2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference

The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eleventh conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its second conference as a professional league.

The conference was held from March 16 to April 8, 2022, pending restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic. A pool play format will be adapted for the first time wherein teams will be divided into two pools as opposed to a round-robin format where all teams play against each other at least once. Preliminary round was held at the Paco Arena in Manila. Quarterfinal round and Semifinals Game 1 & 3 was held at the San Juan Arena in San Juan. The Semifinals Game 2 and Finals Game 1 was held at SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay while Finals Game 2 was held at Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal. 

Nine teams competed on this conference as Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers looks to defend their championship. F2 Logistics Cargo Movers will have their debut in the Premier Volleyball League. Two teams from the previous conference, Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors and Perlas Spikers, filed for leave of absence from the league and released all of their players.

Participating teams


Pool composition
For the first time in league history, the Open Conference catered multiple pools in the preliminary round with the nine participating teams grouped into two pools. The groupings were unveiled on February 18, 2022 with teams grouped through serpentine system using 2021 Open Conference final standings. F2 Logistics Cargo Movers was drawn to Pool A during their meeting as they did not compete in the last conference.

Venues
The conference started on a "semi-bubble" setup with a strict home-venue-home format for teams at the Paco Arena with no spectators allowed in the venue due to COVID-19 restrictions. After the preliminary round, the league officially started accepting live audiences to watch the games in the playoffs.



National team players

 * The following players are part of the national team that will compete in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in May.

Team additions and transfers
The following are the players who transferred to another team on the upcoming conference.

Format
The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference:
 * Preliminary Round
 * 1) Single-round robin format; 2 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
 * 2) All teams except the last finishing team in the pool of five will advance to the quarterfinals.
 * Quarterfinals
 * 1) QF1: #A1 vs #B4 (#A1 twice-to-beat)
 * 2) QF2: #B1 vs #A4 (#B1 twice-to-beat)
 * 3) QF3: #A2 vs #B3 (#A2 twice-to-beat)
 * 4) QF4: #B2 vs #A3 (#B2 twice-to-beat)
 * Classification
 * 1) 7th-9th place: Single-round robin format; #A5, QF1 Loser, & QF2 Loser; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
 * 2) 5th place: QF3 Loser vs. QF4 Loser
 * Semifinals
 * 1) Best-of-three series.
 * 2) SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF3 Winner
 * 3) SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
 * 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.

Preliminary round

 * All times are Philippines Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Ranking


Pool B


Classification round

 * All times are Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
 * The losers between A2 and B3, and B2 and A3 will face for the 5th-6th place match
 * A5, and the losers between A1 and B4, and B1 and A4 will face on a round-robin format and ranked by points.

Final round

 * All times are Philippines Standard Time (UTC+08:00)
 * Top two teams from each pool will have a twice to beat advantage in the Quarterfinals
 * Both Semifinals and Finals are best-of-three series

 

Semifinals
Q1 vs Q3

Q2 vs Q4

3rd place

 * Cignal wins series, 1–1, via points ratio of 1.022 vs. 0.978

Championship

 * Creamline wins series, 2–0

Final standing


Individual awards
