The Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference was the first conference of the Premier Volleyball League (28th conference of the former Shakey's V-League). The Conference started on April 30, 2017[1][2] and concluded on June 13, 2017. All elimination round games were played at the FilOil Flying V Centre in San Juan while the semifinals and Finals games were held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig.
The women's tournament was supposed to feature the use of foreign reinforcements, however, they were initially unable to play due to difficulty in securing their international transfer certificates (ITC) from the FIVB.[3][4][5][6] On May 17, 2017, Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas, Inc. (LVPI) confirmed that the FIVB has approved the ITC requests for the imports.[7] The imports began to play on May 18, 2017.[8]
Women's division
Participating teams
Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference (Women's Division)
Top two teams (ranks 1 and 2) after the preliminary round will automatically enter the semifinals round.
Quarterfinals
The bottom four teams after the preliminary round will play a single round robin to determine the two teams (as ranks 3 and 4) that will advance to the semifinals round.
Semifinals
Teams will compete in a best-of-three series as follows: Rank 1 vs Rank 4 and Rank 2 vs Rank 3.
Finals
Best-of-three series for the Final and Bronze matches.
Source: [9] Rules for classification: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets
Source: [9] Rules for classification: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets
Shola Alvarez, Jessey de Leon, Michelle Strizak (I), Melissa Gohing, Sarah Espelita, Jeanette Panaga, Maricar Nepomuceno, Elaine Kasilag, Gyzelle Sy (c), Krystal Rivers (I), Edina Sellimovic (I), Fille Cainglet-Cayetano, Desiree Dadang, Gayle Valdez, Myla Pablo
Head coach
Rommel Abella
Men's division
Participating teams
Premier Volleyball League 1st Season Reinforced Open Conference (Men's Division)
Source: [9] Rules for classification: 3 points = win match in 3 or 4 sets; 2 points = win match in 5 sets; 1 point = lose match in 5 sets; 0 point = lose match in 3 or 4 sets
Sandy Montero, Joshua Villanueva, Ralph Diezmo, Bonjomar Castel, Edmar Bonono, Lorenzo Capate Jr., Rex Intal, Ysay Marasigan (c), Vince Mangulabnan, Mark Gil Alfafara, Peter Torres, Alexis Faytaren, Herschel Ramos