The Premier Volleyball League is throwing its full support behind the Philippine women's volleyball team's campaign in the Phnom Penh Southeast Asian Games next year.

Aside from allowing its players to suit up for the national team, the country's first and only professional women's volleyball league has adjusted its 2023 calendar to allow the squad enough time to prepare for the regional sports meet set to run from 5 to 17 May.

PVL organizer Sports Vision president Ricky Palou said the league is planning to start the season-opening tournament Open Conference in early February.

"We want to start on February 4 and end by the end of March or early April to give the national team enough time to train by themselves," Palou told the Daily Tribune.

Following the planned timetable for the all-Filipino tournament, the Jorge Souza de Brito-mentored national team will have more than a month to prepare for the SEA Games.

"We're not really running on a tight schedule (for the Open Conference), it's just the same as last time but we're just starting earlier to give enough time for the national team to train," Palou explained.

The Filipina spikers suffered a heartbreak last year in the Hanoi edition after dropping a four-set match against Indonesia in the battle for bronze that left the Philippines missing the podium again since finishing third back in 2005.

Palou added that the league is closely working with the Philippine National Volleyball Federation to have their calendars synchronized.

"I think there's a plan to send them abroad to train for two or three weeks. So, we want to give them enough time to do this," he said.

"In the meantime, our plan is to have them train with the national team about two or three times a week if possible."