2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference

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

2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Duration	July 9 – August 14, 2022
Matches	33
Teams	8
Attendance	92,271 (2,796 per match)
TV partner(s)	One Sports One Sports+
Results
Champions	Creamline Cool Smashers
Runners-up	KingWhale Taipei
Third place	Cignal HD Spikers
Fourth place	PLDT High Speed Hitters
Awards
Conference MVP	Tots Carlos
Finals MVP	Celine Domingo
Best OH	Alyssa Valdez Frances Molina
Best MB	Mika Reyes Dell Palomata
Best OPP	Tots Carlos
Best Setter	Liao Yi-Jen
Best Libero	Qiu Shi-Qing
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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.^[1]

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.^[2] A second guest team, Kobe Shinwa University, was supposed to join the semi-final round but backed out at the last minute.^[2] Replacement guest Philippine National Team, composed mostly of NU Lady Bulldogs team members, also backed out.^[3]

Participating teams

2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	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 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 Dimaculangan
Foreign guest team
KWT	KingWhale Taipei	Enterprise Volleyball League	Teng Yen-Min	Liao Yi-Jen

• On August 6, the league announced that the Philippines women's national team will replace Kobe Shinwa Women's University due to COVID-19 concerns in Japan, the national team is eligible to vie for the championship.^[3]
• A day after the announcement of the supposed entrance of the Philippine national team into the tournament, the team begged off due to concerns of possible injuries that the players may sustain. The final round will only consist of five teams (top 4 local clubs, 1 guest club).^[4][5] The team's core was composed of player and staff from the National University (NU) Lady Bulldogs. NU players and staff were released from the national team program by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation shortly after their withdrawal.^[6] The team was due to participate in the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup and the new core of the squad is planned to compose the best finishing non-guest team in the conference.^[5][7]

Venues

The preliminary games will start at Filoil Flying V Center, beginning the conference with live spectators. All of the elimination playdates will be held there, with the exemption of the match between Army Black Mamba and PLDT, and Creamline and Choco Mucho that will held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, and matches between Petro Gazz and Chery Tiggo, and Cignal and Creamline that will take place in Santa Rosa Sports Complex.^[8][9] After the preliminaries, the semifinals will be held at Ynares Center, MOA Arena and Filoil Flying V Center, with most of the games will take place at the latter. The finals will be held at the MOA Arena.^[10][11]

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

Transactions

National team players

• The following players are part of the national team that played in the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) International Challenge on June 11–12.^[12]

Team	Player/s
Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	Mylene Paat	—
Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Aduke Ogunsanya	Kat Tolentino	—
Creamline Cool Smashers	Tots Carlos	Jema Galanza	Kyle Negrito	Alyssa Valdez
PLDT High Speed Hitters	Kath Arado	Dell Palomata	—

Team additions and transfers

The following are the players who transferred to another team for the upcoming conference.

Player	Moving from (last team)	Moving to
Alina Bicar	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Chery Tiggo Crossovers[13]
Jacqueline Acuña	NU Lady Bulldogs (UAAP)	Cignal HD Spikers[14]
Lorie Lyn Bernardo	UP Fighting Maroons (UAAP)	Creamline Cool Smashers[15]
Marian Buitre	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Petro Gazz Angels[16]
Erika Santos	De La Salle Lady Archers (UAAP)	PLDT High Speed Hitters[17]

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Ref
Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Aaron Velez	Replaced	Clarence Esteban	[18]
Petro Gazz Angels	Jerry Yee	Replaced	Arnold Laniog

Format

The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference:

Preliminary Round

1. Single-round robin preliminaries; 7 local teams; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
2. Top four local teams will advance to the Final Round.^[19]

Semifinals

1. Single-round robin format; Top 4 local teams & 1 guest team; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
2. The 3rd and 4th ranked teams will advance to the bronze medal match.
3. The 1st and 2nd ranked teams will advance to the winner-take-all gold medal match.

Finals

1. All games are knockout matches.
2. Bronze medal: 3rd ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
3. Gold medal: 1st ranked team vs. 2nd ranked team^[20]

Pool standing procedure

• First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
• If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
  • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
  • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
• In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
  • Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
  • Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed.
  • Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Ranking

Pos	Team	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]}

Match results

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
9 Jul	14:30	SJA	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	25–17	21–25	25–20	25–20		96–82	P2
9 Jul	17:30	SJA	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	3–0	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	25–21	25–21	25–23			75–65	P2
12 Jul	14:30	SJA	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	0–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	18–25	19–25	14–25			51–75	P2
12 Jul	17:30	SJA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Petro Gazz Angels	25–22	23–25	25–22	25–20		98–89	P2
14 Jul	14:30	SJA	Cignal HD Spikers	3–2	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	24–26	19–25	25–16	25–21	15–11	108–99	P2
14 Jul	17:30	SJA	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	3–1	Petro Gazz Angels	25–22	25–16	21–25	25–23		96–86	P2
16 Jul	14:30	SJA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	22–25	16–25	21–25			59–75	P2
16 Jul	17:30	SJA	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	23–25	16–25	18–25			57–75	P2
19 Jul	14:30	SJA	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	1–3	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	22–25	25–22	24–26	19–25		90–98	P2
19 Jul	17:30	SJA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3–2	Petro Gazz Angels	22–25	25–22	25–17	21–25	16–14	109–103	P2
21 Jul	14:30	SRSC	Petro Gazz Angels	0–3	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	22–25	14–25	21–25			57–75	P2
21 Jul	17:30	SRSC	Cignal HD Spikers	3–1	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–21	26–24	14–25	25–22		90–92	P2
23 Jul	14:30	MOA	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	1–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	25–17	11–25	20–25	18–25		74–92	P2
23 Jul	17:30	MOA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	25–22	25–14	25–22			75–58	P2
26 Jul	14:30	SJA	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	3–0	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	25–20	25–23	25–22			75–65	P2
26 Jul	17:30	SJA	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	19–25	25–14	25–23	25–14		94–76	P2
28 Jul	14:30	SJA	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	3–2	PLDT High Speed Hitters	25–21	25–17	22–25	10–25	16–14	98–102	P2
28 Jul	17:30	SJA	Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	14–25	20–25	25–21	26–28		85–99	P2
30 Jul	11:30	SJA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	25–20	25–22	25–16			75–58	P2
30 Jul	14:30	SJA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	25–19	25–20	21–25	25–22		96–86	P2
30 Jul	17:30	SJA	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	28–26	25–21	25–16			78–63	P2

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Semifinals

Ranking

Pos	Team	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]}

Match results

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
02 Aug	16:00	SJA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3–0	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	25–22	25–18	25–21			75–61	P2
04 Aug	14:30	YCA	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	21–25	25–23	19–25	17–25		82–98	P2
04 Aug	17:30	YCA	Cignal HD Spikers	1–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	25–15	13–25	23–25	23–25		84–90	P2
06 Aug	14:30	YCA	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	2–3	Cignal HD Spikers	24–26	28–26	18–25	25–18	14–16	109–111	P2
06 Aug	17:30	YCA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–2	PLDT High Speed Hitters	22–25	25–27	25–21	25–19	15–12	112–104	P2
08 Aug	14:30	MOA	KingWhale Taipei	3–0	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	26–24	25–18	26–24			77–66	P2
08 Aug	17:30	MOA	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	17–25	15–25	22–25			54–75	P2
09 Aug	16:00	MOA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	2–3	KingWhale Taipei	25–23	20–25	23–25	25–20	13–15	106–108	P2
12 Aug	16:00	SJA	Creamline Cool Smashers	2–3	KingWhale Taipei	15–25	25–17	22–25	26–24	5–15	93–106	P2
13 Aug	16:00	SJA	KingWhale Taipei	3–1	Cignal HD Spikers	25–18	15–25	25–21	25–22		90–86	P2

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 standing

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

2022 PVL Invitational champions Creamline Cool Smashers Fifth title Team Roster Alyssa Valdez (c), Celine Domingo, Risa Sato, Jeanette Panaga, Diana Mae Carlos, Michele Gumabao, Jorella Marie De Jesus, Lorielyn Bernardo, Maria Paulina Soriano, Kyla Atienza, Julia Melissa Morado-De Guzman, Fille Cainglet-Cayetano, Kyle Negrito, Rizza Jane Mandapat, Rosemarie Vargas, Jessica Margarett Galanza Head coach Sherwin Meneses

Awards and medalists

Individual awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref
Conference Most Valuable Player	Diana Mae Carlos	Creamline	[21] [22]
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

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Creamline Cool Smashers Alyssa Valdez (c) Celine Domingo Risa Sato Jeanette Panaga Michele Gumabao Jorella Marie De Jesus (L) Lorielyn Bernardo Maria Paulina Soriano Kyla Atienza (L) Julia Melissa Morado-De Guzman Fille Cainglet-Cayetano Kyle Negrito Rizza Jane Mandapat Rosemarie Vargas Jessica Margarett Galanza Head Coach: Sherwin Meneses	KingWhale Taipei Liao Yi-Jen (c) Germina Jacobs Chen Li-Jung Chen Li-Jun Chen Chieh Ting Pei-yin Beatriz Flavio de Carvalho Tsai Qin-Yao Hsieh Po-Ya Chen I-Ling (L) Wang Yu-Wen Khandsuren Gantogtokh Qiu Shi-Qing (L) Chang Chih Hsuan Head Coach: Teng Yen-Min	Cignal HD Spikers Rachel Anne Daquis (c) Glaudine Troncoso Jacqueline Acuña Maristela Genn Layug Frances Xinia Molina Angeli Pauline Araneta Fatima Bia General (L) Roselyn Doria Jerilli Malabanan Angelique Dionela (L) Klarisa Abriam Marivic Velaine Meneses Maria Arielle Estrañero Maria Angelica Cayuna Head Coach: Cesael Delos Santos

2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

As announced on August 7, the Philippine National Volleyball Federation stated that the best performing local team of the invitational conference will represent the Philippines in the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup.^[23] As the semifinal round progressed, the PLDT High Speed Hitters is the first to initially accept its invitation to possibly participate on the mentioned tourney as the other top teams, Creamline and Cignal, have yet to express its interest to join.^[24]

In spite of that, Creamline will represent the country since they accepted the federation's invitation to suit up in the national team as they emerged as the champions of the invitational conference.^[25]

Statistics leaders

Preliminary round

Statistics leaders correct at the end of preliminary round.

Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Diana Mae Carlos 114 2 Kat Tolentino 91 3 Aiza Maizo-Pontillas 87 4 Jessica Margarett Galanza 86 5 Jovelyn Gonzaga 85

Best Spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Diana Mae Carlos 38.15 2 Jessica Margarett Galanza 36.28 3 Kat Tolentino 34.22 4 Aiza Maizo-Pontillas 33.60 5 Jovelyn Gonzaga 30.86 Best Blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Mika Reyes 0.88 2 Marivic Meneses 0.67 3 Mar-Jana Phillips 0.57 4 Dell Palomata 0.50 5 Angelica Cayuna 0.46 Best Servers Rank Name Avg 1 Angelica Cayuna 0.46 2 Ivy Perez 0.36 3 Alina Bicar 0.32 4 Shaya Adorador 0.32 5 Mary Remy Joy Palma 0.30

Best Diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Dennise Lazaro-Revilla 5.43 2 Shiela Marie Pineda 5.35 3 Jovelyn Gonzaga 5.00 4 Anngela Nunag 4.50 5 Kathleen Faith Arado 3.92 Best Setters Rank Name Avg 1 Julia Melissa De Guzman 6.62 2 Relea Ferina Saet 5.30 3 Ivy Perez 5.27 4 Rhea Dimaculangan 5.00 5 Deanna Wong 4.78 Best Receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Dennise Lazaro-Revilla 50.69 2 Kyla Atienza 43.87 3 Jovelyn Gonzaga 43.41 4 Fiola Mae Ceballos 40.83 5 Shiela Marie Pineda 39.23

Final round

Statistics leaders correct as of Day 5 (August 9, 2022) of the final round.

Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Diana Mae Carlos 67 2 Dell Palomata 64 3 Mika Reyes 57 4 Jovelyn Gonzaga 48 5 Jules Samonte 47

Best Spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Mika Reyes 40.94 2 Diana Mae Carlos 38.00 3 Beatrz Flavio de Carvalho 36.84 4 Alyssa Valdez 30.51 5 Frances Molina 28.37 Best Blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Jeanette Panaga 0.75 2 Jeanette Villareal 0.60 3 Diana Mae Carlos 0.58 4 Celine Domingo 0.42 5 Wang Yu-Wen 0.38 Best Servers Rank Name Avg 1 Toni Rose Basas 0.47 2 Angelica Cayuna 0.42 3 Beatrz Flavio de Carvalho 0.25 4 Diana Mae Carlos 0.25 5 Fiola Mae Ceballos 0.24

Best Diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Angela Nunag 5.33 2 Jovelyn Gonzaga 4.13 3 Qiu Shi-Qing 4.13 4 Kathleen Faith Arado 3.76 5 Kyla Atienza 3.67 Best Setters Rank Name Avg 1 Liao Yi-Jen 7.25 2 Jia De Guzman 6.42 3 Rhea Dimaculangan 6.24 4 Angelica Cayuna 5.42 5 Ivy Perez 2.67 Best Receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Frances Molina 47.44 2 Chen Li-Jun 43.48 3 Chen Chieh 42.55 4 Kyla Atienza 41.49 5 Rachel Anne Daquis 41.27