Premier Volleyball League
Current season, competition or edition: | |
 PVL logo | |
| Sport | Volleyball |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | Jun Bernardino |
| Inaugural season | 2004 |
| Motto |
Tara, game! (lit. Let's go, game!) |
| No. of teams |
Women's: 8 Men's: Spikers’ Turf |
| Country |
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| Venue(s) | Filoil Flying V Arena Philsports Arena Mall of Asia Arena |
| Continent | AVC (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) |
W:  M:  |
| Most titles |
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| TV partner(s) | S+A (local/international) |
| Official website |
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The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is a women's volleyball league in the Philippines organized by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. (Sports Vision). The league began in 2004 as the Shakey's V-League, a women's collegiate league with teams coming from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation (CESAFI), among others. Since 2011, the league welcomed the participation of corporate club and non-collegiate teams.
History
The league was established in 2004 by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. (Sports Vision) and sponsor Shakey's Pizza Philippines (International Family Foods, Inc.). Sports Vision was founded by a group led by former PBA commissioner Jun Bernardino and is currently headed by chairman Moying Martelino and president Ricky Palou.
The UST Tigresses won the inaugural V-League championship in 2004 defeating the La Salle Lady Archers. But the De La Salle University have won the next three conferences of the said league defeating their arch-rivals, UST Tigresses in both conferences of Season 2 and SSC - R Lady Stags in Season 3, sweeping them both in the Finals of the three conferences.
The UST Tigresses returned to the League in 2007, after missing Season 3, winning both conferences of Season 4 by defeating the SSC-R Lady Stags in both finals series.
Year 2008 saw the crowning of two other schools aside from UST and DLSU. Adamson University won the championship in the first conference of Season 5 defeating the Ateneo Lady Eagles while San Sebastian College-Recoletos Lady Stags won the second conference of season 5 by sweeping the two comebacking champion teams: DLSU Lady Archers in the semifinals and UST Tigresses in the finals.
However, the Tigresses made history via a "three-peat" winning their fourth, fifth and sixth championships by sweeping both conferences of Season 6 by defeating SSC-R and Adamson, respectively in both championship series, and again winning the first conference of Season 7 by beating SSC-R for the fourth time in the finals.
It was the battle of the runners-up of the last two conferences when Adamson University faced the Lady Stags of SSC-R in the finals of the 2nd Conference Season 7. Adamson won its second V-League crown after defeating San Sebastian 2-1 in their Finals series.
In the 1st Conference Season 8, the Ateneo Lady Eagles won their first Shakey's V-League crown by thumping defending champions Adamson in the Finals. The 2nd Conference of Season 8 was renamed the Shakey's V-League Open Conference as it was opened to non-school teams. Four non-school teams joined the tournament, namely, the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force and Maynilad. The Philippine Army won their first Shakey's V-League championship. Season 8-Open Conference, Shakey's V-League will also aired on GMA Life TV, GMA News TV and GMA Pinoy TV for the international viewers.
Season 9 was locally aired on AKTV on IBC13 and the Hyper channel.
Starting from its 10th Season, Shakey's V-League's new broadcasting partner is now GMA News TV. All of the matches are aired at 1PM to 3PM during weekdays, and 12:45PM to 2:30PM during Saturdays. On May 26, 2013, Shakey's V-League held its first live TV coverage via GMA News TV. It is also announced that the Game 3 matches, both for Championship and the Battle for 3rd will be aired live on GMA News TV on June 2, 2013. In Season 10 Open Conference, Cagayan Valley made history as the Lady Rising Suns scored a 16-0 sweep en route to the team's first V-League title with a 2-0 series win over Smart-Maynilad Net Spikers. On October 2, 2014, it was reported[1] that a men's division will be included in its 21st conference with four teams.
On May 24, 2016, it was officially announced that Shakey's V-League will now be aired on S+A Channel 23 following an agreement between Sports Vision, Shakey's and ABS-CBN Sports.
In December 2016, it was announced that starting the 14th season in 2017, the Shakey's V-League will be renamed the Philippine V-League (PVL). The season will start with the Reinforced Conference instead of the Open Conference in March 2017. The Spikers' Turf, which was spun-off from the league in 2015, will be merged to the PVL. Shakey's Pizza will remain as a presenter or major sponsor.[2] In March 2017, during the signing of a new partnership deal between Sports Vision and ABS-CBN Sports, it was announced that the name of the league will be Premier Volleyball League (PVL).[3]
- Men's division
In 2014, a men's division was included in its 21st conference, serving as the precursor of the Spikers' Turf which was launched the following year.[4][5][6] In 2017, after the Shakey's V-League was renamed the Premier Volleyball League (PVL), the men's tournament was brought back to the PVL. The PVL men's division ended with the 2018 PVL Collegiate Conference as its final tournament. The Spikers' Turf was revived on October 6, 2018 with its Open Conference.[7]
Current teams and coaches
For 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference:
| 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference | |||||
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| Abbr. | Team | Company | Colors | Head coach | Team captain |
| ADM |  |
Ateneo de Manila University-Motolite (sponsor) | |
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| ADU |  |
Adamson University-Akari (sponsor) |  |
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| BKP |  |
Beach Volleyball Republic | |
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| CCS |  |
Republic Biscuit Corporation |  |
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| IRG |  |
Iriga City and Philippine Navy | |
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| PGZ |  |
PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. | |
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| POC |  |
Federated Distributors, Inc. | |
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| TAC |  |
Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (sponsor) | |
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| 2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference | |||||
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| Abbr. | Team | Company | Colors | Head Coach | Team Captain |
| ADM | Ateneo–Fudgee Barr | Ateneo de Manila University and Republic Biscuit Corporation | Timothy James Sto. Tomas | Jasper Rodney Tan | |
| ARM | Philippine Army Troopers | Philippine Army | Rico de Guzman | Benjaylo Labide | |
| CIG | Cignal HD Spikers | Cignal TV, Inc. | Oliver Allan Almadro | Ysrael Wilson Marasigan | |
| FUR | Fury Blazing Hitters | Cafe Lupe Hostel & Restaurant | Ralph Ocampo | Phillip Michael Bagalay | |
| IEM | IEM Volley Masters | Instituto Estetico Manila | Rafael Presnede | Jeffrey Jimenez | |
| PLD | PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters | PLDT | Arthur Mamon | Henry James Pecaña | |
| PAF | Philippine Air Force Agilas | Philippine Air Force | Rhovyl Verayo | Jessie Lopez | |
| PNV | Philippine Navy Fighting Stingrays | Philippine Navy | Bob Malenab | Milover Parcon | |
| PRI | Prima–FEU | Far Eastern University | Reynaldo Diaz Jr. | Owen Suarez | |
| STE | Sta. Elena Ball Hammers | Sta. Elena Construction and Development Corporation | Dante Alinsunurin | Francis Philip Saura | |
Championship result
| Season | Conference | Women's Division | Men's Division | ||||
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| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Champions | Score | Runners-up | ||
| 2017 | Reinforced | | 3–1 2–3 3–1 | |  | 3–1 3–2 |  |
| Open | | 3–0 3–1 | | | 3–1 2–3 3–1 | | |
| Collegiate | | 3–1 3–1 |  | | 3–0 3–0 | | |
| 2018 | Reinforced | | 3–1 3–0 |  | | 3–2 3–2 | |
| Collegiate | | 3–2 3–2 | | | 3–1 3–0 | | |
| Open | (see Spikers' Turf) | ||||||
Playing venues
Games are presently held at the Filoil Flying V Arena.
During the semi-finals to championship rounds of Season 10, games were held on the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and in the iconic Philsports Arena in Pasig to accommodate larger attendance. Other venues in the past included the Lyceum of the Philippines University gymnasium, the Blue Eagle Gym and the Rizal Memorial Coliseum.
Broadcast partners
- S+A, S+A HD, S+A International (2017–present)
- Liga & Liga HD (2018)
Current broadcast team (S+A):
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Former broadcast team:
- Laura Lehmann (now with GMA Network)
- Paui Versoza (currently with CNN Philippines)
- Ganiel Krishnan (now with ABS-CBN News)
- Ira Pablo (now with ESPN5)
- Shakey's V-League (2004–2016)
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See also
References
- ↑ Navarro, June (October 2, 2014). "Army to defend Shakey's V-League championship with all-Filipino crew". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ↑ Villar, Joey (27 December 2016). "Shakey's V-League to rename to 'Philippine V-League'". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ↑ Escalorte, Mark (29 March 2017). "Sports Vision, ABS-CBN ink new partnership for PVL". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ↑ Orosa, Rosalinda (March 25, 2015). "Spikers' Turf showcases best in men's volleyball". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
- ↑ Payo, Jasmine (March 25, 2015). "Men's volley hits scene with Spikers' Turf April 5". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ↑ "IEM Volley Masters head cast in eight-team Spikers' Turf volleyball tournament". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. March 25, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
- ↑ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ↑ Terrado, Reuben (April 8, 2013). "Chance for live broadcast of playoff games as V-League moves to GMA News TV". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved June 22, 2017.