# 2023 Premier Volleyball League season

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the sixth season of the Premier Volleyball League. The season started on February 4, 2023 with the beginning of the 2023 First All-Filipino Conference and ended on December 16, 2023 with the conclusion of the 2023 Second All-Filipino Conference.

## First All-Filipino conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference was the fourteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its fifth conference as a professional league. The tournament began on February 4, 2023, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City.
Formerly known as the Open Conference, the conference was rebranded as the "All-Filipino Conference" to better reflect the fact that the tournament's participation is restricted to Filipino players, including Filipino-Foreigners.

### Participating teams

2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference :
| Abbr. | Team | Affiliation | Head coach | Team captain |
| AKA | Akari Chargers | Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation | Jorge Edson | Michelle Cobb |
| ABM | Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers | Philippine Army and Corbridge Group Philippines | Randy Fallorina | Angela Nunag |
| CTC | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. | Aaron Velez | Mylene Paat |
| CMF | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Dante Alinsunurin | Bea de Leon |
| CHD | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Shaq Delos Santos | Rachel Daquis |
| CCS | Creamline Cool Smashers | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Sherwin Meneses | Jia Morado (interim) |
| FTL | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | F2 Logistics Philippines | Regine Diego | Aby Maraño |
| PGA | Petro Gazz Angels | PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. | Oliver Almadro | Chie Saet |
| HSH | PLDT High Speed Hitters | PLDT Inc. | Rald Ricafort | Mika Reyes |

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Creamline Cool Smashers | 8 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 23 | 5 | 4.600 | 674 | 509 | 1.324 | Final round |
| 2 | Petro Gazz Angels | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 20 | 7 | 2.857 | 651 | 550 | 1.184 | Final round |
| 3 | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 8 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 10 | 2.000 | 697 | 613 | 1.137 | Final round |
| 4 | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1.500 | 646 | 653 | 0.989 | Final round |
| 5 | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1.154 | 633 | 595 | 1.064 | |
| 6 | Cignal HD Spikers | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 0.529 | 616 | 660 | 0.933 | |
| 7 | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 0.500 | 613 | 696 | 0.881 | |
| 8 | Akari Power Chargers | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 0.381 | 590 | 705 | 0.837 | |
| 9 | Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers | 8 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 0.208 | 532 | 708 | 0.751 | |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| March 18–21 | March 18–21 | March 18–21 | March 18–21 |
| 1Creamline | 1Creamline | 3 | 3 |
| 1Creamline | 1Creamline | 3 | 3 | March 26–30 | March 26–30 | March 26–30 | March 26–30 |
| 4F2 Logistics | 4F2 Logistics | 1 | 0 | March 26–30 | March 26–30 | March 26–30 | March 26–30 |
| 4F2 Logistics | 4F2 Logistics | 1 | 0 | Creamline | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| March 18–23 | March 18–23 | March 18–23 | March 18–23 | | | | Creamline | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| March 18–23 | March 18–23 | March 18–23 | March 18–23 | Petro Gazz | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2Petro Gazz | 3 | 1 | 3 | Petro Gazz | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3PLDT | 1 | 3 | 0 | | | | |
| 3PLDT | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | | | March 26–28 | March 26–28 | March 26–28 | March 26–28 |
| | | | | F2 Logistics | F2 Logistics | 3 | 3 |
| | | | | PLDT | PLDT | 1 | 1 |

## Invitational conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the fifteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its six conference as a professional league. The tournament was originally scheduled to start on June 6, 2023, however, it was moved to June 27, 2023, due to the Philippines women's national volleyball team competing at the 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup.
This conference introduced three debuting teams in the league — Farm Fresh Foxies and Quezon City Gerflor Defenders as newly formed teams, and the return of Foton Tornadoes in the Filipino volleyball scene after the original team was rebranded as Chery Tiggo Crossovers in 2020. Philippine Army Lady Troopers is skipping this conference due to military training to most of its players. Two foreign teams, Kurashiki Ablaze of Japan and Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh of Vietnam, also participated in the conference.
With these new additions alongside the two foreign guest teams, this is the first conference of the PVL that has more than ten participating corporate teams. Moreover, this is also the most contested conference of the league, by having thirteen teams — the most by any conference so far.

### Participating teams

2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference :
| Abbr. | Team | Affiliation | Head coach | Team captain |
| Local teams |||||
| AKA | Akari Chargers | Akari Lighting & Technology | Jorge Edson | Michelle Cobb |
| CTC | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | United Asia Automotive Group | Aaron Velez | Mylene Paat |
| CMF | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Dante Alinsunurin | Bea de Leon |
| CHD | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Shaq Delos Santos | Rachel Anne Daquis |
| CCS | Creamline Cool Smashers | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Sherwin Meneses | Alyssa Valdez |
| FTL | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | F2 Logistics Philippines | Regine Diego | Aby Maraño |
| FFF | Farm Fresh Foxies | Farm Fresh Philippine International | Jerry Yee | Cloanne Mondoñedo |
| FOT | Foton Tornadoes | United Asia Automotive Group | Brian Esquibel | Shaya Adorador |
| PGA | Petro Gazz Angels | PetroGazz Ventures Phils. | Oliver Almadro | Relea Ferina Saet |
| HSH | PLDT High Speed Hitters | PLDT Inc. | Rald Ricafort | Mika Reyes |
| GFD | Quezon City Gerflor Defenders | Gerflor Philippines / Quezon City Sports Management Services | Edgar Barroga | Justine Dorog |
| Foreign teams |||||
| KBB | Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh | Volleyball Vietnam League | Phạm Văn Long | Nguyễn Thị Kiều Oanh |
| KUR | Kurashiki Ablaze | Ablaze Co., Ltd. / V.League (Japan) | Hideo Suzuki | Ohshima Kyoka |

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Creamline Cool Smashers | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 12.000 | 325 | 252 | 1.290 | Final round |
| 2 | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1.800 | 213 | 190 | 1.121 | Final round |
| 3 | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 240 | 226 | 1.062 | Classification round |
| 4 | Akari Chargers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 | 352 | 388 | 0.907 | Classification round |
| 5 | Quezon City Gerflor Defenders | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 0.167 | 266 | 340 | 0.782 | Classification round |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Cignal HD Spikers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3.250 | 413 | 349 | 1.183 | Final round |
| 2 | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 2.333 | 462 | 432 | 1.069 | Final round |
| 3 | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1.375 | 416 | 367 | 1.134 | Classification round |
| 4 | Petro Gazz Angels | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 1.333 | 479 | 458 | 1.046 | Classification round |
| 5 | Foton Tornadoes | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 0.286 | 356 | 436 | 0.817 | Classification round |
| 6 | Farm Fresh Foxies | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 339 | 421 | 0.805 | |

### Classification round

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| 11th place match |||||||||||||
| Jul 20 | 09:00 | PSA | Quezon City Gerflor Defenders | 1–3 | Foton Tornadoes | 24–26 | 25–13 | 21–25 | 24–26 | | 94–90 | P2 |
| 9th place match |||||||||||||
| Jul 20 | 11:30 | PSA | Petro Gazz Angels | 3–2 | Akari Chargers | 25–19 | 25–18 | 20–25 | 20–25 | 15–7 | 105–94 | P2 |
| 7th place match |||||||||||||
| Jul 22 | 09:00 | PSA | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | 0–3 | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 20–25 | 24–26 | 15–25 | | | 59–76 | P2 |

### Final round
#### Semifinals

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Kurashiki Ablaze | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 5.000 | 439 | 351 | 1.251 | Championship match |
| 2 | Creamline Cool Smashers | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 1.857 | 447 | 416 | 1.075 | Championship match |
| 3 | Cignal HD Spikers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1.000 | 405 | 396 | 1.023 | 3rd place match |
| 4 | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 0.727 | 421 | 432 | 0.975 | 3rd place match |
| 5 | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 0.778 | 347 | 366 | 0.948 | |
| 6 | Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.133 | 323 | 421 | 0.767 | |

#### Finals
##### 3rd place match

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 30 | 16:00 | PSA | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 1–3 | Cignal HD Spikers | 22–25 | 25–23 | 20–25 | 18–25 | | 85–98 | P2 P–2 |

##### Championship

| Date | Time | Venue | | Score | | Set 1 | Set 2 | Set 3 | Set 4 | Set 5 | Total | Report |
| Jul 30 | 18:30 | PSA | Kurashiki Ablaze | 3–2 | Creamline Cool Smashers | 19–25 | 25–23 | 25–19 | 20–25 | 15–13 | 104–105 | P2 P–2 |

## Second All-Filipino conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference was the sixteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League. The tournament began on October 15, 2023. This tournament was set to be the second post-pandemic import-laden conference known as the 2023 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference, with the Angels set to defend their crown, but was made into a second All-Filipino Conference as a consequence of sanctions from the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.
The conference not only marked the arrival of two debuting teams – Nxled Chameleons, the sister team of Akari Chargers, and Galeries Tower Highrisers, but it also marked the return of using a cross-over format for the semifinals which was last implemented on the same conference earlier this year which is the 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference. Meanwhile the Foton Tornadoes withdrew from the PVL. This is the first conference of the league catering to the most local club teams with twelve.

### Due to PNVF sanctions

The tournament was originally planned to be organized as the Reinforced Conference and was meant to feature teams reinforced by an import or a foreign player. However, the Philippine National Volleyball Federation penalized the PVL for violating Article 6.1.1.b of the FIVB Regulations 2022 which states that the national team period should be prioritized by professional leagues. However, the league proceeded with the opening of the Invitational Conference on June 27.
The FIVB has allowed the PVL to organize a third conference but the PNVF will not be able to issue international transfer certificates which would allow clubs to sign in foreign players for the tournament.

### Timeout

The timeout regulations was changed starting from this conference in a bid to minimize match duration. A technical timeout lasting from one to two minutes will come to effect when one team reaches 13 points. Teams will have one regular timeout and another 30-second timeout for each set.

### Participating teams

2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference :
| Abbr. | Team | Affiliation | Head coach | Team captain |
| AKA | Akari Chargers | Akari Lighting & Technology | Jorge Edson | Michelle Cobb |
| CTC | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | United Asia Automotive Group | Aaron Velez | EJ Laure |
| CMF | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Dante Alinsunurin | Bea de Leon |
| CHD | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Shaq Delos Santos | Frances Molina |
| CCS | Creamline Cool Smashers | Republic Biscuit Corporation | Sherwin Meneses | Alyssa Valdez |
| FFF | Farm Fresh Foxies | Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics | Jerry Yee | Louie Romero |
| FTL | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | F2 Logistics Philippines | Regine Diego | Aby Maraño |
| GTH | Galeries Tower Highrisers | Grand Taipan Land Development | Lerma Giron | Fenela Emnas |
| NXL | Nxled Chameleons | Akari Lighting & Technology | Takayuki Minowa | Danielle Ravena |
| PGA | PetroGazz Angels | PetroGazz Ventures Phils. | Timmy Santo Tomas | Chie Saet |
| HSH | PLDT High Speed Hitters | PLDT Inc. | Rald Ricafort | Mika Reyes |
| GFD | Quezon City Gerflor Defenders | Gerflor Philippines / Quezon City Sports Management Services | Sammy Acaylar | Pia Sarmiento |

### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
| 1 | Creamline Cool Smashers | 11 | 11 | 0 | 32 | 33 | 7 | 4.714 | 977 | 786 | 1.243 | Final round |
| 2 | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 11 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 31 | 7 | 4.429 | 899 | 724 | 1.242 | Final round |
| 3 | Cignal HD Spikers | 11 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 1.733 | 947 | 842 | 1.125 | Final round |
| 4 | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | 11 | 8 | 3 | 22 | 26 | 16 | 1.625 | 851 | 809 | 1.052 | Final round |
| 5 | PLDT High Speed Hitters | 11 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 25 | 15 | 1.667 | 914 | 901 | 1.014 | |
| 6 | Petro Gazz Angels | 11 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 17 | 1.471 | 941 | 900 | 1.046 | |
| 7 | Akari Chargers | 11 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 0.864 | 912 | 922 | 0.989 | |
| 8 | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 11 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 18 | 23 | 0.783 | 790 | 780 | 1.013 | |
| 9 | Nxled Chameleons | 11 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 0.609 | 786 | 851 | 0.924 | |
| 10 | Farm Fresh Foxies | 11 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 0.464 | 878 | 933 | 0.941 | |
| 11 | Galeries Tower Highrisers | 11 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 0.188 | 704 | 925 | 0.761 | |
| 12 | Quezon City Gerflor Defenders | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 0.061 | 531 | 857 | 0.620 | |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Championship | Championship | Championship | Championship |
| December 7–9 | December 7–9 | December 7–9 | December 7–9 |
| 1Creamline | 1Creamline | 3 | 3 |
| 1Creamline | 1Creamline | 3 | 3 | December 14–16 | December 14–16 | December 14–16 | December 14–16 |
| 4Chery Tiggo | 4Chery Tiggo | 0 | 0 | December 14–16 | December 14–16 | December 14–16 | December 14–16 |
| 4Chery Tiggo | 4Chery Tiggo | 0 | 0 | Creamline | Creamline | 3 | 3 |
| December 7–12 | December 7–12 | December 7–12 | December 7–12 | | | | Creamline | Creamline | 3 | 3 |
| December 7–12 | December 7–12 | December 7–12 | December 7–12 | Choco Mucho | Choco Mucho | 1 | 2 |
| 2Choco Mucho | 2 | 3 | 3 | Choco Mucho | Choco Mucho | 1 | 2 |
| 3Cignal | 3 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| 3Cignal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| | | | | December 14–16 | December 14–16 | December 14–16 | December 14–16 |
| | | | | Chery Tiggo | Chery Tiggo | 1 | 1 |
| | | | | Cignal | Cignal | 3 | 3 |

## Conference results

| Conference | Champion | Runner-up | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th |
| First All-Filipino | Creamline | Petro Gazz | F2 Logistics | PLDT | Chery Tiggo | Cignal | Choco Mucho | Akari | Army Black Mamba | — | — | — | — |
| Invitational | Kurashiki | Creamline | Cignal | F2 Logistics | PLDT | Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh | Choco Mucho | Chery Tiggo | Petro Gazz | Akari | Foton | Gerflor | Farm Fresh |
| Second All-Filipino | Creamline | Choco Mucho | Cignal | Chery Tiggo | PLDT | Petro Gazz | Akari | F2 Logistics | Nxled | Farm Fresh | Galeries Tower | Gerflor | — |