The Philippine National Volleyball Federation sent representative teams in the 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships under the name of Rebisco and Choco Mucho, brands of its sponsor Republic Biscuit Corporation. The teams don't belong to a domestic league with its players derived from the pool of the Philippine men's and women's national teams.
The men's team will play as a club again representing the Philippines at the 2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Nations Cup.
History PSL All Stars
The Philippines under the previous national federation, Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas (LVP) has been represented by non-club teams in official FIVB and AVC tournaments. Republic Biscuit Corporation which owns the Rebisco brand has been supporting Philippine volleyball since 2017.
The PSL All-Stars, a selection team from players of the Philippine Super Liga, was the country's representative at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Metro Manila rather than a regular club side. That team played as "PSL-F2 Logistics Manila" which finished last among 8th teams in that tournament. The team featured again in the 2017 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship as "Rebisco-PSL Manila" due to a sponsorship deal with Republic Biscuit. The team likewise finished last at 8th place. The selection team has also participated in other tournaments in Thailand and the PSL Super Cup.
National teams in club tournaments Rebisco and PNVF The Philippine National Volleyball Federation succeeded the LVP in early 2021. In June 2021, the PNVF secured a three-year sponsorship deal with Republic Biscuit Corporation. The company pledged to support the federation's national team programs.
The PNVF entered the men's and women's national teams for the 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships under the Rebisco name. For the women's competition, the federation will field two teams composing of national team players. The first team will composed of more established players and the second team will be a developmental side composed of younger players.
Originally, the PNVF planned to send two teams in that competition; the national team under the Rebisco brand and the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers winners of the 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference. However Chery Tiggo and all the other teams in the league declined to participate. The PNVF will instead field a second team composing of national team players instead. The second team was named Team Choco Mucho, after another brand of Republic Biscuit Corporation and shares the name with a PVL club, Choco Mucho Flying Titans.
Choco Mucho placed sixth in the 2021 Women's Club Championship, besting the Rebisco team which settled for seventh place. The men's Rebisco team on their part finished 9th out of 10 teams in their tournament.
'Cignal'
The men's national team will compete under the name "Cignal" at the 2025 AVC Men's Champions League in Japan, sharing the name of the Cignal HD Spikers – the 2024 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference champions. This is a result of an approved request by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation to the AVC and is part of the national team's preparation for the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship which the Philippines will be hosting. The staff decided not to use any foreign reinforcement despite being allowed to use up to three. The squad also has players outside the Spikers' Turf club Cignal despite its name. They finished last in the preliminary round conceding games to Osaka Bluteon and Shanghai Bright.
Current roster The following were the Philippine national team rosters for the 2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Champions League.
Cignal HD SpikersNumberPositionNameDate of birthHeightOther current club 3 S Joshua Retamar Cignal HD Spikers 4 L Vince Lorenzo Cignal HD Spikers 5 OP Steve Rotter Cignal HD Spikers 7 MB Kim Malabunga Criss Cross King Crunchers 8 MB John Paul Bugaoan (c) Cignal HD Spikers 10 S EJ Casaña Cignal HD Spikers 11 OH Joshua Umandal Cignal HD Spikers 14 L John Michael Paglaon Savouge Spin Doctors 15 OH Marck Espejo Criss Cross King Crunchers 16 MB Gian Glorioso Criss Cross King Crunchers 17 OH Miguel Wendel Cignal HD Spikers 20 MB Lloyd Josafat Cignal HD Spikers 21 OH Louie Ramirez Cignal HD Spikers 25 OP Ike Barilea One Silay Source:AVC and Philippine Daily Inquirer
Previous rosters The following were the Philippine national team rosters for the 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships. Men's
Team RebiscoNumberPositionNameDate of birthHeightOther current club 2 MB John Paul Bugaoan Cignal HD Spikers 4 S Joshua Retamar Sta. Elena Ball Hammers 5 L Manuel Sumanguid III Cignal HD Spikers 6 MB Kim Malabunga Go for Gold-Air Force 7 MB Rex Intal Cignal HD Spikers 8 OP Mark Alfafara PLDT 9 OH Angelo Almendras Sta. Elena Ball Hammers 10 OH John Vic De Guzman (c) PLDT 11 OH Joshua Umandal PLDT 12 MB Francis Philip Saura Go for Gold-Air Force 14 S Esmilzo Polvorosa Cignal HD Spikers 16 L Ricky Marcos Sta. Elena Ball Hammers 17 S Jessie Lopez Go for Gold-Air Force 19 OP Ysrael Marasigan Cignal HD Spikers Source: PNVF and match #21 P–2
Women's
Team RebiscoNumberPositionNameDate of birthHeightOther current club 2 MB Abigail Maraño F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 4 OH Mhicaela Belen National University 5 MB Imee Hernandez University of Santo Tomas 6 L Bernadette Pepito University of Santo Tomas High School 7 S Rhea Dimaculangan PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters 8 OH Ejiya Laure University of Santo Tomas 9 L Jennifer Nierva National University 10 MB Mary Joy Baron (c) F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 11 OP Faith Nisperos Ateneo de Manila University 15 OH Jessica Galanza Creamline Cool Smashers 16 OP Aleona Denise Manabat Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers 17 S Kamille Cal National University 21 MB Ivy Lacsina National University 26 OP Kim Kianna Dy F2 Logistics Cargo Movers Sources: AVC and match #15 P–2
Team Choco MuchoNumberPositionNameDate of birthHeightOther current club 1 OH Kalei Mau Changos de Naranjito 3 S Deanna Wong Choco Mucho Flying Titans 7 OH Mylene Paat Chery Tiggo Crossovers 8 S Angelica Cayuna Perlas Spikers 11 OP MJ Phillips Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 13 MB Dell Palomata Sta. Lucia Lady Realtors 18 MB Marivic Meneses Petro Gazz Angels 23 L Dawn Macandili F2 Logistics Cargo Movers 32 S Iris Tolenada (c) free agent 56 OH Ernestine Tiamzon F2 Logistics Cargo Movers
Sources: AVC and match #15 P–2
Competitive record Men's Asian Club Championship 2021 (Rebisco) – 9th place 2025 (Cignal) – 11th place
Women's Asian Club Championship 2021 First team (Rebisco) – 7th place Second team (Choco Mucho) – 6th place
Head coaches Men's Team Coach TournamentRebisco Dante Alinsunurin 2021 Asian Men's Club Volleyball ChampionshipCignal Angiolino Frigoni 2025 AVC Men's Champions League
Women's Team Coach TournamentRebisco Jorge Edson 2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball ChampionshipChoco Mucho Odjie Mamon
See also PLDT HOME TVolution team – non-league men's and women's team formed specifically for the 2014 Asian Men's and Women's Club Championships Philippines men's national basketball team in FIBA club tournaments – another national team which was entered in tournaments meant for clubs Philippines men's national volleyball team – national volleyball team representing Philippines Philippines women's national volleyball team – national volleyball team representing Philippines
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