2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference

The 2019 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eighth conference of the Premier Volleyball League. The conference started on August 11, 2019 and ended on November 9, 2019 at the Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines. Philippine Air Force Women's Volleyball Team returned in action and two new teams joined the conference named Chef's Classics Lady Red Spikers and Choco Mucho Flying Titans (second team of Rebisco).

Teams will play a double-round robin elimination round to determine the final four teams that will advance to the semifinals. 

Participating teams


Venues

 * Filoil Flying V Centre, San Juan (main venue)
 * Malolos Sports and Convention Center, Malolos, Bulacan (PVL on tour)
 * Iloilo City (PVL on tour)
 * University of St. La Salle Coliseum, Bacolod, Negros Occidental (PVL on tour) 

Format

 * Preliminary Round
 * 1) The nine teams will compete in a double round-robin elimination.
 * 2) Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
 * 3) Top four teams will advance to the semifinals.
 * Semifinals
 * 1) Best-of-three series.
 * 2) 1st ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
 * 3) 2nd ranked team vs. 3rd ranked team
 * Finals
 * 1) Best-of-three series.
 * 2) Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs. SF2 Loser
 * 3) 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.

Ranking
 

Match results

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

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

Semifinals
Rank 1 vs rank 4
 * Creamline wins series, 2–0

Rank 2 vs rank 3
 * Petro Gazz wins series, 2–0

Finals
3rd place
 * BanKo Perlas wins series, 1–1, via sets ratio of 1.33 vs. 0.75

Championships
 * Creamline wins series, 2–0

Awards


Final standings
