Choco Mucho–Creamline rivalry

The Choco Mucho–Creamline rivalry is a Premier Volleyball League (PVL) sister team rivalry between the Choco Mucho Flying Titans and Creamline Cool Smashers. Both teams are owned by Rebisco, hence it is also given the name "Rebisco Clasico".^[1][2] The rivalry is among the most popular in the league, attracting large crowds. Game 2 of the 2023 Second All-Filipino Conference championship series drew a record attendance of 24,459 at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, the highest turnout for a Philippine volleyball game. Multiple journalists have also described the two teams as among the most popular in the entire league.^[3][4][5]

Choco Mucho–Creamline rivalry

Teams	Choco Mucho Flying Titans Creamline Cool Smashers
First meeting	August 31, 2019 Creamline 3–1 Choco Mucho
Latest meeting	April 3, 2025 Creamline 3–0 Choco Mucho
Next meeting	TBA
Statistics
Meetings total	18
All-time series	17–1 (CCS)
Longest win streak	CCS W12
Current win streak	CCS W5
Finals history
2023 PVL 2nd AFC: Creamline won, 2–0 2024 PVL AFC: Creamline won, 2–0

Despite the popularity of both teams and their rivalry, the rivalry itself is very lopsided with Creamline winning all but one match as of the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference as well as winning both championship series against Choco Mucho.

History

Background

The concept of "sister teams", teams owned by the same company or under the same umbrella, aren't relatively new in Philippine sports. The Philippine Basketball Association has three teams owned by San Miguel Corporation and another three owned by the Manuel V. Pangilinan group,^[6] the former of which includes the Manila Clasico rivalry between the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel and Magnolia Hotshots.

Rebisco's first volleyball team, the Creamline Cool Smashers, joined the Premier Volleyball League in 2017 while its second team, the Choco Mucho Flying Titans, was established two years later in 2019, forming the league's first sister teams.^[7][8][9]

2022: Large crowd turnouts

In the 2022 Open Conference saw both Rebisco teams meet in the final round for the first time, with them meeting in the semifinals. On April 3, 2022, with the country easing from the COVID-19 pandemic, the second games of the semifinals drew a crowd of 16,687.^[10] The first game of the doubleheader saw Creamline complete a two-game sweep of Choco Mucho to advance to the finals. The large attendance turnout would continue throughout the year, with the teams' matches in the succeeding Invitational and Reinforced conferences recording attendances of 15,237 and 19,117, respectively, with the latter surpassing the aforementioned 2022 Open Conference record.

2023–2024: Championship clashes and a new attendance record

In the 2023 Second All-Filipino Conference, the two teams met in the championship for the first time. On December 16, 2023, game 2 of the championship saw a crowd of 24,459 watch as Creamline complete a two-game sweep of Choco Mucho to win their seventh league title.^[11] The game broke the Philippine volleyball attendance record previously set in the UAAP Season 78 women's volleyball finals in 2016, which featured rivals Ateneo and La Salle. Players and coaches on both sides expressed their gratitude towards the record crowd as well as mentioning the overall growth of volleyball in the country.^[12]

On April 30, 2024, at the start of the All-Filipino Conference semifinals, Choco Mucho would finally get their first victory over Creamline in their thirteenth match-up.^[13][14] This preceded their championship rematch which saw another Creamline sweep with them winning their eighth league title and second against Choco Mucho.^[15]

Records by season and conference

Season	Season series	Conference	Conference series	Overall series
2019	Creamline, 2–0	Open	Creamline, 2–0	Creamline, 2–0
2021	Creamline, 1–0	Open	Creamline, 1–0	Creamline, 3–0
2022	Creamline, 4–0	Open	Creamline, 2–0	Creamline, 7–0
		Invitational	Creamline, 1–0
		Reinforced	Creamline, 1–0
2023	Creamline, 4–0	First All-Filipino	Creamline, 1–0	Creamline, 11–0
		Second All-Filipino	Creamline, 3–0
2024	Creamline, 3–1	All-Filipino	Creamline, 3–1	Creamline, 15–1
		Reinforced	Creamline, 1–0
2024–25	Creamline, 2–0	All-Filipino	Creamline, 2–0	Creamline, 17–1

Head-to-head records

Season	Conference	Stage	Date		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
2019	Open	Preliminary round	August 31, 2019	Creamline	3–1	Choco Mucho	25–12	25–22	19–25	25–18		94–77
			October 5, 2019	Creamline	3–0	Choco Mucho	25–15	25–16	25–18			75–49
2021	Open	Preliminary round	August 4, 2021	Creamline	3–2	Choco Mucho	18–25	25–9	21–25	25–18	15–6	104–83
2022	Open	Semifinals	April 1, 2022	Creamline	3–1	Choco Mucho	25–18	17–25	25–19	25–11		92–73
			April 3, 2022	Choco Mucho	1–3	Creamline	25–23	19–25	18–25	15–25		77–98
	Invitational	Preliminary round	July 23, 2022	Creamline	3–0	Choco Mucho	25–22	25–14	25–22			75–58
	Reinforced	Preliminary round	November 17, 2022	Choco Mucho	1–3	Creamline	25–15	20–25	20–25	26–28		91–93
2023	First All-Filipino	Preliminary round	February 14, 2023	Choco Mucho	0–3	Creamline	18–25	13–25	14–25			45–75
	Second All-Filipino	Preliminary round	October 15, 2023	Choco Mucho	1–3	Creamline	18–25	16–25	26–24	21–25		81–99
		Championship	December 14, 2023	Creamline	3–1	Choco Mucho	25–23	19–25	26–24	25–22		95–94
			December 16, 2023	Choco Mucho	2–3	Creamline	25–22	20–25	27–29	26–24	12–15	110–115
2024	All-Filipino	Preliminary round	April 18, 2024	Creamline	3–0	Choco Mucho	25–17	25–22	25–19			75–58
		Semifinals	April 30, 2024	Creamline	2–3	Choco Mucho	25–13	25–19	21–25	20–25	16–18	107–100
		Championship	May 9, 2024	Creamline	3–1	Choco Mucho	24–26	25–20	25–21	25–16		99–83
			May 12, 2024	Choco Mucho	2–3	Creamline	25–20	20–25	25–22	22–25	11–15	103–107
	Reinforced	Second round	August 17, 2024	Choco Mucho	0–3	Creamline	16–25	19–25	29–31			64–81
2024–25	All-Filipino	Preliminary round	December 3, 2024	Choco Mucho	1–3	Creamline	22–25	20–25	32–30	20–25		94–105
		Semifinals	April 3, 2025	Choco Mucho	0–3	Creamline	19–25	15–25	15–25			49–75

See also

• Manila Clasico, another rivalry involving sister teams