V-League (Philippines)

For the league formerly known as Shakey's V-League, see Premier Volleyball League.

V-League

Upcoming season or competition: 2025 V-League Collegiate Challenge
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2022
Founder	Sports Vision
Motto	Where it all started!
No. of teams	M: 8 W: 8
Country	Philippines
Venue(s)	Playtime Filoil Centre Ynares Sports Arena Paco Arena
Continent	AVC (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	M: FEU W: UST
Most titles	M: NU, De La Salle and FEU (1 title each) W: Ateneo, Benilde and UST (1 title each)
Broadcaster(s)	Solar Sports
Streaming partner(s)	V-League
Official website	vleague.ph

The V-League is a collegiate volleyball league for both men and women in the Philippines organized by Sports Vision. The league is a revival of the former Shakey's V-League. The Metro Manila tournament is also known as the V-League Collegiate Challenge.

The league was established in 2022 as a result of the Premier Volleyball League turning into a professional league, which meant that collegiate women's teams can no longer take part. Thus, the V-League was relaunched to accommodate those teams. Collegiate men's teams from Spikers' Turf also moved to the revived league.

In 2025, Sports Vision established V-League Visayas, a regional counterpart for Visayas-based teams.

History

Precursor league

Main article: Shakey's V-League

The V-League launched in 2022 traces its roots to the Shakey's V-League established in 2004 by Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. ^[1] The Shakey's V-League was initially an inter-collegiate women's league with teams from the UAAP, NCAA, CESAFI among others playing in the league. ^[2] The league had Shakey's Pizza as its title sponsor since its inception ^[1] until 2016. ^[3] The league would include corporate and non-collegiate teams in 2011. ^[2]

In 2014, a men's division was introduced during its 21st conference. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The following year, the men's tournament was spun-off as Spikers' Turf. ^{[7] [8]}

In late-2016, Sports Vision announced that the Spikers' Turf would be merged back with the Shakey's V-League (which was renamed as the Premier Volleyball League). ^{[9] [10]} 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 ^[11] and was reestablished as a separate legal entity from the PVL. ^[12]

Launch and inaugural season

The PVL became a professional league starting the 2021 season which meant collegiate and amateur teams can no longer take part. ^[13] Hence in October 2022, Sports Vision relaunched the collegiate conferences of the PVL and Spikers' Turf as a separate league – the V-League. Twelve teams are set to compete in the men's division and eight teams in the women's tournament. ^[14]

Visayas expansion

On March 21, 2025, V-League Visayas was first announced as a regional counterpart for Visayas-based teams. Its inaugural season is set to begin in July of that year. ^{[15] [16]}

Teams

These are the teams who will compete at the 2025 V-League Collegiate Challenge.

2025 V-League Collegiate Challenge

Team	School	Collegiate league
Men's division
Arellano Chiefs	Arellano University	NCAA
Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University	UAAP
Benilde Blazers	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde	NCAA
De La Salle Green Spikers	De La Salle University	UAAP
FEU Tamaraws	Far Eastern University	UAAP
Letran Knights	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	NCAA
NU Bulldogs	National University	UAAP
UST Golden Spikers	University of Santo Tomas	UAAP
Women's division
Adamson Lady Falcons	Adamson University	UAAP
Arellano Lady Chiefs	Arellano University	NCAA
Ateneo Blue Eagles	Ateneo de Manila University	UAAP
Benilde Lady Blazers	De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde	NCAA
FEU Lady Tamaraws	Far Eastern University	UAAP
Letran Lady Knights	Colegio de San Juan de Letran	NCAA
Mapúa Lady Cardinals	Mapúa University	NCAA
Perpetual Lady Altas	University of Perpetual Help System DALTA	NCAA

Result summary

Further information: List of V-League (Philippines) conference results

For Shakey's V-League women's (2004–2016) results, see List of Shakey's V-League conference results.

For Spikers' Turf results (2015–2016, 2018–present), see List of Spikers' Turf conference results.

For Premier Volleyball League results (2017–2019), see List of Premier Volleyball League conference results.

Season		Men's division				Women's division
		Champions	Runners-up	Third place		Champions	Runners-up	Third place
2022		NU Bulldogs	UST Golden Spikers	Perpetual Altas		Ateneo Blue Eagles	Adamson Lady Falcons	Benilde Lady Blazers
2023		De La Salle Green Spikers	UST Golden Spikers	FEU Tamaraws		Benilde Lady Blazers	FEU Lady Tamaraws	UE Lady Warriors
2024		FEU Tamaraws	De La Salle Green Spikers	NU Bulldogs		UST Golden Tigresses	FEU Lady Tamaraws	UE Lady Warriors
2025	TBD				TBD

Participating schools

Key

1st	Indicates a team finished as the champions during the conference
2nd	Indicates a team finished as the runners-up during the conference
3rd	Indicates a team finished as the third placer during the conference
4th	Indicates a team finished as the fourth placer during the conference
•	Indicates a team did not participate during the conference
WD	Indicates a team initially participated during the conference but later withdrew

Men's division

Team	2022	2023	2024	2025
Adamson Soaring Falcons	10th	•	•	•
Ateneo Blue Eagles	4th	4th	7th	TBD
Arellano Chiefs	8th	•	•	TBD
Benilde Blazers	11th	•	•	TBD
De La Salle Green Spikers	7th	1st	2nd	TBD
EAC Generals	•	7th	8th	•
FEU Tamaraws	6th	3rd	1st	TBD
Letran Knights	•	•	6th	TBD
NU Bulldogs	1st	5th	3rd	TBD
Perpetual Altas	3rd	6th	5th	•
San Beda Red Spikers	5th	8th	•	•
San Sebastian Stags	12th	•	•	•
UP Fighting Maroons	9th	•	•	•
UST Golden Spikers	2nd	2nd	4th	TBD

Women's division

Team	2022	2023	2024	2025
Adamson Lady Falcons	2nd	•	•	TBD
Arellano Lady Chiefs	•	•	•	TBD
Ateneo Blue Eagles	1st	•	•	TBD
Benilde Lady Blazers	3rd	1st	4th	TBD
Enderun Lady Titans	•	5th	•	•
FEU Lady Tamaraws	5th	2nd	2nd	TBD
Letran Lady Knights	•	•	6th	TBD
Lyceum Lady Pirates	•	6th	7th	•
Mapúa Lady Cardinals	•	7th	•	TBD
NU Lady Bulldogs	•	•	WD	•
Perpetual Lady Altas	•	4th	•	TBD
San Beda Lady Red Spikers	8th	•	•	•
San Sebastian Lady Stags	7th	8th	•	•
UE Lady Warriors	•	3rd	3rd	•
UP Lady Maroons	4th	•	5th	•
UST Golden Tigresses	6th	•	1st	•

Conference MVP by edition

Men 2022 – Nico Almendras (NU) 2023 – Joshua Ybañez (UST) 2024 – Rey Miguel De Vega (UST)

Women 2022 – Faith Nisperos (Ateneo) 2023 – Mary Rhose Dapol (Perpetual) 2024 – Angeline Poyos (UST)

Media coverage

The V-League games are streamed live on their official website and Facebook page and on-air thru television via CNN Philippines (2022) & Solar Sports (since 2023).^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• V-League Visayas
• Shakey's Super League
• Spikers' Turf
• Premier Volleyball League
• NCAA volleyball championships (Philippines)
• UAAP volleyball championships

References

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