2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference

The 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference is the sixth conference of the Premier Volleyball League (33rd conference of the former Shakey's V-League). The conference started on September 22, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.[1][2]

2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
League	Premier Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Number of games	65
Number of teams	8
TV partner(s)	ABS-CBN Sports+Action Liga & Liga HD
Season MVP	Alyssa Valdez (Creamline)
Finals champions	Creamline Cool Smashers
Runners-up	Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles
Finals MVP	Julia Melissa Morado (Creamline)

Teams played a double-round robin elimination round to determine the final four teams that will advance to the semifinals.[3]

Participating teams

2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Company	Colors	Head coach	Team captain
ADM	Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University-Motolite (sponsor)		Oliver Allan Almadro	Bea De Leon
ADU	Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons	Adamson University-Akari (sponsor)		Airess Padda	Lea Ann Perez
BKP	BanKo Perlas Spikers	Beach Volleyball Republic		Ariel dela Cruz	Suzanne Roces
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation		Anusorn "Tai" Bundit	Alyssa Valdez
IRG	Iriga City–Navy Oragons	Iriga City and Philippine Navy		Edgardo Rusit	Grazielle Bombita
PGZ	PetroGazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.		Jerry Yee	Stephanie Mercado
POC	Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors	Federated Distributors, Inc.		Jasper Jimenez	Myla Pablo
TAC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (sponsor)		Ernesto Pamilar	Jovielyn Grace Prado

Preliminary round

Team standings Rank Team Matches Pts Sets Points W L W L Ratio W L Ratio 1 Creamline Cool Smashers 11 3 34 39 13 3.000 1202 936 1.284 2 BanKo Perlas Spikers 11 3 32 35 18 1.944 1208 1105 1.093 3  Ateneo Lady Eagles 10 4 26 31 23 1.348 1178 1162 1.014 4 PetroGazz Angels 8 6 27 33 22 1.500 1202 1142 1.053 5 Pocari Sweat Air Force Lady Warriors 7 7 22 31 27 1.148 1263 1247 1.013 6 Tacloban Fighting Warays 6 8 17 25 30 0.833 1178 1167 1.009 7 Iriga City–Navy Oragons 3 11 8 11 36 0.306 927 1134 0.817 8  Adamson Lady Falcons 0 14 2 6 42 0.143 875 1151 0.760   Qualified to the semifinals

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

Match results

• All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

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Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Sep 22	16:00	TAC	0–3	PGZ	22–25	14–25	24–26			60–76	P–2
Sep 22	18:00	BKP	3–1	IRG	25–14	19–25	25–17	25–9		94–65	P–2
Sep 23	16:00	ADM	3–1	POC	25–23	17–25	25–20	30–28		97–96	P–2
Sep 23	18:00	PGZ	1–3	BKP	22–25	17–25	25–22	17–25		81–97	P–2
Sep 26	16:00	IRG	0–3	TAC	17–25	17–25	19–25			53–75	P–2 [4]
Sep 26	18:00	POC	3–2	PGZ	25–20	29–31	25–15	17–25	15–5	111–96	P–2 [5]
Sep 29	16:00	IRG	0–3	POC	18–25	18–25	20–25			56–75	P–2
Sep 29	18:00	CCS	2–3	PGZ	25–27	25–17	23–25	25–19	5–15	103–103	P–2
Sep 30	16:00	TAC	3–0	ADU	25–21	25–12	25–22			75–55	P–2 [6]
Sep 30	18:00	PGZ	3–1	IRG	25–19	25–20	23–25	28–26		101–90	P–2 a [7]
Oct 03	16:00	ADU	0–3	POC	23–25	22–25	16–25			61–75	P–2 [8]
Oct 03	18:00	CCS	3–0	TAC	25–15	25–21	25–15			75–51	P–2 [9]
Oct 06	16:00	ADM	3–2	PGZ	25–21	17–25	19–25	25–14	15–7	101–92	P–2 [10]
Oct 06	18:00	ADU	1–3	BKP	20–25	25–19	22–25	16–25		83–94	P–2 [11]
Oct 07	16:00	BKP	3–0	ADM	27–25	25–19	25–11			77–55	P–2 [12]
Oct 07	18:00	CCS	3–0	IRG	25–13	25–12	25–9			75–34	P–2 [13]
Oct 10	16:00	TAC	1–3	BKP	21–25	25–23	27–29	18–25		91–102	P–2 [14]
Oct 10	18:00	ADU	0–3	CCS	16–25	9–25	20–25			45–75	P–2 [15]
Oct 13	16:00	ADM	3–0	IRG	25–19	29–27	25–14			79–60	P–2
Oct 13	18:00	PGZ	3–0	ADU	25–17	25–20	25–14			75–51	P–2
Oct 14	16:00	ADU	2–3	ADM	25–17	23–25	20–25	25–21	12–15	105–103	P–2 [16]
Oct 14	18:00	CCS	3–2	POC	25–19	25–17	20–25	16–25	16–14	102–100	P–2 [17]
Oct 17	16:00	ADM	3–2	TAC	25–18	19–25	11–25	25–17	15–11	95–96	P–2 [18]
Oct 17	18:00	BKP	0–3	CCS	24–26	13–25	21–25			58–76	P–2 [19]
Oct 20	16:00	TAC	3–2	POC	18–25	25–20	25–22	20–25	15–9	103–101	P–2 [20]
Oct 20	18:00	IRG	3–2	ADU	25–18	23–25	25–21	24–26	15–11	112–101	P–2 [21]
Oct 21	16:00	POC	3–2	BKP	16–25	26–24	18–25	25–23	15–13	100–110	P–2 [22]
Oct 21	18:00	ADM	0–3	CCS	23–25	17–25	14–25			54–75	P–2 [23]
Oct 24	16:00	BKP	3–0	IRG	25–22	25–21	25–19			75–62	P–2
Oct 24	18:00	POC	2–3	TAC	25–20	13–25	26–24	16–25	13–15	93–109	P–2
Oct 27	16:00	IRG	3–0	ADU	25–18	26–24	25–23			76–65	P–2
Oct 27	18:00	POC	0–3	ADM	25–27	21–25	21–25			67–77	P–2
Oct 28	16:00	TAC	1–3	IRG	20–25	25–15	25–27	23–25		93–92	P–2
Oct 28	18:00	ADM	3–2	CCS	25–18	25–20	15–25	23–25	15–12	103–100	P–2
Nov 03	16:00	ADM	3–1	TAC	25–19	25–21	21–25	25–19		96–84	P–2
Nov 03	18:00	PGZ	3–0	IRG	25–21	25–19	25–17			75–57	P–2
Nov 04	16:00	BKP	3–0	ADU	25–17	25–17	25–18			75–52	P–2
Nov 04	18:00	IRG	0–3	ADM	17–25	19–25	22–25			58–75	P–2
Nov 07	16:00	PGZ	2–3	POC	25–17	29–27	16–25	23–25	13–15	106–109	P–2
Nov 07	18:00	CCS	3–0	TAC	25–16	25–16	26–24			76–56	P–2
Nov 10	16:00	TAC	3–2	PGZ	15–25	25–23	22–25	25–20	15–13	102–106	P–2
Nov 10	18:00	ADM	0–3	BKP	24–26	22–25	16–25			62–76	P–2
Nov 11	14:00	POC	2–3	CCS	25–23	21–25	20–25	25–22	9–15	100–110	P–2
Nov 11	16:00	ADU	1–3	ADM	23–25	25–16	14–25	20–25		82–91	P–2
Nov 11	18:00	BKP	0–3	PGZ	11–25	23–25	18–25			52–75	P–2
Nov 14	16:00	POC	1–3	BKP	25–27	25–19	16–25	20–25		86–96	P–2
Nov 14	18:00	IRG	0–3	CCS	12–25	13–25	24–26			49–76	P–2
Nov 17	16:00	CCS	2–3	BKP	25–12	23–25	25–19	24–26	12–15	109–97	P–2
Nov 17	16:00	ADU	0–3	TAC	11–25	12–25	19–25			42–75	P–2
Nov 17	18:00	ADM	1–3	PGZ	25–19	21–25	21–25	23–25		90–94	P–2
Nov 18	16:00	IRG	0–3	POC	23–25	20–25	20–25			63–75	P–2
Nov 18	18:00	PGZ	3–0	ADU	25–21	25–9	25–15			75–45	P–2
Nov 21	16:00	ADU	0–3	POC	18–25	20–25	23–25			61–75	P–2
Nov 21	18:00	PGZ	0–3	CCS	11–25	13–25	23–25			47–75	P–2
Nov 24	16:00	TAC	2–3	BKP	22–25	19–25	31–29	25–11	11–15	108–105	P–2
Nov 24	18:00	CCS	3–0	ADU	25–7	25–11	25–10			75–28	P–2

Final round

• All series are best-of-three.

	Semifinals							Finals
	1	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3	–
	4	PetroGazz Angels	1	1	–
									Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3	–
									Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles	0	0	–
	2	BanKo Perlas Spikers	3	0	2
	3	Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles	2	3	3			3rd place
									BanKo Perlas Spikers	3	3	–
									PetroGazz Angels	1	0	–

Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov 28	16:00	CCS	3–1	PGZ	26–28	25–15	25–13	25–16		101–72	P–2
Dec 01	16:00	PGZ	1–3	CCS	25–21	18–25	21–25	13–25		77–96	P–2

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov 28	18:30	BKP	3–2	ADM	25–23	25–19	21–25	19–25	15–6	105–98	P–2
Dec 01	14:00	ADM	3–0	BKP	25–21	25–20	26–24			76–65	P–2
Dec 02	16:00	BKP	2–3	ADM	25–21	25–23	17–25	25–27	19–21	111–117	P–2

Finals

3rd Place

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 05	16:00	BKP	3–1	PGZ	25–14	28–26	10–25	25–19		88–84	P–2
Dec 08	14:00	PGZ	0–3	BKP	18–25	24–26	21–25			63–76	P–2

Championships

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Dec 05	18:30	CCS	3–0	ADM	25–17	25–10	25–15			75–42	P–2
Dec 08	16:00	ADM	0–3	CCS	20–25	20–25	15–25			55–75	P–2

2nd Open Conference Champions
Creamline Cool Smashers Alyssa Valdez (c), Jia Morado, Jema Galanza, Risa Sato, Michele Gumabao, Pau Soriano, Melissa Gohing, Fille Cainglet–Cayetano, Paula Maninang, Coleen Bravo, Jem Gutierrez, Kyla Atienza, Alex Cabaños, Rizza Mandapat – Head Coach: Anusorn “Tai” Bundit

Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Jia Morado (Creamline) [24] Conference Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) [25] Best Outside Spikers 1st: 2nd: Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) Jema Galanza (Creamline) Best Middle Blockers 1st: 2nd: Maddie Madayag (Ateneo) Kathy Bersola (Perlas) Best Opposite Spiker Katrina Tolentino (Ateneo) Best Setter Jia Morado (Creamline) Best Libero Cienne Cruz (PetroGazz)

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles BanKo Perlas Spikers 4 PetroGazz Angels 5 Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors 6 Tacloban Fighting Warays 7 Iriga City–Navy Oragons 8  Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons

See also

• 2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference

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