V-League (Philippines)
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 V-League Collegiate Challenge | |
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| 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 |
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
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.
Result summary
| Season | Men's division | Women's division | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Champions
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 Runners-up
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 Third place
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Champions
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Runners-up
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Third place
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| 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
| 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
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Women
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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).
See also
- V-League Visayas
- Shakey's Super League
- Spikers' Turf
- Premier Volleyball League
- NCAA volleyball championships (Philippines)
- UAAP volleyball championships
References
- ^ a b "Shakey's V-League Turning dormant sport to a sporting spectacle". The Philippine Star. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ a b Satumbaga-Villar, Kristel (November 12, 2020). "PVL to turn pro - Ricky Palou". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
- ^ Mendoza, Al (June 10, 2013). "Secret behind success of Shakey's tourney". Manila Standard. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ "Spikers' Turf showcases best in men's volleyball". Manila: The Philippine Star. March 25, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Payo, Jasmine (March 25, 2015). "Men's volley hits scene with Spikers' Turf April 5". Manila: Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ From the wires (March 28, 2015). "IEM Volley Masters head cast in eight-team Spikers' Turf volleyball tournament". Sport Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ "Cagayan, Champion clash as Spikers' Turf unwraps". V-League.ph. April 4, 2015. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
- ^ Villar, Joey (April 8, 2015). "Rising Suns dim Champion Infinity in Spikers Turf". website. Philstar. Philstar Sports Hub. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ Villar, Joey (December 27, 2016). "Shakey's V-League to rename to 'Philippine V-League'". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
- ^ Escarlote, Mark (March 29, 2017). "Sports Vision, ABS-CBN ink new partnership for PVL". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
- ^ Lopez, Mark Edward (October 1, 2018). "PVL: Spikers' Turf returns, fires off on October 6". Fox Sports Philippines. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
- ^ Agcaoili, Lance (November 14, 2020). "Alyssa Valdez the founding president of Spiker's Turf, reveals Palou". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
- ^ "About Us". V-League. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
- ^ "V-League relaunches with 12 men's, 8 women's varsity teams". Tiebreaker Times. October 9, 2022. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ "V-League Visayas set to boost Cebu's volleyball scene". vleague.ph. March 21, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
- ^ "V-League Visayas: Bridging dreams for provincial volley stars". vleague.ph. June 14, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.