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+ Pilipinas Live
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The 2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference will be the twenty-first conference and the last tournament of the eighth season of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament will start on October 27, 2025 and end on November 29. ^[1]

Ten teams will battle 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)		TBA	Kumagae Ko
PVA	ProVolley Academy (Australia)		TBA	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
Philippine Navy Sea Lions	Jack Kalingking
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
Preliminary round
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

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	Cignal Super Spikers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Championship match
2	Criss Cross King Crunchers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Kindai University (G)	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	3rd place match
4	ProVolley Academy (G)	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Savouge Spin Doctors	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
6	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: November 21, 2025. Source: Spikers' Turf – Standings
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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	–	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 21	3:00 pm	SAC	Kindai University	–	ProVolley Academy	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 21	5:00 pm	SAC	Cignal Super Spikers	–	Criss Cross King Crunchers	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 22	1:00 pm	FIL	ProVolley Academy	–	Savouge Spin Doctors	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 22	3:00 pm	FIL	Criss Cross King Crunchers	–	Kindai University	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 22	5:00 pm	FIL	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	–	Cignal Super Spikers	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 24	1:00 pm	FIL	Kindai University	–	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 24	3:00 pm	FIL	Cignal Super Spikers	–	Savouge Spin Doctors	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 24	5:00 pm	FIL	ProVolley Academy	–	Criss Cross King Crunchers	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 25	1:00 pm	YC2	Kindai University	–	Cignal Super Spikers	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 25	3:00 pm	YC2	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	–	ProVolley Academy	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 25	5:00 pm	YC2	Criss Cross King Crunchers	–	Savouge Spin Doctors	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 27	1:00 pm	FIL	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	–	Criss Cross King Crunchers	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 27	3:00 pm	FIL	ProVolley Academy	–	Cignal Super Spikers	–	–	–			0–0
Nov. 27	5:00 pm	FIL	Savouge Spin Doctors	–	Kindai University	–	–	–			0–0

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	SF3	–	SF4	–	–	–			0–0

Championship

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Nov. 29	5:00 pm	FIL	SF1	–	SF2

Final standing

Rank Team 4 5 6 7 Alpha Insurance Protectors 8 Far Eastern University–DN Steel 9 VNS Griffins 10 PGJC-Navy Sea Lions

2025 Spikers' Turf Open champions TBD ? title Team roster: TBD Head coach: TBD

STPC player of the week

Week	Player	Team	Ref.
October 27–November 2	Adrian Villados	Criss Cross King Crunchers	[6]
November 5–7	Josh Ybañez	University of Santo Tomas–Gameville	[7]
November 12–16	Jude Garcia	Criss Cross King Crunchers	[8]

See also

• 2025 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference

References

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