The women's division of the 2017 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the first conference of the Premier Volleyball League and the 2017 season. The conference started on April 30, 2017 and concluded on June 15, 2017. All elimination round games were played at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan while the semifinals and Finals games were held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig.
The women's tournament was supposed to feature the use of foreign reinforcements, however, they were initially unable to play due to difficulty in securing their international transfer certificates (ITC) from the FIVB. On May 17, 2017, Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI) confirmed that the FIVB has approved the ITC requests for the imports. The imports began to play on May 18, 2017.
Participating teams
2017 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference – Women's division Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain Import(s) BLP BaliPure Purest Water Defenders Balibago Waterworks System, Inc. Roger Gorayeb Grethcel Soltones Jennifer Brooke Keddy Jeng Bualee CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Tai Bundit Alyssa Valdez Laura Schaudt Kuttika Kaewpin PAF Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers Philippine Air Force Jasper Jimenez Joy Cases Patcharee Sangmuang PER Perlas Spikers Beach Volleyball Republic Jerry Yee Dzi Gervacio Rupia Inck Naoko Hashimoto POC Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors Federated Distributors, Inc. Rommel John Abella Gyzelle Sy Edina Selimovic Michelle Strizak Krystal Rivers PSM Power Smashers None Ernesto Pamilar Jovie Prado Amporn Hyapha Kannika Thipachot
Foreign players Team Player Height Country Air Force Patcharee Sangmuang Thailand BaliPure Jennifer Brooke Keddy United States BaliPure Jaroensri Bualee Thailand Perlas Rupia Inck Brazil Perlas Naoko Hashimoto Japan Creamline Kuttika Kaewpin Thailand Creamline Laura Schaudt United States Pocari Sweat Edina Selimovic (replaced) Bosnia and Herzegovina Pocari Sweat Michelle Strizak United States Pocari Sweat Krystal Rivers United States Power Smashers Amporn Hyapha Thailand Power Smashers Kannika Thipachot Thailand
Format Preliminary round The six teams compete in a double round-robin tournament, with each team playing two matches against all other teams for a total of ten matches. The top two teams will advance to the semifinals while the bottom four will continue competing in the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals The bottom four teams from the preliminary round compete in a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of three matches. The top two teams will advance to the semifinals while the bottom two will be eliminated and ranked 5th and 6th in the final standings.
Semifinals The top two teams from the preliminary round and the top two from the quarterfinals compete in the semifinals. Teams compete in best-of-three series with the winners advancing to the finals while the losers will compete in the third place series. The match-ups for the semifinals are as follows: SF1: PR #1 vs. QF #2 SF2: PR #2 vs. QF #1
Third place series The losing teams from the semifinals compete in a best-of-three series to determine which team will finish third in this conference.
Finals The winning teams from the semifinals compete in a best-of-three series to determine the conference champions. The losing team in this round will be declared conference runners-up.
Pool standing procedure Teams are initially ranked by wins followed by match points. A win awards three points if the match lasted for three or four sets (3–0 or 3–1), or two points if the match lasted for five sets (3–2). A loss only awards one point if the match lasted for five sets (2–3).
If multiple teams tie for wins and match points, the next criteria are set ratio (the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost across all matches) and point ratio (the number of points won divided by number of points lost across all matches). If any teams are still tied, the procedure will be applied again, but only considering matches between the remaining tied teams.
Preliminary round
Match results All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Quarterfinals
Match results
Semifinals
All series are best-of-3
Rank 1 vs Rank 4
Rank 2 vs Rank 3
Finals
3rd Place
Championship
2017 PVL Reinforced Open ConferenceWomen's Division championsPocari Sweat Lady Warriors Team roster Shola Alvarez, Jessey de Leon, Michelle Strizak (I), Melissa Gohing, Sarah Espelita, Jeanette Panaga, Maricar Nepomuceno, Elaine Kasilag, Gyzelle Sy (c), Krystal Rivers (I), Edina Sellimovic (I), Fille Cainglet-Cayetano, Desiree Dadang, Gayle Valdez, Myla PabloHead coach Rommel Abella
Awards Award Recipient MVP Finals:Conference: Myla Pablo (Pocari Sweat) Alyssa Valdez (Creamline)Best Setter Jasmine Nabor (BaliPure) Best Outside Spiker 1st:2nd: Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) Grethcel Soltones (BaliPure) Best Middle Blocker 1st:2nd: Risa Sato (BaliPure) Jeanette Panaga (Pocari Sweat)Best Opposite Spiker Dimdim Pacres (Power Smashers)Best Libero Melissa Gohing (Pocari Sweat) Best Import Michelle Strizak (Pocari Sweat)
Final standings
RankTeamPocari Sweat Lady WarriorsBaliPure Purest Water Defenders Creamline Cool Smashers4Power Smashers5Perlas Spikers6Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers
References