The 2021 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the fourth season of the Premier Volleyball League and the first season of the PVL as a professional league. No tournament was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 season was staged with precautionary measures.
| 2021 Premier Volleyball League | |
|---|---|
| League | Premier Volleyball League |
| Sport | Volleyball |
| Duration | July 17 – August 13, 2021 |
| TV partner(s) | |
| Conferences | |
| Open champions | Chery Tiggo Crossovers |
| Open runners-up | Creamline Cool Smashers |
Changes edit
Professional status edit
The Games and Amusements Board in October 2020 issued a directive that it would consider players compensated for non-national team play would be considered as professionals, as well as that for all sporting events organized for profit as professional in nature. This has raised concerns over the status of semi-professional leagues such as the PVL and its rival league, the PSL.[1] The PVL in particular was concerned over financial aspects of running as a professional league.[2]
In November 2020, the PVL announced that the league would turn professional starting the 2021 season,[2] believing it has enough women players to make the move. The league was already considering to turn professional due to the collegiate league UAAP deciding to bar its rookies from playing in commercial leagues starting its UAAP Season 81 (2018–19), in anticipation that all college players would not be allowed to play in the PVL.[3] Prior to the league's professionalization, the PVL was considered as semi-professional and thus its affairs are not supervised or regulated by GAB[4] Six PVL teams - BaliPure, Banko Perlas, Choco Mucho, Creamline, Motolite and Petro Gazz - agreed with the move for PVL to turn professional.[3]
A new separate league called the V-League, in reference to the PVL's old name, will be formed to accommodate collegiate and amateur teams which could no longer take part in the PVL due to the league's professionalization.[5] Prior to the PVL's professionalization, it has hosted the collegiate conference.[6]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic edit
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Premier Volleyball League had to secure permit from the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) of the Philippine national government to host games.[7]
The Open conference, the only tournament of the 2021 season, was held under a "bubble" format with players and staff isolated at the playing venue.[7]
The PVL planned to organize at least two conferences, with the second being the Reinforced Conference which allows teams to field foreign players.[8] It was initially cancelled for the 2021 season by May 2021 due to logistical issues of bringing in foreign players due to pandemic-related travel restrictions as well as to accommodate the Philippine women's national team's preparation and participation in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games and the 2021 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship[9] Both tournaments were later postponed to next year. The conduct of a second conference was again considered after the conclusion of the Open Conference. However such plans were again cancelled.[10]
Open conference edit
Participating teams edit
Preliminary round edit
Ranking edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Creamline Cool Smashers
|
9 | 8 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 2.273 | 837 | 687 | 1.218 | Semifinals |
| 2 |  Chery Tiggo Crossovers
|
9 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3.571 | 749 | 608 | 1.232 | |
| 3 |  Choco Mucho Flying Titans
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9 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 2.556 | 721 | 675 | 1.068 | |
| 4 |  Petro Gazz Angels
|
9 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 1.818 | 736 | 674 | 1.092 | |
| 5 |  Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
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9 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 1.133 | 716 | 663 | 1.080 | |
| 6 |  Black Mamba Army Lady Troopers
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9 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 0.842 | 770 | 781 | 0.986 | |
| 7 |  PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters
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9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 0.667 | 614 | 672 | 0.914 | |
| 8 |  BaliPure Purest Water Defenders
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9 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 0.500 | 656 | 781 | 0.840 | |
| 9 |  Perlas Spikers
|
9 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 0.280 | 636 | 771 | 0.825 | |
| 10 |  Cignal HD Spikers
|
9 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 0.240 | 623 | 746 | 0.835 |
Final round edit
- All series are best-of-three.
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Creamline Cool Smashers
| 3 | 3 | – | |||||||||
| 4 | Petro Gazz Angels
| 2 | 0 | – | |||||||||
| Creamline Cool Smashers
| 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Chery Tiggo Crossovers
| 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Chery Tiggo Crossovers
| 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Choco Mucho Flying Titans
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3rd place | ||||||||
| Petro Gazz Angels
| 3 | 3 | – | ||||||||||
| Choco Mucho Flying Titans
| 1 | 0 | – | ||||||||||
Final standings edit |
Awards edit
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Player of the week edit
| Week ending | Player | Team | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 23 | Grazielle Bombita | BaliPure Purest Water Defenders
|
[12] |
| July 30 | Jovielyn Grace Prado | Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors
|
[13] |
| August 7 | Alyja Daphne Santiago | Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers
|
[14] |
References edit
- ^ Navarro, June (October 23, 2020). "PVL, PSL, MPBL to discuss professional label with teams, lawyers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ a b "Volleyball: PVL is latest league to turn professional". ABS-CBN News. November 12, 2020. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ a b Li, Matthew (November 12, 2020). "PVL set to turn pro". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Reyes, Marc Anthony (July 10, 2020). "LVPI requests permission for volleyball players' training resumption". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- ^ Olivares, Rick (November 17, 2020). "V-League to make comeback". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ^ Villar, Joey (November 13, 2020). "PVL to still welcome college players despite pro status". The Philippine Star. Archived from the original on November 13, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ a b Agcaoili, Lance (November 18, 2020). "PVL eyes February start for first conference as professional league". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ Naredo, Camille (March 18, 2021). "Volleyball: PVL hopes to hold 2 conferences in 2021". ABS-CBN News. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Li, Matthew (May 1, 2021). "PVL scraps 2021 Reinforced Conf to make way for SEAG training". Tiebreaker Times. Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "PVL no longer pushing through with second conference this year". Sunstar. September 17, 2021. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Yumol, David Tristan (August 13, 2021). "Jaja Santiago takes home Conference MVP and Finals MVP awards". CNN Philippines. Archived from the original on August 13, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ^ "Bombita is first PVLPC Player of the Week in pro season". Premier Volleyball League. July 25, 2021. Archived from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
- ^ "Prado earns PVLPC Player of the Week award". Premier Volleyball League. August 1, 2021. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
- ^ "Santiago hailed PVLPC Player of the Week". Premier Volleyball League. August 8, 2021. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.