The 2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference was the third conference of the 2025–26 Premier Volleyball League season, the fourth and final tournament of the season, and the tenth running of the All-Filipino Conference. The tournament began on January 31 and ended on April 23, 2026.
Ten teams are taking part in this tournament with two teams from the previous conference departing from the PVL. The Chery Tiggo Crossovers disbanded in December 2025 while the Petro Gazz Angels took a leave of absence in January 2026 after their merger with the Nxled Chameleons was disallowed by the league. Petro Gazz would have been the defending All-Filipino Conference champions entering this conference.
In the finals, the Creamline Cool Smashers beat the Cignal Super Spikers in two matches to win their 11th title, their first since their 2024 Grand Slam season.
Teams 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 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 Koji Tsuzurabara Louie Romero GTH Galeries Tower Highrisers Grand Taipan Land Development Aying Esteban Julia Coronel NXL Nxled Chameleons Akari Lighting & Technology Ettore Guidetti Brooke Van Sickle 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 Prelims, Semifinals Prelims, Play-ins, Semifinals Play-ins Qualifying, Finals Pasay San Juan Manila Quezon City SM Mall of Asia Arena (MOA) Filoil Centre (FIL) Ninoy Aquino Stadium (NAS) Smart Araneta Coliseum (SAC) Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 20,000
PVL on Tour Preliminary round Antipolo, Rizal Rodriguez, Rizal Santa Rosa, Laguna Ynares Center Antipolo (YCA) Ynares Center Montalban (YC2) Santa Rosa Sports Complex (SRSC) Capacity: 7,400 Capacity: 8,000 Capacity: 5,700
Transactions
Transfers The following are players who transferred to another team from their 2025 Reinforced Conference team.
Player Previous team New team Cignal Super Spikers Akari Chargers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Akari Chargers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Akari Chargers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Akari Chargers Akari Chargers Capital1 Solar Spikers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Capital1 Solar Spikers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Capital1 Solar Spikers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Capital1 Solar Spikers Choco Mucho Flying Titans Capital1 Solar Spikers Galeries Tower Highrisers Capital1 Solar Spikers Galeries Tower Highrisers Capital1 Solar Spikers Nxled Chameleons Capital1 Solar Spikers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Choco Mucho Flying Titans Farm Fresh Foxies Choco Mucho Flying Titans Nxled Chameleons Choco Mucho Flying Titans Galeries Tower Highrisers Cignal Super Spikers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Creamline Cool Smashers Choco Mucho Flying Titans Farm Fresh Foxies Choco Mucho Flying Titans Farm Fresh Foxies Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Farm Fresh Foxies Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Farm Fresh Foxies Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Farm Fresh Foxies Petro Gazz Angels Farm Fresh Foxies Akari Chargers Galeries Tower Highrisers Akari Chargers Galeries Tower Highrisers Capital1 Solar Spikers Galeries Tower Highrisers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Galeries Tower Highrisers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Galeries Tower Highrisers Nxled Chameleons Galeries Tower Highrisers Nxled Chameleons Galeries Tower Highrisers Petro Gazz Angels Galeries Tower Highrisers Petro Gazz Angels Galeries Tower Highrisers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Galeries Tower Highrisers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Galeries Tower Highrisers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Galeries Tower Highrisers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Galeries Tower Highrisers Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Nxled Chameleons Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Nxled Chameleons Choco Mucho Flying Titans Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Petro Gazz Angels Nxled Chameleons Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers PLDT High Speed Hitters Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Farm Fresh Foxies Zus Coffee Thunderbelles Petro Gazz Angels Zus Coffee Thunderbelles
Returnees The following are previous players who weren't signed during the 2025 Reinforced Conference who are signed to a team in this conference.
Player Last conference Previous team New team 2024 All-Filipino Chery Tiggo Crossovers Choco Mucho Flying Titans 2023 Invitational Lyceum Lady Pirates Galeries Tower Highrisers
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Incoming coach Farm Fresh Foxies Alessandro Lodi Koji Tsuzurabara Galeries Tower Highrisers Godfrey Okumu Aying Esteban
Format The format for the 2026 All-Filipino Conference will be a truncated version of the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference format with key format changes in the qualifying round and play-in tournament.
Preliminary round The preliminary round will be a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams for a total of nine matches. The top four teams will advance to the qualifying round while the bottom six will move on to the play-in tournament.
Qualifying round The qualifying round will feature play-in games. Only the top four teams from the preliminary round will compete in this round, rather than every team in the 2024–25 edition. The match-ups will be as follows: QR1: #1 vs #4 QR2: #2 vs #3 The winners will advance to the semifinals while the losers will move on to the play-in tournament.
Play-in tournament The play-in tournament will utilize a stepladder format instead of last season's round-robin. The bottom six teams from the prelims and the two losers from the qualifying round will be assigned to one of two stepladder brackets via the serpentine system. Teams may also earn a bye to a further round depending on their performance up to that point: Qualifying round losers will start in the play-in finals. Teams ranked fifth and sixth will start in the play-in semifinals. Teams ranked seventh through tenth will start in the play-in quarterfinals. The match-ups will be as follows:
Pool A PQF-A: #8 vs. #9 PSF-A: #5 vs. PQF-B winner PF-A: QR1 loser vs. PSF-A winner
Pool B PQF-B: #7 vs. #10 PSF-B: #6 vs. PQF-A winner PF-B: QR2 loser vs. PSF-B winner
The two play-in finals winners will join the two qualifying round winners in the semifinals.
Semifinals The semifinals will be a single-round robin. The two qualifying round winners and two teams from the play-in tournament will play three matches against each other. The top two teams will advance to the championship series. The bottom two teams will compete in the third place series.
Third place series The bottom two teams from the semifinals will compete in a best-of-three series to determine which team will finish third in this conference. If the series is tied at 1–1 when the championship is decided, the FIVB Ranking System will be used to determine the winner.
Finals The top two teams from the semifinals will compete in a best-of-three series to decide the championship for this conference. The losing team will be declared the runner-up.
Unused sweep scenario If a team had won all of their matches in the preliminary round, that team would have been granted an automatic berth to the semifinals. The format for the succeeding would have also been modified as follows: Only the second-place and third-place teams would have advanced in the qualifying round. As such, there would only be one match during the round for the second semifinals berth. The fourth-place team would have been sent straight to the play-in tournament, competing in Pool B.
Pool standing procedure Throughout the conference, teams will be ranked using the FIVB Ranking System as follows: 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.
Preliminary round
Standings
Match results All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Qualifying round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Play-in tournament All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Semifinals All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Standings
Match results
Third place series PLDT wins series, 2–0
Finals Creamline wins series, 2–0
Final standings
Rank Team Creamline Cool Smashers Cignal Super Spikers PLDT High Speed Hitters 4 Farm Fresh Foxies 5 Nxled Chameleons 6 Akari Chargers 7 Choco Mucho Flying Titans 8 Galeries Tower Highrisers 9 Capital1 Solar Spikers 10 Zus Coffee Thunderbelles
Qualified for the 2026 PVL Invitational Conference The second-place team, the Cignal Super Spikers, left the league during the off-season.
Team roster Alyssa Valdez (c), Jia de Guzman, Kyle Negrito, Dij Rodriguez, Jeanette Panaga, Michele Gumabao, Ella de Jesus, Lorie Bernardo, Kyla Atienza, Denden Lazaro-Revilla, Bea de Leon, Rosemarie Vargas, Jema Galanza, Bernadeth Pons, Tots Carlos, Aleiah Torres, Dannica Celis, Michelle Gamit, Jennifer Nierva, Sheena Toring Head coach Sherwin Meneses
Awards and medalists
Individual awards Award Player Team Conference Most Valuable Player Vanie Gandler Cignal Finals Most Valuable Player Bernadeth Pons Creamline Rookie of the Conference Bella Belen Capital1 All-Premier Team 1st Best Outside Spiker 2nd Best Outside Spiker Brooke Van Sickle Nxled 1st Best Middle Blocker Jeanette Panaga Creamline 2nd Best Middle Blocker Riza Nogales Zus Coffee Best Opposite Spiker Trisha Tubu Farm Fresh Best Setter Gel Cayuna Cignal Best Libero Kath Arado PLDT
Medalists Gold Silver Bronze Creamline Cool Smashers Cignal Super Spikers PLDT High Speed Hitters Head coach: Sherwin Meneses Head coach: Shaq Delos Santos Head coach: Rald Ricafort
PVLPC Player of the Week
+ Week Player Team January 31–February 7 Savi Davison PLDT High Speed Hitters February 10–14 Jules Tolentino Nxled Chameleons February 17–21 Roselle Baliton Galeries Tower Highrisers February 24–28 Ivy Lacsina Akari Chargers March 3–7 Tots Carlos Creamline Cool Smashers March 10–14 Ivy Lacsina Akari Chargers March 17–21 Alyssa Valdez Creamline Cool Smashers March 24–28 Gel Cayuna Cignal Super Spikers April 7–11 Bernadeth Pons Creamline Cool Smashers April 14–16 Vanie Gandler Cignal Super Spikers
See also 2026 Spikers' Turf Open Conference
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