The 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference was the fourteenth conference of the

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and its fifth conference as a professional league. The tournament began on February 4, 2023, at the

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. Formerly known as the Open Conference, the conference was rebranded as the "All-Filipino Conference" to better reflect the fact that the tournament's participation is restricted to Filipino players, including Filipino-Foreigners.

Participating teams

Venues

This conference eyes hosting games again outside of Metro Manila such as in

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, and

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, just like in previous seasons from

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and prior. As of February 3, the league is set to arrange games in Iloilo City on March 14.

Transactions

National team players

The following players that played in the

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and the

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are solely composed of the players from

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Team additions and transfers

The following are the players who are newly added and/or transferred to another team for the upcoming conference.

Coaching changes

Format

Originally, the semifinal format was single

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. However, the league reverts to its most used format — a crossover best-of-3 series between the 1st and 4th, and 2nd and 3rd ranked teams. ;Preliminary Round # The nine teams will compete in a single round-robin elimination. # Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System. # Top four teams will advance to the semifinals. ;Semifinals #

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series. # 1st ranked team vs. 4th ranked team # 2nd ranked team vs. 3rd ranked team ;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).

Ranking

Match results

Final round

* All times are

( UTC+8:00).

Semifinals

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

; Rank 2 vs Rank 3 * Petro Gazz wins series, 2–1

Finals

3rd place

* F2 wins series, 2–0

Championship

* Creamline wins series, 2–1

Final standing

Awards and medalists

Individual awards

Medalists

Statistics leaders

Notes

References

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