2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Tournament details
Dates	May 26 – July 14
Teams	6
Venue(s)	5
Champions	Petro Gazz (1st title)
Runners-up	Creamline
Third place	PacificTown–Army
Fourth place	Perlas Spikers
Tournament awards
MVP	Alyssa Valdez (Conference); Janisa Johnson (Finals);
Best Setter	Jia Morado
Best OH	Alyssa Valdez; Nicole Tiamzon;
Best MB	Kathy Bersola; Cherry Rose Nunag;
Best OPP	Dzi Gervacio
Best Libero	Angela Nunag
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Attendance	56,834 (1,421 per match)
Official website
	Premier Volleyball League
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The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the seventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League (34th conference of the former Shakey's V-League). Conference started on May 26, 2019. Grand Fans Day was held at the Trinoma Activity Center, Quezon City on April 25, 2019.^[1] Games were held at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Philippines. Philippine Army returned as Pacific Town-Army Lady Troopers^[2] and Motolite Power Builders returned with a new set of players.^[3]

Participating teams

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain	Imports
BLP	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Balibago Waterworks System, Inc.	Rommel Abella	Grazielle Bombita	Danijela Dzakovic Alexandra Vajdovä
BPS	BanKo Perlas Spikers	BPI Direct BanKo, Inc. and Beach Volleyball Republic	Apichat Kongsawat	Nicole Anne Tiamzon	Sutadta Chuewulim Jeane Mae Horton Lakia Bright (replaced)^a Yasemin Yildirim (replaced)^b
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Tai Bundit	Alyssa Valdez	Aleoscar Blanco Kuttika Kaewpin
MOT	Motolite Power Builders	Philippine Batteries Inc.	Airess Padda	Myla Pablo	Edina Selimovic (replaced)^c Krystle Esdelle Channon Thompson
PGZ	Petro Gazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Corp.	Arnold Laniog	Janisa Johnson	Wilma Salas Janisa Johnson
PTA	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	PacificTown Property Ventures Inc. and Philippine Army	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Mary Jean Balse-Pabayo	Olena Lymareva-Flink Jenelle Jordan

Notes:

a.^ Chuewulim replaced Bright.^[4]

b.^ Yildirim was replaced by Horton during the semis.^[5]

c.^ Selimovic was replaced by Esdelle due to injury.^[6]

Venues

Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan (main venue)^[2]
University of San Agustin, Iloilo City (PVL on tour)^[7]
Imus City Sports Complex, Cavite (PVL on tour)^[8]
Alonte Sports Arena, Biñan, Laguna (PVL on tour)^[9]
Ynares Center, Antipolo, Rizal (PVL on tour)^[10]

Foreign guest players

Team	Foreign Player	Height	Moving from
BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Danijela Dzakovic	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	OK Formis
BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	Alexandra Vajdovä	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Volley Saturnus Michelbeke
BanKo Perlas Spikers	Sutadta Chuewulim	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Air Force Women's Volleyball Club
	Jeane Mae Horton	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	Cignal HD Spikers
	Lakia Jamiah Bright (replaced)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	LP Vampula
	Yasemin Sahin Yildirim (replaced)	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Çanakkale Belediyespor
Creamline Cool Smashers	Aleoscar Blanco	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	Regatas Lima
Creamline Cool Smashers	Kuttika Kaewpin	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	Bekasi Bina Voli Nusantara
Motolite Power Builders	Edina Selimovic (replaced)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	ŽOK Smeč
	Channon Thompson	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Rote Raben Vilsbiburg
	Krystle Esdelle	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Pursaklar
Petro Gazz Angels	Wilma Salas	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Bosca San Bernardo Cuneo
Petro Gazz Angels	Janisa Johnson	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	Béziers Volley
PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	Olena Lymareva-Flink	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	LP Viesti
PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	Jenelle Jordan	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	University of California

Format

Preliminary Round

The six teams will compete in a double round-robin elimination.
Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
Top four teams will advance to the semifinals.

Semifinals

Best-of-three series.
1st ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
2nd ranked team vs. 3rd ranked team

Finals

Best-of-three series.
Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs. SF2 Loser
Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs. SF2 Winner

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: number of points scored divided by 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.

Preliminary round

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	PetroGazz Angels	10	9	1	27	28	4	7.000	792	624	1.269	Semifinals
2	Creamline Cool Smashers	10	9	1	27	27	7	3.857	817	673	1.214
3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	10	5	5	15	18	19	0.947	818	817	1.001
4	BanKo Perlas Spikers	10	4	6	12	16	21	0.762	776	858	0.904
5	Motolite Power Builders	10	3	7	8	13	25	0.520	809	856	0.945
6	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	10	0	10	1	4	30	0.133	649	833	0.779

Source: ^[11]

Match results

All times are in Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
May 26	14:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	3–1	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–20	25–16	24–26	25–23		99–85	P–2
May 26	16:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–22	26–24	25–22			76–68	P–2
May 29	15:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	25–21	25–16	25–18			75–55	P–2
May 29	17:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	19–25	21–25	12–25			52–75	P–2
Jun 01	14:00	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	1–3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	23–25	25–23	18–25	16–25		82–98	P–2
Jun 01	16:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	3–1	Motolite Power Builders	25–21	25–21	23–25	25–21		98–88	P–2
Jun 02	14:00	Motolite Power Builders	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	22–25	18–25	19–25			59–75	P–2
Jun 02	16:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–23	12–25	17–25	23–25		77–98	P–2
Jun 05	15:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–0	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–19	25–12	25–15			75–46	P–2
Jun 05	17:00	Motolite Power Builders	0–3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	24–26	30–32	24–26			78–84	P–2
Jun 08	14:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	12–25	27–29	15–25			54–79	P–2
Jun 08	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Motolite Power Builders	13–25	25–19	25–16	25–23		88–83	P–2
Jun 09	14:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	2–3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	22–25	25–23	29–27	20–25	7–15	103–115	P–2
Jun 09	16:00	Motolite Power Builders	3–0	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–16	25–21	25–18			75–55	P–2
Jun 12	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–19	25–18	25–23			75–60	P–2
Jun 12	18:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	BanKo Perlas Spikers	25–23	25–11	22–25	25–20		97–79	P–2
Jun 15	16:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	12–25	19–25	16–25			47–75	P–2^[12]
Jun 16	14:00	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	19–25	22–25	18–25			59–75	P–2^[13]
Jun 16	16:00	Motolite Power Builders	3–2	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	25–23	21–25	17–25	25–21	15–13	103–107	P–2
Jun 19	16:00	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	0–3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	21–25	20–25	21–25			62–75	P–2
Jun 19	18:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	Motolite Power Builders	25–15	25–21	25–23			75–59	P–2
Jun 22	14:00	Motolite Power Builders	3–2	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	23–25	23–25	25–14	25–14	15–12	111–90	P–2
Jun 22	16:00	Petro Gazz Angels	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	18–25	25–21	19–25	24–26		86–97	P–2
Jun 23	14:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	3–2	Motolite Power Builders	19–25	23–25	25–18	25–22	17–15	109–105	P–2
Jun 23	16:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	27–29	20–25	14–25			61–79	P–2
Jun 26	16:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–16	16–25	22–25	16–25		79–91	P–2
Jun 26	18:00	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	0–3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	18–25	19–25	21–25			58–75	P–2
Jun 29	14:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0–3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	18–25	14–25	20–25			52–75	P–2
Jun 29	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders	25–19	25–15	25–18			75–52	P–2
Jun 29	18:00	Motolite Power Builders	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	19–25	15–25	15–25			49–75	P–2 P–4

Final round

All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).
All are best-of-three series.


Semifinals				Championship

March 18–21

1	Petro Gazz Angels	3	3
				March 26–30
4	BanKo Perlas Spikers	1	0
				Petro Gazz Angels	1	3	3
March 18–23
				Creamline Cool Smashers	3	1	1
2	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	3

3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	1	0
				3rd place

				March 26–28

				BanKo Perlas Spikers	3	1	2

				PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	2	3	3

Semifinals

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

Petro Gazz wins series, 2–0

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 03	17:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	BanKo Perlas Spikers	25–19	25–15	21–25	25–12		96–71	P–2
Jul 06	15:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	23–25	18–25	17–25			58–75	P–2

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

Creamline wins series, 2–0

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 03	15:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	26–24	25–21	23–25	25–20		99–90	P–2
Jul 06	17:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	0–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	12–25	18–25	13–25			43–75	P–2

Finals

3rd Place

PacificTown-Army wins series, 2–1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Jul 10	15:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	2–3	BanKo Perlas Spikers	27–25	25–10	25–27	24–26	14–16	115–104	P–2
Jul 13	14:00	BanKo Perlas Spikers	1–3	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	23–25	25–20	20–25	23–25		91–95	P–2
Jul 14	14:00	PacificTown–Army Lady Troopers	3–2	BanKo Perlas Spikers	18–25	25–16	20–25	25–15	15–13	103–94	P–2

Championships

Petro Gazz wins series, 2–1

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Total	Report
Jul 10	17:00	Petro Gazz Angels	1–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	26–24	16–25	16–25	22–25	80–99	P–2
Jul 13	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	1–3	Petro Gazz Angels	25–15	22–25	22–25	12–25	81–90	P–2
Jul 14	16:00	Petro Gazz Angels	3–1	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–15	28–30	25–23	25–19	103–87	P–2

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player	Alyssa Valdez	Creamline	^[14]^[15]
Finals Most Valuable Player	Janisa Johnson	Petro Gazz
1st Best Outside Spiker	Alyssa Valdez	Creamline
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Nicole Tiamzon	BanKo Perlas
1st Best Middle Blocker	Kathy Bersola	BanKo Perlas
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Cherry Rose Nunag	Petro Gazz
Best Opposite Spiker	Dzi Gervacio	BanKo Perlas
Best Setter	Jia Morado	Creamline
Best Libero	Angela Nunag	PacificTown–Army
Best Foreign Guest Player	Wilma Salas	Petro Gazz

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Petro Gazz Angels
	Creamline Cool Smashers
	PacificTown-Army Lady Troopers
4	BanKo Perlas Spikers
5	Motolite Power Builders
6	BaliPure Purest Water Defenders

2019 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced champions
Petro Gazz Angels 1st title

Team Roster

Janisa Johnson (C), Cherry Rose Nunag, Djanel Welch Cheng, Jessey de Leon, Stephanie Mercado, Relea Ferina Saet, Jeanette Panaga, Maricar Nepomuceno-Baloaloa, Wilma Salas, Alyssa Gayle Layug, Jonah Sabete, Rica Jane Enclona (L), Cienne Mary Arielle Cruz (L), Jovielyn Grace Prado

Head coach

Arnold Laniog

Statistics leaders

Individual statistics

Below are the top player tournament averages per skill

Best scorers

Rank	Name	Points
1	Channon Thompson	214
2	Wilma Salas	212
3	Olena Lymareva-Flink	186
4	Janisa Johnson	183
5	Kuttika Kaewpin	154

Best spikers

Rank	Name	%Eff
1	Wilma Salas	47.00
2	Janisa Johnson	46.22
3	Kuttika Kaewpin	41.12
4	Channon Thompson	38.55
5	Olena Lymareva-Flink	38.32

Best blockers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Katherine Adrielle Bersola	0.78
2	Yasemin Sahin Yildirim	0.68
3	Krystel Esdelle	0.61
4	Aleoscar Blanco	0.59
5	Jenelle Jordan	0.57

Best servers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Alyssa Valdez	0.68
2	Channon Thompson	0.53
3	Olena Lymareva-Flink	0.51
4	Alexandra Vajdova	0.50
5	Jeanette Panaga	0.47

Best diggers

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Angela Nunag	3.76
2	Tonnie Rose Ponce	3.50
3	Jewelle Bermillo	3.26
4	Janisa Johnson	3.19
5	Cienne Cruz	2.81

Best setters

Rank	Name	Avg
1	Julia Melissa Morado	5.94
2	Jamenea Ferrer	5.43
3	Djanel Welch Cheng	4.97
4	Vira May Guillema	2.91
5	Alina Joyce Bicar	2.81

Best receivers

Rank	Name	%Succ
1	Kuttika Kaewpin	49.34
2	Janisa Johnson	48.26
3	Wilma Salas	47.09
4	Tonnie Rose Ponce	45.20
5	Cienne Cruz	37.65

Team statistics

Below are the team tournament averages per skill