The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference was the eleventh conference of the

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and its second conference as a professional league. The conference was held from March 16 to April 8, 2022, pending restrictions brought by the

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. A

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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

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in Pasay while Finals Game 2 was held at

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in Antipolo, Rizal.

Nine teams competed on this conference as Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers looks to defend their championship.

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will have their debut in the

. Two teams from the previous conference, Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors and

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, 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

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using 2021 Open Conference final standings.

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.

Transactions

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.

Coaching changes

Format

The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference: ;Preliminary Round # Single-round robin format; 2 pools; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System. # All teams except the last finishing team in the pool of five will advance to the quarterfinals. ;Quarterfinals # QF1: #A1 vs #B4 (#A1

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) # QF2: #B1 vs #A4 (#B1 twice-to-beat) # QF3: #A2 vs #B3 (#A2 twice-to-beat) # QF4: #B2 vs #A3 (#B2 twice-to-beat) ;Classification # 7th-9th place: Single-round robin format; #A5, QF1 Loser, & QF2 Loser; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System. # 5th place: QF3 Loser vs. QF4 Loser ;Semifinals #

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series. # SF1: QF1 Winner vs. QF3 Winner # SF2: QF2 Winner vs. QF4 Winner ;Finals #

series. # Bronze medal: SF1 Loser vs SF2 Loser # 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

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( UTC+8:00).

Pool A

Pool B

Classification round

*All times are

( 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.

7th-9th places

5th place match

Final round

*All times are

( UTC+08:00)

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

; QF1 Winner vs. QF3 Winner * Petro Gazz wins series, 2–1

; QF2 Winner vs. QF4 Winner * Creamline wins series, 2–0

Finals

3rd place

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

Championship

* Creamline wins series, 2–0

Final standing

Awards and medalists

Individual awards

Medalists

References

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Participating teams

Pool composition

Venues

Transactions

National team players

Team additions and transfers

Coaching changes

Format

Pool standing procedure

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Classification round

7th-9th places

5th place match

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Finals

3rd place

Championship

Final standing

Awards and medalists

Individual awards

Medalists

See also

References