Most recent season or competition: 2024 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference | |
Sport | Volleyball |
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Founded | 2015 |
Founder | Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. |
First season | 2015 |
Director | Mozzy Ravena |
President | Alyssa Valdez |
Motto | Where Power Meets Passion |
No. of teams | 11 |
Country | Philippines |
Venue(s) | Various |
Most recent champion(s) | Cignal HD Spikers (2024 Invitational) |
Most titles | Cignal (6 titles) |
TV partner(s) | One Sports |
Streaming partner(s) |
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Official website | spikersturf |
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.
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]
These are the teams currently competing at the 2024 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference.
Abbr. | Team | Affiliation | Head coach | Team captain |
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CBT | Chichi DHTSI Braderhood Titans | Digital Hybrid Transport Systems / Chi Chi Drinks PH | Roberto Javier | Jonathan 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 City | Boyet Delmoro | John Michael Apolinario |
FEU | DN Steel–FEU Ultras | DN Steel Group of Companies / Far Eastern University | Eddieson Orcullo | Jelord Talisayan |
DLS | EcoOil–La Salle Green Oilers | Eco Oil Ltd. / De La Salle University | Jose Roque | Menard Guerrero |
MMB | Martelli Meats Master Butchers | Maverick Sports Team | Michael Conde | Jerome Michael Cordez |
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 | Charles Jordan Segui |
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KON | KondohGumi Hyogo [13] [14] | Kondogumi Co. Ltd. / Hyogo Prefectural University Volleyball Association | Kota Kunichika | Kakiuchi Kohsuke |
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.
Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Details |
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2023 | Sta. Elena–NU Nationals | Cignal HD Spikers | Maruichi Hyogo | 2023 Invitational |
2024 | Cignal HD Spikers | Criss Cross King Crunchers | Savouge Spin Doctors | 2024 Invitational |
Season | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Details |
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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 | |||
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Champion conferences |
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Cignal HD Spikers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2015 Reinforced, 2019 Reinforced, 2019 Open, 2023 Open, 2024 Open, 2024 Invitational |
Philippine Air Force Airmen | 4 | 3 | 2016 Open, 2016 Reinforced, 2018 Open | |
Sta. Elena–NU Nationals | 2 | — | 1 | 2022 Open, 2023 Invitational |
Ateneo Blue Eagles | — | — | 2015 Collegiate, 2016 Collegiate | |
PLDT Home Fibr Power Hitters | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2015 Open |
Below is the table for the most awarded players in the league's history (2015–2016; 2018–present):
Rank | Name | Current / Last team | Position | Years playing in Spikers' Turf | MVP award | Positional award | Total | |
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1 | Marck Jesus Espejo | Kubota (Japan) | OH | 2015 | 2024 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
2 | Ysrael Wilson Marasigan | Criss Cross | OP | 2015 | present | 1 | 5 | 6 |
3 | Alnakran Abdilla | Air Force | OH | 2015 | 2024 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
4 | Mark Alfafara | PLDT | OH | 2015 | 2019 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Bryan Bagunas | Win Streak (Taiwan) | OH | 2015 | 2024 | 3 | 1 | ||
Peter Den Mar Torres | Cignal | MB | 2015 | 2023 | 2 | 2 | ||
Manuel Sumanguid III | Criss Cross | L | 2015 | present | 2 | 2 |
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.
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.
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