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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | June 27 – July 30 |
| Teams | 13 |
| Venue(s) | Filoil EcoOil Centre PhilSports Arena |
| Champions | Kurashiki Ablaze (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Creamline Cool Smashers |
| Third place | Cignal HD Spikers |
| Fourth place | F2 Logistics Cargo Movers |
| Tournament awards | |
| MVP |
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| Best Setter | Gel Cayuna |
| Best OH |
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| Best MB | |
| Best OPP | Tots Carlos |
| Best Libero | Kath Arado |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 43 |
| Attendance | 137,016 (3,186 per match) |
| Official website | |
| pvl | |
The 2023 Premier Volleyball League Invitational Conference was the fifteenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its six conference as a professional league. The tournament was originally scheduled to start on June 6, 2023, however, it was moved to June 27, 2023, due to the Philippines women's national volleyball team competing at the 2023 Asian Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup.[1]
This conference introduced three debuting teams in the league — Farm Fresh Foxies and Quezon City Gerflor Defenders as newly formed teams, and the return of Foton Tornadoes in the Filipino volleyball scene after the original team was rebranded as Chery Tiggo Crossovers in 2020.[2][3] Philippine Army Lady Troopers is skipping this conference due to military training to most of its players.[4] Two foreign teams, Kurashiki Ablaze of Japan and Kinh Bắc Bắc Ninh of Vietnam, also participated in the conference.[5][6]
With these new additions alongside the two foreign guest teams, this is the first conference of the PVL that has more than ten participating corporate teams. Moreover, this is also the most contested conference of the league, by having thirteen teams — the most by any conference so far.
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- ^ Agcaoili, Lance (May 24, 2023). "PVL welcomes two new teams with 'long term' commitment; Army skips Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ Agcaoili, Lance (June 1, 2023). "Foton Tornadoes make their return, join PVL starting with Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ Agcaoili, Lance (May 24, 2023). "PVL: Military training forces Army Lady Troopers to miss Invitationals". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on June 3, 2023. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
- ^ "13 teams to vie for PVL Invitationals crown". Tiebreaker Times. June 9, 2023. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ "Japan, Vietnam guest teams to join PVL Invitational semis". GMA News. July 6, 2023. Archived from the original on July 7, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2023.