The 2025 Premier Volleyball League on Tour was the preseason tournament of the 2025–26 Premier Volleyball League season.[1] The preseason tournament was originally scheduled in July 2025 but was later moved to June 22, 2025.[2] An Invitational Conference with four local teams as well as foreign guest teams is planned as the final leg of the PVL on Tour.[1]
It was the first time the "PVL on Tour" held as its own tournament.[3] Previously, it was used as a label to market games outside Metro Manila. The previous PVL on Tour was integrated within the 2024–25 All Filipino Conference calendar.[4]
PVL president Ricky Palou announced that the PVL would hold a pre-season tournament, supporting the national team's preparation for the upcoming tournaments including the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand. Some of the games had a greater focus on venues outside Metro Manila.[1]
Draft
The second PVL Rookie Draft was conducted before the start of this conference. The application for the Rookie Draft ended on May 23, 2025, and the draft event was held on June 8, 2025.[5][6]
Pools composition
The teams are grouped into two pools using the serpentine system with the 2024–25 All-Filipino Conference final standings as the basis. However, as in previous conferences, the league ensures that sister teams are not drawn into the same pool. Hence, Cignal and Farm Fresh, which should have been in Pools A and B, respectively, were switched, as this would put them against their sister teams — PLDT and Zus Coffee, in the same pool.
Venues
- Metro Manila venues
- Other venues
| Preliminaries |
| Batangas City, Batangas |
Candon, Ilocos Sur |
Cebu City |
Ilagan, Isabela |
| Batangas City Sports Center (BAT) |
Candon City Arena (CCA) |
University of San Jose–Recoletos (USJ) (Basak Coliseum) |
Capital Arena (ILA) |
| Capacity: 5,000 |
Capacity: 8,000 |
Capacity: 4,000 |
Capacity: 10,000 |
| Passi, Iloilo |
Rodriguez, Rizal |
Vigan, Ilocos Sur |
| City of Passi Arena (PAS) |
Ynares Center II (YC2) |
Chavit Coliseum (CHC) |
| Capacity: 2,000 |
Capacity: 8,000 |
Capacity: 9,000 |
Transactions
National team players
The following players are part of the Philippines women's national team pool that were training and scheduled to play in several events in the 2025 national team season. They were therefore excluded from the conference.[7]
Team additions and transfers
The following are the players who transferred to another team for the upcoming conference.
Drafted players
The following are the drafted rookie players starting this conference.[30]
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Pick order determined through lottery |
Player (in italic text) |
Unsigned draftee |
The following format will be conducted for the entirety of the pre-season tournament:[35]
- Preliminary round
- In the preliminary round, the twelve teams were divided into two pools of six teams each.
- The prelims is a single round-robin tournament, with each team playing one match against all other teams in their pool for a total of five matches. Teams are ranked using the FIVB Ranking System.
- In each pool, the top two teams will directly advance to the quarterfinals while teams ranked third to sixth will play in the crossover knockout round.
- Knockout round
- The knockout round will be composed of singular knockout matches, with the winners of each advancing to the quarterfinals.
- The match-ups will be as follows:
- KO1: Pool A #3 vs. Pool B #6
- KO2: Pool A #4 vs. Pool B #5
- KO3: Pool B #3 vs. Pool A #6
- KO4: Pool B #4 vs. Pool A #5
- The losing teams will be eliminated and be ranked 9th to 12th in the final standings based on their preliminary round results.
- Quarterfinals
- The quarterfinals will be composed of singular knockout matches, with the winners of each advancing to the semifinals.
- The eight qualified teams will be seeded based on their preliminary round results.
- The match-ups will be as follows:
- QF1: #1 vs. #8
- QF2: #2 vs. #7
- QF3: #3 vs. #6
- QF4: #4 vs. #5
- The losing teams will be eliminated and be ranked 5th to 8th in the final standings based on their preliminary round results.
- Semifinals
- The semifinals will be composed of singular matches. The winners advance to the championship match while the losers play in the third-place match.
- The match-ups will be as follows:
- SF1: QF1 winner vs. QF4 winner
- SF2: QF2 winner vs. QF3 winner
- Finals
- Both the championship (gold medal) and third-place (bronze medal) matches will be singular matches.
- The match-ups will be as follows:
- Championship match: Semifinal round winners
- Third-place match: Semifinal round losers
- Qualification for Invitational Conference
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: number of points scored divided by 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.
Knockout round
Teams ranked third to sixth in the preliminary will play in the knockout round.[35]
Final standing
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| Team roster |
| Kath Arado (c), Maria Nieza Viray, Shiela Mae Kiseo, Mika Reyes, Alleiah Jan Lina Malaluan, Savi Davison, Zenneth Irene Perolino, Kim Fajardo, Majoy Baron, Kim Kianna Dy, Dell Palomata, Anne Esguerra, Keisha Dazzie Bedonia, Angelica Legacion, Angelica Alcantara, Jessey Laine de Leon, Jovie Prado |
| Head coach |
| Rald Ricafort |
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Awards and medalists
Individual awards
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