The 2018 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the sixth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and the third and final conference of the 2018 season. The conference started on September 22, 2018 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Teams played a double-round robin elimination round to determine the final four teams that will advance to the semifinals.
Participating teams
Abbr. Team Company Head coach Team captain ADM Ateneo–Motolite Lady Eagles Ateneo de Manila University / Motolite (sponsor) Oliver Almadro Bea de Leon ADU Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons Adamson University / Akari Lighting and Technology Corporation (sponsor) Airess Padda Lea Ann Perez BKP BanKo Perlas Spikers Beach Volleyball Republic / BPI Direct BanKo, Inc. (sponsor) Ariel dela Cruz Sue Roces CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Tai Bundit Alyssa Valdez IRG Iriga City–Navy Oragons Iriga City / Philippine Navy Edgardo Rusit Grazielle Bombita PGZ Petro Gazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp. Jerry Yee Stephanie Mercado POC Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors Federated Distributors, Inc. Jasper Jimenez Myla Pablo TAC Tacloban Fighting Warays Bounty Agro Ventures, Inc. (sponsor) Ernesto Pamilar Jovie Prado
Format Preliminary round The eight 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 the preliminary round 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. If the series is tied at 1–1 when the championship is decided, the pool standing procedure will be used (starting from set ratio).
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
Team standings
Match results All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
Final round
All series are best-of-three.
Semifinals Rank 1 vs Rank 4
Rank 2 vs Rank 3
Finals 3rd Place
Championships
Awards
Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player Finals Jia Morado (Creamline) Conference Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) Best Outside Spikers 1st:2nd: Alyssa Valdez (Creamline) Jema Galanza (Creamline) Best Middle Blockers 1st:2nd: Maddie Madayag (Ateneo)Kathy Bersola (Perlas)Best Opposite Spiker Katrina Tolentino (Ateneo)Best Setter Jia Morado (Creamline)Best Libero Cienne Cruz (PetroGazz)
Final standings
RankTeam Creamline Cool Smashers Ateneo-Motolite Lady Eagles BanKo Perlas Spikers4 PetroGazz Angels5 Pocari Sweat–Air Force Lady Warriors6 Tacloban Fighting Warays7 Iriga City–Navy Oragons8Adamson–Akari Lady Falcons
Team RosterAlyssa Valdez (C), Jia Morado, Jema Galanza, Risa Sato, Michele Gumabao, Pau Soriano, Melissa Gohing, Fille Cainglet–Cayetano, Paula Maninang, Coleen Bravo, Jem Gutierrez, Kyla Atienza, Alex Cabaños, Rizza Mandapat, Head coachAnusorn "Tai" Bundit
See also 2018 Spikers’ Turf Open Conference
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