Premier Volleyball League

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Premier Volleyball League
Most recent season or competition:
2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Premier Volleyball League Philippines logo.svg
SportVolleyball
Founded2004
FounderJun Bernardino
Inaugural season2004
MottoTara, game!
(lit. 'Let's go, game!')
No. of teams10
CountryPhilippines
Venue(s)Filoil Flying V Arena, Philsports Arena, Mall of Asia Arena
ContinentAVC (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)		Chery Tiggo club colors Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers
Most titlesCreamline Colors.svg Creamline Cool Smashers (3 titles)
TV partner(s)One Sports
Cignal TV[1][2]
Official websitepvl.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.

History[]

Shakey's V-League[]

Shakey's V-League logo

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, volleyball has been in a state of stagnation since 1990s with the highest level of volleyball being the women's tournament of the Metro Manila-based UAAP.[3]

The UST Golden Tigresses won the inaugural V-League championship in 2004 defeating the La Salle Lady Archers. But the De La Salle University have won the next three conferences of the said league defeating their arch-rivals, UST Tigresses in both conferences of Season 2 and SSC - R Lady Stags in Season 3, sweeping them 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.

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 on AKTV 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 now be aired on S+A Channel 23 following an agreement between Sports Vision, Shakey's and ABS-CBN Sports.

Premier Volleyball League[]

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 era[]

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]

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 rookie draft system will be introduced to the PVL, which means that teams will no longer be allowed to directly hire players like they did in the past.[23]

Teams[]

Club Sponsor Coach Captain 2021 Open
Chery Tiggo club colors Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Philippines Aaron Vélez Philippines Alyja Daphne Santiago 1st
Creamline Colors.svg Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Thailand Anusorn "Tai" Bundit Philippines Alyssa Valdez 2nd
PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. Philippines Arnold Laniog Philippines Relea Ferina Saet 3rd
Choco Mucho Club.jpg Choco Mucho Flying Titans Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Oliver Almadro Philippines Madeleine Madayag 4th
La Salle school colors Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Philippines Eddieson Orcullo Philippines Rubie De Leon 5th
CSB school colors Black Mamba Army Philippine Army and Corbridge Group Philippines Emilio Reyes Jr. Philippines Jovelyn Gonzaga 6th
short school colors PLDT High Speed Hitters Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Philippines George Pascua Philippines Rhea Dimaculangan 7th
BaliPure club colors BaliPure Purest Water Defenders Balibago Waterworks System, Inc. Philippines Rommel Abella Philippines Alina Joyce Bicar 8th
BanKo Perlas Spikers club colors Perlas Spikers Beach Volleyball Republic and Cosmetique Asia Corporation Philippines Reynaldo Diaz Jr. Philippines Nicole Tiamzon 9th
womens school colors Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Philippines Cesael Delos Santos Philippines Rachel Anne Daquis 10th
F2 club colors F2 Logistics Cargo Movers F2 Logistics Philippines Philippines Ramil de Jesús Philippines Abigail Maraño did not compete[24]
For PVL teams, see Premier Volleyball League teams.
For Shakey's V-League (2004-2016) teams, see Shakey's V-League teams.
For Spikers' Turf (2015-2016) teams, see List of Spikers' Turf teams.


Result summary[]

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 school colors Pocari Sweat BaliPure club colors BaliPure Creamline Colors.svg Creamline
Open BaliPure club colors BaliPure women school colors Pocari Sweat Creamline Colors.svg Creamline
Collegiate women school colors National University women school colors Far Eastern University women school colors Arellano University
2018 Reinforced Creamline Colors.svg Creamline PayMaya club colors PayMaya BanKo Perlas Spikers club colors BanKo Perlas
Collegiate women school colors University of the Philippines women school colors Far Eastern University women school colors Adamson University
Open Creamline Colors.svg Creamline women school colors Ateneo – Motolite BanKo Perlas Spikers club colors BanKo Perlas
2019 Reinforced PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz Creamline Colors.svg Creamline FEU school colors Pacific Town-Army
Open Creamline Colors.svg Creamline PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz BanKo Perlas Spikers club colors BanKo Perlas
Collegiate women school colors Adamson University women school colors University of Santo Tomas

women school colors Ateneo de Manila University

2020 tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Open Chery Tiggo club colors Chery Tiggo Creamline Colors.svg Creamline PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz
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 school colors Cignal women school colors Philippine Air Force women school colors Philippine Army
Open women school colors Cignal women school colors Megabuilders women school colors Philippine Air Force
Collegiate women school colors Ateneo De Manila University women school colors Far Eastern University women school colors University of Santo Tomas
2018 Reinforced women school colors Philippine Air Force women school colors Cignal Vice Co. Blockbusters club colors Vice Cosmetics
Collegiate women school colors National University women school colors University of Santo Tomas women school colors Far Eastern University
2019 see Spikers' Turf
For PVL results, see Premier Volleyball League Conference Results.
For Shakey's V-League women's (2004-2016) results, see Shakey's V-League conference results.
For Spikers' Turf results (2015-2016, 2018-present), see Spikers' Turf conference results.


Champions[]

Women'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
Creamline Colors.svg Creamline 3 2 2 2018 Reinforced, 2018 Open, 2019 Open
PetroGazz club colors Petro Gazz 1 1 1 2019 Reinforced
BaliPure club colors BaliPure 1 1 — 2017 Open
PCU school colors Pocari Sweat 1 1 — 2017 Reinforced
Adamson school colors Adamson 1 — — 2019 Collegiate
Chery Tiggo club colors Chery Tiggo 1 — — 2021 Open
NU school colors NU 1 — — 2017 Collegiate
UP school colors UP 1 — — 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 school colors Cignal 2 1 — 2017 Reinforced, 2017 Open
women school colors Air Force 1 1 1 2018 Reinforced
NU school colors NU — — 2018 Collegiate
Ateneo school colors Ateneo — — 2017 Collegiate
For complete list of women's champion teams and players (2004-present), see List of Premier Volleyball League Champions.

Awardees[]

For complete list, see Premier Volleyball League award recipients.
For Shakey's V-League award recipients (2004-2016), see List of Shakey's V-League award recipients.

Playing venues[]

The Premier Volleyball League does not use a "home-and-away" format since most teams are managed by corporations. Games are presently held at the Filoil Flying V Centre (formerly Filoil Flying V Arena).

During the semi-finals to championship rounds of Season 10, games were held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and at the iconic PhilSports Arena in Pasig to accommodate larger spectators' attendance. Other venues in the past included the Lyceum of the Philippines University gymnasium, the Blue Eagle Gym and the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

See also[]

References[]

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