Premier Volleyball League
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.
| Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference | |
PVL logo | |
| Formerly | Shakey's V-League |
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| Conference | 3 |
| Sport | Volleyball |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder |
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| Inaugural season | 2004 |
| Motto | The Heart of Volleyball |
| No. of teams | 9 |
| Country | Philippines |
| Venue(s) | |
| Continent | AVC (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Petro Gazz Angels (2022 Reinforced) |
| Most titles | Creamline Cool Smashers (5 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | |
| Streaming partner(s) |
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| Official website | pvl |
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, 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 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.
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 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]
Teams
Active club teams
| Club | Sponsor | Coach | Captain | 2023 All-Filipino |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akari Chargers | Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation | Jorge Edson | Michele Cobb | |
| Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers | Philippine Army and Corbridge Group Philippines | Randy Fallorina | Angela Nunag | |
| Chery Tiggo Crossovers | United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. | Aaron Velez | Mylene Paat | |
| Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Dante Alinsunurin | Isabel Beatriz de Leon | |
| Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Cesael Delos Santos | Rachel Anne Daquis | |
| Creamline Cool Smashers | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Sherwin Meneses | Julia Melissa De Guzman | |
| F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | F2 Logistics Philippines | Regine Diego | Abigail Maraño | |
| Petro Gazz Angels | PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. | Oliver Almadro | Relea Ferina Saet | |
| PLDT High Speed Hitters | PLDT, Inc. | Rald Ricafort | Mika Aereen Reyes |
Inactive club teams
| Club | Sponsor | Last Conference Competed |
|---|---|---|
| BaliPure Purest Water Defenders | Balibago Waterworks System, Inc. | 2022 Open |
| Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors | Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation | 2021 Open |
| Perlas Spikers | Beach Volleyball Republic and Cosmetique Asia Corporation | 2021 Open |
Result summary
Women's division
| Season | Conference | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Reinforced | Pocari Sweat | BaliPure | Creamline |
| Open | BaliPure | Pocari Sweat | Creamline | |
| Collegiate | National University | Far Eastern University | Arellano University | |
| 2018 | Reinforced | Creamline | PayMaya | BanKo Perlas |
| Collegiate | University of the Philippines | Far Eastern University | Adamson University | |
| Open | Creamline | Ateneo – Motolite | BanKo Perlas | |
| 2019 | Reinforced | Petro Gazz | Creamline | Pacific Town-Army |
| Open | Creamline | Petro Gazz | BanKo Perlas | |
| Collegiate | Adamson University | University of Santo Tomas | Ateneo de Manila University | |
| 2020 | tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| 2021 | Open | Chery Tiggo | Creamline | Petro Gazz |
| 2022 | Open | Creamline | Petro Gazz | Cignal |
| Invitational | Creamline | KingWhale Taipei | Cignal | |
| Reinforced | Petro Gazz | Cignal | Creamline | |
| 2023 | All-Filipino | [to be determined] | ||
| Invitational | [to be determined] | |||
| Reinforced | [to be determined] | |||
Men's division
Champions
Women's division
| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Champion conferences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creamline | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2018 Reinforced, 2018 Open, 2019 Open, 2022 Open, 2022 Invitational |
| Petro Gazz | 2 | 1 | 2019 Reinforced, 2022 Reinforced | |
| BaliPure | 1 | 1 | — | 2017 Open |
| Pocari Sweat | — | 2017 Reinforced | ||
| Adamson | — | — | 2019 Collegiate | |
| Chery Tiggo | — | — | 2021 Open | |
| 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
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 EcoOil Centre in San Juan and PhilSports Arena in Pasig.
During the semi-finals to championship rounds of Season 10, games were held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City 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.
| Venue | Location | Capacity | Opened | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filoil Flying V Centre | San Juan | 5,000 | 2006 | |
| Ninoy Aquino Stadium | Malate | 6,000 | 1953 | |
| Rizal Memorial Coliseum | Malate | 6,100 | 1934 | |
| Blue Eagle Gym | Quezon City | 7,500 | 1949 | |
| PhilSports Arena | Pasig | 10,000 | 1985 | |
| Ynares Center | Antipolo, Rizal | 12,000 | 2001 | |
| Mall of Asia Arena | Pasay | 20,000 | 2012 | |
| Smart Araneta Coliseum | Quezon City | 25,000 | 1960 |
See also
References
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- ^ "Premier Volleyball League to return in bubble in April". Yahoo! News. January 3, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Shakey's V-League Turning dormant sport to a sporting spectacle". The Philippine Star. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ a b Satumbaga-Villar, Kristel (November 12, 2020). "PVL to turn pro - Ricky Palou". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Mendoza, Al (June 10, 2013). "Secret behind success of Shakey's tourney". Manila Standard. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Navarro, June (October 2, 2014). "Army to defend Shakey's V-League championship with all-Filipino crew". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ^ a b c Escalorte, Mark (March 29, 2017). "Sports Vision, ABS-CBN ink new partnership for PVL". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ Villar, Joey (December 27, 2016). "Shakey's V-League to rename to 'Philippine V-League'". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
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- ^ Villar, Joey (December 28, 2016). "Shakey's V-League changes name to Philippine V-League". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ Vidal, Reuel (December 29, 2016). "Shakey's V-League renamed Philippine V-League". Manila Standard. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Volleyball: PVL is latest league to turn professional". ABS-CBN News. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ a b Li, Matthew (November 12, 2020). "PVL set to turn pro". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "F2 Logistics moves to PVL". ABS-CBN News. March 12, 2021. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
- ^ 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.
External links
- pvl.ph