2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference

2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference
DurationOctober 27 – November 29, 2025
Teams10
TV partner(s)
Streaming partner(s)Pilipinas Live
Results
ChampionsCriss Cross King Crunchers
Runners-upKindai University
Third placeCignal Super Spikers
Fourth placeSavouge Spin Doctors
Awards
Conference MVPJude Garcia
Finals MVPAdrian Villados
Best OHJude Garcia
Joshua Umandal
Best MBGiles Jeffer Torres
Edlyn Paul Colinares
Best OPPRyutaro Aun
Best SetterAdrian Villados
Best LiberoYuito Kose
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The 2025 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference was the 21st conference and the last tournament of the eighth season of the Spikers' Turf. The tournament began on October 27, 2025 and ended on November 29, 2025.[1]

Ten teams are battling 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) Hideyuki Mitsuyama Yuu Kubota
PVA ProVolley Academy (Australia) Aristeidis Papadopoulos Samuel Hansen


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
Criss Cross King Crunchers
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
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 P2

Final round

Semifinals

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1 Kindai University 5 4 1 12 13 5 2.600 430 366 1.175 Championship match
2 Criss Cross King Crunchers 5 4 1 10 13 8 1.625 482 417 1.156
3 Savouge Spin Doctors 5 3 2 10 12 7 1.714 427 396 1.078 3rd place match
4 Cignal Super Spikers 5 3 2 10 11 7 1.571 415 378 1.098
5 University of Santo Tomas–Gameville 5 1 4 3 6 12 0.500 357 402 0.888
6 ProVolley Academy 5 0 5 0 0 15 0.000 223 375 0.595
Source: Spikers' Turf – Standings

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 3–1 University of Santo Tomas–Gameville 25–27 25–16 25–22 25–21   100–86 P2
Nov. 21 3:00 pm SAC Kindai University 3–0 ProVolley Academy 25–15 25–12 25–13     75–40 P2
Nov. 21 5:00 pm SAC Cignal Super Spikers 2–3 Criss Cross King Crunchers 24–26 25–22 22–25 26–24 12–15 109–112 P2
Nov. 22 1:00 pm FIL ProVolley Academy 0–3 Savouge Spin Doctors 15–25 13–25 19–25     47–75 P2
Nov. 22 3:00 pm FIL Criss Cross King Crunchers 1–3 Kindai University 22–25 22–25 25–19 22–25   91–94 P2
Nov. 22 5:00 pm FIL University of Santo Tomas–Gameville 0–3 Cignal Super Spikers 17–25 13–25 24–26     54–76 P2
Nov. 24 1:00 pm FIL Kindai University 3–0 University of Santo Tomas–Gameville 25–22 25–17 25–15     75–54 P2
Nov. 24 3:00 pm FIL Cignal Super Spikers 0–3 Savouge Spin Doctors 16–25 22–25 18–25     56–75 P2
Nov. 24 5:00 pm FIL ProVolley Academy 0–3 Criss Cross King Crunchers 9–25 9–25 13–25     31–75 P2
Nov. 25 1:00 pm YC2 Kindai University 1–3 Cignal Super Spikers 20–25 21–25 26–24 18–25   85–99 P2
Nov. 25 3:00 pm YC2 University of Santo Tomas–Gameville 3–0 ProVolley Academy 25–16 25–21 25–16     75–53 P2
Nov. 25 5:00 pm YC2 Criss Cross King Crunchers 3–2 Savouge Spin Doctors 25–19 25–14 23–25 18–25 15–12 106–95 P2
Nov. 27 1:00 pm FIL University of Santo Tomas–Gameville 1–3 Criss Cross King Crunchers 17–25 25–23 23–25 23–25   88–98 P2
Nov. 27 3:00 pm FIL ProVolley Academy 0–3 Cignal Super Spikers 13–25 19–25 20–25     52–75 P2
Nov. 27 5:00 pm FIL Savouge Spin Doctors 1–3 Kindai University 16–25 28–26 20–25 18–25   82–101 P2

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 Savouge Spin Doctors 2–3 Cignal Super Spikers 18–25 25–17 25–23 19–25 12–15 99–105 P2

Championship

Date Time Venue Score Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Total Report
Nov. 29 5:00 pm FIL Kindai University 2–3 Criss Cross King Crunchers 15–25 23–25 25–23 25–23 20–22 108–118 P2

Final standing

Awards

Award Player Team Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player Jude Garcia Criss Cross [6][7]
Finals Most Valuable Player Adrian Villados Criss Cross
1st Best Outside Spiker Jude Garcia Criss Cross
2nd Best Outside Spiker Joshua Umandal Cignal
1st Best Middle Blocker Giles Jeffer Torres Savouge
2nd Best Middle Blocker Edlyn Paul Colinares Criss Cross
Best Opposite Spiker Ryutaro Aun Kindai University
Best Setter Adrian Villados Criss Cross
Best Libero Yuito Kose Kindai University

STPC player of the week

Week Player Team Ref.
October 27–November 2 Adrian Villados Criss Cross King Crunchers [8]
November 5–7 Josh Ybañez University of Santo Tomas–Gameville [9]
November 12–16 Jude Garcia Criss Cross King Crunchers [10]
November 21–22 Haruka Misugi Kindai University [11]
November 24–27 Jude Garcia Criss Cross King Crunchers [12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "FEU, UST, international teams set for action-packed Invitationals". Spikers' Turf. October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "10 teams to contest Spikers' Turf Invitational crown". ABS-CBN News. October 20, 2025. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  3. ^ Agcaoili, Lance (October 20, 2025). "Spikers' Turf shoulders major role after Alas Pilipinas breakthrough". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  4. ^ Demigillo, Kiko (October 20, 2025). "Alas Men to start Spikers' Turf campaign, exit mid-conference for SEA Games build-up". One Sports. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  5. ^ Morales, Luisa (November 9, 2025). "Spikers' Turf postpones Nov. 9 matches due to Super Typhoon Uwan". One Sports. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  6. ^ "Jude Garcia extends Spikers' Turf reign". Spikers' Turf. November 29, 2025. Retrieved November 29, 2025.
  7. ^ "Finals MVP Villados credits patience after Criss Cross survives Kindai in five-set thriller". Fastbreak. November 30, 2025. Retrieved November 30, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Spikers Turf PC POW Villados shines as Criss Cross' steady hand". Spikers' Turf. November 2, 2025. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  9. ^ "Spikers Turf PC POW Ybanez powers UST-Gameville's surprise run". Spikers' Turf. November 10, 2025. Retrieved November 10, 2025.
  10. ^ "Spikers Turf Press Corps POW Garcia powers Criss Cross perfect elims". Spikers' Turf. November 17, 2025. Retrieved November 17, 2025.
  11. ^ "Spikers' Turf Press Corps POW Misugi shines bright for Kindai". Spikers' Turf. November 23, 2025. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  12. ^ "Spikers Turf PC POW Garcia vows to leave everything against Kindai". Spikers' Turf. November 28, 2025. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
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