2021 Premier Volleyball League season
The 2021 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the fourth season of the Premier Volleyball League (17th season of the former Shakey's V-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) | One Sports |
| Open | |
| Season champions |  Chery Tiggo |
| Runners-up |  Creamline |
| Season MVP | Jaja Santiago (Chery Tiggo) |
Changes
Professional status
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
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
Participating teams
| Abbr. | Team | Affiliation | Head coach | Team captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLP |  BaliPure Purest Water Defenders |
Balibago Waterworks System, Inc. |  Rommel Abella |
Alina Joyce Bicar |
| BMA |  Black Mamba Army Lady Troopers |
Philippine Army and Corbridge Group | Emilio Reyes Jr. |
Jovelyn Gonzaga |
| CHD |  Cignal HD Spikers |
Cignal TV, Inc. | Cesael Delos Santos |
Rachel Anne Daquis |
| CTC | Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers |
United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. | Aaron Vélez |
Alyja Daphne Santiago |
| CMF |  Choco Mucho Flying Titans |
Republic Biscuit Corporation | Oliver Almadro |
Madeleine Yrenea Madayag |
| CCS | Creamline Cool Smashers |
Republic Biscuit Corporation |  Anusorn Bundit |
Alyssa Valdez |
| PRL |  Perlas Spikers |
Beach Volleyball Republic and Cosmetique Asia Corporation | Reynaldo Diaz Jr. |
Jamenea Ferrer |
| PGA |  Petro Gazz Angels |
PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. | Arnold Laniog |
Relea Ferina Saet |
| PLD |  PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters |
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company | Roger Gorayeb |
Rhea Katrina Dimaculangan |
| SLR |  Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors |
Sta. Lucia Realty and Development Corporation | Eddieson Orcullo |
Rubie de Leon |
Team standings
| Rank | Team | Matches | Pts | Sets | Points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | W | L | Ratio | W | L | Ratio | |||
| 1 | Creamline Cool Smashers |
8 | 1 | 21 | 25 | 11 | 2.273 | 837 | 687 | 1.218 |
| 2 | Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers |
7 | 2 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 3.571 | 749 | 608 | 1.232 |
| 3 | Choco Mucho Flying Titans |
7 | 2 | 22 | 23 | 9 | 2.556 | 721 | 675 | 1.068 |
| 4 | Petro Gazz Angels |
6 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 11 | 1.818 | 736 | 674 | 1.092 |
| 5 | Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors |
5 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 1.133 | 716 | 663 | 1.080 |
| 6 | Black Mamba Army Lady Troopers |
4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 0.842 | 770 | 781 | 0.986 |
| 7 | PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters |
3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 0.667 | 614 | 672 | 0.914 |
| 8 | BaliPure Purest Water Defenders |
3 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 22 | 0.500 | 656 | 781 | 0.840 |
| 9 | Perlas Spikers |
1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 0.280 | 636 | 771 | 0.825 |
| 10 | Cignal HD Spikers |
1 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 0.240 | 623 | 746 | 0.835 |
Qualified to the semifinals
Final round
- 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 7 Pro Crossovers
| 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2 | Chery Tiggo 7 Pro 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 | – | ||||||||||
Player of the week
References
- Navarro, June (October 23, 2020). "PVL, PSL, MPBL to discuss professional label with teams, lawyers". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- News, ABS-CBN (November 12, 2020). "Volleyball: PVL is latest league to turn professional". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- Li, Matthew (November 12, 2020). "PVL set to turn pro". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- Reyes, Marc Anthony (July 10, 2020). "LVPI requests permission for volleyball players' training resumption". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
- Olivares, Rick (November 17, 2020). "V-League to make comeback". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- Villar, Joey (November 13, 2020). "PVL to still welcome college players despite pro status". The Philippine Star. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- Agcaoili, Lance (November 18, 2020). "PVL eyes February start for first conference as professional league". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- Naredo, Camille (March 18, 2021). "Volleyball: PVL hopes to hold 2 conferences in 2021". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- Li, Matthew (May 1, 2021). "PVL scraps 2021 Reinforced Conf to make way for SEAG training". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- "PVL no longer pushing through with second conference this year". Sunstar. September 17, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.