The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference is the eleventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League (38th conference of the former Shakey's V-League) and its second conference as a professional league.
The conference is scheduled to run from March 16, 2022 to April 9, 2022 pending restrictions brought by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A pool play format will be adopted for the first time wherein teams will be divided into two pools as opposed to a round-robin format where all teams play against each other at least once.[1] All games are to be held at the Paco Arena in Manila.[2]
For the first time in the league history, the Open Conference have multiple pools in the preliminary round with the nine participating teams grouped in to two pools. All teams except the last finishing team in the pool of five will advance to the quarterfinals of the knockout stage.[4] The groupings were unveiled on February 18, 2022 with teams grouped through serpentine system using 2021 Open Conference final standings. F2 Logistics Cargo Movers was drawn to Pool A during their meeting as they did not compete in the last conference. [5]
If the tie continues as per the point ratio between two teams, the priority will be given to the team which won the last match between them. When the tie in points ratio is between three or more teams, a new classification of these teams in the terms of points 1, 2 and 3 will be made taking into consideration only the matches in which they were opposed to each other.
Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser
Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
Preliminary round[]
All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
Qualified for the Quarterfinals with twice to beat advantage