The 2025 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference was the second conference of the 2025–26 Premier Volleyball League season and the third tournament of the season. The sixth Reinforced Conference features twelve teams with one foreign guest player allowed on each team. The tournament began on October 7 and will run until November 30, 2025. It was held following the Philippines' hosting of the 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship.
This would also go on to be the last conference for the Chery Tiggo Crossovers before disbanding on December 2, 2025.
Participating teams Ahead of this conference, the Chery Tiggo Crossovers were renamed to the Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers. On October 8, the Cignal HD Spikers announced it had changed its name to Cignal Super Spikers.
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain AKA Akari Chargers Akari Lighting & Technology Tina Salak Justine Jazareno CAP Capital1 Solar Spikers CapitalOne Energy Corp. Jorge de Brito Roma Mae Doromal CTC Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers United Asia Automotive Group Norman Miguel Aby Maraño CMF Choco Mucho Flying Titans Republic Biscuit Corporation Dante Alinsunurin Desiree Cheng CSS Cignal Super Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Shaq Delos Santos Gel Cayuna CCS Creamline Cool Smashers Republic Biscuit Corporation Sherwin Meneses Alyssa Valdez FFF Farm Fresh Foxies Farm Fresh Philippine International / Strong Group Athletics Alessandro Lodi Louie Romero GTH Galeries Tower Highrisers Grand Taipan Land Development Godfrey Okumu Roselle Baliton NXL Nxled Chameleons Akari Lighting & Technology Ettore Guidetti Chiara Permentilla PGA Petro Gazz Angels PetroGazz Ventures Phils. Gary Van Sickle Remy Palma HSH PLDT High Speed Hitters PLDT Inc. Rald Ricafort Kath Arado ZUS Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Zuspresso Sdn. Bhd. / Strong Group Athletics Jerry Yee Cloanne Mondoñedo
Venues
Regular venues All rounds Preliminaries Quezon City Pasay Rodriguez, Rizal San Juan Smart Araneta Coliseum (SAC) SM Mall of Asia Arena (MOA) Ynares Center II (YC2) Filoil Centre (FIL) Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 6,000
PVL on Tour venues Preliminaries Candon, Ilocos Sur Dasmariñas, Cavite Ilagan, Isabela Candon City Arena (CCA) City of Dasmariñas Arena (COD) Capital Arena (ILA) Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 10,000
Transactions
Team additions and transfers The following are the players who transferred to another team for the upcoming conference. Player Moving from Moving to Jewel Encarnacion Galeries Tower Highrisers Cignal Super Spikers Michelle Morente Petro Gazz Angels Creamline Cool Smashers
National team players A Philippines women's national team pool was previously announced for the 2025 SEA Games in October 2025. However this was later scrapped. The PVL clubs are encouraged but not obligated to release players for the tournament.
Additionally Sisi Rondina (Choco Mucho) and Bernadeth Pons (Creamline) remains unvailable due to a leave of absence to train for the national beach volleyball team for the 2025 SEA Games.
Foreign guest players The following are the foreign guest players for the upcoming conference. Each team are only allowed to have one foreign player and could only replace them mid-conference if they suffer from injuries or if the player (not the team) abandon their commitment.
However the Philippine National Volleyball Federation has blocked the issuance of international transfer certificates (ITCs) rendering the guest players unable to play for the teams until the ITCs get approved. All teams are affected by the issue. On October 8, the guest players as well as Filipino players still affiliated with a foreign national federation had their ITCs approved.
Team Foreign player Moving from Akari Chargers Annie Michem Jakarta Livin' Mandiri Capital1 Solar Spikers Oleksandra Bytsenko Aranmare Yamagata Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Yunieska Batista Yesilyurt Spor Kulūbū Choco Mucho Flying Titans Anyse Smith Nakhon Ratchasima QminC VC Cignal Super Spikers Eva Chantava (replaced; played 2-games) Karnali Yashvis Katrin Trebichavská SUNY Buffalo Creamline Cool Smashers Courtney Schwan Orlando Valkyries Farm Fresh Foxies Helene Rousseaux Papara Göztepe Galeries Tower Highrisers Jelena Cvijović EA Larissa Nxled Chameleons Paola Martinez Vela Dinamo Bucureşti Petro Gazz Angels Lindsey Vander Weide Orlando Valkyries PLDT High Speed Hitters Anastasiia Bavykina Columbus Fury Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Anna DeBeer Indy Ignite
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Replaced by Galeries Tower Highrisers Lerma Giron Replaced Godfrey Okumu Petro Gazz Angels Brian Esquibel Replaced Gary Van Sickle
Format The 2025 Reinforced Conference retains the format used in the 2024 edition:
First round The preliminary round is split into two rounds. In the first round, the twelve teams were divided into two pools of six teams each. The first round was a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of five matches. Teams were ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
Second round In the second round, teams were assigned to new pools based on results from the first round. The top three teams from one pool were grouped with the bottom three teams from the other pool. Results from the first round were carried over, and teams only played against opponents who they haven't faced in the first round for an additional three matches. By the end of the second round, all teams will have played a total of eight matches. Teams continued to be ranked using the FIVB Ranking System. The top eight teams based on combined records across the two rounds advanced to the quarterfinals. Teams ranked 9th to 12th were eliminated and ranked accordingly in the final standings.
Quarterfinals The quarterfinals featured single-elimination matches, with the winners of each advancing to the semifinals. The eight qualified teams were seeded based on their preliminary round results. The match-ups were as follows: QF1: #1 vs. #8 QF2: #2 vs. #7 QF3: #3 vs. #6 QF4: #4 vs. #5 The losing teams were eliminated and be ranked 5th to 8th in the final standings based on their preliminary round results.
Semifinals The semifinals also featured single-elimination matches. The winners advanced to the championship match while the losers would play in the third-place match. The match-ups were as follows: SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner
Finals Both the championship (gold medal) and third place (bronze medal) matches were single-elimination. The match-ups were as follows: Championship match: Semifinal round winners Third-place match: Semifinal round losers
Pool standing procedure First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won. If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser. Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser. In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used: Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost. Point ratio: number of points scored divided by number of points allowed. Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.
First round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00). On October 8, the league announced that the two matches played on October 7 will be replayed after foreign guest players were given clearance from the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) to take part in the conference. The games were replayed on November 4.
Pool A
Pool B
Second round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool C
Pool D
Overall preliminary round standings
Final round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00). All matches are played at the Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City.
Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
3rd-place match
Championship match
Final standing
Rank Team Petro Gazz Angels Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Akari Chargers 4 PLDT High Speed Hitters 5 Farm Fresh Foxies 6 Creamline Cool Smashers 7 Cignal Super Spikers 8 Capital1 Solar Spikers 9 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 10 Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers 11 Nxled Chameleons 12 Galeries Tower Highrisers
Team roster Remy Palma (c), Antoinette Adolfo, Joy Dacoron, Djanel Cheng, Julyana Tolentino, Jellie Tempiatura, Aiza Maizo-Pontillas, Brooke Van Sickle, MJ Phillips, Myla Pablo, Ranya Musa, Chie Saet, Nicole Tiamzon, Jonah Sabete, Lindsay Vander Weide, Bang Pineda Head coach Gary Van Sickle
Awards and medalists
Individual awards Award Player Team Conference Most Valuable Player Brooke Van Sickle Petro Gazz Finals Most Valuable Player MJ Phillips Petro Gazz Rookie of the Conference AC Miner Zus Coffee 1st Best Outside Spiker Brooke Van Sickle Petro Gazz 2nd Best Outside Spiker Savi Davison PLDT 1st Best Middle Blocker Maddie Madayag Choco Mucho 2nd Best Middle Blocker Jeanette Panaga Creamline Best Opposite Spiker Trisha Tubu Farm Fresh Best Setter Cloanne Mondoñedo Zus Coffee Best Libero Thang Ponce Choco Mucho Best Foreign Guest Player Anna DeBeer Zus Coffee
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze Petro Gazz Angels Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Akari Chargers Head coach: Gary Van Sickle Head coach: Jerry Yee Head coach: Tina Salak
Statistics leaders
+ Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Oleksandra Bytsenko 211 2 Anna DeBeer 210 3 Helene Rousseaux 209 4 Yunieska Batista 198 5 Annie Michem 195
+ Best Spikers Rank Name 1 Trisha Gayle Tubu 39.53 2 Annie Michem 39.41 3 Anna DeBeer 39.40 4 Helene Rousseaux 38.71 5 Oleksandra Bytsenko 37.84 + Best Blockers Rank Name 1 Maddie Madayag 1.04 2 Savi Davison 0.71 3 Jeanette Panaga 0.63 4 Helene Rousseaux 0.59 5 Anastasiia Bavykina 0.57 + Best Servers Rank Name 1 Eli Soyud 0.47 2 Helene Rousseaux 0.41 3 Lindsey Vander Weide 0.39 4 Angelica Cayuna 0.37 5 Jean Asis 0.35
+ Best Diggers Rank Name 1 Kathleen Faith Arado 4.93 2 Dawn Macandili-Catindig 4.90 3 Toni Rose Ponce 4.46 4 Justine Jazareno 4.24 5 Alyssa Eroa 4.00 + Best Setters Rank Name 1 Cloanne Mondoñedo 6.24 2 Alohi Robins-Hardy 6.17 3 Angelica Cayuna 5.80 4 Kim Fajardo 5.29 5 Marionne Alba 5.00 + Best Receivers Rank Name 1 Toni Rose Ponce 55.42 2 Alyssa Bertolano 50.63 3 Anna DeBeer 45.68 4 Isa Molde 44.38 5 Juliet Catindig 43.04
PVLPC Player of the Week
+ Week Player Team October 9–18 Annie Mitchem Akari Chargers October 21–25 Erika Santos Cignal Super Spikers October 28–31 Anna DeBeer Zus Coffee Thunderbelles November 4–8 Cloanne Mondoñedo November 10–16 Erika Santos Cignal Super Spikers November 18–20 Brooke Van Sickle Petro Gazz Angels
See also 2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference
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