Shakey's V-League

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Shakey's V-League
Shakey's V-League.png
Sport Volleyball
Founded2004
Founder Jun Bernardino
First season 2004
Ceased 2016
Replaced by Premier Volleyball League
Country Philippines
Venue(s) Filoil Flying V Arena Philsports Arena
Last
champion(s)		 Pocari Sweat
(2nd title)
Most titles UST Tigresses (6 titles)
Official website www.v-league.ph

The Shakey's V-League was a non-professional volleyball league in the Philippines that started in 2004. It began as a women's collegiate league with teams coming from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation (CESAFI), among others. Since 2011, corporate clubs and other non-collegiate teams have also participated in the league.

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A men's division was included in its 21st conference (2014). It served as the precursor of the Spikers' Turf, the following year. [1] [2] [3]

In December 2016, the league renamed itself and transitioned into the current professional league — Premier Volleyball League, parting its ways with its prime sponsor, Shakey's Pizza.

History

Early Years (2004-2011)

The league was established in 2004 by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. (Sports Vision) and sponsored Shakey's Pizza Philippines (International Family Foods, Inc.). Sports Vision was founded by a group led by former PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino and is currently headed by chairman Moying Martelino and president Ricky Palou.

The UST Tigresses won the inaugural V-League championship in 2004 defeating the La Salle Lady Archers. But the De La Salle University have won the following 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.

The 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 comeback 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 runners-up battle 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.

Inception of Corporate Teams (2011-2016)

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 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 its first Shakey's V-League championship. Season 8-Open Conference, Shakey's V-League will also air on GMA Life TV, GMA News TV, and GMA Pinoy TV for international viewers.

Season 9 was locally aired on AKTV on IBC13 and Hyper Cable channel.

Starting from its 10th Season, Shakey's V-League's new broadcasting partner is now GMA News TV channel 11. All of the matches are aired from 1 PM to 3 PM on weekdays, and 12:45 PM to 2:30 PM on 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 the 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 [4] 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.

Rebrand to PVL (2016)

In December 2016, it was announced that starting the 14th season in 2017, Shakey's V-League will be renamed as the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). The season will start with the Reinforced Conference instead of the Open Conference in March 2017. The Spikers' Turf, a men's league spin-offed from the league will be merged back into the PVL. Shakey's Pizza will remain as a presenter or major sponsor. [5]

Return of the V-League (2022)

Due to the Premier Volleyball League's transition into a professional league, Sports Vision revives the V-League competition which collegiate teams can participate in 2022. [6] [7]

Teams

Championship results

The UST Tigresses have the most number of championships (six), followed by the DLSU Lady Spikers & NU Lady Bulldogs (three). The Adamson Lady Falcons, Ateneo Lady Eagles, Philippine Army Lady Troopers , PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters, Cagayan Valley Lady Rising Suns and Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors have won two championships each. The San Sebastian Lady Stags, Vietsovpetro (VIE), Sandugo-San Sebastian, and FEU Lady Tamaraws each have one championship.

SeasonConferenceFinalThird place match
ChampionsScoreRunners-up3rd placeScore4th place
1
(2004–05)		1st
(Details)		 UST 3–1
3–1		 La Salle LPU 3–? San Sebastian
2
(2005–06)		1st
(Details)		 La Salle 3–2
3–?		 UST Letran 3–? PSC
2nd
(Details)		 La Salle 3–1
3–1		 UST San Sebastian 3–? Ateneo
3
(2006)		1st
(Details)
La Salle 		3–0
3–1		 San Sebastian Adamson 3–? LPU
4
(2007)		1st
(Details)		 UST 3–0
3–1		 San Sebastian LPU 3–0 La Salle
2nd
(Details)		 UST 2–3
3–0
3–2		 San Sebastian Ateneo 3–1
3–0		 Adamson
5
(2008)		1st
(Details)		 Adamson 3–1
3–0		 Ateneo San Sebastian 3–0
3–0		 LPU
2nd
(Details)		 San Sebastian 3–0
3–1		 UST La Salle 2–3
3–1
3–?		 Adamson
6
(2009)		1st
(Details)		 UST 0–3
3–0
3–0		 San Sebastian Adamson 3–1
3–0		 FEU
2nd
(Details)		 UST 3–1
3–1		 Adamson FEU 3–2
3–2		 San Sebastian
7
(2010)		1st
(Details)		 UST 3–1
2–3
3–1		 San Sebastian Ateneo 3–2
3–0		 LPU
2nd
(Details)		 Adamson 3–2
1–3
3–0		 San Sebastian {LPU 3–0
3–1		 FEU
8
(2011)		1st
(Details)		 Ateneo 3–1
3–2		 Adamson USLS 3–1
3–0		 NU
Open
(Details)		 Philippine Army 3–0
3–2		 San Sebastian Ateneo 3–2
3–2		 Philippine Navy
SEA Club Invitational
(Details)		 Vietsovpetro
(Vietnam)		3–2 Philippine Army Malaysia Club
(Malaysia)		3–0 Ateneo
9
(2012)		1st
(Details)		 Ateneo 1–3
3–1
3–2		 UST San Sebastian 3–2
3–1		 Perpetual
Open
(Details)		Sandugo San Sebastian 3–2
3–0		 Cagayan Valley–Perpetual Philippine Army 2–3
3–0
Army clinches 3rd by tiebreak		 Ateneo
10
(2013)		1st
(Details)		 NU 0–3
3–0
3–1		 Ateneo UST 2–3
3–1
3–1		 Adamson
Open
(Details)		 Cagayan Valley 3–2
3–2		 Smart-Maynilad Philippine Army 3–0
3–1		 Philippine Air Force
All Star
(Details)		Smart All Stars3–2Shakey's All Stars
11
(2014)		1st
(Details)		 FEU 3–0
3–0		 NU Adamson 3–1
3–0		 UST
Open
(Details)		 Philippine Army 3–0
3–0		 Cagayan Valley PLDT 1–3
3–0
PLDT clinches 3rd by tiebreak		 Philippine Air Force
Reinforced Open
(Details)		 Cagayan Valley (W)3–1
3–2		 Philippine Army PLDT 3–2
3–2		 MERALCO
IEM (M)2–3
3–2
3–2		 Systema FEU 3–1
0–3
3–2		 RTU
12
(2015)		Open
(Details)		 PLDT 1–3
3–1
3–2		 Philippine Army Cagayan Valley 3–0
3–1		 MERALCO
Collegiate
(Details)		 NU 0–3
3–0
3–0		 Ateneo FEU 3–1
3–0		 UST
Reinforced Open
(Details)		 PLDT 3–2
3–1		 Philippine Army UP 3–1
3–1		 Philippine Navy
13
(2016)		Open
(Details)		 Pocari Sweat 2-3
3-1
3-1		 Philippine Air Force Bali Pure 3–2
3–1		Laoag
Collegiate
(Details)		 NU 3-2
3-2		 Ateneo UP 2-3
3-1
UP clinches 3rd by tiebreak		 FEU
Reinforced Open
(Details)		 Pocari Sweat 3-0
3-1		 Bureau of Customs BaliPure 3-1
3-0		 UST
All Stars
(Details [8] )		Team Palaban3-1Team Puso
14
(2022)		view V-League (Philippines)

Awardees

Below is the table for the most awarded players in the league's history (2004–2016):

RankNamePositionYears playing in SVLMVP AwardPositional AwardTotal
FromTo
1 Flag of Thailand.svg Jaroensri Boalee (G)OH200720133811
Flag of the Philippines.svg Alyssa Valdez OH2011201656
3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo MB200820163710
4 Flag of the Philippines.svg Aiza Maizo-Pontillas OPP20072015549
Flag of the Philippines.svg Lizlee Ann Gata-Pantone L20072013-9
6 Flag of the Philippines.svg Jovelyn Gonzaga OPP20132015358
7 Flag of the Philippines.svg Jaja Santiago MB20142016257
8 Flag of the Philippines.svg Rachel Anne Daquis OH20102015336
Flag of the Philippines.svg Margarita PepitoL20062009-6
Flag of the Philippines.svg Rubie De LeonS2013201615

Playing venues

During its time, games are held at the Filoil Flying V Arena. During the semi-final to championship rounds of Season 10, games were held on the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and in the iconic Philsports Arena in Pasig to accommodate larger attendance.

Past venues included the Lyceum of the Philippines University gymnasium, the Blue Eagle Gym, and the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.

Broadcast partners

Local

The television rights to cover the volleyball games were transferred to S+A from GMA News TV. A contract was signed in 2016.

International

See also

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