Spikers' Turf

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Spikers' Turf
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Volleyball current event.svg 2024 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference
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Sport Volleyball
Founded2015
FounderSports Vision Management Group, Inc.
First season 2015
DirectorMozzy Ravena
President Alyssa Valdez
MottoWhere Power Meets Passion
No. of teams10
CountryPhilippines
Venue(s) Various
Most recent
champion(s)
Cignal HD Spikers
(2024 Open)
Most titles Cignal
(5 titles)
TV partner(s) One Sports
Streaming partner(s)
Official website spikersturf.ph

The Spikers' Turf is the top-level men's semi-professional volleyball league in the Philippines organized by the Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. (Sports Vision), established in 2015.

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History

The league had its beginnings in 2014, when the Shakey's V-League introduced a men's division during its 21st conference. [1] [2] [3] The following year, Sports Vision decided to spin off the men's division as a separate league, giving birth to the Spikers' Turf. [4] [5]

In late-2016, Sports Vision announced that the league be merged back in the 2017 season with the Shakey's V-League (which was renamed as the Premier Volleyball League; PVL). [6] [7] The men's division in the PVL ended with the 2018 PVL Collegiate Conference as its final tournament. The Spikers' Turf was revived on October 6, 2018 [8] and was reestablished as a separate legal entity from the PVL. [9]

In 2020, Spikers' Turf began the process to turn to a professional league, after the PVL was given professional status by the national government's Games and Amusement Board in the same year. [10] The league did not stage its 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] On March 16, 2021, Sports Vision president Ricky Palou bared that only three teams out of six - Cignal HD, PLDT and VNS - agreed to turn professional. [12]

Teams

These are the teams currently competing at the 2024 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference.

2024 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference
Abbr.TeamAffiliationHead coachTeam captain
CBT Chichi DHTSI Titans Digital Hybrid Transport Systems / Chi Chi Drinks PHRoberto JavierJonathan Sorio
CHD Cignal HD Spikers Cignal TV, Inc. Dexter Clamor John Paul Bugaoan
CKC Criss Cross King Crunchers Republic Biscuit Corporation Tai Bundit Ysay Marasigan
DNV D' Navigators Iloilo Iloilo CityBoyet DelmoroJohn Michael Apolinario
FEU DN Steel–FEU Ultras DN Steel Group of Companies / Far Eastern University Eddieson OrculloJelord Talisayan
DLS EcoOil–La Salle Green Oilers Eco Oil Ltd. / De La Salle University Jose RoqueMenard Guerrero
MMB Martelli Meats Master Butchers Maverick Sports TeamMichael CondeJerome Michael Cordez
PJN PGJC-Navy Sea Lions Philippine Navy George Pascua Greg Dolor
SVG Savouge Spin Doctors Savouge Aesthetics PhilippinesSydney CalderonHero Austria
VNS VNS Griffins VNS Management GroupRalph Raymund OcampoCharles Jordan Segui
Guest team
TBATBATBATBA

Season format

Unlike other foreign professional volleyball leagues that have a single regular season spanning from October to May, the Spikers' Turf seasons are divided into two to three "conferences" or tournaments, similar to its women's counterpart, Premier Volleyball League, and the Philippine Basketball Association with each tournament winner being counted as overall league champions.

Before merging with the PVL in 2017, the Spikers' Turf paraded three tournaments similar to the Shakey's V-League — the Reinforced Conference, Open Conference, and Collegiate Conference. Once the league reestablished itself in 2018, it discontinued the Collegiate Conference, with the collegiate teams joining the Open Conference in 2019.

After a single tournament in the returning 2022 season due to COVID-19 restrictions, the league now banners two tournaments in one season starting in 2023 — Open Conference and Invitational Conference.

Active tournaments

Defunct/Inactive tournaments

Results summary

Open

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeDetails
2015 PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters Cagayan Valley Rising Suns Philippine Air Force Airmen 2015 Open
2016 Philippine Air Force Air Spikers Cignal HD Spikers Sta. Elena Wrecking Balls 2016 Open
2017 see Premier Volleyball League
2018 Philippine Air Force Air Spikers PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters Cignal HD Spikers 2018 Open
2019 Cignal HD Spikers Go for Gold–Air Force Air Spikers Sta. Elena–NU Ball Hammers 2019 Open
2020tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
2022 NU–Sta. Elena Nationals Cignal HD Spikers PGJC–Navy Sea Lions 2022 Open
2023 Cignal HD Spikers AMC Cotabato Spikers Imus City–AJAA Spikers 2023 Open
2024 Cignal HD Spikers Criss Cross King Crunchers PGJC–Navy Sea Lions 2024 Open

Invitational

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeDetails
2023 Sta. Elena–NU Nationals Cignal HD Spikers Maruichi Hyogo 2023 Invitational
2024 [ to be determined ] 2024 Invitational

Reinforced (c. 2015–2016; 2019)

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeDetails
2015 Cignal HD Spikers Philippine Air Force Airmen PLDT Home Ultera Ultra Fast Hitters 2015 Reinforced
2016 Philippine Air Force Air Spikers Cignal HD Spikers Champion Supra Smashers 2016 Reinforced
2017 see Premier Volleyball League
2018
2019 Cignal HD Spikers Philippine Air Force Jet Spikers PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters 2019 Reinforced

Collegiate (c. 2015–2016)

SeasonChampionsRunners-upThird placeDetails
2015 Ateneo Blue Eagles NU Bulldogs EAC Generals 2015 Collegiate
2016 Ateneo Blue Eagles NU Bulldogs UST Golden Spikers 2016 Collegiate
2017 see Premier Volleyball League
2018
2022 see V-League

Champions

TeamChampionsRunners-upThird placeChampion conferences
Cignal HD Spikers 751 2015 Reinforced, 2019 Reinforced, 2019 Open, 2023 Open, 2024 Open
Philippine Air Force Airmen 44 2016 Open, 2016 Reinforced, 2018 Open
Sta. Elena–NU Nationals 21 2022 Open, 2023 Invitational
Ateneo Blue Eagles 2015 Collegiate, 2016 Collegiate
PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters 112 2015 Open

Awardees

Below is the table for the most awarded players in the league's history (2015–2016; 2018–present):

RankNameCurrent / Last teamPositionYears playing in Spikers' TurfMVP awardPositional awardTotal
FromTo
1 Marck Jesus Espejo Kubota (Japan)OH201520247613
2 Ysrael Wilson Marasigan Criss Cross OP2015present156
3 Alnakran Abdilla Air Force OH20152024235
4 Mark Alfafara PLDT OH20152019224
Bryan Bagunas Win Streak (Taiwan)OH2015202431
Peter Den Mar Torres Cignal MB2015202322
Manuel Sumanguid III Criss Cross L2015present22

Notable records

Venues

The league's games are mainly held across Metro Manila, primarily on Paco Arena from 2019 to 2023. Recently, the games have dispersed again outside Paco Arena, with some playing outside the metropolis.

Media coverage

The league's initial broadcast partner was the People's Television Network in its first season. In 2016, it was handed over to ABS-CBN Sports+Action, the same broadcast partner with its former women's counterpart league, Shakey's V-League. This partnership with ABS-CBN continued as the Spikers' Turf merged with the rebranded Premier Volleyball League. Upon its separation from the PVL and re-establishment, Cignal TV became the league's primary broadcast partner in 2018.

With the rise of online streaming services, the live coverage of the games can be viewed via Cignal Play, Pilipinas Live app, and the league's official website.

See also

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