MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will field three squads when it hosts the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women’s Champions League with PLDT joining Creamline and Petro Gazz.

Hours before the draw in Bangkok, Thailand, the AVC granted the host Philippines, another slot for the inaugural club tournament from April 20 to 27 at Philsports Arena in Pasig.

Creamline and Petro Gazz were the first teams to Earn the right to play in the Champions League after topping the preliminary round of the 2024-25 PVL All-Filipino Conference and advancing to the quarterfinals.

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With another slot awarded to the host, the High Speed Hitters received the allocation after finishing fourth in prelims and advancing to the quarterfinals against Choco Mucho in a best-of-three series.

Also confirmed for the tournament are Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima QminC and Vietnam’s VTV Bình Điền Long An.

The drawing of lots to determine match schedules and groupings takes place on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

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PLDT coach Rald Ricafort is happy to be part of the continental meet, looking forward to competing at the highest level.

“We’re happy to be part of it and play in a higher level of competition. We’re going to learn and gain a lot of experience playing in it,” he said. “We’ll do our best to represent PLDT and our country especially that we’re the host.”