2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference

2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference
Duration	January 2026 – TBA
Teams	10
PVL All-Filipino Conference chronology
< 2024–25
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< 2025 Reinforced

The 2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference will be the first conference of the 2026 Premier Volleyball League season and the tenth running of the All-Filipino Conference. The tournament will begin sometime in late January.

Ten teams will be taking part in this tournament. 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. ^{[1] [2]}

Teams

2026 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference 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	Roselle Baliton
NXL	Nxled Chameleons	Akari Lighting & Technology	Ettore Guidetti	Chiara Permentilla
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

Transactions

Further information: List of 2026 Premier Volleyball League season transactions

Transfers

The following are players who transferred to another team from their 2025 Reinforced Conference team.

Player	Previous team	New team	Ref.
Judith Abil	Cignal Super Spikers	Akari Chargers	[3]
Cza Carandang	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Akari Chargers
Jyne Soreño	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Akari Chargers
Ezra Madrigal	Akari Chargers	Capital1 Solar Spikers	[4]
Shaya Adorador	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Capital1 Solar Spikers
Pauline Gaston	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Capital1 Solar Spikers	[5]
Jasmine Nabor	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Capital1 Solar Spikers	[4]
Cherry Nunag	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Capital1 Solar Spikers	[5]
Ysa Jimenez	Galeries Tower Highrisers	Capital1 Solar Spikers
France Ronquillo	Galeries Tower Highrisers	Capital1 Solar Spikers
Rachel Jorvina	Nxled Chameleons	Capital1 Solar Spikers	[4]
Alina Bicar	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	[6]
Caitlin Viray	Farm Fresh Foxies	Choco Mucho Flying Titans
Jaila Atienza	Nxled Chameleons	Choco Mucho Flying Titans
Ivy Perez	Galeries Tower Highrisers	Cignal Super Spikers	[7]
Jen Nierva	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Creamline Cool Smashers	[8]
Julia Angeles	Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	Galeries Tower Highrisers	[9]
Blove Barbon	Petro Gazz Angels	Galeries Tower Highrisers
Lycha Ebon	Nxled Chameleons	Galeries Tower Highrisers
Erika Raagas	Akari Chargers	Galeries Tower Highrisers
Seth Rodriguez	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	PLDT High Speed Hitters	[10]
Ara Galang	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Strong Group Athletics [a]	[11]
Imee Hernandez	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Strong Group Athletics [a]	[12]
Mylene Paat	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Strong Group Athletics [a]	[13]
Renee Penafiel	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Strong Group Athletics [a]	[14]
Cess Robles	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Strong Group Athletics [a]
Karen Verdeflor	Chery Tiggo EV Crossovers	Strong Group Athletics [a]
Bia General	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Strong Group Athletics [a]	[15]
Royse Tubino	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	Strong Group Athletics [a]	[16]
Remy Palma	Petro Gazz Angels	Strong Group Athletics [a]	[17]
Chie Saet	Petro Gazz Angels	Strong Group Athletics [a]	[18]

Returnees

The following are players who weren't signed for in the 2025 Reinforced Conference who are signed to a team in this conference.

Player	Last conference	Previous team	New team	Ref.
Eya Laure	2024 Reinforced	Chery Tiggo Crossovers	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	[19]

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Incoming coach	Ref.
Farm Fresh Foxies	Alessandro Lodi	Koji Tsuzurabara	[20] [21]
Galeries Tower Highrisers	Godfrey Okumu	Aying Esteban	[22]

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. ^[23]

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. Teams will be ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
• The top four teams will advance to the qualifying round while the bottom six will move on to the play-in tournament.
  • If any team wins all of their matches, resulting in a sweep, that team will gain a direct berth to the semifinals, and only the second-place and third-place teams will advance to the qualifying round.

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
    • Under the sweep scenario, this will be the only match in this round.
• 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:

Bracket A PQF-A: #7 vs. #10 PSF-A: #6 vs. PQF-A winner PF-A: Higher-ranked qualifying round loser vs. PSF-A winner

Bracket B PQF-B: #8 vs. #9 PSF-B: #5 vs. PQF-B winner PF-B: Lower-ranked qualifying round loser vs. PSF-B winner Under the sweep scenario: #4 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.
  • Under the sweep scenario, the undefeated team and the sole qualifying round winner will join the two play-in teams.
• The top two teams will advance to the championship series.
• The bottom two teams will compete in the third place series.

Finals

• Both the championship (gold medal) and third place (bronze medal) series will be best-of-three.

Pool standing procedure

• 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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Akari Chargers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Qualifying round
2	Capital1 Solar Spikers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Choco Mucho Flying Titans	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
4	Cignal Super Spikers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
5	Creamline Cool Smashers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Play-in tournament semifinals
6	Farm Fresh Foxies	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
7	Galeries Tower Highrisers	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	Play-in tournament quarterfinals
8	Nxled Chameleons	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
9	PLDT High Speed Hitters	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
10	Zus Coffee Thunderbelles	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—

First match(es) will be played: January 2026. Source: Premier Volleyball League

Notes

1. Organization-wide signing. The players will be assigned to one of Strong Group Athletics' teams (either the Farm Fresh Foxies or Zus Coffee Thunderbelles).

References

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