2021 Premier Volleyball League season

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2021 Premier Volleyball League
League Premier Volleyball League
Sport Volleyball
DurationJuly 17 – August 13, 2021
TV partner(s)
Conferences
Open champions Chery Tiggo.png Chery Tiggo Crossovers
  Open runners-up Creamline Colors.svg Creamline Cool Smashers
PVL seasons

The 2021 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the fourth season of the Premier Volleyball League and the first season of the PVL as a professional league. No tournament was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 season was staged with precautionary measures.

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Changes

Professional status

The Games and Amusements Board in October 2020 issued a directive that it would consider players compensated for non-national team play would be considered as professionals, as well as that for all sporting events organized for profit as professional in nature. This has raised concerns over the status of semi-professional leagues such as the PVL and its rival league, the PSL. [1] The PVL in particular was concerned over financial aspects of running as a professional league. [2]

In November 2020, the PVL announced that the league would turn professional starting the 2021 season, [2] believing it has enough women players to make the move. The league was already considering to turn professional 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. [3] Prior to the league's professionalization, the PVL was considered as semi-professional and thus its affairs are not supervised or regulated by GAB [4] Six PVL teams - BaliPure, Banko Perlas, Choco Mucho, Creamline, Motolite and Petro Gazz - agreed with the move for PVL to turn professional. [3]

A new separate league called the V-League, in reference to the PVL's old name, will be formed to accommodate collegiate and amateur teams which could no longer take part in the PVL due to the league's professionalization. [5] Prior to the PVL's professionalization, it has hosted the collegiate conference. [6]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Premier Volleyball League had to secure permit from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) of the Philippine national government to host games. [7]

The Open conference, the only tournament of the 2021 season, was held under a "bubble" format with players and staff isolated at the playing venue. [7]

The PVL planned to organize at least two conferences, with the second being the Reinforced Conference which allows teams to field foreign players. [8] It was initially cancelled for the 2021 season by May 2021 due to logistical issues of bringing in foreign players due to pandemic-related travel restrictions as well as to accommodate the Philippine women's national team's preparation and participation in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games and the 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship [9] Both tournaments were later postponed to next year. The conduct of a second conference was again considered after the conclusion of the Open Conference. However such plans were again cancelled. [10]

Open conference

Participating teams

2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Abbr.TeamAffliationHead coachTeam captain
BLP BLPDefenders.png BaliPure Purest Water Defenders Balibago Waterworks System, Inc. Flag of the Philippines.svg Rommel Abella Alina Joyce Bicar
BMACSB colors.svg Black Mamba Army Lady Troopers Philippine Army and Corbridge Group Flag of the Philippines.svg Emilio Reyes Jr. Jovelyn Gonzaga
CHDUE colors.svg Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Flag of the Philippines.svg Cesael Delos Santos Rachel Anne Daquis
CTC Chery Tiggo.png Chery Tiggo Crossovers United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. Flag of the Philippines.svg Aaron Vélez Alyja Daphne Santiago
CMF Choco Mucho Club.jpg Choco Mucho Flying Titans Republic Biscuit Corporation Flag of the Philippines.svg Oliver Almadro Madeleine Madayag
CCS Creamline Colors.svg Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Flag of Thailand.svg Anusorn Bundit Alyssa Valdez
PRL PerlasSpikers.png Perlas Spikers Beach Volleyball Republic and Cosmetique Asia Corporation Flag of the Philippines.svg Reynaldo Diaz Jr. Jamenea Ferrer
PGA Petro gazz LOGO.png Petro Gazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. Flag of the Philippines.svg Arnold Laniog Relea Ferina Saet
PLDLyceum colors.svg PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Flag of the Philippines.svg Roger Gorayeb Rhea Dimaculangan
SLRLa Salle colors.svg Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation Flag of the Philippines.svg Eddieson OrculloRubie de Leon

Preliminary round

Ranking

PosTeam
PldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1 Creamline Colors.svg Creamline Cool Smashers 9812125112.2738376871.218 Semifinals
2 Chery Tiggo.png Chery Tiggo Crossovers 972232573.5717496081.232
3 Choco Mucho Club.jpg Choco Mucho Flying Titans 972222392.5567216751.068
4 Petro gazz LOGO.png Petro Gazz Angels 9631820111.8187366741.092
5La Salle colors.svg Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 9541417151.1337166631.080
6CSB colors.svg Black Mamba Army Lady Troopers 9451316190.8427707810.986
7Lyceum colors.svg PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters 936912180.6676146720.914
8 BLPDefenders.png BaliPure Purest Water Defenders 936811220.5006567810.840
9 PerlasSpikers.png Perlas Spikers 91847250.2806367710.825
10UE colors.svg Cignal HD Spikers 91836250.2406237460.835
Source: PhilSports.ph

Final round

Semifinals Finals
          
1 Creamline Colors.svg Creamline Cool Smashers 3 3 –
4 Petro gazz LOGO.png Petro Gazz Angels 2 0 –
  Creamline Colors.svg Creamline Cool Smashers 3 1 2
  Chery Tiggo.png Chery Tiggo Crossovers 2 3 3
2 Chery Tiggo.png Chery Tiggo Crossovers 0 3 3
3 Choco Mucho Club.jpg Choco Mucho Flying Titans 3 0 0 3rd place
  Petro gazz LOGO.png Petro Gazz Angels 3 3 –
  Choco Mucho Club.jpg Choco Mucho Flying Titans 1 0 –

Player of the week

Week endingPlayerTeamRef.
July 23Grazielle Bombita BLPDefenders.png BaliPure Purest Water Defenders [12]
July 30Jovielyn Grace PradoLa Salle colors.svg Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors [13]
August 7 Alyja Daphne Santiago Chery Tiggo.png Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers [14]

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