LIVE UPDATES: 2025 PVL Rookie Draft

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Shining gems of Philippine volleyball are again ripe for the taking as 57 hopefuls vie for limited roster spots in the 2025 PVL Rookie Draft, led this year by 3-time UAAP MVP and champion Bella Belen

MANILA, Philippines – The brightest young stars in Philippine volleyball today gather again under one roof for the 2025 Premier Volleyball League rookie draft happening at the Novotel Manila hotel in Quezon City on Sunday, June 8, as all 12 teams prepare to change their futures’ trajectory once more.

Three-time UAAP MVP and champion Bella Belen of National University leads a 57-strong pool of aspiring pro volleyball players, with Belen widely expected to go first overall to the rising Capital1 Solar Spikers as the draft proceedings kick off at around 5 pm.

The Galeries Tower Highrisers pick second, while Farm Fresh faces a unique dilemma with its third overall pick: whether or not to immediately select now-controversial Fil-Am setter Alohi Robins-Hardy, who vowed to not play for any other team except the Foxies.

The struggling Nxled Chameleons, meanwhile, attempt to salvage a stunning drop to fourth overall with a franchise-altering gem after once having the best odds for the No. 1 pick, while the rest of the draft plays out according to the 2024-25 season’s overall standings in reverse order.

Like 2024’s inaugural draft, where Alas Pilipinas star Thea Gagate went first to the ZUS Coffee Thunderbelles, teams’ chances to pick will end the first moment they decide to pass on a pick in any round, and the draft will only end once all teams have passed.

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FIRST ROUND

1. Capital1 Solar Spikers
2. Galeries Tower Highrisers
3. Farm Fresh Foxies
4. Nxled Chameleons
5. ZUS Coffee Thunderbelles
6. Cignal HD Spikers
7. Choco Mucho Flying Titans
8. Chery Tiggo Crossovers
9. PLDT High Speed Hitters
10. Akari Chargers
11. Petro Gazz Angels
12. Creamline Cool Smashers

SECOND ROUND

1. Nxled Chameleons
2. Capital1 Solar Spikers
3. Galeries Tower Highrisers
4. Farm Fresh Foxies
5. ZUS Coffee Thunderbelles
6. Cignal HD Spikers
7. Choco Mucho Flying Titans
8. Chery Tiggo Crossovers
9. PLDT High Speed Hitters
10. Akari Chargers
11. Petro Gazz Angels
12. Creamline Cool Smashers

THIRD ROUND

1. Nxled Chameleons
2. Capital1 Solar Spikers
3. Galeries Tower Highrisers
4. Farm Fresh Foxies
5. ZUS Coffee Thunderbelles
6. Cignal HD Spikers
7. Choco Mucho Flying Titans
8. Chery Tiggo Crossovers
9. PLDT High Speed Hitters
10. Akari Chargers
11. Petro Gazz Angels
12. Creamline Cool Smashers

– Rappler.com