Premier Volleyball League

Women's volleyball league in the Philippines

"Philippine V-League" redirects here. For the current collegiate league, see V-League (Philippines). For the former league, see Shakey's V-League.

Not to be confused with Prime Volleyball League.

Premier Volleyball LeagueCurrent season, competition or edition:
2025 Premier Volleyball League on Tour

Official logo

Formerly| Shakey's V-League
Sport| Volleyball
Founded| 2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Founder|

* Jun Bernardino
* Moying Martelino
* Ricky Palou

First season| 2017
Director| Sherwin Malonzo
Motto|

* The Heart of Volleyball

No. of teams| 12
Country| Philippines
Venue(s)|

* Filoil EcoOil Centre
* Philsports Arena
* SM Mall of Asia Arena
* Smart Araneta Coliseum

Continent| AVC (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)| Petro Gazz
(2024–25 All-Filipino)
Most titles| Creamline
(10 titles)
Broadcaster(s)|

* One Sports
* One Sports+

Streaming partner(s)|

* Cignal Play
* Smart
* Pilipinas Live

International cup(s)| AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League
Official website| pvl.ph

The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is the top-level professional women's volleyball league in the Philippines organized by the Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The PVL was established in 2004 as the inter-collegiate Shakey's V-League (SVL) until it rebranded to the current entity in 2017. Prior to becoming a full-fledged professional league in 2021, the PVL was open to participation of corporate owned semi-professional clubs and non-collegiate teams backed by local governments.

The PVL previously operated men's and collegiate divisions before they were spun-off into Spikers' Turf and the V-League, respectively, both are also operated by Sports Vision.

The Creamline Cool Smashers are the most successful team with ten titles, which included the league's only Grand Slam in the 2024 season.

## History

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### 2004–2016: Shakey's V-League

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Main article: Shakey's V-League

The Premier Volleyball League was established in 2004 as the Shakey's V-League. The league was founded by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc., a group led by former Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Jun Bernardino, Ricky Palou, Moying Martelino and Rhea Navarro, with Shakey's Pizza serving as the title sponsor throughout the lifetime of the SVL.[1] Initially an inter-collegiate women's league, it expanded to include corporate teams beginning in 2011.[2]

### 2017–2020: Premier Volleyball League, professional status and hiatus

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The Shakey's V-League changed its name to the Premier Volleyball League (PVL) starting the 2017 season.[3] The Spikers' Turf, which was spun-off from the league in 2015, was merged back to the PVL and was rebranded as the PVL's men's division.[3] The renaming was part of a bid to secure more sponsorship for the league.[4] There was a plan to rename the league to the Philippine Volleyball League instead[5][6] but this was abandoned due to another entity already owning the name.[3] The order of its conference was also changed with the league beginning with the import-laden Reinforced Conference and the Open Conference being held close to the start of the UAAP and NCAA tournaments which is usually held near the year's end. Prior to this, the Open Conference was traditionally held earlier.[7]

The PVL men's division ended with the 2018 PVL Collegiate Conference as its final tournament. The men's division reverted to the Spikers' Turf. The first tournament since the revert was the Open Conference in October 2018.[8]

The 2020 season was indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9] and there were plans to start the season with the Open Conference instead of the Reinforced Conference in September 2020 due to logistics issue of flying in imports for the latter.[10]

In October 2020, the Philippines' Games and Amusements Board (GAB) issued a directive that players compensated for non-national team play would be considered as professionals, as well as all sporting events organized for profit. This has raised concerns regarding the status of leagues such as the PVL and its rival league, the Philippine Super Liga (PSL).[11] The PVL in particular was concerned over the financial aspects of operating as a professional league.[12]

In November 2020, the PVL announced that the league would turn professional starting with the 2021 season,[12] believing it has enough women players to make the move. The league was already considering move for some time 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 eventually.[13] Prior to the league's professionalization, the PVL was considered as semi-professional and thus, its affairs were not supervised or regulated by the GAB.[14] Six PVL teams—BaliPure, Banko Perlas, Choco Mucho, Creamline, Motolite, and Petro Gazz—agreed to the move of the PVL turning professional.[13]

A new separate league called the V-League, was formed to accommodate collegiate and amateur teams which could no longer participate in the PVL due to the league's professionalization.[15] Prior to its professionalization, the PVL hosted a collegiate conference.[16]

### 2021–2024: Return of the league and further expansion

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Prior to the start of the 2021 season, five PSL teams—Chery Tiggo, Cignal HD, F2 Logistics, PLDT, and Sta. Lucia—joined the PVL, which rendered the PVL a "unified" professional league, leaving the PSL with only three inactive member teams.[17][18]

The PVL returned in 2021 with the 2021 Open Conference, which was staged in a bubble set-up. The recurrence of an entire season began the following year. In October 2022, PVL announced the use of video challenge system for the first time in the return of the Reinforced Conference after three years.[19]

The 2023 season saw the rebranding of the Open Conference as the All-Filipino Conference to better reflect that only Filipino players could compete in said conference.[20] After the All-Filipino Conference, the league saw the addition of two new teams in Farm Fresh Foxies and Quezon City Gerflor Defenders, and the reappearance of Foton Tornadoes in the Filipino volleyball scene.[21][22] The three teams pledged to participate in the league for at least the next three years.[23] With the inclusion of three new teams comes with the skipping of Philippine Army Lady Troopers from joining the league due to military training to most of its players.[24] Foton withdrew shortly after their participation in Invitational Conference because some of its players didn't get a contract renewal and they returned to the franchise's main team, the Chery Tiggo.[25] F2 Logistics and Gerflor Defenders were disbanded after the 2023 season.[26][27]

During the 2024 season, two new established teams joined the All-Filipino Conference namely Strong Group Athletics (now called as Zus Coffee Thunderbelles), who took over the Gerflor Defenders franchise, and Capital1 Solar Spikers.[28][29] This 2024 season also saw the commencement of the league's inaugural rookie draft which aimed to enhance the league’s competitive balance of all the teams.[30]

### 2024–present: Integration with PNVF and international volleyball

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The PVL was recognized by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation as the Philippines' first and only professional volleyball league in November 2024, ahead of the start of the 2024–25 season.[31] Along with the recognition, the league has committed the participation of the league champions as the Philippine representative team to the newly-rebranded AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League (formerly called Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship), starting in the 2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference.[32]

## Teams

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See also: List of former Premier Volleyball League teams

There are 12 teams in the Premier Volleyball League. Some sides are "sister teams" to each other and are affiliated/sponsored by a shared entity.

Premier Volleyball League teams

Abbr.  | Team  | Company  | Head coach  | Team captain  | Year founded  | Year joined
AKA | Akari Chargers | Akari Lighting & Technology[a] |  Tina Salak |  Justine Jazareno  | 2022
CAP | Capital1 Solar Spikers | CapitalOne Energy Corp.  |  Jorge de Brito |  Roma Mae Doromal  | 2024
CTC | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | United Asia Automotive Group  |  Norman Miguel  |  Aby Maraño | 2014 | 2021
CMF | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Rebisco Group of Companies[b] |  Dante Alinsunurin |  Desiree Cheng | 2019
CHD | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc.[c] |  Shaq Delos Santos |  Dawn Macandili-Catindig | 2013 | 2021
CCS | Creamline Cool Smashers | Rebisco Group of Companies[b] |  Sherwin Meneses |  Alyssa Valdez | 2017
FFF | Farm Fresh Foxies | Farm Fresh Philippine International[d] |  Alessandro Lodi  |  Louie Romero | 2023
GTH | Galeries Tower Highrisers | Grand Taipan Land Development  |  Lerma Giron  |  Roselle Baliton  | 2023
NXL | Nxled Chameleons | Akari Lighting & Technology[a] |  Ettore Guidetti |  Chiara Permentilla | 2023
PGA | Petro Gazz Angels | PetroGazz Ventures Phils.  |  Koji Tsuzurabara  |  Remy Palma | 2018
HSH | PLDT High Speed Hitters | PLDT, Inc.[c] |  Rald Ricafort  |  Kath Arado | 2013 | 2021
ZUS | Zus Coffee Thunderbelles | Zus Coffee[d] |  Jerry Yee |  Cloanne Mondoñedo  | 2024

### Team rivalries

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Among the league's most notable rivalries include Creamline–Petro Gazz, a rivalry between the league's two most successful teams.[34] Another popular rivalry is Choco Mucho–Creamline, a sister team clash that has seen large crowds, including a record attendance of 24,459 in a game in 2023.[35][36] One of the league's earliest rivalries was BaliPure–Pocari Sweat after it was contested in the first two championship series. The rivalry didn't last long as Pocari departed the league in 2018 while BaliPure would continue competing until 2022.[37]

## League format

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### Season format

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See also: List of Premier Volleyball League seasons

Unlike other foreign professional volleyball leagues that have a single regular season spanning from October to May, the Premier Volleyball League seasons are divided into two to three "conferences" or tournaments, emulating the Philippine Basketball Association, and the now-defunct rival Philippine Super Liga with each tournament winner being counted as overall league champions.

Since 2022, a traditional PVL season is composed of three conferences – the All-Filipino Conference, Reinforced Conference, and Invitational Conference. Each conference differs on which players are allowed to compete or, in the case of the Invitational Conference, if guest teams are invited. A conference is divided into two phases – the preliminary round and final round, the latter serving as the conference's playoffs.

From 2017 to 2019, the league previously held a Collegiate Conference, but upon the PVL's professionalization in 2021, the Collegiate Conference was transferred to the revived V-League. The Invitational Conference then took its place from 2022 onwards.

An exception to the traditional season structure was with the 2023 season, which featured a second All-Filipino Conference to replace the Reinforced Conference due to sanctions imposed by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) for violating FIVB regulations.[38] This sanction temporarily barred teams from getting foreign players as the federation was forbidden from issuing international transfer certificates. In 2025, the league introduced a one-off PVL on Tour preseason tournament to accommodate the Philippines' hosting of the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.[39]

#### Active tournaments

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* The All-Filipino Conference (formerly Open Conference) is a conference where only professional players with Filipino citizenship can compete. It was originally catered to a hybrid of corporate-backed amateurs and collegiate squads when the league had not yet garnered its professional status. This conference has been held nine times as of the 2024–25 season.
* The Reinforced Conference is an import-laden conference where teams can hire foreign reinforcement(s). This conference has been held five times as of the 2024 season.
* The Invitational Conference is a conference where international club teams are invited to play in a short tournament against the local teams. This conference has been held three times as of the 2024 season.

#### Defunct tournaments

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* The Collegiate Conference (2017–2019) was a preseason tournament for college and university teams in preparation for the respective regular seasons of their mother leagues. This conference was held three times during its lifetime.

#### Other tournaments

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* The PVL on Tour, which is normally integrated into the regular schedule, was expanded into a one-off preseason tournament in 2025.

### Player eligibility

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See also: Premier Volleyball League draft

During its semi-professional era from 2017 to 2019, the league is open to players, whether they are simultaneously playing in their respective school leagues or not. One notable team is the 2018 Reinforced lineup of the Balipure-NU Water Defenders, where the core of the squad is composed of high school athletes from the NU Nazareth School. Local-based (LGU) teams were also welcomed to participate in the league.

Since 2021, players from UAAP member schools will need to forego their remaining eligible playing years to compete in the league as the UAAP now prohibits their student-athletes from participating in commercial sporting leagues.[40] Athletes from the NCAA were still able to play by obtaining a special guest license (SGL) granted by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB) and honored by their collegiate league. This license allows them to play in a professional league without skipping their remaining collegiate playing years.[41]

The 2024 season saw the commencement of the league's inaugural rookie draft, where players coming from colleges and universities who have not previously competed professionally can apply and be hired by club teams. With the launch of the rookie draft, teams are now barred from directly hiring players from the collegiate ranks, such as the NCAA, and the UAAP.[42] Teams cannot also direct hire Filipino players that have not played in the league since its professionalization in 2021. Furthermore, it limits which players can apply and enter the league. They should be at least 21 years old by December 31 of the year of the annual draft, with no necessity for collegiate playing experience or academic qualifications, and Filipino-foreign players must secure a Philippine passport or a birth certificate issued in the Philippines before the deadline for submission of draft eligibility requirements.[43]

### Game rules

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The PVL follows the rules and guidelines set by the FIVB, including unique mechanics created by the league or adopted from other tournaments.

During the 2021 season, teams did not switch courts due to the health protocols implemented at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This rule was kept until the 2022 season when the league reinstated the policy for teams to switch sides every set except during the 5th set (if such match goes such length).

During the 2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference, the league adopted a new court-switching mechanic that was first introduced at the FIVB Volleyball Nations League, where teams only switch courts twice, after the second set and once the leading team reaches 8 points in the 5th set.

Along with introducing the new court-switching rule, that conference also saw new timeout regulations, where only one technical timeout lasting from one to two minutes will come into effect when the leading team reaches 13 points, and teams have one regular timeout and another 30-second timeout for each set.[44] At the start of the 2024 PVL season, the league fully reinstated its original time-out rules, where each set had two 60-second technical time-outs that is utilized when the leading team reaches 8 and 16 points. Meanwhile, each team had two 30-second time-outs. This season also introduced "green cards" that are given to a team or player that admits a committed fault to the referee as a promotion of fair play, streamlining the adjudication process and minimizing the need for unnecessary video challenges.[45]

The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference saw the first implementation of the video challenge system widely used in international and club volleyball tournaments.[46] It introduced six challenges for the team to use – Ball In/Out, Block Touch, Net Fault, Antenna Touch, Foot Fault, and Floor Touch. The 2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference saw the addition of two new challenges – Last Touch and Reaching Beyond the Net. Referees can now also use the "Referee's Challenge" where the 1st referee can request a video review whenever he/she feels uncertain about his/her final decision.

The 2024–25 All-Filipino also saw one of the earliest implementations of the new rule set by the FIVB in its revised rulebook for 2025–28, where players of the serving team can now occupy any position, unlike before where both serving and receiving teams must be in rotational order at the service hit.

Game rule differences between PVL and FIVB tournaments  Rule  | FIVB  | PVL

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Volleyball challenge system  | Hawk-Eye challenge system (7)

* Ball In/Outa
* Block Touch
* Net Fault
* Antenna Touch
* Foot Fault
* Floor Touch
* Last Touch

| Video challenge system (8)

* Ball In/Out
* Block Touch
* Net Fault
* Antenna Touch
* Foot Fault
* Floor Touch
* Last Touch
* Reaching Beyond the Net

Change of courts  | The teams change courts after each set, except the 5th set (if necessary). During the 5th set, once the leading team reaches 8 points, the teams change courts without delay and the player positions remain the same.  | Teams will only change courts after the second set. In the 5th set (if necessary), once the leading team reaches 8 points, the teams change courts without delay and the player positions remain the same.
Technical time-outs | No | Yes (two per set; when the leading team reaches 8 and 16 points)

Note

a.^ Starting on the 2024 Nations League and the 2024 Summer Olympics, the hawk-eye system powered by Bolt6 Technology is now used in major FIVB tournaments to make the automated ball in/out calls. It reduces the number of challenge requests and processing, and eliminates the need for line judges/referees and the Ball In/Out challenge.[47]

### Qualification for Asian competitions

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* AVC Women's Champions League/Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship
* 2021: The PNVF has invited the Premier Volleyball League to send its best finishing team in the 2021 Open Conference along with the national team which competed as Team Rebisco but all teams declined to enter.[48][49] The PNVF fielded a second team composing of other players in the national team pool instead.[50] The second team was named Team Choco Mucho.[51]
* 2025–: The PVL has pledged the participation to the Asian club tournament starting the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference.[32]
* Asian Women's Volleyball Cup (national team)
* 2022: The best performing local team at the 2022 Invitational Conference was slated to form the core of the Philippine national team for the Asian Women's Volleyball Cup.[52] The Creamline Cool Smashers emerged as champions.[53] Creamline as the national team placed sixth.[54]

## Results summary

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Further information: List of Premier Volleyball League conference results

For Shakey's V-League women's (2004–2016) results, see List of Shakey's V-League conference results.

For Spikers' Turf results (2015–2016, 2018–present), see List of Spikers' Turf conference results.

For V-League results (2022–present), see List of V-League (Philippines) conference results.

### Women's division

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#### All-Filipino

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Details

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2017 | BaliPure Purest Water Defenders | Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors | Creamline Cool Smashers | 2017 Open
2018 | Creamline Cool Smashers | Ateneo–Motolite Lady Eagles | BanKo Perlas Spikers | 2018 Open
2019 | Creamline Cool Smashers | Petro Gazz Angels | BanKo Perlas Spikers | 2019 Open
2020 | tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 | Chery Tiggo Crossovers | Creamline Cool Smashers | Petro Gazz Angels | 2021 Open
2022 | Creamline Cool Smashers | Petro Gazz Angels | Cignal HD Spikers | 2022 Open
2023 | Creamline Cool Smashers | Petro Gazz Angels | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 2023 1st All-Filipino
Creamline Cool Smashers | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Cignal HD Spikers | 2023 2nd All-Filipino
2024 | Creamline Cool Smashers | Choco Mucho Flying Titans | Petro Gazz Angels | 2024 All-Filipino
2024–25 | Petro Gazz Angels | Creamline Cool Smashers | Akari Chargers | 2024–25 All-Filipino

#### Reinforced

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Details

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2017 | Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors | BaliPure Purest Water Defenders | Creamline Cool Smashers | 2017 Reinforced
2018 | Creamline Cool Smashers | PayMaya Highflyers | BanKo Perlas Spikers | 2018 Reinforced
2019 | Petro Gazz Angels | Creamline Cool Smashers | Pacific Town-Army Lady Troopers | 2019 Reinforced
2020 | tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 | Petro Gazz Angels | Cignal HD Spikers | Creamline Cool Smashers | 2022 Reinforced
2023 | tournament cancelled due to PNVF sanctions
2024 | Creamline Cool Smashers | Akari Chargers | Cignal HD Spikers | 2024 Reinforced
2024–25 | TBD | 2025 Reinforced

#### Invitational

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Details

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2022 | Creamline Cool Smashers | KingWhale Taipei | Cignal HD Spikers | 2022 Invitational
2023 | Kurashiki Ablaze | Creamline Cool Smashers | Cignal HD Spikers | 2023 Invitational
2024 | Creamline Cool Smashers | Cignal HD Spikers | Kurashiki Ablaze | 2024 Invitational

#### Collegiate (c. 2017–2019)

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Details

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2017 | NU Lady Bulldogs | FEU Lady Tamaraws | Arellano Lady Chiefs | 2017 Collegiate
2018 | University of the Philippines | FEU Lady Tamaraws | Adamson Lady Falcons | 2018 Collegiate
2019 | Adamson Lady Falcons | UST Golden Tigresses | Ateneo Lady Eagles | 2019 Collegiate
2022 | see V-League

### Men's division

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#### Open (c. 2017)

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Details

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2017 | Cignal HD Spikers | Megabuilders Volley Bolts | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 2017 Open
2018 | see Spikers' Turf

#### Reinforced (c. 2017–2018)

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Details

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2017 | Cignal HD Spikers | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | Philippine Army Troopers | 2017 Reinforced
2018 | Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | Cignal HD Spikers | Vice Cosmetics Blockbusters | 2018 Reinforced
2019 | see Spikers' Turf

#### Collegiate (c. 2017–2018)

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Season  | Champions  | Runners-up  | Third place  | Details

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2017 | Ateneo Blue Eagles | FEU Tamaraws | UST Golden Spikers | 2017 Collegiate
2018 | NU Bulldogs | UST Golden Spikers | FEU Tamaraws | 2018 Collegiate
2022 | see V-League

## Medal table

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See also: List of Premier Volleyball League champions and List of Premier Volleyball League champion teams

### Women's division

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| Inactive or former team

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| Guest or collegiate team

Corporate teams
| Team  |  |  |  | Total

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Creamline Cool Smashers | 10  | 4  | 3  | 17
Petro Gazz Angels | 3  | 3  | 2  | 8
BaliPure Purest Water Defenders | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2
Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2
Kurashiki Ablaze | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
Chery Tiggo Crossovers | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Cignal HD Spikers | 0  | 2  | 5  | 7
Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2
Akari Chargers | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
Ateneo–Motolite Lady Eagles | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
KingWhale Taipei | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
PayMaya Highflyers | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Perlas Spikers | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3
F2 Logistics Cargo Movers | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Philippine Army Lady Troopers | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1

Collegiate teams
| Team  |  |  |  | Total

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Adamson Lady Falcons | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
NU Lady Bulldogs | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
UP Fighting Maroons | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
FEU Lady Tamaraws | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2
UST Golden Tigresses | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Arellano Lady Chiefs | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Ateneo Lady Eagles | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1

### Men's division

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Corporate teams
| Team  |  |  |  | Total

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Cignal HD Spikers | 2  | 1  | 0  | 3
Philippine Air Force Air Spikers | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3
Megabuilders Volley Bolts | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Philippine Army Troopers | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Vice Co. Blockbusters | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1

Collegiate teams
| Team  |  |  |  | Total

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Ateneo Blue Eagles | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
NU Bulldogs | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
FEU Tamaraws | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
UST Golden Spikers | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2

## Awardees

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Main article: List of Premier Volleyball League award recipients

For awards given by the Press Corps, see PVL Press Corps Awards Night.

Below is the table for the most awarded players in the league's history (2017–present):

Rank  | Name  | Current / Last team  | Position  | Years playing in PVL  | MVP award  | Positional award  | Total

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From  | To
1  | Alyssa Valdez | Creamline | OH | 2017  | present  | 4  | 8  | 12
Jia De Guzman | Denso (Japan)  | S | 2017  | 2023  | 4  | 8
3  | Tots Carlos | Creamline | OP | 2017  | present  | 4  | 5  | 9
4  | Myla Pablo | Petro Gazz | OH | 2017  | present  | 3  | 4  | 7
Jema Galanza | Creamline | OH | 2017  | present  | 2  | 5
6  | Jeanette Panaga | Creamline | MB | 2017  | present  | –  | 6  | 6
7  | Grethcel Soltones | Akari | OH | 2017  | present  | 1  | 4  | 5
8  | Jaja Santiago | Osaka (Japan)  | MB | 2017  | 2021  | 3  | 1  | 4
Michele Gumabao | Creamline | OP | 2017  | present  | 1  | 3
Kyle Negrito | Creamline | S | 2018  | present  | 1  | 3
Angelica Cayuna | Cignal | S | 2017  | present  | –  | 4
Thang Ponce | Choco Mucho | L | 2022  | present  | –  | 4

## Notable records

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Further information: List of Premier Volleyball League records

Premier Volleyball League notable records

Record  | Holder  | Conference  | Figures
Match records
Most contested match  | BanKo Perlas Spikers and Power Smashers | 2017 Reinforced | 29–31, 24–26, 25–19, 25–23, 21–19
Most lopsided match  | Creamline Cool Smashers and Adamson Lady Falcons | 2018 Open | 25–7, 25–11, 25–10
Longest set  | PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers and Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 2019 Open | 39-41
Shortest set  | BaliPure Purest Water Defenders and Creamline Cool Smashers | 2021 Open | 3-25
Most attended match  | Creamline Cool Smashers and Choco Mucho Flying Titans | 2023 2nd All-Filipino | 24,459
Player records
Most points in a match (Overall)  | Marina Tushova  | 2024 Reinforced | 50 points (47 attacks, 2 blocks, 1 ace)
Most points in a match (Local)  | Tots Carlos | 2024 All-Filipino | 38 points (35 attacks, 3 blocks)
Most spikes in a match  | Marina Tushova  | 2024 Reinforced | 47 spikes
Most blocks in a match  | Ria Meneses | 2021 Open | 10 blocks
Most aces in a match  | Alyssa Valdez | 2018 Reinforced | 8 aces
Most excellent sets in a match  | Jia Morado-De Guzman | 2017 Open | 71 excellent sets
Highest reception efficiency in a match  | Kath Arado | 2023 1st All-Filipino | 100% (14/14)
Most excellent digs in a match  | Dawn Macandili-Catindig | 2023 Invitational | 48 excellent digs

## Arenas

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Main article: List of Premier Volleyball League arenas

Since PVL teams are managed by corporations, the league does not have a "home-and-away". Games are held at a variety of arenas, mostly in Metro Manila with occasional games held outside the region as part of the Premier Volleyball League on Tour.

Among the most frequently-used arenas are Playtime Filoil Centre in San Juan, PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, and SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.

## Media coverage

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Premier Volleyball League

Genre| PVL game telecast
Country of origin| Philippines
Original languages| Filipino
English
No. of seasons| 8
Production
Production location| Various PVL venues
Camera setup| Multiple-camera setup
Running time| varies
Original release
Network| ABS-CBN Sports
Release| April 30, 2017 (2017-04-30) –
November 9, 2019 (2019-11-09)
Network| Cignal TV
Release| July 17, 2021 (2021-07-17) –
present

Continuing from the Shakey's V-League, the PVL's first broadcast coverage partner was ABS-CBN Sports, with games broadcast across its network of sports channels. This partnership continued until 2020 following the shutdown of ABS-CBN broadcasting.

The PVL then signed a new deal with Cignal TV to become their new broadcast partner beginning with the 2021 season. Currently, One Sports (TV channel) and One Sports+ airs the games. RPTV also aired PVL games during the 2024 season. Cignal also streams the games via its Cignal Play, Smart LiveStream, Pilipinas Live, and the league's official website.

* ABS-CBN Sports (2017–2020)
* S+A (2017–2020)
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## Performance in Asian Championship

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Main article: AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League

Season  | Host  | Club  | Place  | Awards  | Ref.

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2025 |  Pasig | Creamline Cool Smashers | 5th place  | —  | [55][56]
Petro Gazz Angels
PLDT High Speed Hitters

## See also

[edit]

* Spikers' Turf
* V-League (Philippines)
* Shakey's V-League
* Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association
* Philippine Super Liga
* Shakey's Super League
* UAAP Volleyball Championship
* NCAA Volleyball Championship (Philippines)
* Volleyball in the Philippines
* AVC Women's Champions League

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Akari Chargers and Nxled and Creamline are sister teams through lighting brand owners Akari Lighting & Technology.[33]
2. ^ a b Choco Mucho and Creamline are sister teams through Republic Biscuit Corporation (Rebisco).[33]
3. ^ a b Cignal and PLDT are sister teams through the Manny V. Pangilinan (MVP) Group.[33]
4. ^ a b Farm Fresh and Zus Coffee are sister teams through Strong Group Athletics.[33]

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