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

This was the third and last conference for the 2024 season. Unlike the previous iterations of the league, this conference was a short pocket tournament, lasting about nine days, making it the shortest conference in the league. The conference started on September 4, 2024, coinciding with the finals of the 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference.

Originally, the semifinalists of the 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference are qualified and 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. But due to players' injuries, the PLDT High Speed Hitters and the Akari Chargers begged off from participation. The Farm Fresh Foxies will be the sole replacement as the other PVL teams declined to join.

Qualification

The Invitational Conference is a pocket tournament and only the top four among the twelve Premier Volleyball League teams in the previous tournament (the 2024 Reinforced Conference) are qualified to participate along with two foreign-based guest teams.

The PLDT High Speed Hitters qualified as semifinalists but withdrew due to injuries from the past conference.[1] It will be the eight placers Farm Fresh Foxies replaced PLDT after the next three ranked teams Chery Tiggo, Petro Gazz and Capital1 declined the PVL's invite.[2] Akari Chargers also pulled out from the conference citing the same reason with PLDT. Akari were not replaced, making the participants down to five teams.[3] This will be the conference with the least number of teams joining.

Two guest teams are Kurashiki Ablaze, the defending Invitational champions, and newcomer Est Cola will join the three local club teams to compete in this conference.[4][5]

Qualification method Date Berths Qualifier(s)
2024 PVL Reinforced Conference semifinalists August 24 and 27, 2024 (Quarterfinals) 4
2		 Creamline Cool Smashers
Akari Chargers (withdrew)
Cignal HD Spikers
PLDT High Speed Hitters (withdrew)
Invited PVL teams September 2, 2024 (announced) 0
1		 Chery Tiggo Crossovers (declined)
Petro Gazz Angels (declined)
Capital1 Solar Spikers (declined)
Farm Fresh Foxies
Foreign guest teams August 30–31, 2024 (announced) 2 Est Cola (Thailand)
Kurashiki Ablaze (Japan)

Participating teams

2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain
Local teams
CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Philippines Shaq Delos Santos Philippines Frances Molina
CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Philippines Sherwin Meneses Philippines Michele Gumabao (interim)
FFF Farm Fresh Foxies Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics Japan Shota Sato Philippines Louie Romero
Foreign guest teams
EST Est Cola Sermsuk Public Co. Ltd. / Thailand U20 Thailand Wanna Buakaew Thailand Kanokporn Sangthong
KUR Kurashiki Ablaze Ablaze Co., Ltd. / V.League (Japan) Japan Hideo Suzuki Japan Saya Taniguchi

Venues

Regular venues
Preliminaries Finals
Pasay Pasig Quezon City
SM Mall of Asia Arena PhilSports Arena Araneta Coliseum
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 20,000
PVL on Tour venues
Preliminaries
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa Sports Complex
Capacity: 5,700

Transactions

National team players

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, and were expected to remain unavailable for the whole duration of the Invitational Conference.[6][7] However on September 9 they were allowed to rejoin their clubs,[8] after the national team played friendly matches with Saga Hisamitsu Springs on September 7 and 8.[9]

Team Player/s
Cignal HD Spikers Vanie Gandler Dawn Macandili-Catindig
Creamline Cool Smashers Jema Galanza —

Foreign guest players

These foreign guest players participated 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.[10] The teams also have the option to keep or replace their reinforcements to play in this conference.

Team Foreign player Moving from Ref.
Cignal HD Spikers Venezuela María José Pérez Egypt Alexandria Sporting Club [11]
Creamline Cool Smashers United States Erica Staunton United States Georgia Bulldogs [12]
Farm Fresh Foxies Japan Asaka Tamaru Philippines Zus Coffee Thunderbelles [13]

Format

The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference:

Preliminary Round
  1. Single round-robin format
  2. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
  3. The 3rd and 4th ranked teams will advance to the bronze medal match.
  4. The 1st and 2nd ranked teams will advance to the gold medal match.
Finals
  1. All games are knockout matches.
  2. Bronze medal: 3rd ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
  3. Gold medal: 1st ranked team vs. 2nd ranked team

Pool standing procedure

  • 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

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Creamline Cool Smashers 4 4 0 12 12 2 6.000 347 270 1.285 Championship match
2 Cignal HD Spikers 4 3 1 8 10 5 2.000 348 307 1.134
3 Kurashiki Ablaze 4 2 2 7 9 7 1.286 373 364 1.025 3rd place match
4 Est Cola 4 1 3 2 4 11 0.364 292 352 0.830
5 Farm Fresh Foxies 4 0 4 1 2 12 0.167 238 333 0.715
Source: Premier Volleyball League

Match results

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Sep 4 13:00 PSA Est Cola 1–3 Kurashiki Ablaze 20–25 18–25 25–23 21–25   84–98 P2
Sep 5 16:00 PSA Kurashiki Ablaze 3–0 Farm Fresh Foxies 25–13 25–16 25–16     75–45 P2
Sep 6 14:00 SRSC Est Cola 0–3 Creamline Cool Smashers 13–25 12–25 15–25     40–75 P2
Sep 6 16:00 SRSC Cignal HD Spikers 3–0 Farm Fresh Foxies 25–16 25–10 25–18     75–44 P2
Sep 8 16:00 MOA Cignal HD Spikers 3–0 Est Cola 25–23 27–25 25–12     77–60 P2
Sep 8 18:00 MOA Creamline Cool Smashers 3–1 Kurashiki Ablaze 25–22 25–22 26–28 25–21   101–93 P2
Sep 9 16:00 MOA Farm Fresh Foxies 2–3 Est Cola 25–22 17–25 25–19 20–25 15–17 102–108 P2
Sep 9 18:00 MOA Creamline Cool Smashers 3–1 Cignal HD Spikers 25–18 29–27 17–25 25–20   96–90 P2
Sep 11 16:00 PSA Farm Fresh Foxies 0–3 Creamline Cool Smashers 15–25 13–25 19–25     47–75 P2
Sep 11 18:00 PSA Cignal HD Spikers 3–2 Kurashiki Ablaze 25–23 19–25 25–23 22–25 15–11 106–107 P2

Final round

3rd place match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Sep 12 16:00 SAC Est Cola 0–3 Kurashiki Ablaze 22–25 24–26 20–25     66–76 P2

Championship match

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Sep 12 18:00 SAC Cignal HD Spikers 2–3 Creamline Cool Smashers 25–21 17–25 25–20 24–26 13–15 104–107 P2

Final standing

Awards and medalists

Awards

Award Player Team Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player Philippines Michele Gumabao Creamline [14]
[15]
Finals Most Valuable Player Philippines Kyle Negrito Creamline
1st Best Outside Spiker Venezuela María José Pérez Cignal
2nd Best Outside Spiker United States Erica Staunton Creamline
1st Best Middle Blocker Philippines Jacqueline Acuña Cignal
2nd Best Middle Blocker Malaysia Low Mei Cing Kurashiki
Best Opposite Spiker Japan Saya Taniguchi Kurashiki
Best Setter Philippines Kyle Negrito Creamline
Best Libero Thailand Kalyarat Khamwong Est Cola

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Creamline Cool Smashers
Cignal HD Spikers
Kurashiki Ablaze
    • Saya Taniguchi (c)
    • Wako Omura
    • Hiroko Morimoto
    • Kyoka Ohshima
    • Kaoru Takahashi (L)
    • Akane Hiraoka
    • Yukino Yano
    • Miho Kawamura
    • Reina Fujiwara
    • Low Mei Cing (I)
    • Saki Tanabe
    • Takio Kokoro
    • Nana Fujimura (L)
    • Tsuji Ayano
    • Mami Gondo
Head coach: Sherwin Meneses Head coach: Shaq Delos Santos Head coach: Hideo Suzuki

See also

References

  1. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (September 1, 2024). "PVL: PLDT set to skip Invitationals, replacement to be announced". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (September 2, 2024). "PVL: Farm Fresh replaces PLDT in Invitational Conference". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  3. ^ Isaga, JR (September 3, 2024). "Unrelated to controversy: Top-seeded PVL team Akari pulls out of Invitationals due to injuries". Rappler. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
  4. ^ Garcia, John Mark (August 30, 2024). "Kurashiki Ablaze returning to defend PVL Invitational title". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  5. ^ Garcia, John Mark (August 31, 2024). "Thai team EST Cola makes Philippine return in PVL Invitational". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved August 31, 2024.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (August 15, 2024). "Alas Pilipinas players ruled out of PVL Reinforced, Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 1, 2024.
  8. ^ Garcia, John (September 9, 2024). "Alas Pilipinas stars given green light to rejoin PVL clubs". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  9. ^ "Alas Pilipinas Women swept by SAGA Hisamitsu Springs in pair of friendly games". One Sports. September 8, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  10. ^ Valencia, Justin (July 16, 2024). "Nxled vs. Galeries match spurs clarification on PVL import policies". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Demigillo, Kiko (September 4, 2024). "PVL: Farm Fresh adds Japanese spiker Asaka Tamaru ahead of Invitational Conference". One Sports. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
  14. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (September 12, 2024). "Creamline's Michele Gumabao is PVL Invitationals MVP". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  15. ^ Dannug, Jonash (September 12, 2024). "Kyle Negrito's brilliant play secures Grand Slam, Finals MVP honors". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
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