Bangkok, Thailand, February 4, 2024 – The AVC Finance Committee held a hybrid meeting at Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel Bangkok on Sunday to get updated on financial situations, acknowledge financial support and discuss expenditure budget. Mr Cai Yi from China, himself AVC Senior Executive Vice President, Executive Zonal Vice President representing Eastern Zone, AVC Treasurer...
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AVC COACHES COMMITTEE EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUATION OF COOPERATION PROJECTS
Bangkok, Thailand, February 3, 2024 – The AVC Coaches Committee met in a hybrid format at Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel Bangkok on Saturday to discuss key issues including coaching support to National Federations and cooperation projects. AVC CC Chairman Mr Park Ki Won from Korea, Secretary Mr Mohamed Ahmed Al Thawadi from Bahrain, Mr G.E....
AVC BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES IMPORTANT ISSUES AND NEW CHALLENGES
Bangkok, Thailand, February 2, 2024 – The AVC Beach Volleyball Committee met in a hybrid format at Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel Bangkok on Friday to discuss key topics including hosting regulations and get updates on relevant beach volleyball matters Mr Craig Carracher from Australia, himself Member of FIVB Board of Administration and FIVB Beach Volleyball...
AVC REFEREES COMMITTEE REVIEWS WORK DONE AND TASKS IN PROGRESS
Bangkok, Thailand, February 1, 2024 – The AVC Referees Committee met at Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel Bangkok on Thursday to review all relevant matters concerning refereeing activities and keep Members more engaged at work and new challenges. AVC RC Chairman Mr Songsak Chareonpong from Thailand, himself Member of FIVB Rules of the Game and Refereeing...
KEY TOPICS DISCUSSED AT AVC SPORTS EVENTS COUNCIL MEETING
Bangkok, Thailand, February 1, 2024 – The AVC Sports Events Council Meeting was concluded on a positive note at Golden Tulip Sovereign Hotel Bangkok on Thursday, with the future collaboration with Volleyball World and review of the Asian Championships in the previous season among the crucial topics raised for awareness and further discussion. AVC SEC...
TOP INTERNATIONAL COACHES MEET FOR THE FIVB TECHNICAL AND COACHING COMMISSION
The meeting was held in hybrid format with the Commission President joining from the FIVB Headquarters Top-tier international coaches, led by Commission President Giovanni Guidetti and Secretary Philippe Blain, gathered on Monday for the FIVB Technical and Coaching Commission to discuss the 2023 season and look ahead to 2024. The Commission discussed several important topics,...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMMISSION REFLECTS ON REMARKABLE 2023 ON SAND!
The highly successful 2023 beach volleyball season and 2024 calendar were discussed The FIVB Beach Volleyball Commission this week celebrated what has been a remarkable year for the sport during its annual meeting which was held in a hybrid format, with the Commission President Vicente Araujo and Secretary Edward Drakich both joining from the FIVB...
FIVB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LOOKS AHEAD TO VOLLEYBALL’S BRIGHT FUTURE
Various exciting initiatives were discussed during the recent meeting The FIVB Executive Committee this week hosted a hybrid meeting to discuss the latest innovations and achievements in sport while looking ahead to the bright future of volleyball with many new and important initiatives explored. With the Continental Confederation Presidents joining from the FIVB Headquarters, the...
STRONG ANTI-DOPING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMMES HIGHLIGHTED AT MEDICAL COMMISSION MEETING
Very low number of positive doping cases in 2023 proves the effectiveness of the systems in place The FIVB Medical Commission highlighted its latest initiatives during the annual meeting held in a hybrid format, with the Commission President Annie Peytavin and Secretary Bruno Borges da Fonseca joining in person from the FIVB Headquarters. The Commission...
SNOW VOLLEYBALL’S FUTURE STRATEGY AND VISION DISCUSSED AT COMMISSION MEETING
The meeting focused on reviewing snow volleyball activities and planning for the years ahead The FIVB Snow Volleyball Commission talked in depth about the sport’s future strategy and vision during its meeting this week held in the hybrid format, with FIVB 2nd Executive Vice-President, European Volleyball Confederation (CEV) President and Commission President Aleksandar Boričić, as...
VOLLEYBALL COUNCIL REFLECT ON SUCCESSFUL 2023 SEASON
The 2023 volleyball season described as turning point by the FIVB President The Volleyball Council met Tuesday in a hybrid format to discuss a number of key topics, including the huge success of the 2023 season and the bright future ahead for the sport, with the Council President, Secretary and Continental Confederation Presidents joining from...
ZONAL ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS SHARE LATEST UPDATES AT SEMINAR
The fourth Zonal Association Presidents’ seminar, organised by the FIVB, saw the Zones presenting their achievements and updates The FIVB this week hosted the fourth Zonal Association Presidents’ seminar, providing the Zonal Associations with an opportunity to share their latest achievements and updates. Following presentations by a number of Zonal Association Presidents during the previous...
Volleyball News
NIMIR, MIYAURA AND DEFALCO SCORE AWAY IN QUARTERFINAL OPENERS
Recap of men’s SV.League first-leg quarterfinals Nimir in action Nimir Abdel-Aziz, Kento Miyaura and Torey DeFalco put their scoring prowess on display on Friday as they led their teams to home victories in the opening matches of the best-of-three quarterfinal playoffs in the men’s Daido Life SV.League in Japan. The Dutch opposite spearheaded Wolfdogs Nagoya...
BRAZILIAN OPPOSITES LEAD DENSO AND NEC TO FIRST QUARTERFINAL WINS
Recap of April 18’s women’s SV.League quarterfinals NEC’s Brazilian striker Lorrayna Marys Hosts Denso Airybees Koriyama and NEC Red Rockets Kawasaki opened the women’s Daido Life SV.League quarterfinals in Japan on Friday with straight-set wins over their opponents – Saitama Ageo Medics and Toray Arrows Shiga, respectively – to edge ahead in their best-of-three playoffs....
NEW COACH TILLIE INCLUDES NISHIDA IN JAPAN’S 2025 SQUAD
The star opposite had indicated he could take a break from the national team after the Paris Olympics Japan will count on Nishida’s firepower in the VNL 2025 The presence of star opposite Yuji Nishida was the most important piece of news in the first call-up of Japan’s new men’s national team head coach Laurent...
JAPAN’S SV.LEAGUE PLAYOFFS TO SERVE OFF ON FRIDAY
Watch the women’s SV.League in Japan live on VBTV Denso against Ageo in one of their regular season battles It is time for the playoffs of the first season in the revamped women’s Daido Life SV.League in Japan. The eight best teams of the regular season are about to engage in best-of-three quarterfinal battles, starting...
BATTLES FOR TWO REMAINING SEMIFINAL SPOTS IN JAPAN COMING UP!
Watch the men’s SV.League in Japan live on VBTV Aichi against Tokyo in one of their regular season matches With regular season winners Osaka Bluteon and runners-up Suntory Sunbirds Osaka having already reserved two of the spots in the men’s Daido Life SV.League semifinals in Japan, the other two vacancies are up for grabs. They...
FIVB OPENS BIDDING FOR 2026 FIVB VOLLEYBALL U17 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Expanded format and alignment with U19 and U21 categories confirmed from 2026 onwards The FIVB has opened the bidding process for the 2026 edition of the FIVB Volleyball U17 World Championships. Applications are now being accepted to host the second edition of the Girls’ and Boys’ U17 events. The U17 World Championships are staged every...
VOLLEYBALL AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL VENUES CONFIRMED FOR OLYMPIC GAMES LOS ANGELES 2028!
Following record-breaking Paris 2024, the FIVB looks ahead to a landmark Games in Los Angeles The countdown is on, as the venues for volleyball and beach volleyball at the Olympic Games LA28 have now been confirmed. The City of Long Beach, a 2028 Venue City, will showcase Beach Volleyball at the iconic Alamitos Beach. Volleyball will...
VIETNAM AND BAHRAIN CONFIRMED TO HOST RESPECTIVE AVC WOMEN’S AND MEN’S NATIONS CUP IN JUNE
Bangkok, Thailand, April 14, 2025 – Hanoi, Vietnam and Manama, Bahrain have been confirmed as host cities for the respective AVC Women’s Nations Cup 2025 from June 7 to 14 and the AVC Men’s Nations Cup 2025 between June 17 and 24, the qualification for the top-tier Asian Volleyball Championships in 2026 As Vietnam and...
PROGRESS AND EMPOWERMENT: FIVB BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION APPROVES KEY PROPOSALS FROM FIVB COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS
Among the proposals approved were the establishment of World Volleyball Day (7 July), the expansion of the World Ranking, and much more! The FIVB Board of Administration took several key decisions on various proposals from the Commission and Councils during its meeting, all aligned with the FIVB Strategic Vision 2032’s mission to serve the Global...
AL-RAYYAN CROWNED QATAR CUP CHAMPIONS FOR 2024/25 SEASON
Al-Rayyan Volleyball Team were crowned the Qatar Volleyball Cup champions for the 2024/2025 season, securing their 13th title in the club’s history following their dramatic 3-1 win in their final match against Police on Sunday, April 13 at Aspire Hall in Doha, Qatar. Police got off to a strong start with the comfortable 25-18 in...
OSAKA TEAMS TAKE SV.LEAGUE SEMIFINAL SPOTS
Crosstown rivals Bluteon and Suntory will get to skip the quarterfinals Star opposite Nishida scored 29 points on Sunday and helped Bluteon finish first in the regular season (Photo: SV.League) The last leg of the 2024-2025 men’s Daido Life SV.League regular season formatted the brackets for the playoffs, which will start on Friday, and determined...
JAPANESE LEAGUE QUARTERFINAL MATCHUPS SET
Osaka vs. Astemo, NEC vs. Toray, Hisamitsu vs. Himeji and Denso vs. Saitama will be the duels in the first round of the playoffs Top-ranked Osaka ended the regular season with a pair of wins over Toray (Photo: SV.League) The eight teams that will compete in the playoffs of the 2024-2025 women’s Daido Life SV.League...
Beach Volleyball News
CHERIF/AHMED, REN/NON TOP PODIUMS AT AVC BEACH TOUR 24TH SAMILA OPEN IN THAILAND
Songkhla, Thailand, April 16, 2025 – Qatar’s Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan and Japan’s Ren Matsumoto/Non Matsumoto stamped their domination over the AVC Beach Tour 24th Samila Open on Wednesday, with the former claiming their unprecedented title with remarkable unbeaten record and the latter also earning a solid reputation with the country’s first-ever gold at the Samila...
FIVB AND OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY ADVANCE GLOBAL VOLLEYBALL MOVEMENT DEVELOPMENT AT OCEANIA U18 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
To date, the Oceania region has received CHF 1.3 million of funding through the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment programme The FIVB, in close collaboration with the Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association (OZVA) and Olympic Solidarity, successfully concluded the Oceania U18 Beach Volleyball Championships in Honiara, Solomon Islands. Held from 6 to 9 April 2025, the event formed...
SEMIFINAL MATCHUPS SET AT AVC BEACH TOUR 24TH SAMILA OPEN IN THAILAND
Songkhla, Thailand, April 15, 2025 – Australian men suffered their quarterfinal casualty in the AVC Beach Tour 24th Samila Open at the Samila Beach here on Tuesday, with defending Asian champions D’Artagnan Potts/Jack Pearse going down in an intense match against Iranians Alireza Aghajanighasab/Abbas Pourasgari and Qatar’s Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan dashing out Paul Burnett/Luke Ryan’s...
FIVB EMPOWERMENT DUOS COLLECT FOUR MEDALS AT SONGKHLA FUTURES
Program beneficiaries from Israel, Austria, Thailand and Japan make the podiums FIVB Volleyball Empowerment supported pairs from Israel, Austria and Thailand fill the men’s podium at the Songkhla Futures Ren Matsumoto & Non Matsumoto from program-supported Japan claim the women’s silver Teams from USA and China pick up the remaining women’s medals in Thailand The...
VOLLEYBALL WORLD AND SBS AUSTRALIA SIGN LANDMARK DEAL FOR 2025 BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
The broadcast partnership will bring live, free-to-air coverage of historic Adelaide tournament Volleyball World and SBS Australia today announced a landmark broadcast agreement for the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships, Adelaide 2025. Set to take place in Adelaide, South Australia from 14 – 23 November 2025, the tournament will be broadcast live and free on...
AVC BEACH TOUR 24TH SAMILA OPEN REACHES THRILLING CLIMAX WITH TOP TEAMS SET TO BATTLE IT OUT IN KNOCKOUT ROUNDS
Songkhla, Thailand, April 14, 2025 – All teams from Thailand, Australia, Japan and New Zealand cruised through to the men’s and women’s round of last 16 of the AVC Beach Tour 24th Samila Open, as Qatar’s top seeds and current FIVB World No.12 Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan ended their pool play campaign on a high note....
TOP TEAMS OFF TO HOT STARTS ON SCORCHING DAY 1 OF AVC BEACH TOUR 24TH SAMILA OPEN IN THAILAND
Songkhla, Thailand, April 13, 2025 – The AVC Beach Tour 24th Samila Open kicked off in dramatic fashion as most of big names escaped unscathed on the opening day of the much-anticipated four-day event. Despite the maximum temperature hitting 33 degrees Celsius at the Samila Beach on Sunday, the sapping heat failed to wreak havoc...
AVC BEACH TOUR 24TH SAMILA OPEN TO KICK OFF IN THAILAND ON MAHA SONGKRAN DAY, APRIL 13
Songkhla, Thailand, April 12, 2025 – After the season-opening AVC Beach Tour concluded last Monday with the 2nd Nuvali Open in City of Santa Rosa, Philippines, the annual series of professional beach volleyball tournaments organized by AVC now turns its attention to Songkhla when the Thailand’s southern historic town will host the AVC Beach Tour...
AUSTRALIA SHINES AT U18 OCEANIA BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Information and photos courtesy of volleyball.org.au Australia’s rising beach volleyball stars have made their mark at the 2025 Oceania Beach Volleyball Championships in the Solomon Islands, with the boys’ and girls’ teams reaching the gold medal matches – and returning home with a gold and silver to show for it. Queenslanders Ethan Grocott and Thomas...
AUSTRALIA COMPLETES DOUBLE GOLD IN AVC BEACH TOUR 2ND NUVALI OPEN IN PHILIPPINES
AVC and PNVF President Mr Ramon Suzara along with PNVF Board Members pose in group photo with all medallists Australia made a clean sweep of both gold medals up for grabs in the “Rebisco” AVC Beach Tour 2nd Nuvali Open at the Nuvali Sand Courts by Ayala Land and PNVF in Philippines on Saturday, with...
AVC BEACH TOUR 2ND NUVALI OPEN SEMIFINALS SET UP FOUR EXTRAORDINARY DUELS
With their three teams storming into men’s semifinals, Australia has a guaranteed berth in the final showdown of the “Rebisco” AVC Beach Tour 2nd Nuvali Open at the Nuvali Sand Courts by Ayala Land and PNVF in City of Santa Rosa, Philippines, while the women’s duels see New Zealand and Japan locked horns with Australia....
FIVB AND OLYMPIC SOLIDARITY CHAMPION YOUTH BEACH VOLLEYBALL IN OCEANIA
U18 Beach Volleyball championships in Solomon Islands set to elevate regional talent The Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association (OZVA), in collaboration with the FIVB and Olympic Solidarity, is set to host the U18 Beach Volleyball Championships in Honiara, Solomon Islands, from 6 to 9 April 2025. This landmark event, hosted through the Olympic Solidarity Youth Athlete...
SENIOR ASIAN RANKING – WOMEN
TEAMS | POINTS |
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CHINA | 350.3 |
JAPAN | 325.18 |
THAILAND | 194.91 |
KAZAKHSTAN | 112.89 |
VIETNAM | 112.73 |
KOREA | 104.61 |
CHINESE TAIPEI | 80.08 |
PHILIPPINES | 46.77 |
INDIA | 46.53 |
INDONESIA | 45.60 |
SENIOR ASIAN RANKING – MEN
TEAMS | POINT |
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JAPAN | 338.12 |
IRAN | 185.07 |
QATAR | 151.46 |
CHINA | 144.02 |
KOREA | 138.48 |
AUSTRALIA | 114.61 |
CHINESE TAIPEI | 81.22 |
PAKISTAN | 80.71 |
INDONESIA | 59.29 |
VIETNAM | 58.91 |