The women's division of the 2017 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the second conference of the Premier Volleyball League and the 2017 season. The conference started on July 1, 2017 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan. The tournament will have two guest teams from the collegiate level: Adamson Lady Falcons and UP Fighting Lady Maroons.
Participating teams
Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Open Conference (Women's Division) Abbr. Team Company Head coach Team captain ADU Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons Adamson University / Akari Lighting & Technology Corporation (sponsor) Airess Padda Jema Galanza BLP BaliPure Purest Water Defenders Balibago Waterworks System, Inc. Roger Gorayeb Jasmine Nabor CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Tai Bundit Alyssa Valdez PAF Hair Fairy Air Force Jet Spikers Philippine Air Force / Hair Fairy Dry Shampoo (sponsor) Jasper Jimenez Joy Cases PER BanKo Perlas Spikers Beach Volleyball Republic / BPI Direct BanKo, Inc. (sponsor) Matinai Muhammad Sue Roces POC Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors Federated Distributors, Inc. Rico de Guzman Gyzelle Sy PSM Power Smashers Bristol Ernesto Pamilar Jovie Prado UP UP Fighting Lady Maroons University of the Philippines Jerry Yee Tots Carlos
Format Preliminary round The eights teams compete in a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of seven matches. The top four teams will advance to the semifinals while the bottom four will be eliminated and ranked 5th through 8th in the final standings.
Semifinals The top four teams from prelims 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. PR #4 SF2: PR #2 vs. PR #3
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
All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Final round
All series are best-of-3
Semifinals Rank 1 vs Rank 4
Rank 2 vs Rank 3
Finals 3rd Place
Championship
Open Conference Women's Division ChampionsBaliPure Purest Water DefendersJasmine Nabor (c), Grethcel Soltones, Abigail Noval, Lizlee Ann Gata-Pantone, Maria Angelica Cayuna,Aiko Sweet Urdas, Macy Mendiola, Risa Sato, Iris Oliveros, Jorelle Singh, Jerrili Malabanan, Alyssa EroaHead coach: Roger Gorayeb
Philips Gold–PVL Press Corps Player of the Week Week Player Reference July 8–15, 2017 Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) July 19–23, 2017 Kathy Bersola (Perlas) July 26–30, 2017 Jerrili Malabanan (BaliPure) August 2–6, 2017 Myla Pablo (Pocari)
Awards Award Recipient MVP Finals:Conference: Grethcel Soltones (BaliPure) Myla Pablo (Pocari) Best Setter Jia Morado (Creamline) Best Outside Spiker 1st:2nd: Myla Pablo (Pocari) Grethcel Soltones (BaliPure) Best Middle Blocker 1st:2nd: Jeanette Panaga (Pocari) Risa Sato (BaliPure)Best Opposite Spiker Iari Yongco (Air Force)Best Libero Melissa Gohing (Pocari)
Final standings RankTeam BaliPure Purest Water Defenders Pocari Sweat Lady Warriors Creamline Cool Smashers4 Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers5 BanKo Perlas Spikers6 UP Lady Maroons7 Power Smashers8 Adamson Lady Falcons
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