2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference

2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference
Duration	October 27 – November 29, 2025
Teams	10
TV partner(s)	One Sports One Sports+
Streaming partner(s)	Pilipinas Live
Results
Champions	Criss Cross King Crunchers
Runners-up	Kindai University
Third place	Cignal Super Spikers
Fourth place	Savouge Spin Doctors
Awards
Conference MVP	Jude Garcia
Finals MVP	Adrian Villados
Best OH	Jude Garcia Joshua Umandal
Best MB	Giles Jeffer Torres Edlyn Paul Colinares
Best OPP	Ryutaro Aun
Best Setter	Adrian Villados
Best Libero	Yuito Kose
Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference chronology
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Spikers' Turf conference chronology
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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. ^[1]

Ten teams are battling for the championship, including two foreign guest teams which has byes to the semifinals. ^[2]

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. ^[2]

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 preprations for the 2025 SEA Games. Affected teams will be allowed to sign substitute players to replace the national team players once they leave. ^{[3] [4]}

Team	Player/s
Cignal Super Spikers	Owa Retamar Lloyd Josafat Vince Lorenzo Louie Ramirez
Criss Cross King Crunchers	Marck Espejo Kim Malabunga Eco Adajar
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. ^[5]

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Criss Cross King Crunchers	7	7	0	20	21	5	4.200	628	512	1.227	Final round
2	Cignal Super Spikers	7	5	2	14	17	9	1.889	626	582	1.076
3	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	7	5	2	13	16	12	1.333	658	652	1.009
4	Savouge Spin Doctors	7	4	3	12	13	12	1.083	599	571	1.049
5	Alpha Insurance Protectors	7	3	4	10	15	15	1.000	675	677	0.997
6	Far Eastern University–DN Steel	7	2	5	9	13	16	0.813	659	643	1.025
7	VNS Griffins	7	1	6	3	7	19	0.368	538	630	0.854
8	PGJC–Navy Sea Lions	7	1	6	3	5	19	0.263	491	591	0.831

Source: Spikers' Turf – Standings

Match results

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Oct. 27	2:00 pm	FIL	Savouge Spin Doctors	1–3	Alpha Insurance Protectors	25–19	23–25	24–26	22–25		94–95	P2
Oct. 27	4:00 pm	FIL	Cignal Super Spikers	3–1	VNS Griffins	25–23	25–15	27–29	25–14		102–81	P2
Oct. 27	6:00 pm	FIL	Criss Cross King Crunchers	3–1	PGJC–Navy Sea Lions	25–15	23–25	25–23	25–14		98–77	P2
Oct. 29	2:00 pm	PAC	Far Eastern University–DN Steel	1–3	Savouge Spin Doctors	22–25	21–25	25–23	21–25		89–98	P2
Oct. 29	4:00 pm	PAC	PGJC–Navy Sea Lions	0–3	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	22–25	17–25	21–25			60–75	P2
Oct. 29	6:00 pm	PAC	Alpha Insurance Protectors	2–3	Cignal Super Spikers	25–20	22–25	25–21	23–25	11–15	106–106	P2
Oct. 31	2:00 pm	PAC	PGJC–Navy Sea Lions	1–3	Far Eastern University–DN Steel	23–25	16–25	33–31	17–25		89–106	P2
Oct. 31	4:00 pm	PAC	Savouge Spin Doctors	3–1	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	26–24	25–20	22–25	25–20		98–89	P2
Oct. 31	6:00 pm	PAC	VNS Griffins	0–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	14–25	15–25	21–25			50–75	P2
Nov. 02	2:00 pm	FIL	Far Eastern University–DN Steel	2–3	Alpha Insurance Protectors	25–22	23–25	25–18	22–25	16–18	111–108	P2
Nov. 02	4:00 pm	FIL	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	3–1	VNS Griffins	25–19	25–19	26–28	25–22		101–88	P2
Nov. 02	6:00 pm	FIL	Criss Cross King Crunchers	3–1	Cignal Super Spikers	25–23	24–26	25–22	25–18		99–89	P2
Nov. 05	4:00 pm	PAC	Savouge Spin Doctors	0–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	23–25	18–25	22–25			63–75	P2
Nov. 05	6:00 pm	PAC	Cignal Super Spikers	3–0	PGJC–Navy Sea Lions	25–19	25–14	25–21			75–54	P2
Nov. 07	2:00 pm	PAC	VNS Griffins	1–3	Savouge Spin Doctors	25–20	20–25	21–25	16–25		82–95	P2
Nov. 07	4:00 pm	PAC	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	3–2	Alpha Insurance Protectors	26–24	25–22	35–37	19–25	22–20	127–128	P2
Nov. 07	6:00 pm	PAC	Far Eastern University–DN Steel	0–3	Cignal Super Spikers	24–26	20–25	22–25			66–76	P2
Nov. 12	10:00 am	PAC	Savouge Spin Doctors	3–0	PGJC–Navy Sea Lions	25–14	25–20	25–23			75–57	P2
Nov. 12	1:00 pm	PAC	Alpha Insurance Protectors	1–3	VNS Griffins	25–19	15–25	22–25	24–26		86–95	P2
Nov. 12	3:00 pm	PAC	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	3–1	Cignal Super Spikers	25–23	22–25	28–26	25–20		100–94	P2
Nov. 12	5:00 pm	PAC	Far Eastern University–DN Steel	2–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	25–22	22–25	16–25	25-21	15–17	103–89	P2
Nov. 14	10:00 am	PAC	VNS Griffins	0–3	Far Eastern University–DN Steel	16–25	21–25	18–25			55–75	P2
Nov. 14	1:00 pm	PAC	Criss Cross King Crunchers	3–0	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	25–22	25–16	25–21			75–59	P2
Nov. 14	3:00 pm	PAC	PGJC–Navy Sea Lions	0–3	Alpha Insurance Protectors	18–25	21–25	19–25			58–75	P2
Nov. 14	5:00 pm	PAC	Cignal Super Spikers	3–0	Savouge Spin Doctors	34–32	25–22	25–22			84–76	P2
Nov. 16	1:00 pm	PAC	VNS Griffins	1–3	PGJC–Navy Sea Lions	25–21	21–25	19–25	22–25		87–96	P2
Nov. 16	3:00 pm	PAC	Alpha Insurance Protectors	1–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	25–21	23–25	18–25	11–25		77–96	P2
Nov. 16	5:00 pm	PAC	Far Eastern University–DN Steel	2–3	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	25–22	25–20	23–25	23–25	13–15	109–107	P2

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00).

Semifinals

Ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Kindai University	5	4	1	12	13	5	2.600	430	366	1.175	Championship match
2	Criss Cross King Crunchers	5	4	1	10	13	8	1.625	482	417	1.156
3	Savouge Spin Doctors	5	3	2	10	12	7	1.714	427	396	1.078	3rd place match
4	Cignal Super Spikers	5	3	2	10	11	7	1.571	415	378	1.098
5	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	5	1	4	3	6	12	0.500	357	402	0.888
6	ProVolley Academy	5	0	5	0	0	15	0.000	223	375	0.595

Source: Spikers' Turf – Standings

Match results

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov. 21	1:00 pm	SAC	Savouge Spin Doctors	3–1	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	25–27	25–16	25–22	25–21		100–86	P2
Nov. 21	3:00 pm	SAC	Kindai University	3–0	ProVolley Academy	25–15	25–12	25–13			75–40	P2
Nov. 21	5:00 pm	SAC	Cignal Super Spikers	2–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	24–26	25–22	22–25	26–24	12–15	109–112	P2
Nov. 22	1:00 pm	FIL	ProVolley Academy	0–3	Savouge Spin Doctors	15–25	13–25	19–25			47–75	P2
Nov. 22	3:00 pm	FIL	Criss Cross King Crunchers	1–3	Kindai University	22–25	22–25	25–19	22–25		91–94	P2
Nov. 22	5:00 pm	FIL	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	0–3	Cignal Super Spikers	17–25	13–25	24–26			54–76	P2
Nov. 24	1:00 pm	FIL	Kindai University	3–0	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	25–22	25–17	25–15			75–54	P2
Nov. 24	3:00 pm	FIL	Cignal Super Spikers	0–3	Savouge Spin Doctors	16–25	22–25	18–25			56–75	P2
Nov. 24	5:00 pm	FIL	ProVolley Academy	0–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	9–25	9–25	13–25			31–75	P2
Nov. 25	1:00 pm	YC2	Kindai University	1–3	Cignal Super Spikers	20–25	21–25	26–24	18–25		85–99	P2
Nov. 25	3:00 pm	YC2	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	3–0	ProVolley Academy	25–16	25–21	25–16			75–53	P2
Nov. 25	5:00 pm	YC2	Criss Cross King Crunchers	3–2	Savouge Spin Doctors	25–19	25–14	23–25	18–25	15–12	106–95	P2
Nov. 27	1:00 pm	FIL	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	1–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	17–25	25–23	23–25	23–25		88–98	P2
Nov. 27	3:00 pm	FIL	ProVolley Academy	0–3	Cignal Super Spikers	13–25	19–25	20–25			52–75	P2
Nov. 27	5:00 pm	FIL	Savouge Spin Doctors	1–3	Kindai University	16–25	28–26	20–25	18–25		82–101	P2

Finals

3rd place

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov. 29	3:00 pm	FIL	Savouge Spin Doctors	2–3	Cignal Super Spikers	18–25	25–17	25–23	19–25	12–15	99–105	P2

Championship

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov. 29	5:00 pm	FIL	Kindai University	2–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	15–25	23–25	25–23	25–23	20–22	108–118	P2

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

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

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player	Jude Garcia	Criss Cross	[6]
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	Ref.
October 27–November 2	Adrian Villados	Criss Cross King Crunchers	[7]
November 5–7	Josh Ybañez	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	[8]
November 12–16	Jude Garcia	Criss Cross King Crunchers	[9]
November 21–22	Haruka Misugi	Kindai University	[10]
November 24–27	Jude Garcia	Criss Cross King Crunchers	[11]

See also

• 2025 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

References

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