2024 Premier Volleyball League season

The 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season was the seventh^[a] season of the Premier Volleyball League. The season began on February 20, 2024 with the beginning of the 2024 All-Filipino Conference and ended on September 12, 2024 with the conclusion of the 2024 Invitational Conference.

2024 Premier Volleyball League season
League	Premier Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	(2024-February-20) (2024-September-12)February 20 – September 12, 2024
TV partner(s)	RPTV One Sports Cignal TV
Streaming partner(s)	Pilipinas Live
Rookie Draft
Top draft pick	Thea Gagate
Picked by	Zus Coffee
Conferences
All-Filipino champions	Creamline
All-Filipino runners-up	Choco Mucho
Reinforced champions	Creamline
Reinforced runners-up	Akari
Invitational champions	Creamline
Invitational runners-up	Cignal

Draft

Main article: 2024 Premier Volleyball League draft

All-Filipino Conference

Main article: 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference

The 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference was the seventeenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its eighth conference as a professional league.

The 2024 PVL season was supposed to have two All-Filipino Conferences, the same as the 2023 PVL season,^[3] but this plan was later scrapped.^[4] This conference was supposed to begin on February 17, 2024, but was later moved to February 20, 2024.^[3]

A total of twelve teams competed in this tournament; two new club teams were announced before the start of the conference.^[5][6] Meanwhile, the F2 Logistics Cargo Movers and Quezon City Gerflor Defenders withdrew from the PVL.^[7][8] Strong Group Athletics took over the Gerflor Defenders franchise.^[9] Capital1 Solar Spikers was unveiled as the 12th team and replaced the Cargo Movers.^[10]

Participating teams

2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
AKA	Akari Chargers	Akari Lighting & Technology	Raffy Mosuela	Michelle Cobb
CAP	Capital1 Solar Spikers	CapitalOne Energy Corp.	Roger Gorayeb	Jorelle Singh
CTC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Abigail Maraño
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Dante Alinsunurin	Maddie Madayag
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Shaq Delos Santos	Frances Molina
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Alyssa Valdez
FFF	Farm Fresh Foxies	Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics	Jerry Yee	Louie Romero
GTH	Galeries Tower Highrisers	Grand Taipan Land Development	Lerma Giron	Dimdim Pacres
NXL	Nxled Chameleons	Akari Lighting & Technology	Takayuki Minowa	Danielle Ravena
PGA	PetroGazz Angels	PetroGazz Ventures Phils.	Koji Tsuzurabara	Remy Palma
HSH	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	Rald Ricafort	Kath Arado
SGA	Strong Group Athletics	Strong Group Athletics	Rogelio Getigan	Dolly Versoza

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Petro Gazz Angels	11	9	2	28	31	9	3.444	936	779	1.202	Final round
2	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	11	9	2	26	29	11	2.636	921	771	1.195
3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	11	9	2	25	28	11	2.545	899	781	1.151
4	Creamline Cool Smashers	11	8	3	24	27	13	2.077	946	831	1.138
5	PLDT High Speed Hitters	11	8	3	23	25	12	2.083	859	726	1.183
6	Cignal HD Spikers	11	7	4	22	23	14	1.643	869	747	1.163
7	Akari Chargers	11	5	6	15	17	18	0.944	767	750	1.023
8	Nxled Chameleons	11	4	7	11	14	23	0.609	794	824	0.964
9	Farm Fresh Foxies	11	3	8	11	14	24	0.583	785	863	0.910
10	Galeries Tower Highrisers	11	3	8	9	11	26	0.423	689	832	0.828
11	Capital1 Solar Spikers	11	1	10	4	5	31	0.161	631	860	0.734
12	Strong Group Athletics	11	0	11	0	1	33	0.030	532	844	0.630

Source: TeamPilipinas.info

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Semifinals

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	3	3	0	8	9	3	3.000	274	257	1.066	Championship
2	Creamline Cool Smashers	3	2	1	7	8	4	2.000	285	256	1.113
3	Petro Gazz Angels	3	1	2	3	5	7	0.714	282	279	1.011	3rd place
4	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	196	245	0.800

Source: TeamPilipinas.info

Finals

3rd place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
May 9	16:00	SAC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	2–3	Petro Gazz Angels	25–22	12–25	18–25	29–27	12–15	96–114	P2
May 12	16:00	SAC	Petro Gazz Angels	2–3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	25–16	25–11	13–25	22–25	16–18	101–95	P2

Championship

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
May 9	18:00	SAC	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–1	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	24–26	25–20	25–21	25–16		99–83	P2
May 12	18:00	SAC	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	2–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–20	20–25	25–22	22–25	11–15	103–107	P2

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Choco Mucho Flying Titans Petro Gazz Angels 4 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 5 PLDT High Speed Hitters 6 Cignal HD Spikers 7 Akari Chargers 8 Nxled Chameleons 9 Farm Fresh Foxies 10 Galeries Tower Highrisers 11 Capital1 Solar Spikers 12 Strong Group Athletics

Awards Individual awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Brooke Van Sickle Petro Gazz [11][12] Finals Most Valuable Player Jessica Margarett Galanza Creamline 1st Best Outside Spiker Cherry Ann Rondina Choco Mucho 2nd Best Outside Spiker Jessica Margarett Galanza Creamline 1st Best Middle Blocker Madeleine Yrenea Madayag Choco Mucho 2nd Best Middle Blocker Jeanette Panaga Creamline Best Opposite Spiker Aiza Maizo-Pontillas Petro Gazz Best Setter Kyle Angela Negrito Creamline Best Libero Toni Rose Ponce Choco Mucho Special award Award Team Ref. Fair Play Nxled Chameleons [11]

Reinforced Conference

Main article: 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

The 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the eighteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its ninth conference as a professional league.

This was the second conference for the 2024 season. It was originally slated to be a merged tournament of the Invitational and Reinforced Conferences,^[13] but PVL Commissioner Sherwin Malonzo announced in a simultaneous interview during the commencement of the 2024 PVL Draft Combine that this would be a stand-alone Reinforced tournament and that the Invitational Conference would start in September.^[14]

Twelve teams competed in this conference, which have been grouped into two pools. Each team would be allowed to reinforced by one foreign player. Strong Group Athletics changed its name to Zus Coffee Thunderbelles.^[15]

Participating teams

2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
AKA	Akari Chargers	Akari Lighting & Technology	Takayuki Minowa	Ezra Madrigal
CAP	Capital1 Solar Spikers	CapitalOne Energy Corp.	Roger Gorayeb	Roma Doromal
CTC	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	United Asia Automotive Group	Emilio Reyes Jr.	Aby Maraño
CMF	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Dante Alinsunurin	Sisi Rondina
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Shaq Delos Santos	Vanie Gandled
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Alyssa Valdez
FFF	Farm Fresh Foxies	Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics	Shota Sato	Rachel Anne Daquis
GTH	Galeries Tower Highrisers	Grand Taipan Land Development	Lerma Giron	Alyssa Eroa
NXL	Nxled Chameleons	Akari Lighting & Technology	Chen Gang	Ivy Lacsina
PGA	Petro Gazz Angels	Petro Gazz Ventures Phils.	Koji Tsuzurabara	Brooke Van Sickle
HSH	PLDT High Speed Hitters	PLDT Inc.	Rald Ricafort	Kim Fajardo
ZUS	Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	Zus Coffee / Strong Group Athletics	Jerry Yee	Thea Gagate

First round

Pool A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	5	4	1	13	14	6	2.333	484	427	1.133	Pool C
2	PLDT High Speed Hitters	5	4	1	12	14	5	2.800	436	393	1.109
3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	5	4	1	11	13	6	2.167	437	398	1.098
4	Farm Fresh Foxies	5	2	3	5	7	11	0.636	410	413	0.993	Pool D
5	Nxled Chameleons	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	340	408	0.833
6	Galeries Tower Highrisers	5	0	5	2	6	15	0.400	447	514	0.870

Source: Premier Volleyball League

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Akari Chargers	5	5	0	13	15	6	2.500	477	442	1.079	Pool D
2	Cignal HD Spikers	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	431	372	1.159
3	Capital1 Solar Spikers	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	422	427	0.988
4	Petro Gazz Angels	5	2	3	7	8	9	0.889	386	380	1.016	Pool C
5	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	5	1	4	5	7	13	0.538	412	427	0.965
6	Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	5	0	5	0	3	15	0.200	370	432	0.856

Source: Premier Volleyball League

Second round

Pool C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	8	6	2	20	22	10	2.200	744	653	1.139	Quarterfinals
2	PLDT High Speed Hitters	8	6	2	19	22	9	2.444	713	622	1.146
3	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	8	5	3	15	18	12	1.500	649	635	1.022
4	Petro Gazz Angels	8	5	3	14	17	13	1.308	676	638	1.060
5	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	8	2	6	7	11	21	0.524	661	693	0.954
6	Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	8	0	8	0	3	24	0.125	505	657	0.769

Source: Premier Volleyball League

Pool D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Akari Chargers	8	8	0	21	24	9	2.667	761	678	1.122	Quarterfinals
2	Cignal HD Spikers	8	7	1	20	22	8	2.750	648	562	1.153
3	Capital1 Solar Spikers	8	5	3	13	17	15	1.133	688	677	1.016
4	Farm Fresh Foxies	8	3	5	8	11	17	0.647	635	651	0.975
5	Nxled Chameleons	8	1	7	3	6	23	0.261	510	609	0.837
6	Galeries Tower Highrisers	8	0	8	4	11	24	0.458	728	842	0.865

Source: Premier Volleyball League

Final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Championship
	August 24 – San Juan
	1 Akari	3
					August 31 – Pasay
	8 Farm Fresh	1
					Akari	3
	August 27 – San Juan
					PLDT	2
	4 PLDT	3
									September 4 – Pasig
	5 Chery Tiggo	2
									Akari	0
	August 24 – San Juan
									Creamline	3
	2 Cignal	3
					August 31 – Pasay
	7 Capital1	2
					Cignal	2
	August 27 – San Juan
					Creamline	3			3rd place match
	3 Creamline	3
									September 4 – Pasig
	6 Petro Gazz	0
									PLDT	1
									Cignal	3

Final standings Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Akari Chargers Cignal HD Spikers 4 PLDT High Speed Hitters 5 Chery Tiggo Crossovers 6 Petro Gazz Angels 7 Capital1 Solar Spikers 8 Farm Fresh Foxies 9 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 10 Nxled Chameleons 11 Galeries Tower Highrisers 12 Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Qualified for the 2024 PVL Invitational Conference Invited to the 2024 PVL Invitational Conference

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Bernadeth Pons Creamline [16] Finals Most Valuable Player Rookie of the Conference Shayra Ancheta Zus Coffee 1st Best Outside Spiker Brooke Van Sickle Petro Gazz 2nd Best Outside Spiker Grethcel Soltones Akari 1st Best Middle Blocker Mary Joy Baron PLDT 2nd Best Middle Blocker Maria Lourdes Clemente Capital1 Best Opposite Spiker Trisha Gayle Tubu Farm Fresh Best Setter Angelica Cayuna Cignal Best Libero Alyssa Eroa Galeries Tower Best Foreign Guest Player María José Pérez Cignal

Invitational Conference

Main article: 2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference

The 2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the nineteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its tenth conference as a professional league.

This was the third and last conference for the 2024 season. Unlike the previous iterations of the league, this conference was a short pocket tournament, lasting about nine days, making it the shortest conference in the league. The conference started on September 4, 2024, coinciding with the finals of the 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference.

Originally, the semifinalists of the 2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference are qualified and will be able to play alongside two foreign guest teams — the reigning Invitational champions, Kurashiki Ablaze of Japan, and the newcomers, Est Cola of Thailand. But due to players' injuries, the PLDT High Speed Hitters and the Akari Chargers begged off from participation. The Farm Fresh Foxies will be the sole replacement as the other PVL teams declined to join.

Participating teams

2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
Local teams
CHD	Cignal HD Spikers	Cignal TV, Inc.	Shaq Delos Santos	Frances Molina
CCS	Creamline Cool Smashers	Republic Biscuit Corporation	Sherwin Meneses	Michele Gumabao (interim)
FFF	Farm Fresh Foxies	Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics	Shota Sato	Louie Romero
Foreign guest teams
EST	Est Cola	Sermsuk Public Co. Ltd. / Thailand U20	Wanna Buakaew	Kanokporn Sangthong
KUR	Kurashiki Ablaze	Ablaze Co., Ltd. / V.League (Japan)	Hideo Suzuki	Saya Taniguchi

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Creamline Cool Smashers	4	4	0	12	12	2	6.000	347	270	1.285	Championship match
2	Cignal HD Spikers	4	3	1	8	10	5	2.000	348	307	1.134
3	Kurashiki Ablaze	4	2	2	7	9	7	1.286	373	364	1.025	3rd place match
4	Est Cola	4	1	3	2	4	11	0.364	292	352	0.830
5	Farm Fresh Foxies	4	0	4	1	2	12	0.167	238	333	0.715

Source: Premier Volleyball League

Final round

3rd place match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Sep 12	16:00	SAC	Est Cola	0–3	Kurashiki Ablaze	22–25	24–26	20–25			66–76	P2

Championship match

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Sep 12	18:00	SAC	Cignal HD Spikers	2–3	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–21	17–25	25–20	24–26	13–15	104–107	P2

Final standing Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Cignal HD Spikers Kurashiki Ablaze 4 Est Cola 5 Farm Fresh Foxies

Awards Award Player Team Ref. Conference Most Valuable Player Michele Gumabao Creamline [17] [18] Finals Most Valuable Player Kyle Negrito Creamline 1st Best Outside Spiker María José Pérez Cignal 2nd Best Outside Spiker Erica Staunton Creamline 1st Best Middle Blocker Jacqueline Acuña Cignal 2nd Best Middle Blocker Low Mei Cing Kurashiki Best Opposite Spiker Saya Taniguchi Kurashiki Best Setter Kyle Negrito Creamline Best Libero Kalyarat Khamwong Est Cola

Conference results

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th
All-Filipino	Creamline	Choco Mucho	Petro Gazz	Chery Tiggo	PLDT	Cignal	Akari	Nxled	Farm Fresh	Galeries Towers	Capital1	Strong Group
Reinforced	Creamline	Akari	Cignal	PLDT	Chery Tiggo	Petro Gazz	Capital1	Farm Fresh	Choco Mucho	Nxled	Galeries Towers	Zus Coffee
Invitational	Creamline	Cignal	Kurashiki	Est Cola	Farm Fresh	—

Notes

1. The 2024 season is considered as the eight season of the PVL by its organizers.^[1] This is despite the prior iteration, the 2023 season considered as the sixth.^[2]

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Preceded by 6th, 2023	Premier Volleyball League 2024	Succeeded by 8th, 2024–2025