The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) volleyball championships consists of four tournaments, men's and women's in the collegiate division, and boys' and girls' in the high school division. Volleyball is a mandatory sport in the women's division. The UAAP volleyball tournament was held in the first semester of the school year until the UAAP Board decided to move it to the second semester in Season 69 (school year 2006–2007). Since the scheduling shift and given its major overall points contribution to the annual UAAP general championship tallies, the championship in volleyball has emerged as one of the most coveted titles that schools aspire for during every season in the league and is one of the most anticipated live TV sporting events in the Philippines.
Tournament format The tournament begins with a double round robin group stage, where a team meets its opponent twice in a season. A semi-finals round composed of the top four teams follows, after which the top two teams meet in the final in a best-of-three series.
In the semi-finals, the top four teams based on team standings (and tie-breakers, if applicable) from the group stage battle for a Final Four slot. The two top seeds have a twice-to-beat advantage, that is they must be beaten twice in order to be eliminated. The lower seeds, on the other hand, are eliminated when they are defeated once. The surviving teams face off in the finals in a best-of-three series, where the team which notches two wins takes the championship.
If a team wins all of the games in the group stage, the stepladder format is use, where the unbeaten team has a bye to the finals. The third and fourth seeds battle in a single elimination game; the winner of that game will face the second seed which have a twice-to-beat advantage. The surviving team meets the first seed team in the finals. From 2012 to 2015, the first seed team holds a thrice-to-beat advantage (or an automatic 1–0 lead in the finals in a best-of-five series) for sweeping the group stage. From 2016 to 2022, the finals was changed to a best-of-three series, while the rest remains the same. Since 2023, however, the stepladder semi-finals format have removed the twice-to-beat incentives for the second-seeded team, while the unbeaten team still advances to the finals in a best-of-three series.
List of volleyball champions +KeyIndicatorMeaning School won the championship in three divisions in the same year School won the men's and women's championships School won the men's and juniors' championships School won the women's and juniors' championships(#) Number of titles won at the time
Early years The UAAP founded by FEU, NU, UP and UST in 1938.
SeasonYearMen'sWomen's11938–39 (1)21939–40 colspan="2" rowspan="2" 31940–4141941–42 colspan="2" rowspan="5" 51942–4361943–4471944–4581945–4691946–47 (1) 101947–48 (2) (2)111948–49 (3) (1)121949–50 (4) (3)131950–51 (5) Far Eastern University (2)141951–52 (6) (3) (4)
First expansion Adamson, MCU, UM and UE added; only Adamson and UE were retained.
SeasonYearMen'sWomen's151952–53 (7) Far Eastern University (4)161953–54 (8) National University (1)171954–55 (9) Far Eastern University (5)181955–56 (10) Far Eastern University (6)191956–57 (11) National University (2)201957–58 (12) Manila Central University (1)211958–59 (1) Far Eastern University (7)221959–60 (2) Far Eastern University (8)231960–61 (1) Far Eastern University (9)241961–62 (2) Manila Central University (2)251962–63 (3) Far Eastern University (10) (5)261963–64 (3) Far Eastern University (11) (1)271964–65 (4) Far Eastern University (12) (2)281965–66 (5) (3)291966–67 colspan=2 301967–68 (4) Far Eastern University (13)311968–69 (6) (4)321969–70 (7) (5)331970–71 (8) Far Eastern University (14)341971–72 Far Eastern University (15)351972–73 (9) Far Eastern University (16) (6)361973–74 (5) Far Eastern University (17)371974–75 (10) (1)381975–76 (11) (2)391976–77 (6) (3)401977–78 (1) (6)
Second expansion Ateneo was accepted as a member in 1978.
SeasonYearMen'sWomen's411978–79 (2) Far Eastern University (18)421979–80 (3) (7)431980–81 (4) (4)441981–82 (12) Far Eastern University (19)451982–83 (1) (8)461983–84 (2) Far Eastern University (20)471984–85 (3) (5)481985–86 (7) (6)
Third expansion La Salle was accepted as a member in 1986.
SeasonYearMen'sWomen's491986–87 (8) (7)501987–88 (13) (8)511988–89 (14) (9)521989–90 (9) (10)531990–91 (15) (11)541991–92 (16) Far Eastern University (21)551992–93 (10) Far Eastern University (22)
Final Four era Current tournament format introduced. Tournament for juniors' division are added on the second year of implementation of Final Four.
SeasonYearMen'sWomen'sBoys'Girls'561993–94 (17) (12) colspan="2" 571994–95 (18) Far Eastern University (23) (1) (1)581995–96 (11) Far Eastern University (24) (2) (2)591996–97 (19) (13) (3) (3)601997–98 (20) (14) (4) (4)611998–99 (12) Far Eastern University (25) (5) (5)621999–00 (21) (1) (6) (1)632000–01 (13) Far Eastern University (26) (1) (2)642001–02 (1) Far Eastern University (27) (2) (3)652002–03 (14) Far Eastern University (28) (3) (6)662003–04 (2) (2) (7) (1)672004–05 (22) (3) (4) (2)682005–06 (23) (4) (5) (4)692006–07 (24) (15) (6) (5)702007–08 (15) Far Eastern University (29) (7) (3)712008–09 (16) (5) (8) (4)722009–10 (17) (16) (9) (5)732010–11 (18) (6) (10) (7)742011–12 (25) (7) (11) (8)752012–13 (1) (8) (12) (9)762013–14 (2) (1) (13) (6)772014–15 (1) (2) (14) (1)782015–16 (2) (9) (1) (2)792016–17 (3) (10) (2) (3)802017–18 (3) (11) (1) (4)812018–19 (4) (3) (3) (10)822019–20 colspan="2" (4) (5)832020–21 colspan="4" 842021–22 National University (3) colspan="2" 852022–23 (5) (12) (1) (6)862023–24 (6) (4) (5) (1)872024–25 (7) (5) (2) (7)882025–26 (8) (13) (15) (8)892026–27 902027–28
Number of championships by school Seniors'Juniors' Team M W B G Total Last volleyball championship 25 29 1 0 55Season 85 (2022–23) boys' division 18 16 2 6 42Season 87 (2024–25) boys' division 12 6 15 5 38Season 88 (2025–26) boys' division 2 13 7 10 32Season 88 (2025–26) women's division 8 5 5 8 26Season 88 (2025–26) men's division 4 8 0 0 12Season 45 (1982–83) women's division 3 3 0 0 6Season 81 (2018–19) women's division 3 0 0 1 4Season 86 (2023–24) girls' division Manila Central University 0 2 0 0 2 Season 24 (1961–62) women's division
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Statistics (Final Four Era) Longest Finals appearance streaks: Boys' University of the East (16): Season 63 (2000) - Season 78 (2015) Girls' National University (12): Season 75 (2012) - Season 88 (2026) [No tournaments held in Season 83 (2020) - Season 84 (2021)] Men's National University (11): Season 75 (2013) - Season 88 (2026) [No tournaments held in Season 82 (2020) - Season 84 (2022)] Women's De La Salle University (10): Season 71 (2009) - Season 80 (2018) Longest Finals matchup appearance streaks: Boys' De La Salle University vs. University of Santo Tomas (3): Season 60 (1997) - Season 62 (1999) University of the East vs. University of Santo Tomas (3): Season 72 (2009) - Season 74 (2011) Girls' De La Salle University vs. University of Santo Tomas (7): Season 66 (2003) - Season 72 (2009) Men's Far Eastern University vs. University of Santo Tomas (5): Season 59 (1996) - Season 63 (2000) Ateneo de Manila University vs. National University (5): Season 76 (2014) - Season 80 (2018) Women's Ateneo de Manila University vs. De La Salle University (6): Season 74 (2012) - Season 79 (2017) Longest Final Four appearance streaks: Boys' University of the East (23): Season 58 (1995) - Season 80 (2017) Girls' University of Santo Tomas (23): Season 64 (2001) - Season 88 (2026) Men's Far Eastern University (15): Season 56 (1993) - Season 70 (2008) Women's Far Eastern University (16): Season 56 (1993) - Season 71 (2009) De La Salle University (16): Season 71 (2009) - Season 88 (2026) Longest Final Four appearance drought: Boys' University of the Philippines (17): Season 70 (2007) - Season 88 (2026) Girls' University of the Philippines (12): Season 75 (2012) - Season 88 (2026) Men's University of the East (30): Season 56 (1993) - Season 88 (2026) Women's National University (19): Season 56 (1993) - Season 74 (2011) Longest championship streaks: Boys' University of the East (11): Season 67 (2004) - Season 77 (2015) Girls' De La Salle University (5): Season 57 (1994) - Season 61 (1998) Men's National University (6): Season 80 (2018) - Season 88 (2026) [No tournaments held in Season 82 (2020) - Season 84 (2022)] Women's De La Salle University (3): Season 66 (2003) - Season 68 (2005), Season 73 (2011) - Season 75 (2013), Season 78 (2016) - Season 80 (2018) Far Eastern University (3): Season 63 (2000) - Season 65 (2002) Longest single-season winning streaks (no losses within a season): Men's University of Santo Tomas (17–0): Perfect Season in Season 71 Ateneo de Manila University (16–0): Perfect Season in Season 79 National University (16–0): Perfect Season in Season 85 Women's Ateneo de Manila University (16–0): Perfect Season in Season 77 National University (16–0): Perfect Season in Season 84 De La Salle University (16–0): Perfect Season in Season 88 Longest winning streaks (by games or covered seasons): Men's National University (34 games, 3 seasons): 16 (2nd game in group stage to Finals) in Season 81 + 2 (only 2 games of group stage) in Season 82 + no tournament in Seasons 83 and 84 + 16 (entire season) in Season 85 Women's De La Salle University (30 games, 2 seasons): 16 (2nd game in group stage to Finals) in Season 75 + 14 (group stage) in Season 76 Most Games Played in a Season: Men's University of Santo Tomas (19): 14 (group stage) + 2 (Regular Final Four) + 3 (Finals) in Season 70 National University (19): 14 (group stage) + 2 (Regular Final Four) + 3 (Finals) in Season 87 Women's Ateneo de Manila University (21): 14 (group stage) + 3 (Stepladder Final Four) + 4 (Finals) in Season 76 Elimination sweeps Division Team Season(s) Girls' Nazareth School of National University Season 79 (2016), Season 82 (2019), Season 85 (2022) De La Salle Zobel Season 73 (2010), Season 74 (2011) Adamson University Season 86 (2024) University of Santo Tomas Season 71 (2008) Boys' University of the East Season 71 (2008), Season 73 (2010), Season 74 (2011), Season 77 (2014) Nazareth School of National University Season 78 (2015)Women's De La Salle University Season 74 (2012), Season 76 (2013), Season 88 (2026) Ateneo de Manila University Season 77 (2014) National University Season 84 (2022) Men's National University Season 85 (2023) Ateneo de Manila University Season 79 (2017) University of Santo Tomas Season 71 (2009)
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