2019 PVL season

The 2019 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season is the third season of the Premier Volleyball League (16th season of the former Shakey's V-League) that started on May 26, 2019 and ended on November 9, 2019 at the Filoil Flying V Center in San Juan.[1]

2019 Premier Volleyball League
League	Premier Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
TV partner(s)	ABS-CBN Sports and Action Liga (TV channel)
Reinforced
Season champions	PetroGazz Angels
Runners-up	Creamline Cool Smashers
Season MVP	Alyssa Valdez
Open
Season champions	Creamline Cool Smashers
Runners-up	PetroGazz Angels
Season MVP	Jessica Margarett Galanza
Collegiate
Season champions	Adamson Lady Falcons
Runners-up	UST Tigresses
Season MVP	Trisha Mae Genesis

All-Star game

Alyssa Valdez and Myla Pablo headed the two teams, blue and red, respectively. The all-star game was staged to generate funds for the benefit of the Help Educate and Rear Orphans (Hero) Foundation.[1]

Blue team	Red team
Alyssa Valdez, Deanna Wong, Maddie Madayag, Dani Ravena, Chie Saet, Jessey De Leon, Michele Gumabao, Melissa Gohing, Risa Sato, Nicole Tiamzon, Kathy Bersola, Grazielle Bombita, Isa Molde Head coach: Jerry Yee Assistant coach: Tai Bundit	Myla Pablo, Jia Morado, Jema Galanza, Jem Ferrer, Joy Dacoron, Kat Tolentino, Vanessa Gandler, Bea De Leon, Jonah Sabete, Cherry Nunag, Dimdim Pacres, Dell Palomata, Thang Ponce Head coach: Oliver Almadro Assistant coach: Jasper Jimenez

Match result

• Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Teams	Set	1	2	3	4	5	Total	Report
Feb 02	18:00	Red team	3	25	25	25			75	P–2[2]
		Blue team	0	19	16	20			55

Reinforced conference

Main article: 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the seventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League (34th conference of the former Shakey's V-League). Conference started on May 26, 2019. Grand Fans Day was held at the Trinoma Activity Center, Quezon City on April 25, 2019.[3] Games were held at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City, Philippines. Philippine Army returned as Pacific Town-Army Lady Troopers[4] and Motolite Power Builders returned with a new set of players.[5]

Participating teams

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
BLP	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.		Rommel Abella	Grazielle Bombita	Danijela Dzakovic Alexandra Vajdovä
BPS	BanKo Perlas Spikers	BPI Direct BanKo, Inc. and Beach Volleyball Republic		Apichat Kongsawat	Nicole Anne Tiamzon	Sutadta Chuewulim Stiix Horton Lakia Bright (replaced)[nb 1] Yasemin Sahin Yildirim (replaced)[nb 2]
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation		Anusorn "Tai" Bundit	Alyssa Valdez	Aleoscar Blanco Kuttika Kaewpin
MOT	Motolite Power Builders	Philippine Batteries Inc.		Airess Padda	Myla Pablo	Edina Selimovic (replaced)[nb 3] Krystle Esdelle Channon Thompson
PGZ	PetroGazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.		Arnold Laniog	Janisa Johnson	Wilma Salas Janisa Johnson
PTA	PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers	PacificTown Property Ventures Inc. and Philippine Army		Emilio Reyes Jr.	Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo	Olena Lymareva-Flink Jenelle Jordan

Notes:

1. Chuewulim replaced Bright.[6]
2. Yildirim was replaced by Horton during the semis.[7]
3. Selimovic was replaced by Esdelle due to injury.[8]

Preliminary round

Team standings

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	PetroGazz Angels	9	1	27	28	4	7.000	792	624	1.269
2	Creamline Cool Smashers	9	1	27	27	7	3.857	817	673	1.214
3	PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers	5	5	15	18	19	0.947	818	817	1.001
4	BanKo Perlas Spikers	4	6	12	16	21	0.762	776	858	0.904
5	Motolite Power Builders	3	7	8	13	25	0.520	809	856	0.945
6	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	0	10	1	4	30	0.133	649	833	0.779

  Qualified to the semifinals
  Qualified to semifinals playoff

Final round

• All series are best-of-three.

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	PetroGazz Angels	3	3	–
	4	BanKo Perlas Spikers	1	0	–
									PetroGazz Angels	1	3	3
									Creamline Cool Smashers	3	1	1
	2	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3	–
	3	PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers	1	0	–			3rd place
									PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers	2	3	3
									BanKo Perlas Spikers	3	1	2

Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Janisa Johnson [9] Conference Alyssa Valdez [10] Best Outside Spikers 1st: 2nd: Nicole Anne Tiamzon Alyssa Valdez Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Katherine Adrielle Bersola Cherry Rose Nunag Best Opposite Spiker Angeline Marie Gervacio Best Setter Julia Melissa Morado Best Libero Angela Nunag Best Foreign Guest Player Wilma Salas

Final standings Rank Team PetroGazz Angels Creamline Cool Smashers PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers 4 BanKo Perlas Spikers 5 Motolite Power Builders 6 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City (main venue)[4]
• University of San Agustin, Iloilo City (PVL on tour)[11]
• Imus City Sports Complex, Cavite (PVL on tour)[12]
• Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna (PVL on tour)[13]
• Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal (PVL on tour)[14]

Open conference

Main article: 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference

The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference is the eight conference of the Premier Volleyball League (35th conference of the former Shakey's V-League). The conference started on August 11, 2019 and ended on November 9, 2019 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.[15] Philippine Air Force Women's Volleyball Team returned in action[16] and two new teams joined the conference named Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers and Choco Mucho Flying Titans (second team of Rebisco).[17]

Teams will play a double-round robin elimination round to determine the final four teams that will advance to the semifinals.[18]

Participating teams

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

Preliminary round

Team standings Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points W L W L Ratio W L Ratio 1 Creamline Cool Smashers 16 0 48 48 4 12.000 1291 935 1.381 2 PetroGazz Angels 12 4 35 40 16 2.500 1283 1074 1.195 3 BanKo Perlas Spikers 10 6 29 34 24 1.417 1295 1224 1.058 4 Motolite Power Builders 10 6 26 32 26 1.231 1290 1237 1.043 5 Philippine Air Force Lady Jet Spikers 8 8 25 28 28 1.000 1222 1243 0.983 6 PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers 6 10 21 27 33 0.818 1283 1330 0.965 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 6 10 20 28 36 0.778 1379 1378 1.001 8 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders 4 12 10 15 43 0.349 1081 1372 0.788 9 Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers 0 16 2 6 48 0.125 991 1322 0.750   Qualified to the semifinals   Qualified to semifinals playoff

Point system: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets 2 points = win match in 5 sets 1 point = lose match in 5 sets 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets

Final round

• All series are best-of-three.

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3	–
	4	Motolite Power Builders	1	0	–
									Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3	–
									PetroGazz Angels	0	0	–
	2	PetroGazz Angels	3	3	–
	3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0	0	–			3rd place
									Motolite Power Builders	0	3	–
									BanKo Perlas Spikers	3	1	–

Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Jia Morado (Creamline) [19] Conference Jema Galanza (Creamline) [20] Best Outside Spikers 1st: 2nd: Jema Galanza (Creamline) Jovielyn Grace Prado (PetroGazz) Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Kathy Bersola (BanKo) Jeanette Panaga (PetroGazz) Best Opposite Spiker Diana Mae Carlos (Motolite) Best Setter Jia Morado (Creamline) Best Libero Kyla Atienza (Creamline)

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers PetroGazz Angels BanKo Perlas Spikers 4 Motolite Power Builders 5 Philippine Air Force Lady Jet Spikers 6 PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders 9 Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers

Venues

• Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan City (main venue)[15]
• Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan (PVL on tour)[21]
• Iloilo City (PVL on tour)
• University of St. La Salle Coliseum, Bacolod, Negros Occidental (PVL on tour)[22]

Collegiate conference

Main article: 2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference

The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Collegiate Conference was the ninth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (36th conference of the former Shakey's V-League). The conference started on August 17, 2019 and ended on October 12, 2019 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.[23] Defending champions University of the Philippines skipped this conference, while reigning University Athletic Association of the Philippines champion Ateneo de Manila University returned after sitting out the 2018 collegiate conference.[23]

Participating teams

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

Preliminary round

Pool A team standings

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Adamson Lady Falcons	5	0	15	15	1	15.000	389	281	1.384
2	Ateneo Lady Eagles	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	428	315	1.359
3	San Beda Red Lionesses	3	2	8	10	8	1.250	379	379	1.000
4	Perpetual Lady Altas	1	4	4	5	13	0.385	358	411	0.871
5	Letran Lady Knights	1	4	3	7	14	0.500	419	485	0.864
6	San Sebastian Lady Stags	1	4	3	4	13	0.308	316	418	0.756

Pool B team standings

Rank	Team	Matches		Pts	Sets			Points
		W	L		W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	UST Golden Tigresses	5	0	13	15	5	3.000	455	372	1.223
2	Benilde Lady Blazers	4	1	13	14	3	4.667	407	314	1.296
3	FEU Lady Tamaraws	3	2	10	11	8	1.375	426	371	1.148
4	Arellano Lady Chiefs	2	3	6	8	10	0.800	377	391	0.964
5	Lyceum Lady Pirates	1	4	3	5	12	0.417	339	368	0.921
6	TIP Lady Engineers	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	187	375	0.499

  Qualified to the semifinals
  Qualified to semifinals playoff

Final round

• All series are best-of-three.

	Semifinals							Finals
	A1	Adamson Lady Falcons	2	3	3
	B2	Benilde Lady Blazers	3	2	1
									Adamson Lady Falcons	3	3	–
									UST Golden Tigresses	2	0	–
	B1	UST Golden Tigresses	1	3	3
	A2	Ateneo Lady Eagles	3	1	2			3rd place
									Benilde Lady Blazers	2	1	–
									Ateneo Lady Eagles	3	3	–

Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Louie Romero [24] Conference Trisha Genesis [25] Best Open Spikers 1st: 2nd: Trisha Genesis Faith Nisperos Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Lorene Grace Toring Imee Hernandez Best Opposite Spiker Klarissa Abriam Best Setter Janel Maraguinot Best Libero Arianne Daguil

Final standings Rank Team  Adamson Lady Falcons  UST Golden Tigresses  Ateneo Lady Eagles 4  Benilde Lady Blazers 5  FEU Lady Tamaraws 6  San Beda Red Lionesses 7  Arellano Lady Chiefs 8  Perpetual Lady Altas 9  Letran Lady Knights 10  Lyceum Lady Pirates 11  San Sebastian Lady Stags 12  TIP Lady Engineers

Preceded by 2nd, 2018	Premier Volleyball League 2019	Succeeded by 2020, 4th

See also

• 2019 Spikers' Turf

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