The 2024 Spikers' Turf Invitational Conference was the second conference of the 2024–25 season of Spikers' Turf.
A total of eleven teams are battling for the championship title. This includes guest team, KondohGumi Hyogo of Japan, will join the semifinals round-robin phase.
The Cignal HD Spikers claimed its sixth title in the league and its first Invitational championship gold by defeating Criss Cross King Crunchers in three sets. Meanwhile, Savouge Spin Doctors won against DN Steel-FEU Ultras to win the bronze medal of the tournament, which marks their first podium finish of the team since joining the league. Jude Garcia of the King Crunchers bagged his second straight Conference MVP, and Louie Ramirez of the HD Spikers shined at the championship match that earned him the Finals MVP award.
Qualification Eleven teams participated in this conference, with eight of the nine teams who competed in the 2024 Spikers' Turf Open Conference.
The FEU Tamaraws (under the name DN Steel-FEU Ultras) and the De La Salle Green Spikers (under the name EcoOil-La Salle Green Oilers) are qualified to join the tournament after being the finalists of the recently concluded 2024 V-League Collegiate Challenge.
KondohGumi Hyogo, once known as "Maruichi Hyogo" returned as the sole foreign guest team who joined the semifinalists of the conference.
Qualification methodDate Berths Qualifier(s) 2024 Spikers' Turf Open Conference teams October 10, 2024(announced) 98 Cignal HD Spikers Criss Cross King Crunchers PGJC-Navy Sea Lions D' Navigators Iloilo Savouge Spin Doctors VNS Griffins Martelli Meats Master Butchers Philippine Air Force Airmen(did not join) Chichi DHTSI Braderhood Titans 2024 V-League Collegiate Challenge finalists September 18–25, 2024(Semifinals) 2 DN Steel-FEU Ultras EcoOil-La Salle Green Oilers Foreign guest team December 2, 2024(announced) 1 KondohGumi Hyogo
Participating teams
Abbr. Team Affiliation Head coach Team captain 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 DLSU 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 KON KondohGumi Hyogo Kondogumi Co. Ltd. / Hyogo Prefectural University Volleyball Association Kota Kunichika Kakiuchi Kohsuke
Venues The following are the game venues set for this conference: Preliminaries Santa Rosa, Laguna Antipolo Santa Rosa Sports Complex Ynares Center Capacity: 5,700 Capacity: 7,400 Preliminaries, Semifinals, Finals San Juan, Metro Manila Pasig Filoil EcoOil Centre PhilSports Arena Capacity: 6,000 Capacity: 10,000
Rosters Chichi DHTSI Braderhood TitansNo. Name Position 1 CRISOLOGO, Bernie OP 2 REYES, Jomari MB 3 MIGUEL, Matthew OP 4 MOSERA, Gianpaolo John S 5 SORIO, Jonathan (c) OH 6 FRIAS, Marc Julius L 7 DENIEGA, Ferdinand S 8 DELA CRUZ, Mike Angelo OH 9 ABRAZADO, Glen Rey OP 10 ROLDAN, Barrie S 11 LOPEZ, Rene OH 12 YORONG, Jufranch OH 13 ALICANTE, Christian OH 14 MARIÑAS, Quirt Lorenz MB 16 DEL PILAR, Rafael MB 17 LORIEGA, Jhon Clifford OP 18 SALAZAR, Hernan MB 19 LIM, John Mark MB 25 DELA CRUZ, Dan Carlo L Roberto Javier HC
Cignal HD SpikersNo. Name Position 1 MONTERO, Sandy Domenick L 2 VALBUENA, Alfred Gerald OP 3 RETAMAR, Joshua S 4 ROTTER, Steven OP 6 CALADO, Mark Frederick OH 7 LORENZO, Vince L 8 BUGAOAN, John Paul (c) MB 10 MIGUEL, Wendel Concepcion OH 11 UMANDAL, Joshua OH 13 GWAZA, Mfena MB 14 ABROT, Ruvince OH 15 BUGAOAN, Martin MB 17 RONQUILLO, John Mark OH 18 CASAÑA, Gabriel EJ S 19 SILANG, Kris Cian S 20 JOSAFAT, Lloyd MB 21 RAMIREZ, Louie OH Dexter Clamor HC
Criss Cross King CrunchersNo. Name Position 1 ALMENDRAS, Angelo Nicolas OH 2 REQUINTON, Jaron OH 3 BAGALAY, Philip Michael OH 4 MALABUNGA, Kim MB 5 GARCIA, Jude OH 6 ARBASTO, Anthony Lemuel Jr. OH 7 INTAL, Rex Emmanuel MB 8 MARASIGAN, Ysrael Wilson (c) OP 9 VILLADOS, Adrian S 10 MAMONE, Lucca MB 11 SAURA, Francis Philip OP 12 NJIGHA, Chumason Celestine MB 14 POLVOROSA, Esmilzo Joner S 16 GLORIOSO, Gian Carlo MB 17 ASIA, GEUEL S 18 PEPITO, John Philip L 22 SUMAGUID III, Manuel L Tai Bundit HC
D' Navigators IloiloNo. Name Position 1 ADAO, Rick L 2 VILLAMOR, Kyle Angelo OH 3 DAYANDANTE, Kim Harold S 4 ARAÑO, John Wayne S 5 RAMONES, Kyle Adrian MB 6 APOLINARIO, John Michael (c) S 7 SUMAGAYSAY, Jayvee MB 8 PRUDENCIADO, Van Tracy L 9 ESPANSO, Jhonmark L 10 STA. MARIA, Steven OP 11 CAMPOSANO, Edward OH 12 LOPEZ, Jerome S 13 SAN ANDRES, John Benedict OH 14 NURSIDDIK, Rash MB 15 JALECO, Bryan James OH 16 ALICANDO, Geffrey MB 17 TAKEDA, Jhon Maru U 18 GAMPONG, Madzlan Allian OP 20 SABANDO, Kent OH 25 HIMZON, Vince Virrey MB Boyet Delmoro HC
DN Steel - FEU UltrasNo. Name Position 1 CEBALLOS, Vennie Paul L 2 CODILLA, Jomel OH 3 CACAO, Ariel S 4 DE GUZMAN, Raymond Bryce L 5 ESPARTERO, Mikko OH 6 TANDOC, Kyle Clarence OH 7 PANGILINAN, Keith Jhustine MB 8 TALISAYAN, Jelord (c) OH 9 SAAVEDRA, Zhydryx OP 11 MENDOZA, Lirick John MB 12 CELAJES, Jacob L 13 CASTILLO, Mezekiel Josh L 14 DU-OT, Rhodson S 15 NDONGALA, Doula MB 17 MARTINEZ, Benny S 19 BITUIN, Amet OH 22 ABSIN, Charles David MB 23 MOLINA, Vir Angelo MB 24 GARRIEDO, Judi Laurence MB 25 MIGUEL, Luis Michael OP Eddieson Orcullo HC
EcoOil - La Salle Green OilersNo. Name Position 1 MENDOZA, Uriel OH 2 GUERRERO, Menard (c) L 4 MAGALLANES, Arjay OH 5 ADAJAR, Jerico S 6 RETIRO, Sherwin L 7 LAYUG, Eric Paolo MB 8 POQUITA, Diogenes S 9 KAMPTON, Michael Noel OH 11 GLORIA, Eugene OH 12 FORTUNA, Michael John OP 13 DEL PILAR, Nathaniel MB 14 FLORES, Neil Laurence L 15 MAGALAMAN, Joshua MB 16 DE CASTRO, Jonathan L 17 MAGLINAO, Vince Gerard OH 18 HERNANDEZ, Chris Emmanuel OH 19 FLORES, Robert L 20 VENTURA, Glen Rui OP 22 RODRIGUEZ, Joshua Jamiel MB 25 FALSIS, Andraie Jara OH Jose Monsol Roque HC
KondohGumi HyogoNo. Name Position 1 KOHSUKE, Kakiuchi (c) MB 2 HARUTO, Shiozaki OH 3 KOMA, Nakamura OP 4 RYOMA, Kakimoto OH 5 SOTA, Matsushita MB 6 KYOSHIRO, Yamamoto S 7 TAICHI, Hiramatsu L 8 TAISHIN, Sato MB 9 SHINNOSUKE, Muneta S 10 RIKU, Norihisa OP 11 TAKAYA, Akamatsu MB 12 SOTA, Akehi OH 13 HARUMA, Taniguchi L 14 SEISHIRO, Nakata OH 15 KAITO, Onomichi OP Kota Kunichika HC
Martelli Meats Master ButchersNo. Name Position 1 CORDEZ, Jerome Michael (c) OH 2 HONRADO, Karl Justin OP 3 BUNDOC, Andrei Miguel OH 4 CRUZ, Renz Jonas MB 5 CALAYAG, Lorenz MB 6 UMALI, Kenrod Benedict OH 8 ALFARO, Ricardo L 9 SUNDIANG, Stephen Jason L 11 PALISOC, Razzel OP 12 CEBRERO, Wilbert S 14 ISIDRO, Carlo L 15 TUBOG, Joaquin Clemen S 17 SEQUITIN, Jay MB 18 REYES, Angelo MB 22 TEODONES, Romeo OH 23 RACAZA, France Lander OH Michael Conde HC
PGJC Navy Sea LionsNo. Name Position 1 VILLANUEVA, Marvin OP 2 PAGULONG, Alfred L 3 DAGOOC, Lancelot MB 4 JACOB, John Ashley OH 6 JASMIN, Nilo MB 7 LAPURGA, Melver MB 9 PUDADERA, Louie S 10 SANTOS, Jeremy L 11 LIOC, Omar MB 13 KALINGKING, Jack L 14 HAIRAMI, Marvin S 15 QUIEL, Peter MB 16 DOLOR, Gregorio (c) OH 17 SAPIDA, Wilbert Jasyon MB 18 DELA VEGA, Joeven OP 19 CARANGUIAN, Jeric OH George Pascua HC
Savouge Spin DoctorsNo. Name Position 1 CARITATIVO, Sherwin Jan OH 2 SEÑORON, Jhun Lorenz OP 3 MAGPAYO, Charlee MB 4 TORRES, Giles Jeffer MB 5 MARMETO, Rikko Marius L 6 PAGLAON, John Michael S 7 ENON, Jack L 8 PEDROSA, Jeremy OP 9 ANTONIO, Renzel OH 10 SANAMA, Norwel OH 11 ENARCISO, John Christian S 12 DIONES, Bhim Lawrence L 13 IMPERIAL, Michael Vince S 14 ROMERO, Marvin Williams OH 15 HERNANDEZ, John Kenneth S 17 DE PEDRO, Deanne Neil OP 18 GAMBAN, Louis Gaspar OH 19 DIWA, John Daniel MB 21 AMILBAHAR, Al-Nasim OP 24 Austra, Hero (c) OH Sydney Calderon HC
VNS GriffinsNo. Name Position 1 LIRAY, Kim Chris OH 2 CRUZ, Joshua L 3 MANGULABNAN, Jan S 5 MEDINO, RODERICK OP 7 YATCO, Justin S 8 SEGUI, Charles Jordan (c) OH 9 GUERRA, Howard S 10 FLORES, Jimmar L 12 MARTICION, Terrence OH 13 ARCILLO, Julius Jao MB 14 ALFORQUE, Paul MB 15 LABIDE, Benjaylo OH 17 DAYNATA, Kenneth S 18 VILLACRUSIS, Titus MB 19 OLAES, Christhian MB Ralph Ocampo HC
Format Preliminary round Single round-robin elimination; Ten (10) teams. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System. The top 4 teams in the pool will advance to the semifinals.
Semifinals Five teams (4 semifinalists + foreign guest team); Single round-robin elimination. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System. The 3rd and 4th ranked teams will advance to the bronze medal match. The 1st and 2nd ranked teams will advance to the winner-take-all gold medal match.
Finals All games are knockout matches. Bronze medal: 3rd ranked team vs. 4th ranked team Gold medal: 1st ranked team vs. 2nd ranked team
Pool standing procedure First, teams are ranked by the number of matches won. If the number of matches won is tied, the tied teams are then ranked by match points, wherein: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 match points for the winner, 0 match points for the loser. Match won 3–2: 2 match points for the winner, 1 match point for the loser. In case of any further ties, the following criteria shall be used: Set ratio: the number of sets won divided by number of sets lost. Point ratio: the number of points scored divided by the number of points allowed. Head-to-head standings: any remaining tied teams are ranked based on the results of head-to-head matches involving the teams in question.
Preliminary round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Ranking
Match results
Final round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+8:00). Semifinals Ranking
Match results
Finals 3rd place
Championship
Final standing
Rank Team Cignal HD Spikers Criss Cross King Crunchers Savouge Spin Doctors 4 DN Steel-FEU Ultras 5 KondohGumi Hyogo 6 EcoOil-La Salle Green Oilers 7 PGJC-Navy Sea Lions 8 VNS Griffins 9 D' Navigators Iloilo 10 Martelli Meats Master Butchers 11 Chichi DHTSI Braderhood Titans
Team roster: Sandy Domenick Montero, Alfred Gerald Valbuena, Joshua Retamar, Steve Rotter, Mark Frederick Calado, Vince Patrick Lorenzo, John Paul Bugaoan (c), Wendel Concepcion Miguel, Joshua Umandal, Nestin Gwaza, Ruvince Abrot, Martin Bugaoan, John Mark Ronquillo, Gabriel EJ Casaña, Kris Cian Silang, Lloyd Josafat, Louie Ramirez Head coach: Dexter Clamor
Awards
Award Player Team Conference Most Valuable Player Jude Garcia Criss Cross Finals Most Valuable Player Louie Ramirez Cignal 1st Best Outside Spiker Nico Almendras Criss Cross 2nd Best Outside Spiker Sherwin Caritativo Savouge 1st Best Middle Blocker Gian Carlo Glorioso Criss Cross 2nd Best Middle Blocker Giles Jeffer Torres Savouge Best Opposite Spiker Zhydryx Saavedra DN Steel-FEU Best Setter Ish Polvorosa Criss Cross Best Libero Vince Lorenzo Cignal
Statistics leaders
+ Best Scorers Rank Name Points 1 Jude Garcia 150 2 Zhydryx Saavedra 133 3 Joeven Dela Vega 110 4 Charles Jordan Segui 109 Mikko Espartero
+ Best Spikers Rank Name 1 Jude Garcia 53.88 2 Mikko Espartero 48.66 3 Zhydryx Saavedra 47.93 4 Joshua Umandal 47.10 5 Noel Kampton 46.21 + Best Blockers Rank Name 1 Gian Carlo Glorioso 1.10 2 Giles Jeffer Torres 0.74 3 Nilo Jasmin 0.67 4 Doula Ndongala 0.64 5 Peter Quiel 0.60 + Best Servers Rank Name 1 Joeven Dela Vega 0.37 2 Nico Almendras 0.27 3 Louie Pudadera 0.20 4 Marvin Villanueva 0.20 5 Lloyd Josafat 0.19