| 2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference |
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| Duration | January 31 – April 28, 2026 |
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| Teams | 10 |
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| Streaming partner(s) | Pilipinas Live |
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The 2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference is the first conference of the 2026 Premier Volleyball League season and the tenth running of the All-Filipino Conference. The tournament began on January 31, 2026 and will end on April 28.
Ten teams are taking part in this tournament with two teams from the previous conference departing from the PVL. The Chery Tiggo Crossovers disbanded in December 2025 while the Petro Gazz Angels took a leave of absence in January 2026 after their merger with the Nxled Chameleons was disallowed by the league.[1][2] Petro Gazz would have been the defending All-Filipino Conference champions entering this conference.
Teams
Venues
- Regular venues
- PVL on Tour
Transactions
Transfers
The following are players who transferred to another team from their 2025 Reinforced Conference team.
Returnees
The following are previous players who weren't signed during the 2025 Reinforced Conference who are signed to a team in this conference.
Coaching changes
The format for the 2026 All-Filipino Conference will be a truncated version of the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference format with key format changes in the qualifying round and play-in tournament.[32]
Preliminary round
- The preliminary round will be a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of nine matches.
- The top four teams will advance to the qualifying round while the bottom six will move on to the play-in tournament.
- If any team wins all of their matches, resulting in a sweep, that team will gain a direct berth to the semifinals, and only the second-place and third-place teams will advance to the qualifying round.
Qualifying round
- The qualifying round will feature play-in games.
- Only the top four teams from the preliminary round will compete in this round, rather than every team in the 2024–25 edition.
- The match-ups will be as follows:
- QR1: #1 vs #4
- QR2: #2 vs #3
- Under the sweep scenario, this will be the only match in this round.
- The winners will advance to the semifinals while the losers will move on to the play-in tournament.
Play-in tournament
- The play-in tournament will utilize a stepladder format instead of last season's round-robin.
- The bottom six teams from the prelims and the two losers from the qualifying round will be assigned to one of two stepladder brackets via the serpentine system.
- Teams may also earn a bye to a further round depending on their performance up to that point:
- Qualifying round losers will start in the play-in finals.
- Teams ranked fifth and sixth will start in the play-in semifinals.
- Teams ranked seventh through tenth will start in the play-in quarterfinals.
- The match-ups will be as follows:
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Bracket A
- PQF-A: #8 vs. #9
- PSF-A: #5 vs. PQF-B winner
- PF-A: QR2 loser vs. PSF-A winner
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Bracket B
- PQF-B: #7 vs. #10
- PSF-B: #6 vs. PQF-A winner
- PF-B: QR1 loser vs. PSF-B winner
- Under the sweep scenario: #4 vs. PSF-B winner
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- The two play-in finals winners will join the two qualifying round winners in the semifinals.
Semifinals
- The semifinals will be a single-round robin.
- The two qualifying round winners and two teams from the play-in tournament will play three matches against each other.
- Under the sweep scenario, the undefeated team and the sole qualifying round winner will join the two play-in teams.
- The top two teams will advance to the championship series.
- The bottom two teams will compete in the third place series.
Third place series
- The bottom two teams from the semifinals will compete in a best-of-three series to determine which team will finish third in this conference.
- If the series is tied at 1–1 when the championship is decided, the FIVB Ranking System will be used to determine the winner.
Finals
- The top two teams from the semifinals will compete in a best-of-three series to decide the championship for this conference. The losing team will be declared the runner-up.
Pool standing procedure
Throughout the conference, teams will be ranked using the FIVB Ranking System as follows:
- 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
Standings
Match results
Qualifying round
Play-in tournament
Pool A
Pool B
Semifinals
Standings
| Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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L
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Pts
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SW
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SL
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SR
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SPW
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SPL
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SPR
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Qualification
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| 1
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Qualifying round match 1 winner
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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—
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0
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0
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—
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Finals
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| 2
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Qualifying round match 2 winner
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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—
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0
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0
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—
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| 3
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Play-in tournament Pool A winner
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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—
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0
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0
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—
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Third place series
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| 4
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Play-in tournament Pool B winner
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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0
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—
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0
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0
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—
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Match results
| Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| Apr. 11 |
16:00 |
MOA |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 11 |
18:30 |
MOA |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 14 |
16:00 |
MOA |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 14 |
18:30 |
MOA |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 16 |
16:00 |
FIL |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 16 |
18:30 |
FIL |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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Third place series
| Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| Apr. 21 |
16:00 |
SAC |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 23 |
16:00 |
SAC |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 28* |
16:00 |
SAC |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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Finals
| Date
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Time
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Venue
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Score
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Set 3
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Set 4
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Set 5
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Total
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Report
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| Apr. 21 |
18:30 |
SAC |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 23 |
18:30 |
SAC |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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| Apr. 28* |
18:30 |
SAC |
TBD |
– |
TBD |
– |
– |
– |
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0–0 |
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PVLPC Player of the Week
See also
Notes
References
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