2023 PNVF Challenge Cup – Women's Division

The women's division of the 2023 PNVF Challenge Cup began on November 7, 2023.

2023 PNVF Challenge Cup
Women's Division

Tournament details
Dates	November 7–25, 2023
Teams	16
Venue(s)	Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Champions	DLS College of Saint Benilde (1st title)
Runners-up	University of the Philippines
Third place	Colegio de San Juan de Letran
Fourth place	Philippine Air Force
Tournament awards
MVP	Wielyn Estoque (Benilde)
Best Setter	Chenae Basarte (Benilde)
Best OH	Wielyn Estoque (Benilde) Lea Rizel Tapang (Letran)
Best MB	Zamantha Nolasco (Benilde) Niña Ytang (UP)
Best OPP	Stephanie Bustrillo (UP)
Best Libero	Fiona Getigan (Benilde)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
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Starting from this season, the tournament formerly known as the PNVF Champions League would be known as the PNVF Challenge Cup.^[1] This marks as the third season of the league.

DLS College of Saint Benilde were the champions.^[2]

Participating teams

The tournament was originally meant to enable local government units (cities, municipalities, and provinces) to hold their own volleyball programs.^[3] The Challenge Cup would be opened for school and club teams. By the end of October 2023, the PNVF has secured commitment from 17 women's teams.^[4] A team from Tagaytay previously committed to take part but withdrew which meant a total of 16 teams took part.

Club/Team	Sponsor	Locality
Arellano University	—	Manila
Colegio de San Juan de Letran	—	Manila
Davao City	—	Davao City
De La Salle University–Dasmariñas	—	Dasmariñas
De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde	—	Manila
José Rizal University	—	Mandaluyong
Lyceum of the Philippines University-Batangas	—	Batangas City
Parañaque City	—	Parañaque City
Philippine Air Force	Philippine Air Force	—
Rizal Technological University–Basilan	—	Basilan
San Beda University	—	Manila
Tacloban–Eastern Visayas Fighting Warays	—	Tacloban
University of Batangas	—	Batangas City
University of the Philippines	—	Quezon City
UP Volleyball Club	—
Volida Volleyball Club	—	Manila

Format

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

Preliminary Round

1. Single-round robin preliminaries; 16 teams; 4 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
2. The top two teams in each pool will qualified for the final round

Quarterfinal (knockout stage)

1. QF1: #A1 vs. #D2
2. QF3: #C1 vs. #B2
3. QF2: #B1 vs. #C2
4. QF4: #D1 vs. #A2

Semifinal (knockout stage)

1. SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF3 winner
2. SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF4 winner

Finals (knockout stage)

1. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
2. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Pools composition

The 16 teams were divided into four pools.^[1]

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
DLS College of Saint Benilde	Philippine Air Force	Arellano University	University of the Philippines
Volida Volleyball Club	José Rizal University	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	San Beda University
UP Volleyball Club	Davao City	University of Batangas	LPU–Batangas
Parañaque City	Tacloban Fighting Warays	RTU–Basilan	DLSU–Dasmariñas

Venue

All matches
Manila
Rizal Memorial Coliseum
Capacity: 10,000

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	DLS College of Saint Benilde	3	3	0	9	9	0	MAX	225	133	1.692	Quarterfinals
2	UP Volleyball Club	3	2	1	6	6	4	1.500	224	190	1.179
3	Parañaque City	3	1	2	3	4	7	0.571	204	242	0.843
4	Volida Volleyball Club	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	110	163	0.675

Source: PNVF

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Nov	08:00	RMC	DLS College of Saint Benilde	3–0	Parañaque City	25–6	25–20	25–17			75–43
09 Nov	08:00	RMC	UP Volleyball Club	0–3	DLS College of Saint Benilde	20–25	18–25	10–25			48–75
14 Nov	16:00	RMC	Parañaque City	3–1	Volida Volleyball Club	25–15	25–10	13–25	25–18		88–68
16 Nov	08:00	RMC	Volida Volleyball Club	0–3	DLS College of Saint Benilde	12–25	12–25	18–25			42–75
19 Nov	08:00	RMC	UP Volleyball Club	3–0	Volida Volleyball Club	25–11	25–15	25–16			75–42
21 Nov	11:00	RMC	Parañaque City	1–3	UP Volleyball Club	18–25	10–25	28–26	17–25		73–101

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Philippine Air Force	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	249	181	1.376	Quarterfinals
2	Jose Rizal University	3	2	1	6	6	3	2.000	209	173	1.208
3	Davao City	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	214	236	0.907
4	Tacloban Fighting Warays	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	151	233	0.648

Source: PNVF

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
14 Nov	18:00	RMC	Philippine Air Force	3–1	Davao City	25–23	25–15	24–26	25–11		99–75
15 Nov	16:00	RMC	Davao City	0–3	Jose Rizal University	19–25	16–25	21–25			56–75
17 Nov	08:00	RMC	Jose Rizal University	0–3	Philippine Air Force	21–25	21–25	17–25			59–75
17 Nov	12:00	RMC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	0–3	Davao City	13–25	18–25	31–33			62–83
18 Nov	10:00	RMC	Philippine Air Force	3–0	Tacloban Fighting Warays	25–12	25–20	25–15			75–47
19 Nov	12:00	RMC	Tacloban Fighting Warays	0–3	Jose Rizal University	13–25	16–25	13–25			42–75

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	247	186	1.328	Quarterfinals
2	Arellano University	3	2	1	5	6	5	1.200	235	232	1.013
3	RTU–Basilan	3	1	2	4	6	6	1.000	249	260	0.958
4	University of Batangas	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	172	225	0.764

Source: PNVF

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Nov	10:00	RMC	RTU–Basilan	1–3	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	22–25	11–25	25–22	13–25		71–97
08 Nov	18:00	RMC	Arellano University	3–0	University of Batangas	25–18	25–17	25–19			75–54
16 Nov	10:00	RMC	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	3–0	Arellano University	25–21	25–10	25–20			75–51
16 Nov	12:00	RMC	University of Batangas	0–3	RTU–Basilan	19–25	20–25	15–25			54–75
18 Nov	08:00	RMC	Arellano University	3–2	RTU–Basilan	21–25	25–19	23–25	25–22	15–12	109–103
21 Nov	09:00	RMC	University of Batangas	0–3	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	22–25	19–25	23–25			64–75

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	University of the Philippines	3	3	0	9	9	2	4.500	270	193	1.399	Quarterfinals
2	San Beda University	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	234	195	1.200
3	DLSU–Dasmariñas	3	1	2	3	4	6	0.667	194	228	0.851
4	LPU–Batangas	3	0	3	0	0	9	0.000	143	225	0.636

Source: PNVF

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
07 Nov	12:00	RMC	DLSU–Dasmariñas	0–3	San Beda University	19–25	17–25	16–25			52–75
08 Nov	16:00	RMC	LPU–Batangas	0–3	University of the Philippines	14–25	11–25	17–25			42–75
09 Nov	10:00	RMC	University of the Philippines	3–1	DLSU–Dasmariñas	25–16	25–27	25–8	25–16		100–67
15 Nov	18:00	RMC	DLSU–Dasmariñas	3–0	LPU–Batangas	25–20	25–18	25–15			75–53
17 Nov	10:00	RMC	San Beda University	3–0	LPU–Batangas	25–17	25–13	25–18			75–48
19 Nov	10:00	RMC	San Beda University	1–3	University of the Philippines	25–20	17–25	22–25	20–25		84–95

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Championship

November 22

A1

DLS College of Saint Benilde

3

November 24

D2

San Beda University

1

DLS College of Saint Benilde

3

November 22

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

0

C1

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

3

November 25

B2

Jose Rizal University

1

DLS College of Saint Benilde

3

November 22

University of the Philippines

0

B1

Philippine Air Force

3

November 24

C2

Arellano University

0

Philippine Air Force

1

Third place

November 22

University of the Philippines

3

November 25

D1

University of the Philippines

3

Colegio de San Juan de Letran

3

A2

UP Volleyball Club

1

Philippine Air Force

0

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
22 Nov	10:00	DLS College of Saint Benilde	3–1	San Beda University	25–14	23–25	25–13	25–20		98–72
22 Nov	12:30	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	3–1	Jose Rizal University	25–20	21–25	25–19	25–15		96–79
22 Nov	15:00	Philippine Air Force	3–0	Arellano University	25–22	25–17	25–14			75–53
22 Nov	17:30	University of the Philippines	3–1	UP Volleyball Club	25–15	18–25	25–21	26–24		94–85

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Nov	10:00	DLS College of Saint Benilde	3–0	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	25–20	25–17	25–16			75–53
24 Nov	12:30	Philippine Air Force	1–3	University of the Philippines	18–25	18–25	25–19	18–25		79–94

Finals

Bronze Medal Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	12:30	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	3–0	Philippine Air Force	25–15	25–15	25–19			75–49

Gold Medal Match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
25 Nov	15:00	DLS College of Saint Benilde	3–0	University of the Philippines	18–25	18–25	13–25			49–75

Final standing

Rank Team DLS College of Saint Benilde University of the Philippines Colegio de San Juan de Letran 4 Philippine Air Force 5 San Beda University 6 Jose Rizal University 7 UP Volleyball Club 8 Arellano University 9 RTU–Basilan 10 Davao City 11 DLSU–Dasmariñas 12 Parañaque City 13 Volida Volleyball Club 14 University of Batangas 15 Tacloban Fighting Warays 16 LPU–Batangas

2023 PNVF Challenge Cup Women's Champions DLS College of Saint Benilde 1st title

Awards

Individual awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Wielyn Estoque	Benilde	[5]
1st Best Outside Spiker	Wielyn Estoque	Benilde
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Lea Rizel Tapang	Letran
1st Best Middle Blocker	Zamantha Nolasco	Benilde
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Niña Ytang	UP
Best Opposite Spiker	Stephanie Bustrillo	UP
Best Setter	Chenae Basarte	Benilde
Best Libero	Fiona Getigan	Benilde

See also

• 2023 PNVF Challenge Cup – Men's Division

References

1. "36-team PNVF Challenge Cup kicks off Tuesday at Rizal Memorial Coliseum". Volleyball Philippines. Philippine National Volleyball Federation. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
2. "Tigers, Lady Blazers emerge PNVF champions". The Philippine Star. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
3. "LGUs rev up for PNVF Challenge Cup in November". Manila Bulletin. 15 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
4. "PNVF Challenge Cup lures 37 squads". Malaya Business Insight. 30 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
5. Malanum, Jean (November 26, 2023). "UST, CSB pocket PNVF Challenge Cup titles". Philippine News Agency. Archived from the original on March 19, 2024. Retrieved March 19, 2024.