2025 Spikers' Turf season

2025 Spikers' Turf season
2025 Spikers' Turf season
League	Spikers' Turf
Sport	Volleyball
Duration	February 21, 2025 – November 29, 2025
TV partner(s)	One Sports ; One Sports+
Streaming partner	Pilipinas Live
Conferences
Open champions	Cignal HD Spikers
Open runners-up	Criss Cross King Crunchers
Invitational champions	Criss Cross King Crunchers
Invitational runners-up	Kindai University

The 2025 Spikers' Turf season was the eighth season of Spikers' Turf and sixth as the men's counterpart of the Premier Volleyball League. The season began on February 21, 2025. Two conferences are being held this season, with the Open Conference being first while the Invitational Conference will be held second.

Open Conference

The first conference of the season was the Open Conference, which ran from February 21 to April 6, 2025.^[1]

Participating teams

2025 Spikers' Turf Open Conference
Abbr.	Team	Affiliation	Head coach	Team captain
ALP	Alpha Insurance Protectors	Alpha Insurance & Surety Company Inc.	Mike Santos	Edward Camposano
CHD	Cignal HD 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-Laticrete Griffins	VNS Management Group	Ralph Raymund Ocampo	Charles Jordan Segui

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Criss Cross King Crunchers	10	10	0	28	30	6	5.000	863	660	1.308	Final round
2	Cignal HD Spikers	10	8	2	23	25	10	2.500	820	722	1.136
3	Savouge Spin Doctors	10	6	4	20	24	14	1.714	846	801	1.056
4	VNS-Laticrete Griffins	10	3	7	10	11	23	0.478	689	800	0.861
5	Alpha Insurance Protectors	10	2	8	7	11	24	0.458	730	816	0.895
6	PGJC-Navy Sea Lions	10	1	9	2	5	29	0.172	668	827	0.808

Source: Spikers' Turf – Standings

Final round

Semifinals

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Criss Cross King Crunchers	3	3	0	9	9	1	9.000	251	197	1.274	Championship match
2	Cignal HD Spikers	3	2	1	6	7	3	2.333	243	203	1.197	Championship match
3	Savouge Spin Doctors	3	1	2	3	3	7	0.429	217	235	0.923	3rd place match
4	VNS-Laticrete Griffins	3	0	3	0	1	9	0.111	176	252	0.698	3rd place match

Source: Spikers' Turf – Standings

Finals

3rd place

Savouge wins series, 2–0

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Apr 02	15:30	RMC	Savouge Spin Doctors	3–1	VNS-Laticrete Griffins	21–25	25–15	26–24	25–22		97–86	P2
Apr 04	15:30	PSA	VNS-Laticrete Griffins	0–3	Savouge Spin Doctors	19–25	23–25	22–25			64–75	P2

Championship

Cignal wins series, 2–1

Date	Time	Venue		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
Apr 02	18:30	RMC	Criss Cross King Crunchers	2–3	Cignal HD Spikers	25–22	19–25	25–22	21–25	12–15	102–109	P2
Apr 04	18:30	PSA	Cignal HD Spikers	2–3	Criss Cross King Crunchers	20–25	15–25	25–18	25–23	12–15	97–106	P2
Apr 06	16:00	PSA	Criss Cross King Crunchers	0–3	Cignal HD Spikers	22–25	16–25	26–28			64–78	P2

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Conference Most Valuable Player	Jude Garcia	Criss Cross	^[2]^[3]
Finals Most Valuable Player	Steven Rotter	Cignal
1st Best Outside Spiker	Mark Calado	Savouge
2nd Best Outside Spiker	Sherwin Caritativo	Savouge
1st Best Middle Blocker	John Paul Bugaoan	Cignal
2nd Best Middle Blocker	Gian Carlo Glorioso	Criss Cross
Best Opposite Spiker	Steven Rotter	Cignal
Best Setter	Ish Polvorosa	Criss Cross
Best Libero	Vince Lorenzo	Cignal

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Cignal HD Spikers
	Criss Cross King Crunchers
	Savouge Spin Doctors
4	VNS-Laticrete Griffins
5	Alpha Insurance Protectors
6	PGJC-Navy Sea Lions

Invitational Conference

The second conference will be the Invitational Conference, which will start on October 27.^[4]^[5]

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

The De La Salle University, the runners-up of the 2025 V-League Collegiate Challenge originally qualified but withdrew due to academic commitments. UST was their replacements.^[5]

Preliminary round

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

Final round

Semifinals

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	Championship match
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	3rd place match
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

Conference results

Conference	Champion	Runner-up	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Open	Cignal	Criss Cross	Savouge	VNS	Alpha Insurance	PGJC Navy	—
Invitational	Criss Cross	Kindai University	Cignal	Savouge	UST–Gameville	ProVolley Academy	Alpha Insurance	FEU–DN Steel	VNS	PGJC Navy

References

^ "Spikers Turf returns with 6 teams battling for Open glory". Spikers' Turf. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
^ "Jude Garcia makes history with third consecutive MVP". Spikers' Turf. April 6, 2025. Archived from the original on April 6, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
^ Demigillo, Kiko (April 6, 2025). "Steven Rotter delivers on MVP goal after leading Cignal to Spikers' Turf three-peat". One Sports. Archived from the original on April 6, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.
^ "FEU, UST, international teams set for action-packed Invitationals". Spikers' Turf. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
^ ^a ^b "10 teams to contest Spikers' Turf Invitational crown". ABS-CBN News. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.

[1] "Spikers Turf returns with 6 teams battling for Open glory". Spikers' Turf. 17 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.

[2] "Jude Garcia makes history with third consecutive MVP". Spikers' Turf. April 6, 2025. Archived from the original on April 6, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.

[3] Demigillo, Kiko (April 6, 2025). "Steven Rotter delivers on MVP goal after leading Cignal to Spikers' Turf three-peat". One Sports. Archived from the original on April 6, 2025. Retrieved April 6, 2025.

[4] "FEU, UST, international teams set for action-packed Invitationals". Spikers' Turf. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.

[ten-teams-5] "10 teams to contest Spikers' Turf Invitational crown". ABS-CBN News. 20 October 2025. Retrieved 20 October 2025.

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