Premier Volleyball League

The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is a women's professional volleyball league in the Philippines organized by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. 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), the Cebu Schools Athletic Foundation (CESAFI), and other associations. Since 2011, the league welcomed the participation of corporate clubs and non-collegiate teams.

Premier Volleyball League
Current season, competition or edition:
2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
SportVolleyball
Founded2004
FounderJun Bernardino
Inaugural season2004
MottoTara, game!
(lit. 'Let's go, game!')
No. of teams9 (Open)
12 (Collegiate)
CountryPhilippines
Venue(s)Filoil Flying V Arena, Philsports Arena, Mall of Asia Arena
ContinentAVC (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)		Creamline Cool Smashers (3rd title)
 Adamson Lady Falcons (3rd title)
Most titles UST Tigresses (6 titles)
TV partner(s)S+A (local/international)
Official websitesports.abs-cbn.com/pvl

History
Logo used by the league as the Shakey's V-League

The league was established in 2004 by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. 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 Golden 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
Main article: 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Abbr. Team Company/sponsor Colors Head coach Team captain
BLP BaliPure Purest Water Defenders Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.                Rommel Abella Grazielle Bombita
BPS BanKo Perlas Spikers BPI Direct BanKo, Inc and Beach Volleyball Republic                Apichat Kongsawat Nicole Anne Tiamzon
CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation                Anusorn "Tai" Bundit Alyssa Valdez
MCO Choco Mucho Flying Titans Republic Biscuit Corporation                Oliver Almadro Madeleine Yrenea Madayag
CFC Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers Chef's Classics Philippines, LJS Group of Companies                Nemesio Gavino Jr. Justine Tiu
MOT Motolite Power Builders Philippine Batteries Inc.                Godfrey Okumu Iris Tolenada
PAF Philippine Air Force Lady Jet Spikers Philippine Air Force                Jasper Jimenez Wendy Anne Semana
PGZ PetroGazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.                Arnold Laniog Relea Ferina Saet
PTA PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers PacificTown Property Ventures Inc. and
Philippine Army		                Emilio Reyes Jr. Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo


Main article: 2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference
2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference – Pool A
Abbr. Team Colors Head Coach Team Captain
ADU  Adamson Lady Falcons           Lerma Giron Louie Romero
ADM  Ateneo Lady Eagles           Oliver Allan Almadro Julianne Marie Samonte
CSJ  Letran Lady Knights           Michael Inoferio Marie Charlemagne Simborio
SBU  San Beda Red Lionesses           Nemesio Gavino Jr. Aurea Francesca Racraquin
SSC  San Sebastian Lady Stags           Roger Gorayeb Mary Rhose Dapol
UPH  Perpetual Lady Altas           Michael Cariño Shyra Mae Umandal
2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference – Pool B
Abbr. Team Colors Head Coach Team Captain
AUN  Arellano Lady Chiefs           Roberto Javier Sarah Princess Verutiao
CSB  Benilde Lady Blazers           Arnold Laniog Hannah Jewel Lai
FEU  FEU Lady Tamaraws           George Pascua Maria Angelica Cayuna
LPU  Lyceum Lady Pirates           Emiliano "Emil" Lontoc Ciarnelle Wanta
TIP  TIP Lady Engineers           Achilles "Boy" Paril Alexandra Loiuse Rosales
UST  UST Golden Tigresses           Emilio "Kungfu" Reyes Jr. Kecelyn Galdones


For teams during the Shakey's V-League era (2004-2016), see Shakey's V-League teams.
For teams during the Spikers' Turf era (2015-2016), see List of Spikers' Turf teams.
For teams during the current PVL era (2017-), see Premier Volleyball League teams.


Championship result
Season Conference Women's Division Men's Division
Champions Score Runners-up Champions Score Runners-up
2017ReinforcedPocari 3–1
2–3
3–1		 BaliPureCignal 3–1
3–2		 Air Force
OpenBaliPure 3–0
3–1		 PocariCignal 3–1
2–3
3–1		 Megabuilders
CollegiateNU 3–1
3–1		 FEUAteneo 3–0
3–0		 FEU
2018ReinforcedCreamline 3–1
3–0		 PayMayaAir Force 3–2
3–2		 Cignal
CollegiateUP 3–2
3–2		 FEUNU 3–1
3–0		 UST
OpenCreamline 3–0
3–0		 Ateneo-Motolite(see Spikers' Turf)
Season Conference
Champions Score Runners-up
2019ReinforcedPetroGazz Angels1–3
3–1
3–1		Creamline Cool Smashers
OpenCreamline Cool Smashers3–0
3–0		PetroGazz Angels
CollegiateAdamson Lady Falcons 3–2
3–0		 UST Tigresses
For Premier Volleyball League results (2017–present), see Premier Volleyball League Conference Results.
For Premier Volleyball League award recipients (2017–present), see Premier Volleyball League award recipients.
For women's results during the Shakey's V-League era (2004-2016), see Shakey's V-League conference results.
For men's results during the Spikers' Turf era (2015-2016, 2018-present), see Spikers' Turf conference results.

Playing venues

Games are presently held at the Filoil Flying V Centre (formerly Filoil Flying V Arena).

During the semi-finals to championship rounds of Season 10, games were held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay and at the iconic PhilSports Arena in Pasig to accommodate larger spectators' 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

Current broadcast team (S+A):

Former broadcast team:


Shakey's V-League (2004–2016)

See also

References
  1. Navarro, June (October 2, 2014). "Army to defend Shakey's V-League championship with all-Filipino crew". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  2. Villar, Joey (27 December 2016). "Shakey's V-League to rename to 'Philippine V-League'". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. Escalorte, Mark (29 March 2017). "Sports Vision, ABS-CBN ink new partnership for PVL". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
  4. Orosa, Rosalinda (March 25, 2015). "Spikers' Turf showcases best in men's volleyball". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  5. Payo, Jasmine (March 25, 2015). "Men's volley hits scene with Spikers' Turf April 5". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  6. "IEM Volley Masters head cast in eight-team Spikers' Turf volleyball tournament". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. March 25, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  7. Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
  8. 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.
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