2025 Premier Volleyball League on Tour

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National team players

Team additions and transfers

Drafted players

Format

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• Both the championship and third-place matches will be singular matches.
• The match-ups will be as follows:
• * Championship match: Semifinal round winners
• * Third-place match: Semifinal round losers

• The four semifinalists will be invited to take part in the 2025 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.

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time.

Pool A