The NU Lady Bulldogs celebrate their Game 1 win over the La Salle Lady Spikers in the 2024 Shakey’s Super League Collegiate Pre-Season Championship. -August Dela Cruz/Inquirer
MANILA, Philippines – After a successful 2024 season, the Sheki Super League is eyeing bigger competition next year, with foreign teams expressing interest in joining the high school and collegiate preseason tournaments.
SSL President Dr. Ian Laurel was pleased with their continued growth in their third year, where National University dominated the 2024 National Invitational and completed a historic ‘three-peat’ at the Preseason Championship and Adamson won the Girls Volleyball Invitational League (GVIL) Occupied.
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“Were very happy. This is our third preseason, and when we started, we were already happy that all the teams were present – 10 from the NCAA and eight from the UAAP. But as the tournament progressed, we noticed that the players The level of play has really improved,” Lawre said.
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“We saw the crowd appreciating the players. We had a great crowd throughout the game, and of course, the result of the final between De La Salle and NU was excellent.
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For the upcoming season, two California teams composed of Filipino-Americans may play in the GVIL, while Australian and Japanese teams are likely to compete against UAAP and NCAA teams in invitationals.
“there are [interested to play in] The GVIL, which also includes high school teams. Two teams coming from California, all Phil-Americans, so you can imagine how exciting it will be at the high school level. Then we have our invitational with an Australian team and a Japanese team, and of course the preseason, which is our major conference of the SSL which still includes all the NCAA and UAAP teams,” Laurel said.
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The 2025 season begins with the GVIL, followed by the National Invitational and the centerpiece preseason tournament.
“We expect 2025 to be a big year because not only is it the 50th anniversary of Shakey in the Philippines, but we have also generated a lot of interest from other teams.” [from] Other countries – they have started paying attention to the Shakey’s Super League and they want to participate in it,” said the volleyball executive.
“We are talking about the countries of North America, California (USA), Japan and Australia. Inquiries are already underway about how they may have been involved. “We really need to plan ahead, and this is something we should look forward to in 2025.”
SSL also said it collected a total of P13 million from the league’s promo bundle, with Arellano bringing home P1,759,358, followed by Jose Rizal University with P912,008, and College of St. Benilde with P896,758. With.
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Letran received P855,908; San Beda had P830,758; Emilio Aguinaldo College (P814,008); San Sebastian (P730,458); Mapua (P724,408); Adamson (P718,908); Ateneo (P701,958); University of the Philippines (P701,908); University of Continuing Support (P657,358); National University (P652,708); La Salle (P651,908); Lyceum (P646,008); University of Santo Tomas (P616,808); Pre-University (P536,058); and Far Eastern University (P528,758).
