Premier Volleyball League

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Premier Volleyball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Premier Volleyball League season
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PVL logo
Formerly Shakey's V-League
Sport Volleyball
Founded 2004
Inaugural season 2004
Motto The Heart of Volleyball
No. of teams 11
Country Philippines
Venue(s)
Continent AVC (Asia)
Most recent champion(s) 12px Creamline Cool Smashers
Most titles 12px Creamline Cool Smashers (6 titles)
TV partner(s)
Founder
Official website pvl.ph

The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is a women's professional volleyball league in the Philippines organized by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The league began in 2004 as the Shakey's V-League, a women's collegiate league. Since 2011, the league became open to participation of corporate clubs and other non-collegiate teams.

The Spikers' Turf is the men's counterpart of the league.

History

Shakey's V-League (2004–2016)

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Further information: Shakey's V-League

The Premier Volleyball League was established in 2004 as the Shakey's V-League by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. led by Jun Bernardino, Ricky Palou, Moying Martelino, and Rhea Navarro who were businessmen previously known for being men's basketball patrons.[3] The Shakey's V-League was initially an inter-collegiate women's league with teams from the UAAP, NCAA, CESAFI among others playing in the league.[4] The league's establishment was in cooperation with Shakey's Pizza (Philippines)[3] which was the league's title sponsor until 2016.[5] Prior to the league's establishment, the sport was in a state of stagnation since the 1990s with the highest level of volleyball being the women's collegiate tournament of the Metro Manila-based UAAP.[3]

Among the unique rules implemented by the league upon its founding was allowing the collegiate and corporate managed teams to have maximum of two reinforcements - termed as "guest players" - on their roster. These guest players have ranged from alumni of their alma mater, other varsity graduates, high school recruits who use the ongoing tournament as preparation for the upcoming collegiate season and foreign imports (with the most notable being Jaroensri Bualee). Prior to 2011, guest players for colleges were eligible in both conferences (tournaments) held during the year - they were henceforth limited to the Open or Reinforced conferences until such format was succeeded by the one foreign reinforcement per team in 2016 (as "imports").

The UST Golden Tigresses won the inaugural V-League championship in 2004 defeating the DLSU Lady Archers. But the DLSU won the next three conferences, defeating UST in both conferences of Season 2 and the SSC-R Lady Stags in Season 3, sweeping both in the Finals of the three conferences.

The UST Tigresses returned to the League in 2007, after missing Season 3, winning both conferences of Season 4 by defeating the SSC-R Lady Stags in both finals series.

Year 2008 saw the crowning of two other schools aside from UST and DLSU. Adamson University won the championship in the first conference of Season 5 defeating the Ateneo Lady Eagles while San Sebastian College-Recoletos Lady Stags won the second conference of season 5 by sweeping the two comebacking champion teams: DLSU Lady Archers in the semifinals and UST Tigresses in the finals.

However, the Tigresses made history via a "three-peat" winning their fourth, fifth and sixth championships by sweeping both conferences of Season 6 by defeating SSC-R and Adamson, respectively in both championship series, and again winning the first conference of Season 7 by beating SSC-R for the fourth time in the finals. It was the battle for silver of the last two conferences when Adamson University faced the Lady Stags of SSC-R in the finals of the 2nd Conference Season 7. Adamson won its second V-League crown after defeating San Sebastian 2–1 in their Finals series.

In the 1st Conference Season 8, the Ateneo Lady Eagles won their first Shakey's V-League crown by thumping defending champions Adamson in the Finals. The 2nd Conference of Season 8 was renamed the Shakey's V-League Open Conference as it was opened to non-school teams. Four non-school teams joined the tournament, namely, the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force and Maynilad. The Philippine Army won their first Shakey's V-League championship. Season 8-Open Conference, Shakey's V-League will also aired on GMA Life TV, GMA News TV and GMA Pinoy TV for the international viewers.

File:Philippine Army takes game one of Shakeys V-League Volleyball finals against San Sebastian College. (6163009590).jpg
Philippine Navy vs. Ateneo de Manila University

The Shakey's V-League welcomed the participation of corporate and non-collegiate teams starting 2011.[4]

Season 9 was locally aired by the AKTV bloc on IBC13 and the Hyper channel.

Beginning its 10th Season, Shakey's V-League's new broadcasting partner was GMA News TV. Matches were aired at 1PM to 3PM during weekdays, and 12:45PM to 2:30PM during Saturdays. On May 26, 2013, Shakey's V-League held its first live TV coverage via GMA News TV. It is also announced that the Game 3 matches, both for Championship and the Battle for 3rd will be aired live on GMA News TV on June 2, 2013. In Season 10 Open Conference, Cagayan Valley made history as the Lady Rising Suns scored a 16–0 sweep en route to the team's first V-League title with a 2–0 series win over Smart-Maynilad Net Spikers.

On October 2, 2014, it was reported[6] that a men's division will be included in its 21st conference with four teams.

On May 24, 2016, it was officially announced that Shakey's V-League will be aired on S+A Channel 23 following an agreement between Sports Vision, Shakey's and ABS-CBN Sports.

Premier Volleyball League (2017–2020)

The Shakey's V-League changed its name to the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) starting the 2017 season.[7] The Spikers' Turf, which was spun-off from the league in 2015, was merged back to the PVL and was rebranded as the PVL's men's division.[7] The renaming was part of a bid to secure more sponsorship for the league.[8] There was a plan to rename the league to the Philippine Volleyball League instead[9][10] but this was abandoned due to another entity already owning the name.[7] The order of its conference was also changed with the league beginning with the import-laden Reinforced Conference and the Open Conference being held close to the start of the UAAP and NCAA tournaments which is usually held near the year's end. Prior to this, the Open Conference was traditionally held earlier.[11]

The PVL men's division ended with the 2018 PVL Collegiate Conference as its final tournament. The men's division reverted to the Spikers' Turf. The first tournament since the revert was the Open Conference in October 2018.[12]

The 2020 season was indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[13] and there were plans to start the season with the Open Conference instead of the Reinforced Conference in September 2020 due to logistics issue of flying in imports for the latter.[14]

Professional status and hiatus (2020)

In October 2020, the Philippines' Games and Amusements Board (GAB) issued a directive that players compensated for non-national team play would be considered as professionals, as well as all sporting events organized for profit. This has raised concerns regarding the status of leagues such as the PVL and its rival league, the Philippine Super Liga (PSL).[15] The PVL in particular was concerned over the financial aspects of operating as a professional league.[16]

In November 2020, the PVL announced that the league would turn professional starting with the 2021 season,[16] believing it has enough women players to make the move. The league was already considering move for some time due to the collegiate league UAAP deciding to bar its rookies from playing in commercial leagues starting its UAAP Season 81 (2018-19) in anticipation that all college players would not be allowed to play in the PVL eventually.[17] Prior to the league's professionalization, the PVL was considered as semi-professional and thus, its affairs were not supervised or regulated by the GAB.[18] Six PVL teams—BaliPure, Banko Perlas, Choco Mucho, Creamline, Motolite, and Petro Gazz—agreed to the move of the PVL turning professional.[17]

A new separate league, to be called the V-League, will be formed to accommodate collegiate and amateur teams which could no longer participate in the PVL due to the league's professionalization.[19] Prior to its professionalization, the PVL hosted a collegiate conference.[20]

Return of the PVL (2021–present)

Prior to the start of the 2021 season, five PSL teams—Chery Tiggo, Cignal HD, F2 Logistics, PLDT, and Sta. Lucia—joined the PVL, which rendered the PVL a "unified" professional league, leaving the PSL with only three inactive member teams.[21][22]

In 2022, a plan to announce a rookie draft system to the PVL was revealed, which would have meant that teams will no longer be allowed to directly hire players like they did in the past.[23] PVL President Ricky Palou said in an interview on One News' The Big Story that he enumerated the propositions set to improve the league, including a draft system and guidelines on trading players in 2023.[24]

The PVL returns in 2021 with the organization of the 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference staged in a bubble set-up. The recurrence of an entire season began the following year. In October 2022, PVL announced the use of video challenge system for the first time in the return of the Reinforced Conference after three years.[25] Sports Vision relaunched its collegiate competitions as the V-League with twelve men's teams and eight women's teams.[26]

The 2023 season, saw the rebranding of the Open Conference as the All-Filipino Conference to better reflect the fact that only Filipino players could compete in said conference.[27] After the All-Filipino Conference, the league saw the addition of two new teams in Farm Fresh Foxies and Quezon City Gerflor Defenders, and the reappearance of Foton Tornadoes in the Filipino volleyball scene.[28][29] With the inclusion of three new teams comes with the skipping of Philippine Army Lady Troopers from joining the league due to military training to most of its players.[30]

Teams

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Further information: Premier Volleyball League teams
Premier Volleyball League Active Club Teams
Team Affiliation Coach Captain Year Joined 2023 Invitational
12px Akari Chargers Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation Brazil Jorge Edson Michele Cobb 2022
12px Chery Tiggo Crossovers United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Philippines Aaron Velez Mylene Paat 2021
12px Choco Mucho Flying Titans Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Dante Alinsunurin Isabel Beatriz De Leon 2019
UE's school colors Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Philippines Cesael Delos Santos Rachel Anne Daquis 2021
12px Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Sherwin Meneses Julia Melissa De Guzman 2017
12px F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Logistics Philippines Philippines Regine Diego Abigail Maraño 2022
12px Farm Fresh Foxies Farm Fresh Philippine International Incorporated Philippines Jerry Yee TBA 2023
Adamson's school colors Foton Tornadoes United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. TBA TBA 2023
12px Petro Gazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. Philippines Oliver Almadro Relea Ferina Saet 2018
Lyceum's school colors PLDT High Speed Hitters PLDT, Inc. Philippines Rald Ricafort Mika Aereen Reyes 2021
Arellano's school colors Quezon City Gerflor Defenders Gerflor Philippines / Quezon City Sports Management Services Philippines Edgar Barroga TBA 2023

Result summary

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Further information: Premier Volleyball League conference results

Women's division

Season Conference Gold medal with cup.svg Champions Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up Bronze medal with cup.svg Third place
2017 Reinforced women's school colors Pocari Sweat BaliPure club colors BaliPure 12px Creamline
Open BaliPure club colors BaliPure women's school colors Pocari Sweat 12px Creamline
Collegiate women's school colors National University women's school colors Far Eastern University women's school colors Arellano University
2018 Reinforced 12px Creamline PayMaya club colors PayMaya BanKo Perlas Spikers club colors BanKo Perlas
Collegiate women's school colors University of the Philippines women's school colors Far Eastern University women's school colors Adamson University
Open 12px Creamline women's school colors Ateneo – Motolite BanKo Perlas Spikers club colors BanKo Perlas
2019 Reinforced PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz 12px Creamline FEU's school colors Pacific Town-Army
Open 12px Creamline PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz BanKo Perlas Spikers club colors BanKo Perlas
Collegiate women's school colors Adamson University women's school colors University of Santo Tomas women's school colors Ateneo de Manila University
2020 tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Open Chery Tiggo club colors Chery Tiggo 12px Creamline PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz
2022 Open 12px Creamline PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz womens's school colors Cignal
Invitational 12px Creamline KingWhale Taipei club colors KingWhale Taipei womens's school colors Cignal
Reinforced 12px Petro Gazz UE's school colors Cignal 12px Creamline
2023 All-Filipino 12px Creamline PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz F2 club colors F2 Logistics
Invitational [to be determined]
Reinforced [to be determined]

Men's division

Season Conference Gold medal with cup.svg Champions Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up Bronze medal with cup.svg Third place
2017 Reinforced women's school colors Cignal women's school colors Philippine Air Force women's school colors Philippine Army
Open women's school colors Cignal women's school colors Megabuilders women's school colors Philippine Air Force
Collegiate women's school colors Ateneo De Manila University women's school colors Far Eastern University women's school colors University of Santo Tomas
2018 Reinforced women's school colors Philippine Air Force women's school colors Cignal Vice Co. Blockbusters club colors Vice Cosmetics
Collegiate women's school colors National University women's school colors University of Santo Tomas women's school colors Far Eastern University
2019 see Spikers' Turf

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For Shakey's V-League women's (2004–2016) results, see Shakey's V-League conference results.

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For Spikers' Turf results (2015–2016, 2018–present), see Spikers' Turf conference results.

Champions

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For complete list of champion teams and players, see List of Premier Volleyball League Champions.

Women's division

Corporate

Team Gold medal with cup.svg Champions Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up Bronze medal with cup.svg Third place Champion conferences
12px Creamline 6 2 3 2018 Reinforced, 2018 Open, 2019 Open, 2022 Open,
2022 Invitational, 2023 All-Filipino
PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz 2 3 1 2019 Reinforced, 2022 Reinforced
BaliPure club colors BaliPure 1 1 N/A 2017 Open
PCU's school colors Pocari Sweat — 2017 Reinforced
Chery Tiggo club colors Chery Tiggo — — 2021 Open

Collegiate

Team Gold medal with cup.svg Champions Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up Bronze medal with cup.svg Third place Champion conferences
Adamson's school colors AdU 1 — 1 2019 Collegiate
NU's school colors NU — — 2017 Collegiate
UP's school colors UP — — 2018 Collegiate

Men's division

Team Gold medal with cup.svg Champions Silver medal with cup.svg Runners-up Bronze medal with cup.svg Third place Champion conferences
UE's school colors Cignal 2 1 — 2017 Reinforced, 2017 Open
JRU's school colors Air Force 1 1 2018 Reinforced
NU's school colors NU — — 2018 Collegiate
Ateneo's school colors ADMU — — 2017 Collegiate

Awardees

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For complete list, see Premier Volleyball League award recipients.

Below is the table for the most awarded players in the league's history (2017–present):

Rank Name Current/Last Team Position Years Playing in PVL MVP Award Positional Award Total
From To
1 Julia Melissa Morado-De Guzman 12px Creamline S 2017 present 4 8 12
2 Alyssa Valdez 12px Creamline OH 2017 present 4 7 11
3 Diana Mae Carlos 12px Creamline OH/OP 2017 present 3 4 7
Myla Pablo 12px F2 Logistics OH 2017 present 3 4
5 Alyja Daphne Santiago Japan Ageo Medics MB 2017 2021 3 1 4
Jessica Margarett Galanza 12px Creamline OH 2017 present 1 3
Grethcel Soltones 12px Petro Gazz OH 2017 present 1 3
Jeanette Panaga 12px Creamline MB 2017 present – 4
9 Maria Lina Isabel Molde 12px Choco Mucho OH 2017 present 2 1 3
Risa Sato 12px Creamline MB 2017 present – 3
Katherine Adrielle Bersola BanKo Perlas Spikers club colors Perlas MB 2017 2019 – 3

Playing venues

Premier Volleyball League is located in Metro Manila
Paco Arena
Paco Arena
Filoil EcoOil Centre
Filoil EcoOil Centre
PhilSports Arena
PhilSports Arena
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Smart Araneta Coliseum
Mall of Asia Arena
Mall of Asia Arena
PVL game venues in Metro Manila.
Premier Volleyball League is located in Philippines
Ilocos Norte
Ilocos Norte
Cagayan
Cagayan
Pampanga
Pampanga
Bulacan
Bulacan
Rizal
Rizal
Cavite
Cavite
Laguna
Laguna
Iloilo
Iloilo
Negros Occidental
Negros Occidental
PVL venues outside of Metro Manila.

The Premier Volleyball League (as well as its predecessor) does not use a "home-and-away" format since most teams are managed by corporations. Games are presently held at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan, PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, and Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay. Aside from the regular venues, the PVL are holding games outside of Metro Manila, known as the "PVL on Tour" since its first season.

During the 2021 season, the league held its first season as a professional league at PCV Socio-Civic & Cultural Center in Bacarra, Ilocos Norte. This was held in an isolation zone (bubble) setup due to the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. And in the 2022 Open, the preliminary round games were held in Paco Arena in Manila in the same bubble format as the last conference. Starting from the playoffs of the said conference, the league officially started reaccepting live audiences to watch the games.

Venue Location Capacity Opened
Regular venues
Filoil EcoOil Centre San Juan City 5,000 2006
PhilSports Arena Pasig City 10,000 1985
Mall of Asia Arena Pasay City 20,000 2012
Smart Araneta Coliseum Quezon City 25,000 1960
PVL on Tour venues
Ynares Center Antipolo City, Rizal 12,000 2001
Tuguegarao City People's Gym Tuguegarao City, Cagayan
Batangas City Sports Coliseum Batangas City, Batangas
Iloilo Sports Complex Iloilo City, Iloilo 7,000
University of San Agustin Gymnasium Iloilo City, Iloilo 3,000
La Salle Coliseum Bacolod City, Negros Occidental 8,000
Sta. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex Santa Rosa City, Laguna 5,700 2017
Bren Z. Guiao Sports Complex San Fernando City, Pampanga 3,000
Malolos Sports and Convention Center Malolos City, Bulacan
Imus City Sports Complex Imus City, Cavite
Alonte Sports Arena Biñan City, Laguna 6,500 2013
Other venues
PCV Socio-Civic & Cultural Center Bacarra, Ilocos Norte
Paco Arena City of Manila 1,000

See also

References

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