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The 2023 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the sixth season of the Premier Volleyball League. The season started on February 4, 2023 with the beginning of the 2023 First All-Filipino Conference and ended on December 16, 2023 with the conclusion of the 2023 Second All-Filipino Conference.

First All-Filipino conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference was the fourteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its fifth conference as a professional league. The tournament began on February 4, 2023, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City.

Formerly known as the Open Conference, the conference was rebranded as the "All-Filipino Conference" to better reflect the fact that the tournament's participation is restricted to Filipino players, including Filipino-Foreigners.

Participating teams

2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
AKA	Akari Chargers	Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation	Jorge Edson	Michelle Cobb
ABM	Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers	Philippine Army and Corbridge Group Philippines	Randy Fallorina	Angela Nunag
CTC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group, Inc.	Aaron Velez	Mylene Paat
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Dante Alinsunurin	Bea de Leon
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Shaq Delos Santos	Rachel Daquis
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Jia Morado
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Logistics Philippines	Regine Diego	Aby Maraño
PGA	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Oliver Almadro	Chie Saet
HSH	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	Rald Ricafort	Mika Reyes

Preliminary round

Final round

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Petro Gazz Angels F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 4 PLDT High Speed Hitters 5 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 6 Cignal HD Spikers 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 Akari Power Chargers 9 Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Tots Carlos Creamline Finals Most Valuable Player Jia De Guzman Creamline 1st Best Outside Spiker Tots Carlos Creamline 2nd Best Outside Spiker Jema Galanza Creamline 1st Best Middle Blocker Remy Palma Petro Gazz 2nd Best Middle Blocker Mar-Jana Phillips Petro Gazz Best Opposite Spiker Michele Gumabao Creamline Best Setter Jia De Guzman Creamline Best Libero Kath Arado PLDT

Invitational conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the fifteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its six conference as a professional league. The tournament was originally scheduled to start on June 6, 2023, however, it was moved to June 27, 2023, due to the Philippines women's national volleyball team competing at the 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup.

This conference introduced three debuting teams in the league — Farm Fresh Foxies and Quezon City Gerflor Defenders as newly formed teams, and the return of Foton Tornadoes in the Filipino volleyball scene after the original team was rebranded as Chery Tiggo Crossovers in 2020. Philippine Army Lady Troopers is skipping this conference due to military training to most of its players. Two foreign teams, Kurashiki Ablaze of Japan and Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh of Vietnam, also participated in the conference.

With these new additions alongside the two foreign guest teams, this is the first conference of the PVL that has more than ten participating corporate teams. Moreover, this is also the most contested conference of the league, by having thirteen teams — the most by any conference so far.

Participating teams

2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
Local teams
AKA	Akari Chargers	Akari Lighting & Technology	Jorge Edson	Michelle Cobb
CTC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group	Aaron Velez	Mylene Paat
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Dante Alinsunurin	Bea de Leon
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Shaq Delos Santos	Rachel Anne Daquis
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Alyssa Valdez
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Logistics Philippines	Regine Diego	Aby Maraño
FFF	Farm Fresh Foxies	Farm Fresh Philippine International	Jerry Yee	Cloanne Mondoñedo
FOT	Foton Tornadoes	United Asia Automotive Group	Brian Esquibel	Shaya Adorador
PGA	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils.	Oliver Almadro	Relea Ferina Saet
HSH	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	Rald Ricafort	Mika Reyes
GFD	Quezon City Gerflor Defenders	Gerflor Philippines / Quezon City Sports Management Services	Edgar Barroga	Justine Dorog
Foreign teams
KBB	Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh	Volleyball Vietnam League	Phạm Văn Long	Nguyễn Thị Kiều Oanh
KUR	Kurashiki Ablaze	Ablaze Co., Ltd. / V.League (Japan)	Hideo Suzuki	Ohshima Kyoka

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Classification round

11th place match

9th place match

7th place match

Final round

Semifinals

Finals

3rd place match

Championship

Final standings Rank Team Kurashiki Ablaze Creamline Cool Smashers Cignal HD Spikers 4 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 5 PLDT High Speed Hitters 6 Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 9 Petro Gazz Angels 10 Akari Chargers 11 Foton Tornadoes 12 Quezon City Gerflor Defenders 13 Farm Fresh Foxies

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Frances Molina Cignal Finals Most Valuable Player Kyoka Ohshima Kurashiki Ablaze 1st Best Outside Spiker Tamaru Asaka Kurashiki Ablaze 2nd Best Outside Spiker Alyssa Valdez Creamline 1st Best Middle Blocker Majoy Baron F2 Logistics 2nd Best Middle Blocker Celine Domingo Creamline Best Opposite Spiker Tots Carlos Creamline Best Setter Angelica Cayuna Cignal Best Libero Kath Arado PLDT

Second All-Filipino conference

The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference was the sixteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League. The tournament began on October 15, 2023. This tournament was set to be the second post-pandemic import-laden conference known as the 2023 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference, with the Angels set to defend their crown, but was made into a second All-Filipino Conference as a consequence of sanctions from the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.

The conference not only marked the arrival of two debuting teams – Nxled Chameleons, the sister team of Akari Chargers, and Galeries Tower Highrisers, but it also marked the return of using a cross-over format for the semifinals which was last implemented on the same conference earlier this year which is the 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference. Meanwhile the Foton Tornadoes withdrew from the PVL. This is the first conference of the league catering to the most local club teams with twelve.

Changes

Due to PNVF sanctions

The tournament was originally planned to be organized as the Reinforced Conference and was meant to feature teams reinforced by an import or a foreign player. However, the Philippine National Volleyball Federation penalized the PVL for violating Article 6.1.1.b of the FIVB Regulations 2022 which states that the national team period should be prioritized by professional leagues. However, the league proceeded with the opening of the Invitational Conference on June 27.

The FIVB has allowed the PVL to organize a third conference but the PNVF will not be able to issue international transfer certificates which would allow clubs to sign in foreign players for the tournament.

Timeout

The timeout regulations was changed starting from this conference in a bid to minimize match duration. A technical timeout lasting from one to two minutes will come to effect when one team reaches 13 points. Teams will have one regular timeout and another 30-second timeout for each set.

Participating teams

2023 Premier Volleyball League Second All-Filipino Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
AKA	Akari Chargers	Akari Lighting & Technology	Jorge Edson	Michelle Cobb
CTC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group	Aaron Velez	EJ Laure
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Dante Alinsunurin	Bea de Leon
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Shaq Delos Santos	Frances Molina
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Alyssa Valdez
FFF	Farm Fresh Foxies	Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics	Jerry Yee	Louie Romero
FTL	F2 Logistics Cargo Movers	F2 Logistics Philippines	Regine Diego	Aby Maraño
GTH	Galeries Tower Highrisers	Grand Taipan Land Development	Lerma Giron	Fenela Emnas
NXL	Nxled Chameleons	Akari Lighting & Technology	Takayuki Minowa	Danielle Ravena
PGA	PetroGazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils.	Timmy Santo Tomas	Chie Saet
HSH	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	Rald Ricafort	Mika Reyes
GFD	Quezon City Gerflor Defenders	Gerflor Philippines / Quezon City Sports Management Services	Sammy Acaylar	Pia Sarmiento

Preliminary round

Final round

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Choco Mucho Flying Titans Cignal HD Spikers 4 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 5 PLDT High Speed Hitters 6 Petro Gazz Angels 7 Akari Chargers 8 F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 9 Nxled Chameleons 10 Farm Fresh Foxies 11 Galeries Tower Highrisers 12 Quezon City Gerflor Defenders

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Sisi Rondina Choco Mucho Finals Most Valuable Player Tots Carlos Creamline 1st Best Outside Spiker Ejiya Laure Chery Tiggo 2nd Best Outside Spiker Jema Galanza Creamline 1st Best Middle Blocker Jeanette Panaga Creamline 2nd Best Middle Blocker Ria Meneses Cignal Best Opposite Spiker Michele Gumabao Creamline Best Setter Gel Cayuna Cignal Best Libero Tonnie Rose Ponce Choco Mucho

Conference results

See also

• 2023 Spikers' Turf season

Notes

1. Known as the All-Filipino Conference at the time of competition. Retroactively designated as the First All-Filipino Conference after the introduction of the Second All-Filipino Conference.

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