2024 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

<section begin="2024 PVL reinforced" /> 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, 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.

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.<section end="2024 PVL reinforced" />

Changes

PVL Draft

The PVL Rookie Draft was conducted before the start of the conference. To join, the draft required candidates neither playing experience nor academic qualifications. It was open to all aspiringz Filipino and Filipino-foreign citizens ages 21 years old and above who want to play in the professional league.

The application for the Rookie Draft was originally scheduled to end on May 31, 2024. But PVL Commissioner Malonzo later announced that it will be moved to June 12, 2024, so that rookies can have time to prepare documents needed for the draft.

The draft combine was held on June 25–26, 2024, and the draft proper was held on July 8, 2024.

Exclusion of the national team players from the upcoming conference

PVL players on the Philippine women's national volleyball team are excluded from the upcoming conference, as the national team season of the FIVB calendar is ongoing. The national team suited up for the 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup, and will prepare for the 2024 SEA Women's V.League.

Participating teams

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Pools composition

The teams are grouped into two pools using the serpentine system with the 2024 All-Filipino Conference final standings as the basis for the Top 9 teams. Like the 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference, the league ensures that sister teams would not be drawn into the same pool. If the sister teams of Farm Fresh and Zus Coffee happen to be placed in Pool A using the serpentine system, for example, they would be separated to prevent immediate collision between them. Thus, Farm Fresh (9th) and Galeries (10th) are placed in Pool A, and Capital1 (11th) and Zus Coffee (12th) are placed in Pool B.

Venues

Transactions

National team players

The following players are part of the Philippine national team that played at the 2024 AVC Women's Challenge Cup, 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup and the 2024 SEA Women's V.League. They are therefore excluded from this conference.

Team additions and transfers

The following are the players who transferred to another team for the upcoming conference.

Foreign guest players

The following are the foreign guest players for the upcoming conference. Each team are only allowed to have one foreign player and could only replace them mid-conference if they suffer from injuries or if the player (not the team) abandon their commitment.

Drafted players

The following are the drafted rookie players starting this conference.

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Coaching changes

Format

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

First Round

1. Single round-robin format; two pools.
2. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
3. The top three teams from each pool will move on to a second-round crossover with the bottom three teams from the other pool.

Second Round

1. Single round-robin format; two pools.
2. The results and the points of the matches between the same teams already played during the first round shall carry over to this round.
3. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
4. The eight teams with the best combined win-loss records will advance to the quarterfinals regardless of their pools.

Quarterfinals

1. All games are knockout matches.
2. QF1: #1 vs #8
3. QF2: #2 vs #7
4. QF3: #3 vs #6
5. QF4: #4 vs #5

Semifinals

1. All games are knockout matches.
2. SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF4 Winner
3. SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF3 Winner

Finals

1. All games are knockout matches.
2. Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser
3. Gold medal: SF1 Winner vs SF2 Winner

Invitational Conference

• The semifinalists of this conference will qualify for the 2024 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference.

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: the number of points scored divided by the 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.

First round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time ().
• Matches played on August 8 were originally scheduled on July 25, but were postponed due to the heavy rains in Metro Manila caused by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Super Typhoon Gaemi (Carina).

Pool A

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Pool B

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Second round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time ().

Pool C

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Pool D

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Combined ranking

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time ().
• The Finals games were initially scheduled on September 2, but moved to September 4 due to Typhoon Enteng (Yagi).

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Finals

3rd place match

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Championship match

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Final standing

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• All semifinalists were already qualified for the upcoming 2024 Invitational Conference. However, PLDT High Speed Hitters forego their participation. The next ranked teams Chery Tiggo, Petro Gazz and Capital1 declined participation for the Invitational Conference. The Farm Fresh Foxies would be replacing PLDT.
• Akari Chargers also pulled out and the league is no longer inviting a replacement team.

Awards and medalists

Awards

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Medalists

Statistics leaders

PVLPC player of the week

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References