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The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eleventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its second conference as a professional league.

The conference was held from March 16 to April 8, 2022, pending restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. A pool play format will be adapted for the first time wherein teams will be divided into two pools as opposed to a round-robin format where all teams play against each other at least once. Preliminary round was held at the Paco Arena in Manila. Quarterfinal round and Semifinals Game 1 & 3 was held at the San Juan Arena in San Juan. The Semifinals Game 2 and Finals Game 1 was held at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay while Finals Game 2 was held at Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal.

Nine teams competed on this conference as Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers looks to defend their championship. F2 Logistics Cargo Movers will have their debut in the Premier Volleyball League. Two teams from the previous conference, Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors and Perlas Spikers, filed for leave of absence from the league and released all of their players.

Participating teams

Pool composition

For the first time in league history, the Open Conference catered multiple pools in the preliminary round with the nine participating teams grouped into two pools. The groupings were unveiled on February 18, 2022 with teams grouped through serpentine system using 2021 Open Conference final standings. F2 Logistics Cargo Movers was drawn to Pool A during their meeting as they did not compete in the last conference.

Venues

The conference started on a "semi-bubble" setup with a strict home-venue-home format for teams at the Paco Arena with no spectators allowed in the venue due to COVID-19 restrictions. After the preliminary round, the league officially started accepting live audiences to watch the games in the playoffs.

Preliminaries	Quarterfinals, Classification, Semifinals
City of Manila	San Juan City
Paco Arena	Filoil EcoOil Centre
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 6,000
Classification, Semifinals, Finals	Semifinals, Finals
Pasay City	Antipolo
SM Mall of Asia Arena	Ynares Center
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 7,400

Transactions

National team players

• The following players are part of the national team that will compete in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in May.

Team additions and transfers

The following are the players who transferred to another team on the upcoming conference.

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Ref
Creamline Cool Smashers	Anusorn Bundit	Replaced due to COVID-19 lockdowns	Sherwin Meneses
Petro Gazz Angels	Arnold Laniog	Reassigned	Jerry Yee
PLDT High Speed Hitters	Roger Gorayeb	Resigned	George Pascua

Format

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

Preliminary Round

1. Single-round robin format; 2 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
2. All teams except the last finishing team in the pool of five will advance to the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

1. QF1: #A1 vs #B4 (#A1 twice-to-beat)
2. QF2: #B1 vs #A4 (#B1 twice-to-beat)
3. QF3: #A2 vs #B3 (#A2 twice-to-beat)
4. QF4: #B2 vs #A3 (#B2 twice-to-beat)

Classification

1. 7th-9th place: Single-round robin format; #A5, QF1 Loser, & QF2 Loser; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
2. 5th place: QF3 Loser vs. QF4 Loser

Semifinals

1. Best-of-three series.
2. SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
3. SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF4 Winner

Finals

1. Best-of-three series.
2. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
3. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

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: number of points scored divided by 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

• All times are Philippines Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Ranking

Pool A

Pool B

Match results

Pool A

Pool B

Classification round

• All times are Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
• The losers between A2 and B3, and B2 and A3 will face for the 5th-6th place match
• A5, and the losers between A1 and B4, and B1 and A4 will face on a round-robin format and ranked by points.

7th-9th places

5th place match

Final round

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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Q1 vs Q3

Q2 vs Q4

Finals

3rd place

• Cignal wins series, 1–1, via points ratio of 1.022 vs. 0.978

Championship

• Creamline wins series, 2–0

Final standing

Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Petro Gazz Angels Cignal HD Spikers 4 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 5 PLDT High Speed Hitters 6 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 7 Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers 8 Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers 9 BaliPure Purest Water Defenders

2022 PVL Open champions Creamline Cool Smashers Fourth title Team Roster Alyssa Valdez, Celine Domingo, Risa Sato, Jeanette Panaga, Jorella Marie De Jesus, Maria Paulina Soriano, Kyla Atienza, Julia Melissa Morado-De Guzman (c), Fille Cainglet-Cayetano, Kyle Negrito, Rizza Jane Mandapat, Jessica Margarett Galanza, Rosemarie Vargas, Diana Mae Carlos Head coach Sherwin Meneses

Awards and medalists

Individual awards

Medalists

See also

• 2022 Spikers' Turf Open Conference

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