The Shakey's Super League (SSL) is a women's
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
league in the Philippines contested within the collegiate and high school levels.
The league is organized by Shakey's Pizza Asia Ventures Inc. (SPAVI) and the Athletic Events and Sports Management Group Inc. (ACES).
History
Background
Shakey's Pizza's history with volleyball in the Philippines dates back to 2004 with the
Shakey's V-League
The Shakey's V-League was a non-professional volleyball league in the Philippines established in 2004. It began as a women's collegiate league with teams coming from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the National Coll ...
(SVL). Originally serving as a women's collegiate league, it would branch into semi-professional corporate-backed teams similar to the
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines, composed of twelve company-branded Franchising, franchise teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia ...
in 2011. In 2016, the SVL was rebranded to the now-professional
Premier Volleyball League
The Premier Volleyball League (PVL) is the top-level professional women's volleyball league in the Philippines organized by the Sports Vision Management Group, Inc. The PVL was established in 2004 as the inter-collegiate Shakey's V-League (SV ...
(PVL), parting ways with Shakey's. In 2022, the collegiate division of the PVL was launched separately as the
V-League.
Meanwhile, the
Philippine Super Liga
The Philippine Super Liga (PSL; alternatively spelled as Philippine Superliga) was a non-professional corporate club women's volleyball league in the Philippines. It was first organized by SportsCore Event Management and Consultancy, Inc. and ...
(PSL), another volleyball league featuring corporate teams, was launched in 2013. The league, which would later be owned by Athletic Events and Sports Management Group Inc. (ACES), rivaled the SVL - and later, the PVL, but ended up ceasing operations in 2021 after all of its teams left for the rival league.
Launch
With both the SVL's reorganization and the PSL folding, ACES partnered with Shakey's (via Shakey's Pizza Asia Ventures Inc.; SPAVI) to form the Shakey's Super League on August 16, 2022. It was formally launched at Shakey's
ASEANA outlet in
Parañaque
Parañaque, officially the City of Parañaque (, ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of ...
as a collegiate volleyball league similar to the SVL.
The SSL's inaugural tournament, the
2022 Collegiate Pre-Season Tournament, ran from September 22 to November 28, 2022.
[ The first tournament marked the return of full pre-seasons for the UAAP and NCAA teams since they were forced to resort to tune-ups due to the disruption caused by the ]COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
.
In May 2023, SSL launched the high school-level Girls Volleyball Invitational League (GVIL) with its inaugural edition. It was contested by teams from various associations across the country.
League format and teams
The Shakey's Super League consists of three tournaments that are held annually, including two collegiate level and one high school level. The tournaments shown are listed in the order they are held in each calendar year.
Girls Volleyball Invitational League
The Shakey's Girls Volleyball Invitational League (GVIL), is the SSL's high school competition. The GVIL is the first tournament held in each calendar year and runs from May to June. Beginning with the 2025 edition, the GVIL will be divided into a two-division set-up. The higher division, Division 1, will consist of 20 teams while the lower division, Division 2, will consist of 10 teams.
Division 1
Division 2
National Invitationals
The National Invitationals is the SSL's national collegiate tournament. The National Invitationals is the second tournament held in each calendar year and usually runs from July to August. Teams qualify for the tournament by either finishing in a qualifying position in their association or regional qualifier.
Pre-season Championship
The Pre-season Championship, also known as the Collegiate Pre-season Championship, is billed by the SSL as its premier tournament. The Pre-season Championship is the final tournament held in each calendar year and runs from September to November. It is contested by teams from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines
The University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), established in 1938, is an athletic association of eight Metro Manila universities in the Philippines. The eight-member schools are Adamson University (AdU), Ateneo de Manila Univ ...
(NCAA) and the NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...
, similar to the Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup in men's basketball.
Result summary
National Invitationals
Pre-season Championship
Girls Volleyball Invitational League
Division 1
Division 2
Media coverage
As of 2025, Solar Sports
Solar Sports is a Philippines, Philippine Digital television, digital free-to-air television network based in Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong, Philippines. It serves as the flagship network of Southern Broadcasting Network, a subsidiary of Solar En ...
has the television broadcast rights to the Shakey's Super League. Smart Communications
Smart Communications Inc., commonly referred to as Smart, is a wholly owned wireless communications and digital services subsidiary of PLDT Inc., a telecommunications and digital services provider based in the Philippines. As of November ...
has the streaming rights and airs the games via PusoP.
Former broadcast partners
* IBC
* CNN Philippines
CNN Philippines (abbreviated sometimes as CNN PH) was a Philippine free-to-air television network owned and operated by Nine Media Corporation, together with Radio Philippines Network (RPN), under a license from Warner Bros. Discovery Asia-Pa ...
* Plus Network
Sportscasters
* Anchor- Ken Pangilinan
* Anchor- Shiela Salaysay
* Anchor- Daphne Cristobal
* Anchor- Kayla Concepcion
* Anchor/Analyst- Jong Panerio
* Analyst- Gyra Barroga
* Analyst- Hollie Reyes
* Analyst-- Rea Raagas
* Analyst- Gelina Luceño
* Analyst- Kai Baloaloa
* Analyst- Ricci Cordero
* Analyst- Caitlyn Bernal
* Courtside Reporter- Sabrina San Diego
* Courtside Reporter- Mikee Abueg
* Courtside Reporter-Janine Sakall
* Courtside Reporter- Taty Austria
* Courtside Reporter- Fiona Bacani
See also
* Filoil EcoOil Preseason Cup – a similar tournament for men's collegiate basketball
* NCAA volleyball championships (Philippines)
* Shakey's V-League
The Shakey's V-League was a non-professional volleyball league in the Philippines established in 2004. It began as a women's collegiate league with teams coming from the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), the National Coll ...
* UAAP volleyball championships
* V-League (Philippines)
The V-League is a collegiate volleyball league for both men and women in the Philippines organized by Sports Vision.
History Precursor league
The V-League launched in 2022 traces its roots to the Shakey's V-League established in 2004 by Spor ...
References
{{Sports leagues in the Philippines
Volleyball leagues in the Philippines
Sports leagues established in 2022
2022 establishments in the Philippines
College women's volleyball in the Philippines
College women's volleyball tournaments in the Philippines