The 2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference was the first conference of the 2025–26 season of Spikers' Turf. The tournament began on October 27, 2025 and ended on November 29, 2025.
Ten teams are battling for the championship, including two foreign guest teams which has byes to the semifinals.
Participating teams
2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain Local regular teams ALP Alpha Insurance Protectors Alpha Insurance & Surety Company Inc. Mike Santos Jefferson Abuniawan CSS Cignal Super Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Dexter Clamor John Paul Bugaoan CKC Criss Cross King Crunchers Republic Biscuit Corporation Tai Bundit Ysay Marasigan PJN PGJC-Navy Sea Lions Philippine Navy George Pascua Greg Dolor SVG Savouge Spin Doctors Savouge Aesthetics Philippines Sydney Calderon Hero Austria VNS VNS Griffins VNS Management Group Ralph Raymund Ocampo Jerremy Pedrosa 2025 V-League Collegiate Challenge qualifying teams FEU Far Eastern University–DN Steel (champions) Far Eastern University / DN Group Eddieson Orcullo Ariel Cacao UST University of Santo Tomas–Gameville (third-place) University of Santo Tomas / Gameville Odjie Mamon Dux Euan Yambao Foreign guest teams KDU Kindai University (Japan) Hideyuki Mitsuyama Yuu Kubota PVA ProVolley Academy (Australia) Aristeidis Papadopoulos Samuel Hansen The De La Salle University, the runners-up of the 2025 V-League Collegiate Challenge originally qualified but withdrew due to academic commitments. UST was their replacements.
Venues
Preliminaries, Semifinals, Finals Semifinals Preliminaries San Juan Quezon City Rodriguez, Rizal Manila Filoil Centre (FIL) Smart Araneta Coliseum (SAC) Ynares Center II (YC2) Paco Arena (PAC) Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 1,000
Format Preliminary round The preliminary round will be a single round-robin tournament between the eight local teams. Each team will play one match against all other teams for a total of seven matches. Teams will be ranked using the FIVB Ranking System. The top four teams will advance to the semifinals. Teams ranked fifth to eighth will be eliminated and be ranked from seventh to tenth in the final standings.
Semifinals The semifinals will be another single round-robin between the top four teams from the prelims and the two foreign guest teams. All teams will have played a total of five matches in the semifinals. Teams will continue to be ranked using the FIVB Ranking System. The top two teams will advance to the championship match while teams ranked third and fourth will play in the third-place match. Teams ranked fifth and sixth will be eliminated and be ranked accordingly in the final standings.
Finals Both the championship (gold medal) and third-place (bronze medal) matches will be singular matches. The match-ups will be based on results from the semifinals: Championship match: 1st ranked team vs. 2nd ranked team Third-place match: 3rd ranked team vs. 4th ranked team
Transactions National team players Players who are part of the Philippines men's national team will be released by the participating clubs in November 2025 as part of their preparations for the 2025 SEA Games. Affected teams will be allowed to sign substitute players to replace the national team players once they leave.
Team Player/s Cignal Super Spikers Criss Cross King Crunchers University of Santo Tomas–Gameville Josh Ybañez
Preliminary round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00). On November 9, the league postponed its scheduled matches on Sunday, at the Filoil EcoOil Centre in San Juan as the country braces for the anticipated onslaught of Super Typhoon Uwan.
Ranking
Match results
Final round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00). Semifinals Ranking
Match results
Finals 3rd place
Championship
Final standing
Rank Team Criss Cross King Crunchers Kindai University Cignal Super Spikers 4 Savouge Spin Doctors 5 University of Santo Tomas–Gameville 6 ProVolley Academy 7 Alpha Insurance Protectors 8 Far Eastern University–DN Steel 9 VNS Griffins 10 PGJC-Navy Sea Lions
Team roster: Ysay Marasigan (c), Jerico Adajar, Jaron Requinton, Philip Bagalay, Nico Almendras, Kim Malabunga, Jude Garcia, Rex Intal, Adrian Villados, Luca Mamone, Chumason Njigha, Francis Saura, Ish Polvorosa, Marck Espejo, Gian Glorioso, Geuel Asia, John Philip Pepito, Noel Kampton, Manuel Sumanguid III, Edlyn Paul Colinares, Menard Guerrero Head coach: Anusorn Bundit
Awards
Award Player Team Conference Most Valuable Player Jude Garcia Criss Cross Finals Most Valuable Player Adrian Villados Criss Cross 1st Best Outside Spiker Jude Garcia Criss Cross 2nd Best Outside Spiker Joshua Umandal Cignal 1st Best Middle Blocker Giles Jeffer Torres Savouge 2nd Best Middle Blocker Edlyn Paul Colinares Criss Cross Best Opposite Spiker Ryutaro Aun Kindai University Best Setter Adrian Villados Criss Cross Best Libero Yuito Kose Kindai University
STPC player of the week Week Player Team October 27–November 2 Adrian Villados Criss Cross King Crunchers November 5–7 Josh Ybañez University of Santo Tomas–Gameville November 12–16 Jude Garcia Criss Cross King Crunchers November 21–22 Haruka Misugi Kindai University November 24–27 Jude Garcia Criss Cross King Crunchers
See also 2025 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference
References