The 2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference was the 21st conference and the last tournament of the eighth season of the 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.TeamAffiliationHead coachTeam captain
Local regular teams
ALPAlpha Insurance ProtectorsAlpha Insurance & Surety Company Inc.Philippines Mike SantosPhilippines Jefferson Abuniawan
CSSCignal Super SpikersCignal TV, Inc.Philippines Dexter ClamorPhilippines John Paul Bugaoan
CKCCriss Cross King CrunchersRepublic Biscuit CorporationThailand Tai BunditPhilippines Ysay Marasigan
PJNPGJC-Navy Sea LionsPhilippine NavyPhilippines George PascuaPhilippines Greg Dolor
SVGSavouge Spin DoctorsSavouge Aesthetics PhilippinesPhilippines Sydney CalderonPhilippines Hero Austria
VNSVNS GriffinsVNS Management GroupPhilippines Ralph Raymund OcampoPhilippines Jerremy Pedrosa
2025 V-League Collegiate Challenge qualifying teams
FEUFar Eastern University–DN Steel (champions)Far Eastern University / DN GroupPhilippines Eddieson OrculloPhilippines Ariel Cacao
USTUniversity of Santo Tomas–Gameville (third-place)University of Santo Tomas / GamevillePhilippines Odjie MamonPhilippines Dux Euan Yambao
Foreign guest teams
KDUKindai University (Japan)Japan Hideyuki MitsuyamaJapan Yuu Kubota
PVAProVolley Academy (Australia)Greece Aristeidis PapadopoulosAustralia Samuel Hansen

Venues

Preliminaries, Semifinals, FinalsSemifinalsPreliminaries
San JuanQuezon CityRodriguez, RizalManila
Filoil Centre (FIL)Smart Araneta Coliseum (SAC)Ynares Center II (YC2)Paco Arena (PAC)
Capacity: 6,000Capacity: 20,000Capacity: 8,000Capacity: 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.

TeamPlayer/s
Cignal Super SpikersOwa RetamarLloyd JosafatVince LorenzoLouie Ramirez
Criss Cross King CrunchersMarck EspejoKim MalabungaEco Adajar
University of Santo Tomas–GamevilleJosh 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

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Criss Cross King Crunchers770202154.2006285121.227Final round
2Cignal Super Spikers752141791.8896265821.076
3University of Santo Tomas–Gameville7521316121.3336586521.009
4Savouge Spin Doctors7431213121.0835995711.049
5Alpha Insurance Protectors7341015151.0006756770.997
6Far Eastern University–DN Steel725913160.8136596431.025
7VNS Griffins71637190.3685386300.854
8PGJC–Navy Sea Lions71635190.2634915910.831

Match results

DateTimeVenueScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Oct. 272:00 pmFILSavouge Spin Doctors1–3Alpha Insurance Protectors25–1923–2524–2622–2594–95
Oct. 274:00 pmFILCignal Super Spikers3–1VNS Griffins25–2325–1527–2925–14102–81
Oct. 276:00 pmFILCriss Cross King Crunchers3–1PGJC–Navy Sea Lions25–1523–2525–2325–1498–77
Oct. 292:00 pmPACFar Eastern University–DN Steel1–3Savouge Spin Doctors22–2521–2525–2321–2589–98
Oct. 294:00 pmPACPGJC–Navy Sea Lions0–3University of Santo Tomas–Gameville22–2517–2521–2560–75
Oct. 296:00 pmPACAlpha Insurance Protectors2–3Cignal Super Spikers25–2022–2525–2123–2511–15106–106
Oct. 312:00 pmPACPGJC–Navy Sea Lions1–3Far Eastern University–DN Steel23–2516–2533–3117–2589–106
Oct. 314:00 pmPACSavouge Spin Doctors3–1University of Santo Tomas–Gameville26–2425–2022–2525–2098–89
Oct. 316:00 pmPACVNS Griffins0–3Criss Cross King Crunchers14–2515–2521–2550–75
Nov. 022:00 pmFILFar Eastern University–DN Steel2–3Alpha Insurance Protectors25–2223–2525–1822–2516–18111–108
Nov. 024:00 pmFILUniversity of Santo Tomas–Gameville3–1VNS Griffins25–1925–1926–2825–22101–88
Nov. 026:00 pmFILCriss Cross King Crunchers3–1Cignal Super Spikers25–2324–2625–2225–1899–89
Nov. 054:00 pmPACSavouge Spin Doctors0–3Criss Cross King Crunchers23–2518–2522–2563–75
Nov. 056:00 pmPACCignal Super Spikers3–0PGJC–Navy Sea Lions25–1925–1425–2175–54
Nov. 072:00 pmPACVNS Griffins1–3Savouge Spin Doctors25–2020–2521–2516–2582–95
Nov. 074:00 pmPACUniversity of Santo Tomas–Gameville3–2Alpha Insurance Protectors26–2425–2235–3719–2522–20127–128
Nov. 076:00 pmPACFar Eastern University–DN Steel0–3Cignal Super Spikers24–2620–2522–2566–76
Nov. 1210:00 amPACSavouge Spin Doctors3–0PGJC–Navy Sea Lions25–1425–2025–2375–57
Nov. 121:00 pmPACAlpha Insurance Protectors1–3VNS Griffins25–1915–2522–2524–2686–95
Nov. 123:00 pmPACUniversity of Santo Tomas–Gameville3–1Cignal Super Spikers25–2322–2528–2625–20100–94
Nov. 125:00 pmPACFar Eastern University–DN Steel2–3Criss Cross King Crunchers25–2222–2516–2525-2115–17103–89
Nov. 1410:00 amPACVNS Griffins0–3Far Eastern University–DN Steel16–2521–2518–2555–75
Nov. 141:00 pmPACCriss Cross King Crunchers3–0University of Santo Tomas–Gameville25–2225–1625–2175–59
Nov. 143:00 pmPACPGJC–Navy Sea Lions0–3Alpha Insurance Protectors18–2521–2519–2558–75
Nov. 145:00 pmPACCignal Super Spikers3–0Savouge Spin Doctors34–3225–2225–2284–76
Nov. 161:00 pmPACVNS Griffins1–3PGJC–Navy Sea Lions25–2121–2519–2522–2587–96
Nov. 163:00 pmPACAlpha Insurance Protectors1–3Criss Cross King Crunchers25–2123–2518–2511–2577–96
Nov. 165:00 pmPACFar Eastern University–DN Steel2–3University of Santo Tomas–Gameville25–2225–2023–2523–2513–15109–107

Final round

Semifinals

Ranking

PosTeamPldWLPtsSWSLSRSPWSPLSPRQualification
1Kindai University541121352.6004303661.175Championship match
2Criss Cross King Crunchers541101381.6254824171.156
3Savouge Spin Doctors532101271.7144273961.0783rd place match
4Cignal Super Spikers532101171.5714153781.098
5University of Santo Tomas–Gameville51436120.5003574020.888
6ProVolley Academy50500150.0002233750.595

Match results

DateTimeVenueScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Nov. 211:00 pmSACSavouge Spin Doctors3–1University of Santo Tomas–Gameville25–2725–1625–2225–21100–86
Nov. 213:00 pmSACKindai University3–0ProVolley Academy25–1525–1225–1375–40
Nov. 215:00 pmSACCignal Super Spikers2–3Criss Cross King Crunchers24–2625–2222–2526–2412–15109–112
Nov. 221:00 pmFILProVolley Academy0–3Savouge Spin Doctors15–2513–2519–2547–75
Nov. 223:00 pmFILCriss Cross King Crunchers1–3Kindai University22–2522–2525–1922–2591–94
Nov. 225:00 pmFILUniversity of Santo Tomas–Gameville0–3Cignal Super Spikers17–2513–2524–2654–76
Nov. 241:00 pmFILKindai University3–0University of Santo Tomas–Gameville25–2225–1725–1575–54
Nov. 243:00 pmFILCignal Super Spikers0–3Savouge Spin Doctors16–2522–2518–2556–75
Nov. 245:00 pmFILProVolley Academy0–3Criss Cross King Crunchers9–259–2513–2531–75
Nov. 251:00 pmYC2Kindai University1–3Cignal Super Spikers20–2521–2526–2418–2585–99
Nov. 253:00 pmYC2University of Santo Tomas–Gameville3–0ProVolley Academy25–1625–2125–1675–53
Nov. 255:00 pmYC2Criss Cross King Crunchers3–2Savouge Spin Doctors25–1925–1423–2518–2515–12106–95
Nov. 271:00 pmFILUniversity of Santo Tomas–Gameville1–3Criss Cross King Crunchers17–2525–2323–2523–2588–98
Nov. 273:00 pmFILProVolley Academy0–3Cignal Super Spikers13–2519–2520–2552–75
Nov. 275:00 pmFILSavouge Spin Doctors1–3Kindai University16–2528–2620–2518–2582–101

Finals

3rd place

DateTimeVenueScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Nov. 293:00 pmFILSavouge Spin Doctors2–3Cignal Super Spikers18–2525–1725–2319–2512–1599–105

Championship

DateTimeVenueScoreSet 1Set 2Set 3Set 4Set 5TotalReport
Nov. 295:00 pmFILKindai University2–3Criss Cross King Crunchers15–2523–2525–2325–2320–22108–118

Final standing

RankTeam
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 Lions2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational champions Criss Cross King Crunchers First title 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
Criss Cross King Crunchers
Kindai University
Cignal Super Spikers
4Savouge Spin Doctors
5University of Santo Tomas–Gameville
6ProVolley Academy
7Alpha Insurance Protectors
8Far Eastern University–DN Steel
9VNS Griffins
10PGJC-Navy Sea Lions
2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational champions
Criss Cross King Crunchers First title
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

AwardPlayerTeamRef.
Conference Most Valuable PlayerJude GarciaCriss Cross
Finals Most Valuable PlayerAdrian VilladosCriss Cross
1st Best Outside SpikerJude GarciaCriss Cross
2nd Best Outside SpikerJoshua UmandalCignal
1st Best Middle BlockerGiles Jeffer TorresSavouge
2nd Best Middle BlockerEdlyn Paul ColinaresCriss Cross
Best Opposite SpikerRyutaro AunKindai University
Best SetterAdrian VilladosCriss Cross
Best LiberoYuito KoseKindai University

STPC player of the week

WeekPlayerTeamRef.
October 27–November 2Adrian VilladosCriss Cross King Crunchers
November 5–7Josh YbañezUniversity of Santo Tomas–Gameville
November 12–16Jude GarciaCriss Cross King Crunchers
November 21–22Haruka MisugiKindai University
November 24–27Jude GarciaCriss Cross King Crunchers

See also