| 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference | |
|---|---|
| Duration | February 4 – March 30, 2023 |
| Teams | 9 |
| Matches | 46 |
| Attendance | 193,234 (4,201 per match) |
| TV partner(s) | One Sports One Sports+ |
| Results | |
| Champions | Creamline Cool Smashers |
| Runners-up | Petro Gazz Angels |
| Third place | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers |
| Fourth place | PLDT High Speed Hitters |
| Awards | |
| Conference MVP | Tots Carlos |
| Finals MVP | Jia De Guzman |
| BestOH | Tots Carlos Jessica Galanza |
| BestMB | Majoy Palma MJ Phillips |
| BestOPP | Michele Gumabao |
| Best Setter | Jia De Guzman |
| Best Libero | Kath Arado |
| PVL All-Filipino Conference chronology | |
| PVL conference chronology | |
The2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference[a][1] was the fourteenth conference of thePremier Volleyball League and its fifth conference as a professional league. The tournament began on February 4, 2023, at theSmart 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]
| 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbr. | Team | Affiliation | Head coach | Team captain | |
| AKA | Akari Chargers | Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation | Michelle Cobb | ||
| ABM | Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers | Philippine Army and Corbridge Group Philippines | Angela Nunag | ||
| CTC | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. | Mylene Paat | ||
| CMF | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Bea de Leon | ||
| CHD | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Rachel Daquis | ||
| CCS | Creamline Cool Smashers | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Jia Morado (interim) | ||
| FTL | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | F2 Logistics Philippines | Aby Maraño | ||
| PGA | Petro Gazz Angels | PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. | Chie Saet | ||
| HSH | PLDT High Speed Hitters | PLDT Inc. | Mika Reyes | ||
This conference eyes hosting games again outside of Metro Manila such as inLucena,Iloilo City, andCagayan de Oro, just like in previous seasons from2019 and prior. As of February 3, the league is set to arrange games in Iloilo City on March 14.[4]
| Preliminaries | ||
|---|---|---|
| Quezon City | San Juan City | Iloilo City |
| Araneta Coliseum | Filoil EcoOil Centre | University of San Agustin Gymnasium |
| Capacity:20,000 | Capacity:6,000 | Capacity:3,000 |
| Preliminaries, Semifinals | Semifinals, Finals | |
| Pasig City | Pasay City | |
| PhilSports Arena | SM Mall of Asia Arena | |
| Capacity:10,000 | Capacity:20,000 | |
The following players that played in the2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup and the2022 ASEAN Grand Prix are solely composed of the players fromCreamline Cool Smashers.[5]
| Team | Outside Hitters | Middle Blockers | Opposite Spikers | Setters | Liberos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creamline Cool Smashers | Fille Cainglet-Cayetano | Lorie Lyn Bernardo | Tots Carlos | Jia De Guzman | Kyla Atienza |
| Jema Galanza | Celine Domingo | Michele Gumabao | Kyle Negrito | Ella de Jesus | |
| Rosemarie Vargas | Jeanette Panaga | Rizza Jane Mandapat | — | — | |
| — | Risa Sato | — | |||
| Pau Soriano |
The following are the players who are newly added and/or transferred to another team for the upcoming conference.
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Replaced by | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers | Retired as Army personnel | [12] | ||
| Chery Tiggo Crossovers | Replaced | [13] | ||
| Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Reassigned | [14] | ||
| F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | Reassigned | [15] | ||
| Petro Gazz Angels | Resigned | [16] | ||
| PLDT High Speed Hitters | Replaced | [17][18] |
Originally, the semifinal format was singleround-robin tournament. However, the league reverts to its most used format — a crossover best-of-3 series between the 1st and 4th, and 2nd and 3rd ranked teams.
| 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 |
| Semifinals | Championship | |||||||||
| March 18–21 | ||||||||||
1 Creamline | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| March 26–30 | ||||||||||
4 F2 Logistics | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Creamline | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| March 18–23 | ||||||||||
| Petro Gazz | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
2 Petro Gazz | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
3 PLDT | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||||||
| March 26–28 | ||||||||||
| F2 Logistics | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| PLDT | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar | 16:00 | PSA | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 1–3 | Creamline Cool Smashers | 24–26 | 18–25 | 25–22 | 15–25 | 82–98 | P2 | |
| 21 Mar | 18:30 | MOA | Creamline Cool Smashers | 3–0 | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 25–22 | 25–23 | 25–16 | 75–61 | P2 |
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Mar | 18:30 | PSA | Petro Gazz Angels | 3–1 | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 22–25 | 25–19 | 25–21 | 25–18 | 97–83 | P2 | |
| 21 Mar | 16:00 | MOA | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 3–1 | Petro Gazz Angels | 14–25 | 25–23 | 25–14 | 25–15 | 89–77 | P2 | |
| 23 Mar | 17:00 | MOA | Petro Gazz Angels | 3–0 | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 25–17 | 25–23 | 25–15 | 75–55 | P2 |
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar | 16:00 | MOA | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 1–3 | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 25–20 | 22–25 | 18–25 | 17–25 | 82–95 | P2 | |
| 28 Mar | 16:00 | MOA | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 3–1 | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 23–25 | 25–23 | 25–23 | 25–15 | 98–86 | P2 |
| Date | Time | Venue | Score | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Mar | 18:00 | MOA | Creamline Cool Smashers | 1–3 | Petro Gazz Angels | 22–25 | 26–24 | 23–25 | 24–26 | 95–100 | P2 | |
| 28 Mar | 18:00 | MOA | Petro Gazz Angels | 2–3 | Creamline Cool Smashers | 25–18 | 16–25 | 18–25 | 25–23 | 6–15 | 90–106 | P2 |
| 30 Mar | 17:30 | MOA | Creamline Cool Smashers | 3–1 | Petro Gazz Angels | 20–25 | 25–20 | 25–18 | 25–15 | 95–78 | P2 |
| Award | Player | Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference Most Valuable Player | Tots Carlos | Creamline | [19][20] |
| Finals Most Valuable Player | Jia De Guzman | Creamline | |
| 1st Best Outside Spiker | Tots Carlos | Creamline | |
| 2nd Best Outside Spiker | Jema Galanza | Creamline | |
| 1st Best Middle Blocker | Remy Palma | Petro Gazz | |
| 2nd Best Middle Blocker | Mar-Jana Phillips | Petro Gazz | |
| Best Opposite Spiker | Michele Gumabao | Creamline | |
| Best Setter | Jia De Guzman | Creamline | |
| Best Libero | Kath Arado | PLDT |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|
| Creamline Cool Smashers Jia De Guzman(c) Head Coach:Sherwin Meneses | Petro Gazz Angels Relea Ferina Saet(c) Head Coach:Oliver Almadro | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Abigail Maraño (c) Head Coach:Regine Diego |
Statistics leaders correctat the end of thepreliminary round.
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