2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference

The 2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference will be the nineteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its tenth conference as a professional league.

2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Tournament details
DatesSeptember 4 – 12, 2024
Teams6
Official website
pvl.ph

This will be the third conference for the 2024 season. Unlike the previous iterations of the league, this conference will be a short stint, lasting for about one to two weeks. Only the semifinalists of the 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference will be able to play alongside two foreign guest teams — the reigning Invitational champions, Kurashiki Ablaze of Japan, and the newcomers, EST Cola of Thailand.[1][2]

Participating teams

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The PLDT High Speed Hitters qualified as semifinalists but withdrew due to injuries from the past conference.[3]

2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain
Local teams
AKA Akari Chargers Akari Lighting & Technology   Takayuki Minowa   Michelle Cobb
CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc.   Shaq Delos Santos   Frances Molina
CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation   Sherwin Meneses   Michele Gumabao
Fourth PVL team (To be announced)
Foreign teams
EST Est Cola Sermsuk Public Co. Ltd. / Thailand U20 [to be determined] [to be determined]
KUR Kurashiki Ablaze Ablaze Co., Ltd. / V.League (Japan)   Hideo Suzuki   Ohshima Kyoka

Transactions

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National team players

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The following players are part of the Philippine national team that played at the 2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup, 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup and the 2024 SEA Women's V.League. They are therefore excluded from the previous Reinforced Conference.[4] Players for the qualifying teams remains unavailable for the Invitational Conference due to friendly matches scheduled for September 2024.[5]

Team Player/s
Akari Chargers Faith Nisperos Fifi Sharma
Cignal HD Spikers Vanie Gandler Dawn Macandili-Catindig
Creamline Cool Smashers Jema Galanza

Foreign guest players

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The following are the foreign guest players participating in the reinforced conference. Each team is only allowed to have one foreign player and can only replace them mid-conference if they suffer from injuries or if the player (not the team) abandons their commitment.[6] The teams also have the option to keep their reinforcements to play in this conference.

Team Foreign player Moving from Ref.
Akari Chargers   Oluoma Okaro   ASP Thetis [7]
Cignal HD Spikers   María José Pérez   Alexandria Sporting Club [8]
Creamline Cool Smashers   Erica Staunton   Oriveden Ponnistus [9]

Pool standing procedure

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  • First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won.
  • If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein:
    • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser.
    • Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser.
  • In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used:
    • Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost.
    • Point ratio: the number of points scored divided by the number of points allowed.
    • Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

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Ranking

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR
1 Akari Chargers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Cignal HD Spikers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Creamline Cool Smashers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Est Cola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kurashiki Ablaze 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 TBA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Match results

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Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
              0–0  
              0–0  
              0–0  
              0–0  

Final standing

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Awards and medalists

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Awards

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Individual awards

Award Player Team Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player
Finals Most Valuable Player
1st Best Outside Spiker
2nd Best Outside Spiker
1st Best Middle Blocker
2nd Best Middle Blocker
Best Opposite Spiker
Best Setter
Best Libero
Best Foreign Guest Player

Special award

Award Team Ref.
Fair Play

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
[to be determined]

References

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  1. ^ "Kurashiki Ablaze returning to defend PVL Invitational title". SPIN.PH. August 30, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  2. ^ "Thai team EST Cola makes Philippine return in PVL Invitational". SPIN.PH. August 31, 2024. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  3. ^ Garcia, John Mark (September 1, 2024). "PLDT plans to pull out of PVL Invitational - but not because of controversial loss". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "10 PVL stars called up for national team" (Press release). Premier Volleyball League. May 15, 2024. Archived from the original on May 15, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (August 15, 2024). "Alas Pilipinas players ruled out of PVL Reinforced, Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  6. ^ Valencia, Justin (July 16, 2024). "Nxled vs. Galeries match spurs clarification on PVL import policies". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  7. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (July 3, 2024). "PVL: New-look Akari taps American import Oly Okaro". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 3, 2024.
  8. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (June 26, 2024). "PVL: MJ Perez returns to power Cignal in Reinforced Conference". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 26, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (June 20, 2024). "PVL: Creamline taps Erica Staunton as import for Reinforced tilt". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 20, 2024. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
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