The 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the thirteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its fourth conference as a professional league.
The tournament began on October 8 and finished on December 6, 2022.[1] This is the first reinforced conference in three years, since the last reinforced was commenced way back in 2019. And also the first conference to use a video challenge system.[2] It features nine local teams with one foreign guest player each. Among these nine teams are the returning F2 Logistics Cargo Movers and the debuting team — Akari Chargers.[3][4]
Participating teams
2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
This conference implemented a single round-robin in preliminary and semifinals, and a best-of-three series in the 3rd place match and Championship match. The following format conducted for the entirety of the conference:
Preliminary Round
The nine teams played in a single round-robin elimination.
Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
Top four teamsbadvanced to the semifinals.
Semifinals
The four teams played again in a single round-robin elimination.
Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
The 3rd and 4th ranked teams advanced to the bronze medal match.
The 1st and 2nd ranked teams advanced to the gold medal match.
Finals
Bronze medal: SF Rank 3 vs SF Rank 4 (best-of-three series)
Gold medal: SF Rank 1 vs SF Rank 2 (best-of-three series)
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.