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2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

Tournament details
Dates	July 16 – September 4, 2024
Teams	12
Venue(s)	3
Champions	Creamline (9th title)
Runners-up	Akari
Third place	Cignal
Fourth place	PLDT
Tournament awards
MVP	Bernadeth Pons (Conference & Finals)
Best Setter	Angelica Cayuna
Best OH	Brooke Van Sickle Grethcel Soltones
Best MB	Lourdes Clemente Mary Joy Baron
Best OPP	Trisha Tubu
Best Libero	Alyssa Eroa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	56
Attendance	106,729 (1,906 per match)
Official website
pvl.ph
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The 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the eighteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its ninth conference as a professional league.

This was the second conference for the 2024 season. It was originally slated to be a merged tournament of the Invitational and Reinforced Conferences, but PVL Commissioner Sherwin Malonzo announced in a simultaneous interview during the commencement of the 2024 PVL Draft Combine that this would be a stand-alone Reinforced tournament and that the Invitational Conference would start in September.

Twelve teams competed in this conference, which have been grouped into two pools. Each team would be allowed to reinforced by one foreign player. Strong Group Athletics changed its name to Zus Coffee Thunderbelles.

Changes

PVL Draft

The PVL Rookie Draft was conducted before the start of the conference. To join, the draft required candidates neither playing experience nor academic qualifications. It was open to all aspiringz Filipino and Filipino-foreign citizens ages 21 years old and above who want to play in the professional league.

The application for the Rookie Draft was originally scheduled to end on May 31, 2024. But PVL Commissioner Malonzo later announced that it will be moved to June 12, 2024, so that rookies can have time to prepare documents needed for the draft.

The draft combine was held on June 25–26, 2024, and the draft proper was held on July 8, 2024.

Exclusion of the national team players from the upcoming conference

PVL players on the Philippine women's national volleyball team are excluded from the upcoming conference, as the national team season of the FIVB calendar is ongoing. The national team suited up for the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, and will prepare for the 2024 SEA Women's V.League.

Participating teams

2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
AKA	Akari Chargers	Akari Lighting & Technology	Takayuki Minowa	Ezra Madrigal
CAP	Capital1 Solar Spikers	CapitalOne Energy Corp.	Roger Gorayeb	Roma Doromal
CTC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Aby Maraño
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Dante Alinsunurin	Sisi Rondina
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Shaq Delos Santos	Vanie Gandled
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Alyssa Valdez
FFF	Farm Fresh Foxies	Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics	Shota Sato	Rachel Anne Daquis
GTH	Galeries Tower Highrisers	Grand Taipan Land Development	Lerma Giron	Alyssa Eroa
NXL	Nxled Chameleons	Akari Lighting & Technology	Chen Gang	Ivy Lacsina
PGA	Petro Gazz Angels	Petro Gazz Ventures Phils.	Koji Tsuzurabara	Brooke Van Sickle
HSH	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	Rald Ricafort	Kim Fajardo
ZUS	Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	Zus Coffee / Strong Group Athletics	Jerry Yee	Thea Gagate

Pools composition

The teams are grouped into two pools using the serpentine system with the 2024 All-Filipino Conference final standings as the basis for the Top 9 teams. Like the 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference, the league ensures that sister teams would not be drawn into the same pool. If the sister teams of Farm Fresh and Zus Coffee happen to be placed in Pool A using the serpentine system, for example, they would be separated to prevent immediate collision between them. Thus, Farm Fresh (9th) and Galeries (10th) are placed in Pool A, and Capital1 (11th) and Zus Coffee (12th) are placed in Pool B.

Venues

All rounds		Second and final rounds
Pasig		Pasay	San Juan
PhilSports Arena		SM Mall of Asia Arena	Filoil EcoOil Centre
Capacity: 10,000		Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 6,000

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 this conference.

Team additions and transfers

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

Foreign guest players

The following are the foreign guest players for the upcoming conference. Each team are only allowed to have one foreign player and could only replace them mid-conference if they suffer from injuries or if the player (not the team) abandon their commitment.

Team	Foreign player	Moving from	Ref.
Akari Chargers	Oluoma Okaro	ASP Thetis
Capital1 Solar Spikers	Marina Tushova	Sparta Nizhny Novgorod
Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Katherine Bell	Vegas Thrill
Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Zoi Faki	Apollon Kalamatas
Cignal HD Spikers	María José Pérez	Alexandria Sporting Club
Creamline Cool Smashers	Erica Staunton	Oriveden Ponnistus
Farm Fresh Foxies	Yeny Murillo	TJ Sokol Frýdek-Místek
Galeries Tower Highrisers	Monique Helena (replaced; did not play)	ABEL Moda Vôlei [pt]
	Sutadta Chuewulim	Diamond Food–Fine Chef
Nxled Chameleons	Jiang Xuanyao (replaced; did not play)	Sichuan Wuliangchun
	Meegan Hart	Olympiada Neapolis VB
Petro Gazz Angels	Wilma Salas	Beşiktaş Ayos
PLDT High Speed Hitters	Elena Samoilenko	Turan Turkistan
Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	Asaka Tamaru	Kurashiki Ablaze

Drafted players

The following are the drafted rookie players starting this conference.

Note

a. Originally drafted by the Galeries Tower Highrisers, Aying was not able to secure a signed contract with Galeries within the given timeline making her an unsigned draftee (free agent). The Zus Coffee Thunderbelles subsequently acquired her through a special draft for unsigned draftees.

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Replaced by	Ref.
Akari Chargers	Raffy Mosuela	traded to Nxled Chameleons	Takayuki Minowa
Farm Fresh Foxies	Jerry Yee	moved to Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	Shota Sato
Nxled Chameleons	Takayuki Minowa	traded to Akari Chargers	Chen Gang
Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	Rogelio Getigan	Reassigned	Jerry Yee

Format

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

First Round

1. Single round-robin format; two pools.
2. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
3. The top three teams from each pool will move on to a second-round crossover with the bottom three teams from the other pool.

Second Round

1. Single round-robin format; two pools.
2. The results and the points of the matches between the same teams already played during the first round shall carry over to this round.
3. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
4. The eight teams with the best combined win-loss records will advance to the quarterfinals regardless of their pools.

Quarterfinals

1. All games are knockout matches.
2. QF1: #1 vs #8
3. QF2: #2 vs #7
4. QF3: #3 vs #6
5. QF4: #4 vs #5

Semifinals

1. All games are knockout matches.
2. SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
3. SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner

Finals

1. All games are knockout matches.
2. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
3. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Invitational Conference

• The semifinalists of this conference will qualify for the 2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference.

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.

First round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
• Matches played on August 8 were originally scheduled on July 25, but were postponed due to the heavy rains in Metro Manila caused by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Super Typhoon Gaemi (Carina).

Pool A

Pool B

Second round

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

Pool C

Pool D

Combined ranking

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
• The Finals games were initially scheduled on September 2, but moved to September 4 due to Typhoon Enteng (Yagi).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

3rd place match

Championship match

Final standing

Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Akari Chargers Cignal HD Spikers 4 PLDT High Speed Hitters 5 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 6 Petro Gazz Angels 7 Capital1 Solar Spikers 8 Farm Fresh Foxies 9 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 10 Nxled Chameleons 11 Galeries Tower Highrisers 12 Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Qualified for the 2024 PVL Invitational Conference Invited to the 2024 PVL Invitational Conference All semifinalists were already qualified for the upcoming 2024 Invitational Conference. However, PLDT High Speed Hitters forego their participation. The next ranked teams Chery Tiggo, Petro Gazz and Capital1 declined participation for the Invitational Conference. The Farm Fresh Foxies would be replacing PLDT. Akari Chargers also pulled out and the league is no longer inviting a replacement team.

2024 PVL Reinforced champions Creamline Cool Smashers Ninth title Team roster Alyssa Valdez (c), Kyle Negrito, Floremel Rodriguez, Risa Sato, Jeanette Panaga, Michele Gumabao, Ella de Jesus, Lorie Bernardo, Pau Soriano, Kyla Atienza, Denden Lazaro-Revilla, Bea de Leon, Theo Bea Bonafe, Rizza Mandapat, Rosemarie Vargas, Jema Galanza, Bernadeth Pons, Mafe Galanza, Tots Carlos, Erica Staunton, Aleiah Torres Head coach Sherwin Meneses

Awards and medalists

Awards

Medalists

Statistics leaders

Statistics leaders correct at the end of the preliminary round.

Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Marina Tushova 251 2 Olouma Okaro 203 3 Katherine Bell 200 4 María José Pérez 195 5 Elena Samoilenko 183

Best Spikers Rank Name %Suc 1 Oluoma Okaro 40.22 2 Wilma Salas 38.16 3 Marina Tushova 38.15 4 Katherine Bell 36.99 5 Trisha Gayle Tubu 36.40 Best Blockers Rank Name Avg 1 Meegan Hart 0.79 2 Mary Joy Baron 0.68 3 Jacqueline Acuña 0.60 4 Maria Lourdes Clemente 0.56 5 Isabel Beatriz De Leon 0.55 Best Servers Rank Name Avg 1 Brooke Van Sickle 0.53 2 Angelica Cayuna 0.40 3 Janel Maraguinot 0.31 4 Michelle Monique Cobb 0.30 5 María José Pérez 0.30

Best Diggers Rank Name Avg 1 Toni Rose Ponce 4.50 2 Janel Delerio 4.39 3 Kathleen Faith Arado 4.32 4 Alyssa Eroa 4.09 5 Bernadeth Pons 3.23 Best Setters Rank Name Avg 1 Kyle Negrito 4.90 2 Angelica Cayuna 4.77 3 Louie Romero 4.36 4 Kim Fajardo 4.06 5 Iris Janelle Tolenada 4.00 Best Receivers Rank Name %Eff 1 Alyssa Eroa 47.83 2 Bernadeth Pons 46.48 3 Sutadta Chuewulim 45.26 4 Wilma Salas 41.54 5 Brooke Van Sickle 41.45

PVLPC player of the week

Week	Player	Team	Ref.
July 16–20	Elena Samoilenko	PLDT High Speed Hitters
July 23–27	Oluoma Okaro	Akari Chargers
July 30–August 3	Marina Tushova	Capital1 Solar Spikers
August 6–10
August 13–17	Wilma Salas	Petro Gazz Angels
August 20–24	Marina Tushova	Capital1 Solar Spikers

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