Upcoming season or competition: 2024 Premier Volleyball League season | |
 PVL logo | |
| Formerly | Shakey's V-League |
|---|---|
| Conference | 3 |
| Sport | Volleyball |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder |
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| Inaugural season | 2004 |
| Director | Sherwin Malonzo |
| Motto | The Heart of Volleyball |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Venue(s) | |
| Continent | AVC (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Creamline (2023 2nd All-Filipino) |
| Most titles | Creamline (7 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | |
| Streaming partner(s) | |
| Official website | pvl |
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)
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 Buale]). 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.
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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 and further expansion (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
Result summary
Women's division
Men's division
Medal summary
Women's division
| Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creamline |
7 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| 2 |  Petro Gazz |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 |  BaliPure |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Pocari Sweat | |||||
| 4 |  Chery Tiggo |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Kurashiki | |||||
| 5 |  Cignal |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 |  Ateneo – Motolite |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Choco Mucho | |||||
 KingWhale | |||||
 PayMaya | |||||
| 7 |  BanKo Perlas |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 |  F2 Logistics |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Pacific Town-Army | |||||
| Total | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
Champions
Women's division
Corporate
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Champion conferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creamline |
7 | 3 | 3 | 2018 Reinforced, 2018 Open, 2019 Open, 2022 Open, 2022 Invitational, 2023 1st All-Filipino, 2023 2nd All-Filipino |
| Petro Gazz |
2 | 3 | 1 | 2019 Reinforced, 2022 Reinforced |
| BaliPure |
1 | 1 | — | 2017 Open |
| Pocari Sweat
|
— | 2017 Reinforced | ||
| Chery Tiggo
|
— | — | 2021 Open | |
| Kurashiki
|
— | — | 2023 Invitational |
Collegiate
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Champion conferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 AdU |
1 | — | 1 | 2019 Collegiate |
 NU |
— | — | 2017 Collegiate | |
 UP |
— | — | 2018 Collegiate |
Men's division
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Champion conferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cignal |
2 | 1 | — | 2017 Reinforced, 2017 Open |
 Air Force |
1 | 1 | 2018 Reinforced | |
| NU |
— | — | 2018 Collegiate | |
| Ateneo |
— | — | 2017 Collegiate | |
Awardees
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 | Alyssa Valdez | Creamline | OH | 2017 | present | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Jia Morado |  Denso | S | 2017 | present | 4 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Tots Carlos | Creamline | OH/OP | 2017 | present | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | Myla Pablo | Petro Gazz | OH | 2017 | present | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 5 | Jema Galanza | Creamline | OH | 2017 | present | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Jeanette Panaga | Creamline | MB | 2017 | present | – | 5 | ||
| 7 | Jaja Santiago | JT | MB | 2017 | 2021 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Grethcel Soltones |  Akari Chargers | OH | 2017 | present | 1 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Isa Molde | Choco Mucho | OH | 2017 | present | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Frances Molina | Cignal | OH | 2021 | present | 1 | 2 | ||
| Celine Domingo | Akari Chargers | MB | 2017 | present | 1 | 2 | ||
| Michele Gumabao | Creamline | OP | 2017 | present | – | 3 | ||
| Risa Sato | Creamline | MB | 2017 | present | – | 3 | ||
| Kathy Bersola | Perlas | MB | 2017 | 2019 | – | 3 | ||
| Riri Meneses | Cignal | MB | 2017 | present | – | 3 | ||
| Angelica Cayuna | Cignal | S | 2017 | present | – | 3 | ||
| Kath Arado |  PLDT | L | 2021 | present | – | 3 | ||
Notable records
Below is the table for the notable records of the league during its history (2017–present):
| Premier Volleyball League notable records | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | Holder | Conference | Figures |
| Match records | |||
| Most contested match | BanKo Perlas Spikers and Power Smashers | 2017 Reinforced | 29–31, 24–26, 25–19, 25–23, 21–19 |
| Most lopsided match | Creamline Cool Smashers and Adamson Lady Falcons | 2018 Open | 25–7, 25–11, 25–10 |
| Longest set | PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers and Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 2019 Open | 39-41 |
| Shortest set | BaliPure Purest Water Defenders and Creamline Cool Smashers | 2021 Open | 3-25 |
| Most attended match | Creamline Cool Smashers and Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 2023 2nd All-Filipino | 24,459 |
| Player records | |||
| Most points in a match (Overall) | Prisilla Rivera | 2022 Reinforced | 44 points (39 attacks, 1 block, 4 aces) |
| Most points in a match (Local) | Alyssa Valdez | 2017 Open | 37 points (34 attacks, 1 block, 2 aces) |
| Most spikes in a match | Lakia Jamiah Bright | 2018 Reinforced | 40 spikes |
| Most blocks in a match | Ria Meneses | 2021 Open | 10 blocks |
| Most aces in a match | Alyssa Valdez | 2018 Reinforced | 8 aces |
| Most excellent sets in a match | Jia Morado-De Guzman | 2017 Open | 71 excellent sets |
| Highest reception efficiency in a match | Kath Arado | 2023 1st All-Filipino | 100% (14/14) |
| Most excellent digs in a match | Dawn Macandili-Catindig | 2023 Invitational | 48 excellent digs |
Playing venues
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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 SM 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.
List
Regular venues
| Venue | Location | Capacity | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Filoil EcoOil Centre | San Juan (Metro Manila) | 5,000 | 2006 |
| PhilSports Arena | Pasig | 10,000 | 1985 |
| SM Mall of Asia Arena | Pasay | 20,000 | 2012 |
| Smart Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | 25,000 | 1960 |
Other venues
- PVL on Tour
| Venue | Location | Capacity | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ynares Center | Antipolo, Rizal | 12,000 | 2001 |
| Tuguegarao City People's Gym | Tuguegarao, 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, Negros Occidental | 8,000 | |
| Santa. Rosa Multi-Purpose Complex | Santa Rosa, Laguna | 5,700 | 2017 |
| Bren Z. Guiao Convention Center | San Fernando, Pampanga | 3,000 | |
| Malolos Sports and Convention Center | Malolos, Bulacan | ||
| Imus City Sports Complex | Imus, Cavite | ||
| Alonte Sports Arena | Biñan, Laguna | 6,500 | 2013 |
- Other venues
| Venue | Location | Capacity | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCV Socio-Civic & Cultural Center | Bacarra, Ilocos Norte | ||
| Paco Arena | Manila | 1,000 |
See also
References
- ↑ Isaga, JR (February 4, 2021). "PVL, Cignal TV agree to 3-year broadcast partnership deal". Rappler. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ↑ "Premier Volleyball League to return in bubble in April". Yahoo! News. January 3, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Shakey's V-League Turning dormant sport to a sporting spectacle". The Philippine Star. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
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- ↑ Navarro, June (October 2, 2014). "Army to defend Shakey's V-League championship with all-Filipino crew". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- 1 2 3 Escalorte, Mark (March 29, 2017). "Sports Vision, ABS-CBN ink new partnership for PVL". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
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- ↑ Mendoza, Al (June 10, 2013). "Secret behind success of Shakey's tourney". Manila Standard. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
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- ↑ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ Naredo, Camille (September 27, 2020). "PVL teams will be invited to PSL's beach volleyball tournament". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ Villar, Joey (June 10, 2020). "PVL to tentatively open in September with 9 teams". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ↑ Navarro, June (October 23, 2020). "PVL, PSL, MPBL to discuss professional label with teams, lawyers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
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- ↑ Reyes, Marc Anthony (July 10, 2020). "LVPI requests permission for volleyball players' training resumption". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ↑ Olivares, Rick (November 17, 2020). "V-League to make comeback". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ↑ Villar, Joey (November 13, 2020). "PVL to still welcome college players despite pro status". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ↑ Castillo, Musong R. (March 11, 2021). "Chery Tiggo's jump boosts PVL plan to give volleyball fans what they always wanted: Top stars playing against each other". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
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- ↑ Agcaoili, Lance (March 16, 2021). "Direct hiring to be banned next season as PVL starts to hold rookie draft". Sports Interactive Network (SPIN). Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ↑ Morales, Luisa (January 16, 2022). "PVL plans to introduce draft system, salary cap by 2023". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
- ↑ Isaga, JR (October 5, 2022). "PVL rolls out long-awaited challenge system for Reinforced Conference". RAPPLER. Retrieved November 24, 2022.
- ↑ "V-League relaunches with 12 men's, 8 women's varsity teams". Tiebreaker Times. October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ↑ Agcaoili, Lance (January 20, 2023). "Why the PVL Open is now called the All-Filipino Conference". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ↑ Agcaoili, Lance (May 24, 2023). "PVL welcomes two new teams with 'long term' commitment; Army skips Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ↑ Agcaoili, Lance (June 1, 2023). "Foton Tornadoes make their return, join PVL starting with Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer.
- ↑ Agcaoili, Lance (May 24, 2023). "PVL: Military training forces Army Lady Troopers to miss Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer.