Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference

The Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference (All-Filipino Conference) is the second conference of the Premier Volleyball League (29th conference of the former Shakey's V-League). The conference started on July 1, 2017^[1] at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan. The tournament will have four new teams; two in the women's division (Adamson Lady Falcons and UP Fighting Lady Maroons)^[2] and two in the men's division (Megabuilders and Gamboa Coffee).^[3]

Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference
League	Premier Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Number of teams	Women's: 8 Men's: 8
TV partner(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action
Season MVP	W: Myla Pablo M: Lorenzo Capate Jr.
Finals champions	W: BaliPure Purest Water Defenders M: Cignal HD Spikers
Runners-up	W: Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors M: Megabuilders Volley Bolts
Finals MVP	W: Grethcel Soltones M: Lorenzo Capate Jr.
Seasons
← 1, Reinforced 1, Collegiate →

Women's division

Participating Teams

Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference (Women's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
ADU	Adamson-Akari Lady Falcons	Adamson University		Airess Padda	Jessica Margarett Galanza (Adamson)
BLP	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.		Roger Gorayeb	Jasmine Nabor (NU)
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation		Anusorn "Tai" Bundit	Alyssa Valdez (Ateneo)
PAF	Hair Fairy Air Force Jet Spikers	Hair Fairy Dry Shampoo-PAF		Jasper Jimenez	Joy Gazelle Cases (Lyceum)
PER	BanKo Perlas Spikers	BPI Globe BanKo / BVR		Matinai Muhammad	Suzanne Roces (UE)
POC	Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors	Federated Distributors, Inc.		Rico De Guzman	Gyzelle Sy (FEU)
PSM	Power Smashers	Bristol		Ernesto Pamilar	Jovielyn Grace Prado (Arellano)
UPD	UP Fighting Lady Maroons	University of the Philippines		Jerry Yee	Diana Mae M. Carlos (UP)

Preliminary round

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points W L W L Ratio W L Ratio 1 Creamline Cool Smashers 7 0 20 21 7 3.000 669 593 1.128 2 Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors 5 2 14 16 10 1.600 596 564 1.057 3 Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers 5 2 13 16 11 1.455 588 598 0.983 4 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders 4 3 13 17 12 1.417 646 620 1.042 5 BanKo Perlas Spikers 3 4 9 14 16 0.875 683 658 1.038 6   UP Lady Maroons 2 5 6 10 18 0.556 614 631 0.973 7 Power Smashers 1 6 6 12 20 0.600 654 707 0.925 8   Adamson Lady Falcons 1 6 3 7 19 0.368 539 618 0.872   Qualified to the semifinals

Point system: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets 2 points = win match in 5 sets 1 point = lose match in 5 sets 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

• All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 01	16:00	CCS	3–1	ADU	25–17	18–25	25–15	25–22	–	93–79	P–2
Jul 01	18:30	PER	1–3	PAF	23–25	25–9	20–25	20–25	–	88–84	P–2
Jul 02	16:00	UPD	1–3	POC	25–21	20–25	18–25	21–25	–	84–96	P–2
Jul 02	18:30	PSM	2–3	BLP	15–25	25–22	25–20	19–25	6–15	90–107	P–2
Jul 05	16:00	POC	3–1	PER	25–21	22–25	25–19	28–26	–	100–91	P–2
Jul 05	18:30	BLP	1–3	CCS	19–25	30–28	19–25	29–31	–	97–109	P–2a
Jul 08	16:00	UPD	0–3	BLP	23–25	21–25	23–25	–	–	67–75	P–2
Jul 08	18:30	POC	3–2	PSM	25–19	25–21	23–25	20–25	15–11	108–101	P–2
Jul 09	16:00	PER	3–1	ADU	25–18	25–16	21–25	25–21	–	96–80	P–2
Jul 09	18:30	CCS	3–1	PAF	25–19	25–22	22–25	25–12	–	97–78	P–2
Jul 12	16:00	PAF	3–0	UPD	29–27	25–16	25–22	–	–	79–65	P–2
Jul 12	18:30	ADU	3–1	PSM	25–20	24–26	25–19	25–22	–	99–87	P–2
Jul 15	16:00	POC	1–3	CCS	15–25	25–17	19–25	19–25	–	78–92	P–2
Jul 15	18:30	PSM	3–2	PER	25–22	16–25	26–24	23–25	15–12	105–108	P–2
Jul 16	16:00	PAF	3–2	BLP	23–25	25–21	25–19	18–25	15–11	106–101	P–2
Jul 16	18:30	UPD	3–1	ADU	23–25	25–20	25–13	25–22	–	98–80	P–2 b
Jul 19	16:00	CCS	3–0	PSM	25–22	25–21	25–22	–	–	75–65	P–2
Jul 19	18:30	PER	3–1	UPD	30–28	21–25	25–21	25–18	–	101–92	P–2
Jul 22	16:00	BLP	2–3	PER	26–24	25–13	13–25	22–25	11–15	97–102	P–2
Jul 22	18:30	UPD	2–3	CCS	25–19	25–18	18–25	17–25	14–16	99–103	P–2
Jul 23	16:00	PAF	3–2	PSM	25–22	26–24	18–25	17–25	15–13	101–109	P–2
Jul 23	18:30	ADU	0–3	POC	23–25	14–25	19–25	–	–	56–75	P–2 c
Jul 26	16:00	BLP	3–1	ADU	25–18	25–23	19–25	25–20	–	94–86	P–2
Jul 26	18:30	POC	3–0	PAF	25–19	25–20	29–27	–	–	79–66	P–2
Jul 29	16:00	PSM	2–3	UPD	17–25	25–21	25–23	19–25	11–15	97–109	P–2
Jul 29	18:30	ADU	0–3	PAF	22–25	16–25	21–25	–	–	59–75	P–2
Jul 30	16:00	CCS	3–1	PER	21–25	25–22	26–24	28–26	–	100–97	P–2
Jul 30	18:30	BLP	3–0	POC	25–21	25–16	25–23	–	–	75–60	P–2 d

Final round

• All series are best-of-3

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	2	0
	4	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	2	3	3
									BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	3	3
									Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors	0	1
	2	Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors	0	3	3
	3	Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers	3	2	2			3rd place
									Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3
									Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers	0	1

Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 05	16:00	CCS	3–2	BLP	25–19	13–25	28–26	18–25	15–7	99–102	P–2
Aug 06	18:30	BLP	3–2	CCS	25–19	19–25	25–16	18–25	15–13	102–98	P–2
Aug 09	18:30	CCS	0–3	BLP	22–25	25–27	23–25	–	–	70–77	P–2

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 05	18:30	POC	0–3	PAF	20–25	19–25	21–25	–	–	60–75	P–2
Aug 06	16:00	PAF	2–3	POC	22–25	25–16	25–23	21–25	12–15	105–104	P–2
Aug 09	16:00	POC	3–2	PAF	16–25	20–25	25–23	25–19	15–10	101–102	P–2

Finals

3rd Place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 12	16:00	CCS	3–0	PAF	25–16	25–21	25–19	–	–	75–56	P–2
Aug 16	16:00	PAF	1–3	CCS	25–18	24–26	17–25	16–25	–	82–94	P–2

Championship

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 12	18:30	BLP	3–0	POC	25–22	25–19	25–22	–	–	75–63	P–2
Aug 16	18:30	POC	1–3	BLP	20–25	25–19	23–25	24–26	–	92–95	P–2

Open Conference Women's Division Champions
BaliPure Purest Water Defenders Jasmine Nabor (c), Grethcel Soltones, Abigail Noval, Lizlee Ann Gata-Pantone, Maria Angelica Cayuna, Aiko Sweet Urdas, Macy Mendiola, Risa Sato, Iris Oliveros, Jorelle Singh, Jerrili Malabanan, Alyssa Eroa Head Coach: Roger Gorayeb

Philips Gold–PVL Press Corps Player of the Week
Week	Player	Reference
July 8–15, 2017	Alyssa Valdez (Creamline)	^[4]
July 19–23, 2017	Kathy Bersola (Perlas)	^[5]
July 26–30, 2017	Jerrili Malabanan (BaliPure)	^[6]
August 2–6, 2017	Myla Pablo (Pocari)	^[7]

Men's division

Participating Teams

Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference (Men's Division)
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head Coach	Team Captain
CIG	Cignal HD Spikers (men's team)	Cignal TV, Inc.		Oliver Allan Almadro	Ysay Marasigan (Ateneo)
CLS	Cafe Lupe Sunrisers	Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurant		Rodrigo Palmero	Ralph Ocampo (Mapúa)
GCM	Gamboa Coffee Spikers	Universal Knowledge DermPharma, Inc.		Mario Mia	Sam Damian (Mapúa)
IEM	IEM Volley Masters	Instituto Estetico Manila		Renz Ordoñez	Eden Canlas (NCBA)
MEG	Megabuilders Volley Bolts	One Mega Builders Construction Corporation		Dante Alinsunurin	Francis Philipp Saura (NU)
PAF	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	Philippine Air Force		Rhovyl Verayo	Jessie Lopez (FEU)
PAR	Philippine Army Troopers	Philippine Army		Rico de Guzman	Benjaylo Labide (FEU)
STE	Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls	Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation		Arnold Laniog	Jan Berlin Paglinawan (NU)

Preliminary round

Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points W L W L Ratio W L Ratio 1 Cignal HD Spikers 6 1 18 18 4 4.500 536 441 1.215 2 Megabuilders Volley Bolts 6 1 18 20 5 4.000 593 504 1.177 3 Philippine Air Force Air Spikers 5 2 13 17 13 1.308 672 624 1.077 4 Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls   4 3 13 15 11 1.364 588 568 1.035 5 Philippine Army Troopers   4 3 11 15 13 1.154 618 607 1.018 6 IEM Volley Masters 2 5 8 10 15 0.667 534 551 0.969 7 Gamboa Coffee Spikers 1 6 3 3 19 0.158 409 546 0.749 8 Cafe Lupe Sunrisers 0 7 0 3 21 0.143 469 588 0.798   Qualified to the semifinals   Qualified to fourth-seed playoff

Point system: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets 2 points = win match in 5 sets 1 point = lose match in 5 sets 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

• All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 01	10:00	PAF	3–0	GCM	25–19	25–10	28–26	–	–	78–55	P–2
Jul 01	13:00	MEG	3–2	PAR	25–22	19–25	23–25	25–22	20–18	112–112	P–2
Jul 02	10:00	CIG	3–0	CLS	25–19	25–18	25–13	–	–	75–50	P–2
Jul 02	13:00	IEM	0–3	STE	16–25	20–25	21–25	–	–	57–75	P–2
Jul 05	10:00	CLS	0–3	MEG	17–25	20–25	13–25	–	–	50–75	P–2
Jul 05	13:00	STE	2–3	PAF	25–23	20–25	19–25	25–21	10–15	99–109	P–2
Jul 08	10:00	CIG	3–1	STE	25–22	21–25	25–23	25–20	–	96–90	P–2
Jul 08	13:00	CLS	0–3	IEM	18–25	25–27	19–25	–	–	62–77	P–2
Jul 09	10:00	MEG	3–0	GCM	25–23	25–11	25–16	–	–	75–50	P–2
Jul 09	13:00	PAF	2–3	PAR	20–25	25–23	25–17	22–25	14–16	106–106	P–2
Jul 12	10:00	PAR	0–3	CIG	20–25	19–25	17–25	–	–	56–75	P–2
Jul 12	13:00	GCM	0–3	IEM	22–25	17–25	13–25	–	–	52–75	P–2
Jul 15	10:00	CLS	1–3	PAF	26–24	18–25	15–25	20–25	–	79–99	P–2
Jul 15	13:00	IEM	0–3	MEG	14–25	20–25	19–25	–	–	53–75	P–2
Jul 16	10:00	PAR	1–3	STE	15–25	25–22	21–25	23–25	–	84–97	P–2
Jul 16	13:00	CIG	3–0	GCM	25–11	25–15	25–18	–	–	75–44	Report
Jul 19	10:00	PAF	3–2	IEM	13–25	23–25	25–20	25–22	16–14	102–106	Report
Jul 19	13:00	MEG	3–0	CIG	26–24	26–24	25–17	–	–	77–65	Report
Jul 22	10:00	STE	0–3	MEG	20–25	20–25	20–25	–	–	60–75	P–2
Jul 22	13:00	CIG	3–0	PAF	25–20	25–21	25–23	–	–	75–64	Report
Jul 23	10:00	PAR	3–2	IEM	25–23	24–26	25–21	21–25	15–11	110–106	Report
Jul 23	13:00	GCM	3–1	CLS	25–21	25–22	18–25	27–25	–	95–93	Report
Jul 26	10:00	STE	3–0	GCM	25–19	25–16	25–20	–	–	75–55	Report
Jul 26	13:00	CLS	0–3	PAR	16–25	20–25	17–25	–	–	53–75	Report
Jul 29	10:00	PAF	3–2	MEG	25–18	25–20	23–25	26–28	15–13	114–104	Report
Jul 29	13:00	GCM	0–3	PAR	21–25	18–25	19–25	–	–	58–75	Report
Jul 30	10:00	IEM	0–3	CIG	18–25	19–25	23–25	–	–	60–75	Report
Jul 30	13:00	STE	3–1	CLS	17–25	25–20	25–15	25–22	–	92–82	Report

Fourth-seed playoff

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 02	13:00	PAR	0–3	STE	17–25	19–25	27–29	–	–	63–79	Report

• Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls advances to the semifinals round.

Final round

• All series are best-of-3

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Cignal HD Spikers	3	3
	4	Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls	1	0
									Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	3
									Megabuilders Volley Bolts	1	3	1
	2	Megabuilders Volley Bolts	3	3
	3	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	2	0				3rd place
									Philippine Air Force Air Spikers	3	2	3
									Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls	1	3	0

Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 05	13:00	CIG	3–1	STE	25–16	25–16	20–25	25–18	–	95–75	P–2
Aug 06	10:00	STE	0–3	CIG	21–25	18–25	20–25	–	–	59–75	P–2

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 05	10:00	MEG	3–2	PAF	19–25	16–25	25–20	26–24	15–10	101–104	P–2
Aug 06	13:00	PAF	0–3	MEG	23–25	22–25	24–26	–	–	69–76	P–2

Finals

3rd Place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 09	10:00	PAF	3–1	STE	25–22	25–22	23–25	25–16	–	98–85	Report
Aug 12	10:00	STE	3–2	PAF	27–25	22–25	18–25	25–19	16–12	108–106	P–2
Aug 16	10:00	PAF	3–0	STE	25–22	25–20	25–23	–	–	75–65	Report

Championship

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Aug 09	13:00	CIG	3–1	MEG	25–23	21–25	25–19	25–17	–	96–84	Report
Aug 12	13:00	MEG	3–2	CIG	18–25	25–23	26–24	22–25	15–13	106–110	P–2
Aug 16	13:00	CIG	3–1	MEG	25–23	25–17	22–25	25–22	–	97–87	Report

Open Conference Men's Division Champions
Cignal HD Spikers Ysay Marasigan (c), Sandy Montero, Josh Villanueva, Ralph Diezmo, Bonjomar Castel, Edmar Bonono, Lorenzo Capate Jr., Rex Intal, Vince Mangulabnan, Mark Gil Alfafara, Peter Torres, Alexis Faytaren, Herschel Ramos Head Coach: Oliver Almadro

Awards

Award		Women's	Men's
MVP	Finals: Conference:	Grethcel Soltones (BaliPure) Myla Pablo (Pocari) ^[8]	Lorenzo Capate Jr. (Cignal) Lorenzo Capate Jr. (Cignal) ^[9]
Best Setter		Julia Melissa Morado (Creamline)	Vincent Raphael Mangulabnan (Cignal)
Best Outside Spiker	1st: 2nd:	Myla Pablo (Pocari) Grethcel Soltones (BaliPure)	Edwin Tolentino (Air Force) Isaah Arda (Sta. Elena)
Best Middle Blocker	1st: 2nd:	Jeanette Panaga (Pocari) Risa Sato (BaliPure)	Kim Malabunga (Megabuilders) Francis Philipp Saura (Megabuilders)
Best Opposite Spiker		Iari Yongco (Air Force)	Berlin Panglinawan (Sta. Elena)
Best Libero		Melissa Gohing (Pocari)	Sandy Domenick Montero (Cignal)

Final standings

Rank	Women's	Men's
	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Cignal HD Spikers
	Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors	Megabuilders Volley Bolts
	Creamline Cool Smashers	Philippine Air Force Air Spikers
4	Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers	Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls
5	BanKo Perlas Spikers	Philippine Army Troopers
6	UP Lady Maroons	IEM Volley Masters
7	Power Smashers	Gamboa Coffee Spikers
8	Adamson Lady Falcons	Cafe Lupe Sunrisers

References

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