| Competition: | MPVA season |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Gender: | women |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Dates: | Preliminary round: October 22 – November 30 Playoffs: December 2 – 21 |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Champions Other: | Bacoor City Strikers |
| Title Number: | 1 |
| Second Other: | Negros–ICC Blue Hawks |
| Third Other: | Marikina Lady Shoemasters |
| Fourth Other: | Rizal Golden Coolers |
| Mvp: | Shaila Omipon (Bacoor City) |
| Setter: | Venice Puzon (Rizal) |
| Outside Spikers: |
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| Middle Blockers: |
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| Opposite Spiker: | Reyann Cañete (Negros) |
| Libero: | Alyssa Eroa (Marikina) |
| Matches: | 40 (premilinary round) |
| Last: | Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association |
| Next: | 2024 MPVA season |
The 2023 MPVA season was the first overall season of the Maharlika Pilipinas Volleyball Association (MPVA). The preliminary round began on October 22, 2023 and ended on November 30, 2023. The playoffs then ran from December 2 to 21, 2023.[1] This season featured eight teams from across the country.[2]
The opening ceremony took place at Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal with a doubleheader featuring the Caloocan AM Spikers and Negros–ICC Blue Hawks in the first match, followed by the San Juan Lady Knights and Rizal Golden Coolers in the second match.
The Bacoor City Strikers won the league's inaugural championship, after defeating the Negros–ICC Blue Hawks in three matches in the Finals. [3]
The succeeding 2024 season would be the league's first full-length season and is referred to as Season 1. To differentiate the two seasons, the 2023 season is retroactively referred to as the MPVA Inaugural Season.
The inaugural season feature eight teams: six from Luzon, one from Visayas, and one from Mindanao. The league had previously announced teams based in Bulacan, Manila, and Quezon City, but all three deferred due to time constraints. Each team's roster was revealed on October 21, 2023.[4]
At least one gameday is played in a team's designated home arena, usually located within the home locality of the team. Nasipit, Negros, and San Juan are exceptions, as these teams are assigned home venues in non-MPVA markets.
| Team | Arena | Location | Capacity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strike Gymnasium | align=center | 1,500 | |||
| Biñan Tatak Gel | align=center | 5,700 | |||
| Caloocan AM Spikers | align=center | 2,500 | |||
| align=center | 7,000 | ||||
| Baliwag Star Arena | align=center | 5,000 | |||
| align=center | 3,000 | ||||
| align=center | 7,400 | ||||
| San Juan Lady Knights | align=center | N/A | |||
| align=center | N/A | ||||
| align=center | N/A |
The league has a set of roster regulations, putting restrictions on which and how many players and which players each team can place onto its roster. The initial roster regulations are as follows:[5]
The preliminary round began on October 22, 2023 with the opening ceremonies at the Ynares Center in Antipolo, Rizal. It was divided into two stages: the round-robin stage and the group stage. In the round-robin stage, all eight teams play one game against all other teams. In the group stage, two groups of four teams were formed, from there a round-robin format is then used for each group. In each gameday, a set of games are played in a team's homecourt, with the final game often featuring the designated home team.[6]
| Legend | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Won in 3/4 sets | Lost in 3/4 sets | |||
| Won in 5 sets | Lost in 5 sets | |||
| Bold indicates home match | ||||
| Team | Match | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||
| Bacoor City (BCR) | NAS 1–3 | RZL 2–3 | NEG 3–2 | BIN 3–1 | MAR 3–1 | SJ 3–0 | CAL 3–1 | BIN 3–2 | NEG 1–3 | MAR 1–3 < | -- Biñan --> | |||||||||
| Biñan (BIN) | CAL 3–2 | BCR 1–3 | NAS 0–3 | RZL 0–3 | NEG 1–3 | MAR 1–3 | SJ 3–1 | BCR 2–3 | MAR 3–1 | NEG 0–3 < | -- Caloocan --> | |||||||||
| Caloocan (CAL) | NEG 0–3 | MAR 3–2 | BIN 2–3 | SJ 0–3 | NAS 1–3 | RZL 2–3 | BCR 0–3 | RZL 0–3 | NAS 3–1 | SJ 3–1 < | -- Marikina --> | |||||||||
| Marikina (MAR) | CAL 2–3 | NAS 3–2 | SJ 3–1 | BCR 1–3 | RZL 1–3 | BIN 3–1 | NEG 0–3 | NEG 2–3 | BIN 1–3 | BCR 3–1 < | -- Nasipit --> | |||||||||
| Nasipit (NAS) | BCR 3–1 | MAR 2–3 | SJ 2–3 | BIN 3–0 | NEG 0–3 | CAL 3–1 | RZL 0–3 | SJ 3–1 | CAL 1–3 | RZL 0–3 < | -- Negros --> | |||||||||
| Negros (NEG) | CAL 3–0 | BCR 2–3 | RZL 3–0 | NAS 3–0 | BIN 3–1 | SJ 3–1 | MAR 3–0 | MAR 3–2 | BCR 3–1 | BIN 3–0 < | -- Rizal --> | |||||||||
| Rizal (RZL) | SJ 3–1 | BCR 3–2 | NEG 0–3 | BIN 3–0 | MAR 3–1 | CAL 3–2 | NAS 3–0 | CAL 3–0 | SJ 2–3 | NAS 3–0 < | -- San Juan --> | |||||||||
| San Juan (SJ) | RZL 1–3 | NAS 3–2 | MAR 1–3 | CAL 3–0 | BCR 0–3 | NEG 1–3 | BIN 1–3 | NAS 1–3 | RZL 3–2 | CAL 1–3 | ||||||||||
The team abbreviation in parentheses indicate the designated home team for that gameday. Arenas in italics indicate games that are played in non-MPVA markets.
The playoffs began on December 2, 2023.
All eight teams automatically qualify for a three-round, single-elimination playoffs. In the Quarterfinals, the top four teams are given a twice-to-beat advantage, requiring them to only win one game to advance while their opponents must win two games. A best-of-three format will then be used for the Semifinals and Finals. Alongside the Finals for the winning teams of the Semifinals, there will also be a best-of-three Bronze Medal Match between the losing teams of the Semifinals.
(1) Negros–ICC Blue Hawks vs. (8) San Juan Lady Knights
(2) Rizal Golden Coolers vs. (7) Biñan Tatak Gel
(3) Bacoor City Strikers vs. (6) Caloocan AM Spikers
(4) Nasipit Lady Spikers vs. (5) Marikina Lady Shoemasters
(1) Negros–ICC Blue Hawks vs. (5) Marikina Lady Shoemasters
(2) Rizal Golden Coolers vs. (3) Bacoor City Strikers
| width= | Rank | width=200 | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bacoor City Strikers | |||
| Negros–ICC Blue Hawks | |||
| Marikina Lady Shoemasters | |||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | Nasipit Lady Spikers | ||
| 6 | Caloocan AM Spikers | ||
| 7 | Biñan Tatak Gel | ||
| 8 | San Juan Lady Knights |
| width=250 | Award | width=250 | Player | width=120 | Team | width=10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Shaila Omipon | Bacoor City | [7] | ||||
| 1st Best Outside Spiker | Shaila Omipon | Bacoor City | |||||
| 2nd Best Outside Spiker | Angel Mae Habacon | Negros | |||||
| 1st Best Middle Blocker | Razel Aldea | Bacoor City | |||||
| 2nd Best Middle Blocker | Christine Joy Apan | Negros | |||||
| Best Opposite Spiker | Reyann Cañete | Negros | |||||
| Best Setter | Venice Puzon | Rizal | |||||
| Best Libero | Alyssa Eroa | Marikina | |||||
| Best Homegrown Player | Janeth Tulang | Rizal |
All games are aired on Media Pilipinas TV (MPTV) on television. For streaming, Cignal TV streams all of the games on its Pilipinas Live service. On social media, Plus Network broadcasts the games across all of its pages as well as on the MPVA's Facebook page.