2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference
The 2023 Premier Volleyball League First All-Filipino Conference was the fourteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its fifth conference as a professional league. The tournament began on February 4, 2023, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City.
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 Lucena, Iloilo City, and Cagayan de Oro, just like in previous seasons from 2019 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 2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup and the 2022 ASEAN Grand Prix are solely composed of the players from Creamline Cool Smashers.| Team | Outside Hitters | Middle Blockers | Opposite Spikers | Setters | Liberos |
| Creamline Cool Smashers | Fille Cainglet-Cayetano | ||||
| Creamline Cool Smashers | |||||
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| Creamline Cool Smashers | rowspan=2 | rowspan=2 | - | - | |
| Creamline Cool Smashers | - | - | - | - |
Team additions and transfers
The following are the players who are newly added and/or transferred to another team for the upcoming conference.Format
Originally, the semifinal format was single round-robin tournament. 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.
- Best-of-three series.
- 1st ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
- 2nd ranked team vs. 3rd ranked team
- Best-of-three 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 Philippine Standard Time.
Ranking
Match results
Final round
- All times are Philippine Standard Time.
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
| Award | Player | Team | |
| Conference Most Valuable Player | Tots Carlos | Creamline | |
| Finals Most Valuable Player | Jia De Guzman | Creamline | |
| 1st Best Outside Spiker | Tots Carlos | Creamline | |
| 2nd Best Outside Spiker | Jema Galanza | Creamline | |
| 1st Best Middle Blocker | Remy Palma | Petro Gazz | |
| 2nd Best Middle Blocker | Mar-Jana Phillips | Petro Gazz | |
| Best Opposite Spiker | Michele Gumabao | Creamline | |
| Best Setter | Jia De Guzman | Creamline | |
| Best Libero | Kath Arado | PLDT |
Statistics leaders
| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Mylene Paat | 148 |
| 2 | Kim Kianna Dy | 127 |
| 3 | Dindin Santiago-Manabat | 118 |
| 4 | Kat Tolentino | 116 |
| 5 | Royse Tubino | 113 |
| Rank | Name | |
| 1 | Michele Gumabao | 40.43 |
| 2 | Tots Carlos | 37.21 |
| 3 | Jema Galanza | 36.40 |
| 4 | Aiza Maizo-Pontillas | 35.96 |
| 5 | Mylene Paat | 33.33 |
| Rank | Name | |
| 1 | Jia De Guzman | 0.46 |
| 2 | Grethcel Soltones | 0.44 |
| 3 | Tots Carlos | 0.36 |
| 4 | Roselyn Doria | 0.35 |
| 5 | Ennajie Laure | 0.29 |
| Rank | Name | |
| 1 | Kath Arado | 6.80 |
| 2 | Dawn Macandili | 6.00 |
| 3 | Ria Duremdes | 4.82 |
| 4 | Bang Pineda | 4.77 |
| 5 | Kyla Atienza | 3.79 |
| Rank | Name | |
| 1 | Kath Arado | 63.86 |
| 2 | Cienne Cruz | 49.44 |
| 3 | Dawn Macandili | 44.89 |
| 4 | Ria Duremdes | 42.28 |
| 5 | Tots Carlos | 38.37 |