2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference
The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the twelfth conference of the Premier Volleyball League, its third conference as a professional league, and the second conference of the 2022 season.
The tournament began on July 9, 2022. Originally slated for the July 2, the tournament was pushed back due to the requests of the club teams.
This is the first conference of the league to commence an invitational conference. A total of eight teams will compete in this event, including one international team — KingWhale Taipei from Taiwan. The BaliPure Purest Water Defenders and F2 Logistics begged off from joining the conference. A second guest team, Kobe Shinwa University, was supposed to join the semi-final round but backed out at the last minute. Replacement guest Philippine National Team, composed mostly of NU Lady Bulldogs team members, also backed out.
Participating teams
- On August 6, the league announced that the Philippines women's national team will replace Kobe Shinwa Women's University due to COVID-19 concerns in Japan, the national team is eligible to vie for the championship.
- A day after the announcement of the supposed entrance of the Philippine national team into the tournament, the team begged off due to concerns of possible injuries that the players may sustain. The final round will only consist of five teams. The team's core was composed of player and staff from the National University Lady Bulldogs. NU players and staff were released from the national team program by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation shortly after their withdrawal. The team was due to participate in the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup and the new core of the squad is planned to compose the best finishing non-guest team in the conference.
Venues
| Preliminaries | Preliminaries, Semifinals |
| Santa Rosa City | San Juan City |
| Santa Rosa Sports Complex | Filoil EcoOil Centre |
| Capacity: 5,700 | Capacity: 6,000 |
| Semifinals | Preliminaries, Semifinals, Finals |
| Antipolo | Pasay City |
| Ynares Center | SM Mall of Asia Arena |
| Capacity: 7,400 | Capacity: 15,000 |
Transactions
National team players
- The following players are part of the national team that played in the Philippine National Volleyball Federation International Challenge on June 11–12.
Team additions and transfers
| Player | Moving from | Moving to |
| Alina Bicar | BaliPure Purest Water Defenders | Chery Tiggo Crossovers |
| Jacqueline Acuña | NU Lady Bulldogs ' | Cignal HD Spikers |
| Lorie Lyn Bernardo | UP Fighting Maroons ' | Creamline Cool Smashers |
| Marian Buitre | BaliPure Purest Water Defenders | Petro Gazz Angels |
| Erika Santos | De La Salle Lady Archers | PLDT High Speed Hitters |
Coaching changes
Format
The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the conference:;Preliminary Round
- Single-round robin preliminaries; 7 local teams; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
- Top four local teams will advance to the Final Round.
- Single-round robin format; Top 4 local teams & 1 guest team; Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
- The 3rd and 4th ranked teams will advance to the bronze medal match.
- The 1st and 2nd ranked teams will advance to the winner-take-all gold medal match.
- All games are knockout matches.
- Bronze medal: 3rd ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
- Gold medal: 1st ranked team vs. 2nd ranked team
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 Philippine Standard Time.
Ranking
Match results
Final round
- All times are Philippine Standard Time.
Semifinals
Ranking
Match results
Finals
3rd place match
Championship match
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
| Creamline Cool Smashers | |
| KingWhale Taipei | |
| Cignal HD Spikers | |
| 4 | PLDT High Speed Hitters |
| 5 | Army Black Mamba Lady Troopers |
| 6 | Petro Gazz Angels |
| 7 | Choco Mucho Flying Titans |
| 8 | Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers |
Awards and medalists
Individual awards
| Award | Player | Team | Ref |
| Conference Most Valuable Player | Diana Mae Carlos | Creamline | |
| Finals Most Valuable Player | Celine Elaiza Domingo | Creamline | |
| 1st Best Outside Spiker | Alyssa Valdez | Creamline | |
| 2nd Best Outside Spiker | Frances Xinia Molina | Cignal | |
| 1st Best Middle Blocker | Mika Reyes | PLDT | |
| 2nd Best Middle Blocker | Dell Palomata | PLDT | |
| Best Opposite Spiker | Diana Mae Carlos | Creamline | |
| Best Setter | Liao Yi-Jen | KingWhale Taipei | |
| Best Libero | Qiu Shi-Qing | KingWhale Taipei |
Medalists
2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup
As announced on August 7, the Philippine National Volleyball Federation stated that the best performing local team of the invitational conference will represent the Philippines in the 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup. As the semifinal round progressed, the PLDT High Speed Hitters is the first to initially accept its invitation to possibly participate on the mentioned tourney as the other top teams, Creamline and Cignal, have yet to express its interest to join.In spite of that, Creamline will represent the country since they accepted the federation's invitation to suit up in the national team as they emerged as the champions of the invitational conference.
Statistics leaders
Preliminary round
Statistics leaders correct at the end of [|preliminary round].| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Diana Mae Carlos | 114 |
| 2 | Kat Tolentino | 91 |
| 3 | Aiza Maizo-Pontillas | 87 |
| 4 | Jessica Margarett Galanza | 86 |
| 5 | Jovelyn Gonzaga | 85 |
| Rank | Name | |
| 1 | Diana Mae Carlos | 38.15 |
| 2 | Jessica Margarett Galanza | 36.28 |
| 3 | Kat Tolentino | 34.22 |
| 4 | Aiza Maizo-Pontillas | 33.60 |
| 5 | Jovelyn Gonzaga | 30.86 |
| Rank | Name | |
| 1 | Angelica Cayuna | 0.46 |
| 2 | Ivy Perez | 0.36 |
| 3 | Alina Bicar | 0.32 |
| 4 | Shaya Adorador | 0.32 |
| 5 | Mary Remy Joy Palma | 0.30 |
| Rank | Name | |
| 1 | Dennise Lazaro-Revilla | 5.43 |
| 2 | Shiela Marie Pineda | 5.35 |
| 3 | Jovelyn Gonzaga | 5.00 |
| 4 | Anngela Nunag | 4.50 |
| 5 | Kathleen Faith Arado | 3.92 |
| Rank | Name | |
| 1 | Dennise Lazaro-Revilla | 50.69 |
| 2 | Kyla Atienza | 43.87 |
| 3 | Jovelyn Gonzaga | 43.41 |
| 4 | Fiola Mae Ceballos | 40.83 |
| 5 | Shiela Marie Pineda | 39.23 |