ANOTHER title-winning team will return to the Philippines.
Thailand’s EST Cola joins defending champion and Japanese club Kurashiki Ablaze as the Premier Volleyball League's (PVL) pair of foreign guest teams, stacking the six-squad field for the 2024 Invitational Conference.
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Although it will be their PVL debut, EST Cola is no stranger to Philippine volleyball as former co-champions in the now-defunct Philippine Superliga’s (PSL) own Invitational Conference.
Now-Galeries Tower import Sutadta Chuewulim was once part of the Thai club that shared the spoils with the Jovelyn Gonzaga-led RC Cola-Army Troopers.
And it was 31-year-old Thai national team veteran Jarasporn Bundasak who captained EST Cola in her first and only ovesreas pro league stint in the Philippines.
Akari, Cignal, Creamline, and PLDT's tall task
EST Cola joined a four-team field in the PSL Invitationals semifinals where it bested champion sides Petron and F2 Logistics.
They were still crowned co-champions despite losing to RC Cola-Army in the tournament finale.
READ: Kurashiki Ablaze returning to defend PVL Invitational title
Forming the local cast alongside EST Cola and Kurashiki for the PVL Invitationals in less than a week’s time are the semifinalists of the ongoing Reinforced Conference in Akari, Cignal, Creamline, and PLDT.
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