2015 SVL season

The 2015 Shakey's V-League (SVL) season was the twelfth season of the Shakey's V-League (SVL). There were three indoor conferences in the season.

Preliminaries (PL)
Single Round-robin. Top four teams qualify for the semifinals.

Semi-finals (SF)
The four semi-finalists will compete against each other in a single-round robin phase.
 * Top two SF teams will compete for GOLD.
 * Bottom two SF teams will compete for BRONZE.

Finals
The battle for GOLD and the battle for BRONZE will both follow the best-of-three format.
 * If the battle for GOLD ends in two matches (2-0), then there will no longer be a Game 3 for either GOLD or Bronze. A tie in the contest for the BRONZE (1-1) will be resolved using FIVB rules.
 * A tie in the series for GOLD (1-1) after Game 2 will be broken by a Game 3, regardless of the result of the series in BRONZE.

Preliminaries (PL)

 * Twelve (12) participating teams will be divided into two PL groups - Group A & Group B.
 * Each pool will play a single round robin.
 * The TOP 4 TEAMS PER POOL (or a total of eight teams) will advance to the quarterfinal Round.
 * The bottom two per group will be eliminated from the tournament.

Quarterfinals (QF)

 * The eight quarter finalists will be regrouped into one pool.
 * The top four teams after a single round robin will advance to the semi-finals round.

Semi-finals (SF)

 * The four semi-finalists will compete against each other in a best-of-three series as follows: Rank 1 vs Rank 4 and Rank 2 vs Rank 3.
 * Top two SF teams will compete for GOLD.
 * Bottom two SF teams will compete for BRONZE.

Finals
The battle for GOLD and the battle for BRONZE will both follow the best-of-three format, provided:
 * If the battle for GOLD ends in two matches (2-0), then there will no longer be a Game 3 for either GOLD or Bronze. A tie in BRONZE (1-1) will be resolve using FIVB rules.
 * A tie in the series for GOLD (1-1) after Game 2 will be broken in a Game 3, regardless of the result of the series in BRONZE.

Semifinals

 * Ranking is based from the quarter-finals round.
 * All series are best-of-3

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

 * Ateneo de Manila University advances to the final round.

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

 * National University advances to the final round.
 * Far Eastern University & University of Santo Tomas will compete for the 3rd place (BRONZE).

Battle for Bronze
Far Eastern University wins the series in two games

Battle for Gold
National University wins the series in three games

Awards

 * Most valuable player (Finals)
 * Myla Pablo
 * Most valuable player (Conference)
 * Alyssa Valdez
 * Best setter
 * Gizelle Tan
 * Best Outside Spikers
 * Alyssa Valdez
 * Ennajie Laure


 * Best middle blockers
 * Alyja Daphne Santiago
 * Bea De Leon
 * Best opposite spiker
 * Jovelyn Gonzaga
 * Best libero
 * Fatima Bia General

Final standings
Note:
 * (G) - Guest Player
 * ((c)) - Team Captain
 * (L) - Libero

Preliminaries (PL)
Teams will play a single round robin format.
 * The TOP 4 TEAMS will advance to the semi-finals (SF) round.
 * The bottom two teams will be eliminated from the tournament.

Semi-finals (SF)
The top four teams at the end of the single-round eliminations will advance to semifinals, with the top two earning a twice-to-beat advantage.
 * Semi-finals series: Rank 1 vs Rank 4 and Rank 2 vs Rank 3
 * Top two SF teams will compete for GOLD.
 * Bottom two SF teams will compete for BRONZE.

Finals
The battle for GOLD and the battle for BRONZE will both follow the best-of-three format, provided:
 * If the battle for GOLD ends in two matches (2-0), then there will no longer be a Game 3 for either GOLD or Bronze. A tie in BRONZE (1-1) will be resolve using FIVB rules.
 * A tie in the series for GOLD (1-1) after Game 2 will be broken in a Game 3, regardless of the result of the series in BRONZE.

Semifinals

 * Ranking is based from the preliminary round.

Rank 1 vs Rank 4

 * Philippine Army Lady Troopers (Rank #1) had the twice-to-beat advantage

Rank 2 vs Rank 3

 * PLDT Home Ultera (Rank #2) had the twice-to-beat advantage

Battle for Bronze
University of the Philippines Lady Maroons won the series in two games.

Battle for Gold
PLDT Home Ultera won the series in two games.

Final standings

 * Note:
 * ((c)) – Team Captain
 * (L) – Libero

Awards

 * Most valuable player (Finals)
 * Alyssa Valdez ( PLDT)
 * Most valuable player (Conference)
 * Jovelyn Gonzaga ( Army)
 * Best setter
 * Janet Serafica ( Navy)
 * Best Outside Spikers
 * Honey Royse Tubino ( Army)
 * Janine Marciano ( PLDT)
 * Best middle blockers
 * Kathy Bersola ( UP)
 * Sheena Mae Chopitea ( UP)
 * Best opposite spiker
 * Jovelyn Gonzaga ( Army)
 * Best libero
 * Lizlee Ann Gata-Pantone ( PLDT)

Broadcast partners

 * GMA News TV (local)
 * GMA Life TV (international)