2022 Premier Volleyball League season

2022 Premier Volleyball League season
League	Premier Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	March 16 – December 6, 2022
TV partner(s)	Cignal TV One Sports
Conferences
Open champions	Creamline Cool Smashers
Open runners-up	Petro Gazz Angels
Invitational champions	Creamline Cool Smashers
Invitational runners-up	KingWhale Taipei
Reinforced champions	Petro Gazz Angels
Reinforced runners-up	Cignal HD Spikers
PVL seasons
← 4th, 2021 6th, 2023 →

The 2022 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the fifth season of the Premier Volleyball League that started on March 16, 2022, with the 2022 Open Conference. ^[1] This is the second year of PVL as a professional league that held a three conferences in one season after a lone conference last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[2]

Open conference

Main article: 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference

The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eleventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its second conference as a professional league.

The conference was held from March 16 to April 8, 2022, pending restrictions brought by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A pool play format will be adapted 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. ^[3] Preliminary round was held at the Paco Arena in Manila. ^[4] Quarterfinal round and Semifinals Game 1 & 3 was held at the San Juan Arena in San Juan. ^[5] The Semifinals Game 2 and Finals Game 1 was held at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay while Finals Game 2 was held at Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal. ^[6]

Participating teams

2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affliation	Head coach	Team captain
ABM	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	Philippine Army and Corbridge Group	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Royse Tubino
BLP	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.	Rommel Abella	Alina Joyce Bicar
CTC	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.	Aaron Vélez	Jasmine Nabor
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Oliver Almadro	Bea De Leon
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Cesael Delos Santos	Rachel Anne Daquis
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Alyssa Valdez
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Logistics Philippines	Benson Bocboc	Abigail Maraño
PGA	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Jerry Yee	Relea Ferina Saet
PLD	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	George Pascua	Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan

Venues

Preliminaries	Quarterfinals, Classification, Semifinals
City of Manila	San Juan City
Paco Arena	Filoil EcoOil Centre
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 6,000
Classification, Semifinals, Finals	Semifinals, Finals
Pasay City	Antipolo
SM Mall of Asia Arena	Ynares Center
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 7,400

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cignal HD Spikers	4	4	0	12	12	4	3.000	381	324	1.176	Quarterfinals with twice to beat advantage
2	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	4	3	1	8	10	6	1.667	353	339	1.041
3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	4	2	2	6	8	7	1.143	342	334	1.024	Quarterfinals
4	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	4	1	3	4	6	9	0.667	327	331	0.988
5	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	4	0	4	0	2	12	0.167	266	341	0.780	Classification round

Source: ^[7]

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3	0	8	9	2	4.500	261	207	1.261	Quarterfinals with twice to beat advantage
2	Petro Gazz Angels	3	2	1	7	8	5	1.600	294	278	1.058
3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	219	235	0.932	Quarterfinals
4	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	195	249	0.783

Source: ^[7]

Final round

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals							Championships
	March 28
	A1	Cignal HD Spikers	3
						April 1–4
	B4	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	0
						Cignal HD Spikers		3	2	1
	March 29
						Petro Gazz Angels		0	3	3
	B2	Petro Gazz Angels	3
													April 6–8
	A3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	1
													Petro Gazz Angels		1	1
	March 28
													Creamline Cool Smashers		3	3
	B1	Creamline Cool Smashers	3
						April 1–3
	A4	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	1
						Creamline Cool Smashers			3	3			3rd place match
	March 29
						Choco Mucho Flying Titans			1	1			April 6–8
	A2	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	3
													Cignal HD Spikers		1	3
	B3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	2
													Choco Mucho Flying Titans		3	1

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Petro Gazz Angels Cignal HD Spikers 4 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 5 PLDT High Speed Hitters 6 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 7 Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers 8 Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers 9 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders

Awards Award Player Team Ref Conference Most Valuable Player Diana Mae Carlos Creamline [8] Finals Most Valuable Player Alyssa Valdez Creamline 1st Best Outside Spiker Frances Xinia Molina Cignal 2nd Best Outside Spiker Grethcel Soltones Petro Gazz 1st Best Middle Blocker Roselyn Doria Cignal 2nd Best Middle Blocker Marivic Velaine Meneses Cignal Best Opposite Spiker Diana Mae Carlos Creamline Best Setter Maria Angelica Cayuna Cignal Best Libero Dawn Macandili F2 Logistics

Invitational conference

Main article: 2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference

The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the twelfth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its third conference as a professional league.

The tournament began on July 9, 2022. Originally slated for the July 2, the tournament was pushed back due to the requests of the club teams. ^[9]

This is the first (second for the former SVL ) conference of the league to commence an invitational conference. A total of eight teams will compete in this event, including one international team — KingWhale Taipei from Taiwan. The BaliPure Purest Water Defenders and F2 Logistics begged off from joining the conference. ^[10] A second guest team, Kobe Shinwa University, was supposed to join the semi-final round but backed out at the last minute. ^[10] Replacement guest Philippine National Team, composed mostly of NU Lady Bulldogs team members, also backed out. ^[11]

Participating teams

2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affliation	Head coach	Team captain
Local teams
ABM	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	Philippine Army and Corbridge Group	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Jovelyn Gonzaga
CTC	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.	Clarence Esteban	Maika Ortiz
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Oliver Almadro	Bea De Leon
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Cesael Delos Santos	Rachel Anne Daquis
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Alyssa Valdez
PGA	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Arnold Laniog	Relea Ferina Saet
PLD	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	George Pascua	Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan
Foreign guest team
KWT	KingWhale Taipei	Enterprise Volleyball League	Teng Yen-Min	Liao Yi-Jen

Venues

Preliminaries	Preliminaries, Semifinals
Santa Rosa City	San Juan City
Santa Rosa Sports Complex	Filoil EcoOil Centre
Capacity: 5,700	Capacity: 6,000
Semifinals	Preliminaries, Semifinals, Finals
Antipolo	Pasay City
Ynares Center	SM Mall of Asia Arena
Capacity: 7,400	Capacity: 15,000

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	6	5	1	15	16	5	3.200	514	439	1.171	Final round
2	PLDT High Speed Hitters	6	4	2	12	14	10	1.400	533	487	1.094
3	Cignal HD Spikers	6	4	2	11	14	10	1.400	531	520	1.021
4	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	6	3	3	9	11	11	1.000	483	504	0.958
5	Petro Gazz Angels	6	2	4	7	10	13	0.769	507	517	0.981
6	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	6	2	4	6	9	14	0.643	483	526	0.918
7	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	6	1	5	3	4	15	0.267	398	456	0.873

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Semifinals

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	KingWhale Taipei	4	4	0	10	12	5	2.400	381	351	1.085	Championship match
2	Creamline Cool Smashers	4	3	1	9	11	6	1.833	378	346	1.092
3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	4	2	2	8	10	7	1.429	375	365	1.027	3rd place match
4	Cignal HD Spikers	4	1	3	2	5	11	0.455	335	364	0.920
5	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	4	0	4	1	3	12	0.250	318	367	0.866

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Finals

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	14:30	MOA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	2–3	Cignal HD Spikers	25–17	25–20	25–27	22–25	5–15	102–104	P2

Championship match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Aug	17:30	MOA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	KingWhale Taipei	25–21	25–19	25–8			75–48	P2

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers KingWhale Taipei Cignal HD Spikers 4 PLDT High Speed Hitters 5 Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers 6 Petro Gazz Angels 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers

Awards Award Player Team Ref Conference Most Valuable Player Diana Mae Carlos Creamline [12] Finals Most Valuable Player Celine Elaiza Domingo Creamline 1st Best Outside Spiker Alyssa Valdez Creamline 2nd Best Outside Spiker Frances Xinia Molina Cignal 1st Best Middle Blocker Mika Reyes PLDT 2nd Best Middle Blocker Dell Palomata PLDT Best Opposite Spiker Diana Mae Carlos Creamline Best Setter Liao Yi-Jen KingWhale Taipei Best Libero Qiu Shi-Qing KingWhale Taipei

Reinforced conference

Main article: 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the thirteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its fourth conference as a professional league.

The tournament began on October 8 and finished on December 6, 2022. ^[13] This is the first reinforced conference in three years, since the last reinforced was commenced way back in 2019. And also the first conference to use a video challenge system. ^[14] It features nine local teams with one foreign guest player each. Among these nine teams are the returning F2 Logistics Cargo Movers and the debuting team — Akari Chargers. ^{[15] [16]}

Participating teams

2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affliation	Head coach	Foreign guest player	Team captain
AKA	Akari Chargers	Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation	Jorge Edson	Prisilla Rivera	Michelle Marie Monique Cobb
CTC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.	Clarence Esteban	Jelena Cvijović	Mylene Paat
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Edjet Mabbayad a	Odina Aliyeva	Isabel Beatriz De Leon
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Cesael Delos Santos	Tai Bierria	Rachel Anne Daquis
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Yeliz Başa	Alyssa Valdez
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Logistics Philippines	Benson Bocboc	Lindsay Stalzer	Lindsay Stalzer
PGA	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Rald Ricafort	Lindsey Vander Weide	Relea Ferina Saet
PLD	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	George Pascua	Elena Savkina-Samoilenko	Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan
UAA	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	Philippine Army and United Auctioneers Inc.	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Laura Condotta	Jovelyn Gonzaga

Venues

Preliminaries
Santa Rosa City	San Juan City	Pasay City
Santa Rosa Sports Complex	Filoil EcoOil Centre	SM Mall of Asia Arena
Capacity: 5,700	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 15,000
Preliminaries, Semifinals, Finals
Quezon City	Pasig City
Araneta Coliseum	PhilSports Arena
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,000

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	8	7	1	22	23	10	2.300	782	700	1.117	Semifinals
2	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	8	6	2	16	21	14	1.500	764	764	1.000
3	Petro Gazz Angels	8	5	3	15	18	12	1.500	703	617	1.139
4	Cignal HD Spikers	8	5	3	14	18	14	1.286	718	708	1.014
5	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	8	4	4	11	15	14	1.071	742	709	1.047
6	PLDT High Speed Hitters	8	3	5	10	15	18	0.833	742	715	1.038
7	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	8	3	5	9	14	18	0.778	717	723	0.992
8	Akari Chargers	8	3	5	9	13	18	0.722	637	710	0.897
9	United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers	8	0	8	2	5	24	0.208	545	692	0.788

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Semifinals

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	1	6	7	4	1.750	260	258	1.008	Championship series
2	Petro Gazz Angels	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	239	201	1.189
3	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	2	1	5	7	5	1.400	266	251	1.060	3rd place series
4	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	3	0	3	1	2	9	0.222	197	252	0.782

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Finals

3rd place

• Creamline wins series, 2–0.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Dec	14:30	SAC	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	25–22	22–25	25–5	25–19		97–71	P2
06 Dec	14:30	PSA	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	15–25	19–25	25–23	21–25		80–98	P2

Championship

• Petro Gazz wins series, 2–0.

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
01 Dec	17:30	SAC	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–21	27–25	37–35			89–81	P2
06 Dec	17:30	PSA	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	Petro Gazz Angels	17–25	25–22	12–25	22–25		76–97	P2

Final standings Rank Team Petro Gazz Angels Cignal HD Spikers Creamline Cool Smashers 4 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 5 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 6 PLDT High Speed Hitters 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 Akari Chargers 9 United Auctioneers Army Lady Troopers

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Mylene Paat Chery Tiggo [17] [18] Finals Most Valuable Player Lindsey Vander Weide Petro Gazz 1st Best Outside Spiker Alyssa Valdez Creamline 2nd Best Outside Spiker Myla Pablo Petro Gazz 1st Best Middle Blocker Mar-Jana Phillips Petro Gazz 2nd Best Middle Blocker Roselyn Doria Cignal Best Opposite Spiker Mylene Paat Chery Tiggo Best Setter Jia De Guzman Creamline Best Libero Ria Beatriz Duremdes Chery Tiggo Best Foreign Guest Player Lindsey Vander Weide Petro Gazz

Conference results

Conference	Champion	Runners-up	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
Open	Creamline	Petro Gazz	Cignal	Choco Mucho	PLDT	F2 Logistics	Army Black Mamba	Chery Tiggo	BaliPure
Invitational	Creamline	KingWhale	Cignal	PLDT	Army Black Mamba	Petro Gazz	Choco Mucho	Chery Tiggo	—
Reinforced	Petro Gazz	Cignal	Creamline	Chery Tiggo	F2 Logistics	PLDT	Choco Mucho	Akari	United Auctioneers Army

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Preceded by 2021	Premier Volleyball League 2022	Succeeded by 2023