnam, also participated in the conference.[10][11]

With these new additions alongside the two foreign guest teams, this is the first conference of the PVL that has more than ten participating corporate teams. Moreover, this is also the most contested conference of the league, by having thirteen teams — the most by any conference so far.

Participating teams

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2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain
Local teams
AKA Akari Chargers Akari Lighting & Technology Brazil Jorge Edson Philippines Michelle Cobb
CTC Chery Tiggo Crossovers United Asia Automotive Group Philippines Aaron Velez Philippines Mylene Paat
CMF Choco Mucho Flying Titans Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Dante Alinsunurin Philippines Bea de Leon
CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Philippines Shaq Delos Santos Philippines Rachel Anne Daquis
CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Sherwin Meneses Philippines Alyssa Valdez
FTL F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Logistics Philippines Philippines Regine Diego Philippines Aby Maraño
FFF Farm Fresh Foxies Farm Fresh Philippine International Philippines Jerry Yee Philippines Cloanne Mondoñedo
FOT Foton Tornadoes United Asia Automotive Group Philippines Brian Esquibel Philippines Shaya Adorador
PGA Petro Gazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Philippines Oliver Almadro Philippines Relea Ferina Saet
HSH PLDT High Speed Hitters PLDT Inc. Philippines Rald Ricafort Philippines Mika Reyes
GFD Quezon City Gerflor Defenders Gerflor Philippines / Quezon City Sports Management Services Philippines Edgar Barroga Philippines Justine Dorog
Foreign teams
KBB Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh Volleyball Vietnam League Vietnam Phạm Văn Long Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kiều Oanh[12]
KUR Kurashiki Ablaze[13] Ablaze Co., Ltd. / V.League (Japan) Japan Hideo Suzuki Japan Ohshima Kyoka[12]

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Creamline Cool Smashers 4 4 0 12 12 1 12.000 325 252 1.290 Final round
2 PLDT High Speed Hitters 4 3 1 8 9 5 1.800 213 190 1.121
3 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 4 2 2 6 8 8 1.000 240 226 1.062 Classification round
4 Akari Chargers 4 1 3 3 6 11 0.545 352 388 0.907
5 Quezon City Gerflor Defenders 4 0 4 1 2 12 0.167 266 340 0.782
Source: [14]

Pool B

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Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Cignal HD Spikers 5 4 1 12 13 4 3.250 413 349 1.183 Final round
2 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 5 4 1 12 14 6 2.333 462 432 1.069
3 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 5 3 2 9 11 8 1.375 416 367 1.134 Classification round
4 Petro Gazz Angels 5 3 2 9 12 9 1.333 479 458 1.046
5 Foton Tornadoes 5 1 4 2 4 14 0.286 356 436 0.817
6 Farm Fresh Foxies 5 0 5 1 2 15 0.133 339 421 0.805
Source: [14]

Classification round

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11th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 20 09:00 PSA Quezon City Gerflor Defenders 1–3 Foton Tornadoes 24–26 25–13 21–25 24–26   94–90 P2

9th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 20 11:30 PSA Petro Gazz Angels 3–2 Akari Chargers 25–19 25–18 20–25 20–25 15–7 105–94 P2

7th place match

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 22 09:00 PSA Chery Tiggo Crossovers 0–3 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 20–25 24–26 15–25     59–76 P2

Final round

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Semifinals

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Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Kurashiki Ablaze 5 5 0 15 15 3 5.000 439 351 1.251 Championship match
2 Creamline Cool Smashers 5 4 1 10 13 7 1.857 447 416 1.075
3 Cignal HD Spikers 5 2 3 7 9 9 1.000 405 396 1.023 3rd place match
4 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 5 2 3 7 8 11 0.727 421 432 0.975
5 PLDT High Speed Hitters 5 2 3 6 7 9 0.778 347 366 0.948
6 Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh 5 0 5 0 2 15 0.133 323 421 0.767
Updated to match(es) played on July 28, 2023. Source: [14]

Finals

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3rd place match
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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 30 16:00 PSA F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 1–3 Cignal HD Spikers 22–25 25–23 20–25 18–25   85–98 P2 P–2
Championship
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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Jul 30 18:30 PSA Kurashiki Ablaze 3–2 Creamline Cool Smashers 19–25 25–23 25–19 20–25 15–13 104–105 P2 P–2

Second All-Filipino conference

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Main article: 2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference[18] was the sixteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League. The tournament began on October 15, 2023.[19][20] This tournament was set to be the second post-pandemic import-laden conference known as the 2023 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference, with the Angels set to defend their crown, but was made into a second All-Filipino Conference as a consequence of sanctions from the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.

The conference not only marked the arrival of two debuting teams – Nxled Chameleons, the sister team of Akari Chargers, and Galeries Tower Highrisers, but it also marked the return of using a cross-over format for the semifinals which was last implemented on the same conference earlier this year which is the 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference.[21] Meanwhile the Foton Tornadoes withdrew from the PVL. This is the first conference of the league catering to the most local club teams with twelve.

Changes

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Due to PNVF sanctions

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The tournament was originally planned to be organized as the Reinforced Conference and was meant to feature teams reinforced by an import or a foreign player. However, the Philippine National Volleyball Federation penalized the PVL for violating Article 6.1.1.b of the FIVB Regulations 2022 which states that the national team period should be prioritized by professional leagues. However, the league proceeded with the opening of the Invitational Conference on June 27.[22]

The FIVB has allowed the PVL to organize a third conference but the PNVF will not be able to issue international transfer certificates which would allow clubs to sign in foreign players for the tournament.[22]

Timeout

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The timeout regulations was changed starting from this conference in a bid to minimize match duration. A technical timeout lasting from one to two minutes will come to effect when one team reaches 13 points. Teams will have one regular timeout and another 30-second timeout for each set.[23]

Participating teams

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2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain
AKA Akari Chargers Akari Lighting & Technology Brazil Jorge Edson Michelle Cobb
CTC Chery Tiggo Crossovers United Asia Automotive Group Philippines Aaron Velez EJ Laure
CMF Choco Mucho Flying Titans Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Dante Alinsunurin Bea de Leon
CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Philippines Shaq Delos Santos Frances Molina
CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Sherwin Meneses Alyssa Valdez
FFF Farm Fresh Foxies Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics Philippines Jerry Yee Louie Romero
FTL F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Logistics Philippines Philippines Regine Diego Aby Maraño
GTH Galeries Tower Highrisers Grand Taipan Land Development Philippines Lerma Giron Fenela Emnas
NXL Nxled Chameleons Akari Lighting & Technology Japan Takayuki Minowa Danielle Ravena
PGA PetroGazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Philippines Timmy Santo Tomas Chie Saet
HSH PLDT High Speed Hitters PLDT Inc. Philippines Rald Ricafort Mika Reyes
GFD Quezon City Gerflor Defenders Gerflor Philippines / Quezon City Sports Management Services Philippines Sammy Acaylar Pia Sarmiento

Preliminary round

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Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Creamline Cool Smashers 11 11 0 32 33 7 4.714 977 786 1.243 Final round
2 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 11 10 1 29 31 7 4.429 899 724 1.242
3 Cignal HD Spikers 11 8 3 25 26 15 1.733 947 842 1.125
4 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 11 8 3 22 26 16 1.625 851 809 1.052
5 PLDT High Speed Hitters 11 7 4 21 25 15 1.667 914 901 1.014
6 Petro Gazz Angels 11 6 5 20 25 17 1.471 941 900 1.046
7 Akari Chargers 11 5 6 14 19 22 0.864 912 922 0.989
8 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 11 4 7 13 18 23 0.783 790 780 1.013
9 Nxled Chameleons 11 4 7 12 14 23 0.609 786 851 0.924
10 Farm Fresh Foxies 11 2 9 7 13 28 0.464 878 933 0.941
11 Galeries Tower Highrisers 11 1 10 2 6 32 0.188 704 925 0.761
12 Quezon City Gerflor Defenders 11 0 11 1 2 33 0.061 531 857 0.620
Source: 2023 PhilSports.ph

Final round

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SemifinalsChampionship
 
          
 
December 7–9
 
 
1
Creamline		33
 
December 14–16
 
4
Chery Tiggo		00
 
Creamline33
 
December 7–12
 
Choco Mucho12
 
2
Choco Mucho		233
 
 
3
Cignal		301
 
3rd place match
 
 
December 14–16
 
 
Chery Tiggo11
 
 
Cignal33

Conference results

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Conference Champion Runner-up 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th
First All-Filipino Creamline Petro Gazz F2 Logistics PLDT Chery Tiggo Cignal Choco Mucho Akari Army Black Mamba —
Invitational Kurashiki Creamline Cignal F2 Logistics PLDT Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh Choco Mucho Chery Tiggo Petro Gazz Akari Foton Gerflor Farm Fresh
Second All-Filipino Creamline Choco Mucho Cignal Chery Tiggo PLDT Petro Gazz Akari F2 Logistics Nxled Farm Fresh Galeries Tower Gerflor —

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Known as the All-Filipino Conference at the time of competition. Retroactively designated as the First All-Filipino Conference after the introduction of the Second All-Filipino Conference.

References

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  4. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (March 30, 2023). "Creamline's Tots Carlos wins third PVL MVP award". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on March 30, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
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  8. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (June 1, 2023). "Foton Tornadoes make their return, join PVL starting with Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  9. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (May 24, 2023). "PVL: Military training forces Army Lady Troopers to miss Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
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  12. ^ a b "Kurashiki Ablaze roll to fiery PVL debut over Vietnam's Kinh Bac-Bac Ninh". Rappler. 22 July 2023. Archived from the original on July 23, 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
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  20. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (August 4, 2023). "PVL opts for second All-Filipino to close out season". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 7, 2023. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  21. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (September 25, 2023). "PVL up to 12 teams with addition of Galeries Highrisers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
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