2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference^[a][1] 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.^[2]

2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference
Duration	February 4 – March 30, 2023
Matches	46
Teams	9
Attendance	193,234 (4,201 per match)
TV partner(s)	One Sports One Sports+
Results
Champions	Creamline Cool Smashers
Runners-up	Petro Gazz Angels
Third place	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Fourth place	PLDT High Speed Hitters
Awards
Conference MVP	Tots Carlos
Finals MVP	Jia De Guzman
Best OH	Tots Carlos Jessica Galanza
Best MB	Majoy Palma MJ Phillips
Best OPP	Michele Gumabao
Best Setter	Jia De Guzman
Best Libero	Kath Arado
PVL All-Filipino Conference chronology
< 2022 (Open) 2023 Second >
PVL conference chronology
< 2022 Reinforced 2023 Invitational >

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.^[3]

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

Venues

This conference eyes hosting games again outside of Metro Manila such as in Lucena, Iloilo City, and Cagayan de Oro, just like in previous seasons from 2019 and prior. As of February 3, the league is set to arrange games in Iloilo City on March 14.^[4]

Preliminaries
Quezon City	San Juan City	Iloilo City
Araneta Coliseum	Filoil EcoOil Centre	University of San Agustin Gymnasium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 6,000	Capacity: 3,000
Preliminaries, Semifinals	Semifinals, Finals
Pasig City	Pasay City
PhilSports Arena	SM Mall of Asia Arena
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 20,000

Transactions

National team players

The following players that played in the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup and the 2022 ASEAN Grand Prix are solely composed of the players from Creamline Cool Smashers.^[5]

Team	Outside Hitters	Middle Blockers	Opposite Spikers	Setters	Liberos
Creamline Cool Smashers	Fille Cainglet-Cayetano	Lorie Lyn Bernardo	Tots Carlos	Jia De Guzman	Kyla Atienza
	Jema Galanza	Celine Domingo	Michele Gumabao	Kyle Negrito	Ella de Jesus
	Rosemarie Vargas	Jeanette Panaga	Rizza Jane Mandapat	—	—
	—	Risa Sato	—
		Pau Soriano

Team additions and transfers

The following are the players who are newly added and/or transferred to another team for the upcoming conference.

Player	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
Aleona Denise Santiago-Manabat	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Akari Power Chargers	[6]
Shiela Marie Pineda	Petro Gazz Angels	Akari Power Chargers	[7]
Christine Joy Soyud	PLDT High Speed Hitters	Akari Power Chargers	[7]
Camille Victoria	UST Golden Tigresses (UAAP)	Akari Power Chargers	[6]
Andrea Marzan	Akari Power Chargers	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers
Alexa Polidario	Abanse Negrense	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers
Princess Bello	Arellano Lady Chiefs (NCAA)	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers
Bingle Landicho	Akari Power Chargers	Chery Tiggo Crossovers
Pauline Marie Monique Gaston	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	[8]
Seth Marione Rodriguez	Petro Gazz Angels	Chery Tiggo Crossovers
Geneveve Casugod	Akari Power Chargers	Cignal HD Spikers
Gyzelle Sy	Imus City-AJAA Lady Spikers	Cignal HD Spikers	[9]
Toni Rose Basas	PLDT High Speed Hitters	Cignal HD Spikers	[9]
Chinnie Arroyo	NU Lady Bulldogs (UAAP)	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Myla Pablo	Petro Gazz Angels	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	[10]
Maria Lourdes Clemente	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	Petro Gazz Angels
Angeline Marie Gervacio	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	Petro Gazz Angels
Heather Guino-o	PLDT High Speed Hitters	Petro Gazz Angels
Jellie Tempiatura	KMS-Quezon City Lady Vikings	Petro Gazz Angels
Michelle Morente	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	PLDT High Speed Hitters	[11]
Ysabel Jamie Jimenez	UST Golden Tigresses (UAAP)	PLDT High Speed Hitters	[11]

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Ref
Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Retired as Army personnel	Randy Fallorina	[12]
Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Clarence Esteban	Replaced	Aaron Velez	[13]
Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Edjet Mabbayad	Reassigned	Dante Alinsunurin	[14]
F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	Benson Bocboc	Reassigned	Regine Diego	[15]
Petro Gazz Angels	Rald Ricafort	Resigned	Oliver Almadro	[16]
PLDT High Speed Hitters	George Pascua	Replaced	Rald Ricafort	[17][18]

Format

Originally, the semifinal format was single round-robin tournament. However, the league reverts to its most used format — a crossover best-of-3 series between the 1st and 4th, and 2nd and 3rd ranked teams.

Preliminary Round

1. The nine teams will compete in a single round-robin elimination.
2. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
3. Top four teams will advance to the semifinals.

Semifinals

1. Best-of-three series.
2. 1st ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
3. 2nd ranked team vs. 3rd ranked team

Finals

1. Best-of-three series.
2. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs. SF2 Loser
3. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs. SF2 Winner

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	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
3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	8	6	2	18	20	10	2.000	697	613	1.137
4	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	8	6	2	16	18	12	1.500	646	653	0.989
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Match results

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
04 Feb	16:00	SAC	Akari Power Chargers	0–3	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	15–25	20–25	20–25			55–75	P2
04 Feb	18:00	SAC	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	Petro Gazz Angels	25–18	25–20	25–22			75–60	P2
07 Feb	16:00	PSA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	2–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	22–25	21–25	25–14	25–20	14–16	107–100	P2
07 Feb	18:00	PSA	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	27–25	25–19	25–22			77–66	P2
09 Feb	16:00	FEC	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	Cignal HD Spikers	25–16	25–21	25–15			75–52	P2
09 Feb	18:00	FEC	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	25–18	25–20	25–21			75–59	P2
11 Feb	16:00	PSA	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	3–1	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	25–21	23–25	25–16	25–12		98–74	P2
11 Feb	18:00	PSA	Akari Power Chargers	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	22–25	23–25	18–25			63–75	P2
14 Feb	16:00	SAC	Cignal HD Spikers	3–0	Akari Power Chargers	25–23	25–20	25–14			75–57	P2
14 Feb	18:00	SAC	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	18–25	13–25	14–25			45–75	P2
16 Feb	16:00	PSA	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	0–3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	19–25	14–25	16–25			49–75	P2
16 Feb	18:00	PSA	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	0–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	19–25	12–25	21–25			52–75	P2
18 Feb	16:00	PSA	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	26–28	18–25	13–25			57–78	P2
18 Feb	18:00	PSA	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–2	Creamline Cool Smashers	23–25	25–18	16–25	25–23	16–14	105–105	P2
21 Feb	16:00	PSA	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	1–3	Akari Power Chargers	18–25	19–25	25–23	19–25		81–98	P2
21 Feb	18:00	PSA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3–0	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	25–13	25–22	27–25			77–60	P2
23 Feb	16:00	FEC	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	3–2	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	23–25	25–20	25–16	25–27	15–11	113–99	P2
23 Feb	18:00	FEC	Petro Gazz Angels	2–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	25–21	29–31	21–25	25–21	13–15	113–113	P2
25 Feb	16:00	PSA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	17–25	25–11	25–19	25–21		92–76	P2
25 Feb	18:00	PSA	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	23–25	20–25	23–25			66–75	P2
28 Feb	16:00	PSA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	25–15	25–20	25–12			75–47	P2
28 Feb	18:00	PSA	Akari Power Chargers	1–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	14–25	25–21	12–25	15–25		66–96	P2
02 Mar	16:00	PSA	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	2–3	Cignal HD Spikers	14–25	11–25	25–19	25–17	11–15	86–101	P2
02 Mar	18:00	PSA	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–23	25–13	25–23			75–59	P2
04 Mar	16:00	FEC	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	21–25	10–25	13–25			44–75	P2
04 Mar	18:00	FEC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	2–3	Akari Power Chargers	25–16	22–25	25–19	21–25	11–15	104–100	P2
07 Mar	16:00	PSA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	20–25	21–25	17–25			58–75	P2
07 Mar	18:00	PSA	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	25–23	25–19	13–25	25–22		88–89	P2
09 Mar	16:00	PSA	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	Akari Power Chargers	25–15	25–19	22–25	25–16		97–75	P2
09 Mar	18:00	PSA	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	0–3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	21–25	19–25	19–25			59–75	P2
11 Mar	16:00	FEC	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	25–15	20–25	25–20	25–13		95–73	P2
11 Mar	18:00	FEC	Cignal HD Spikers	0–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	23–25	23–25	14–25			60–75	P2
14 Mar	16:00	SAG	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	21–25	26–28	21–25			68–78	P2
14 Mar	18:00	SAG	Akari Power Chargers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	17–25	22–25	29–27	8–25		76–102	P2
16 Mar	16:00	PSA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3–1	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	21–25	25–23	25–23	25–16		96–87	P2
16 Mar	18:00	PSA	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	27–29	19–25	16–25			62–79	P2

Final round

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

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

Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

• Creamline wins series, 2–0

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Mar	16:00	PSA	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	24–26	18–25	25–22	15–25		82–98	P2
21 Mar	18:30	MOA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–22	25–23	25–16			75–61	P2

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

• Petro Gazz wins series, 2–1

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
18 Mar	18:30	PSA	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	PLDT High Speed Hitters	22–25	25–19	25–21	25–18		97–83	P2
21 Mar	16:00	MOA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	3–1	Petro Gazz Angels	14–25	25–23	25–14	25–15		89–77	P2
23 Mar	17:00	MOA	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	PLDT High Speed Hitters	25–17	25–23	25–15			75–55	P2

Finals

3rd place

• F2 wins series, 2–0

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Mar	16:00	MOA	PLDT High Speed Hitters	1–3	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	25–20	22–25	18–25	17–25		82–95	P2
28 Mar	16:00	MOA	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	3–1	PLDT High Speed Hitters	23–25	25–23	25–23	25–15		98–86	P2

Championship

• Creamline wins series, 2–1

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Mar	18:00	MOA	Creamline Cool Smashers	1–3	Petro Gazz Angels	22–25	26–24	23–25	24–26		95–100	P2
28 Mar	18:00	MOA	Petro Gazz Angels	2–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–18	16–25	18–25	25–23	6–15	90–106	P2
30 Mar	17:30	MOA	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Petro Gazz Angels	20–25	25–20	25–18	25–15		95–78	P2

Final standing

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

2023 PVL First All-Filipino champions Creamline Cool Smashers Sixth title Team Roster Alyssa Valdez, 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 (c), 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	Tots Carlos	Creamline	[19][20]
Finals Most Valuable Player	Jia De Guzman	Creamline
1st Best Outside Spiker	Tots Carlos	Creamline
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Jema Galanza	Creamline
1st Best Middle Blocker	Remy Palma	Petro Gazz
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Mar-Jana Phillips	Petro Gazz
Best Opposite Spiker	Michele Gumabao	Creamline
Best Setter	Jia De Guzman	Creamline
Best Libero	Kath Arado	PLDT

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Creamline Cool Smashers Jia De Guzman(c) Alyssa Valdez Celine Domingo Risa Sato Jeanette Panaga Diana Mae Carlos Michele Gumabao Jorella Marie De Jesus (L) Lorielyn Bernardo Maria Paulina Soriano Kyla Atienza (L) Fille Cainglet-Cayetano Kyle Negrito Rizza Jane Mandapat Rosemarie Vargas Jessica Margarett Galanza Head Coach: Sherwin Meneses	Petro Gazz Angels Relea Ferina Saet(c) Lourdes Clemente Djanel Welch Cheng Mariella Gabarda Heather Guino-o Grethcel Soltones Angeline Marie Gervacio Jellie Tempiatura (L) Aiza Maizo-Pontillas Mary Remy Joy Palma Marian Alisa Buitre Mar-Jana Phillips Cienne Mary Arielle Cruz (L) Nicole Anne Tiamzon Jonah Sabete Head Coach: Oliver Almadro	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Abigail Maraño (c) Ivy Keith Lacsina Victonara Galang Dawn Nicole Macandili-Catindig Maria Shola Alvarez Myla Pablo Kim Fajardo Mary Joy Baron Charleen Abigaile Cruz-Behag Carmel June Woo Kim Kianna Dy Chiennie Pia Arroyo Elaine Kasilag Rovena Andrea Instrella Jessma Clarice Ramos Iris Janelle Tolenada Head Coach: Regine Diego

Statistics leaders

Statistics leaders correct at the end of the preliminary round.

Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Mylene Paat 148 2 Kim Kianna Dy 127 3 Dindin Santiago-Manabat 118 4 Kat Tolentino 116 5 Royse Tubino 113

Best Spikers Rank Name %Eff 1 Michele Gumabao 40.43 2 Tots Carlos 37.21 3 Jema Galanza 36.40 4 Aiza Maizo-Pontillas 35.96 5 Mylene Paat 33.33 Best Blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Abigail Maraño 0.73 2 Remy Palma 0.70 3 Roselyn Doria 0.69 4 Mar-Jana Phillips 0.67 5 Celine Domingo 0.57 Best Servers Rank Name Avg 1 Jia De Guzman 0.46 2 Grethcel Soltones 0.44 3 Tots Carlos 0.36 4 Roselyn Doria 0.35 5 Ennajie Laure 0.29

Best Diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Kath Arado 6.80 2 Dawn Macandili 6.00 3 Ria Duremdes 4.82 4 Bang Pineda 4.77 5 Kyla Atienza 3.79 Best Setters Rank Name Avg 1 Jia De Guzman 7.32 2 Rhea Dimaculangan 5.13 3 Kim Fajardo 4.80 4 Djanel Welch Cheng 4.67 5 Alina Bicar 4.43 Best Receivers Rank Name %Succ 1 Kath Arado 63.86 2 Cienne Cruz 49.44 3 Dawn Macandili 44.89 4 Ria Duremdes 42.28 5 Tots Carlos 38.37

See also

• 2023 Spikers' Turf Open Conference

Notes

1. Known as the All-Filipino Conference at the time of competition. Retroactively designated as the First All-Filipino Conference after the introduction of the Second All-Filipino Conference.