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Bangkok, Thailand, March 29, 2021 – The AVC Medical Committee met via video conference on Monday to hear related reports from 2020 FIVB Medical Commission Meeting and discuss important issues, with special highlights to AVC’s determined efforts to study medical aspects of snow volleyball. The virtual meeting, chaired by new Committee Chairman Dr Rueangsak Siriphol...

25.03.2021March 26, 2021

AVC DMC EYES SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING TOOLS TO GET MORE SPONSORS

Bangkok, Thailand, March 25, 2021 – A virtual AVC Development and Marketing Committee Meeting came to a fruitful conclusion on Thursday, with ideas and recommendations presented to increase business opportunities with sponsorships through social media marketing tools. AVC DMC Chairman Mr Heyzer Harsono from Indonesia chaired the meeting, attended by Mr Seong Keehak from Korea...

23.03.2021March 24, 2021

KEY ISSUES INCLUDING FIVB PROJECTS AND RULE MODIFICATIONS DISCUSSED AT AVC REFEREES COMMITTEE MEETING

Bangkok, Thailand, March 23, 2021 – The AVC Referees Committee Meeting was held virtually for the first time on Tuesday to review refereeing matters, discuss improvements in the way referees perform their duties by means of modern technology and keep its members informed of modifications for volleyball and beach volleyball rules. Mr Songsak Chareonpong chaired...

22.03.2021March 22, 2021

AVC COACHES COMMITTEE MEETING CONCLUDED ON HIGH NOTE

Bangkok, Thailand, March 22, 2021 – The AVC Coaches Committee Members met via video conference on Monday to discuss a number of important topics including the implementation of future courses and seminars to be organised for Asian coaches aside from effectively keeping track of the Euro-Asia Coaches Cooperation Project progress. The meeting was chaired by...

18.03.2021March 18, 2021

CONTINENTAL CUP AND ASIAN RANKING POINTS DISCUSSED AT AVC BEACH VOLLEYBALL COMMITTEE MEETING

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Bangkok, Thailand, March 18, 2021 – The AVC Beach Volleyball Committee met via video conference on Thursday to discuss important topics including confirmation on the staging of the 2021 Continental Cup Semifinals and Finals in secure bubble and methods to calculate ranking points for AVC events. It was the very first AVC Beach Volleyball Committee...

16.03.2021March 24, 2021

HOSTING 2021 AVC CHAMPIONSHIPS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC KEY TOPIC OF AVC SEC MEETING

Bangkok, Thailand, March 16, 2021 – The AVC Sports Events Council Meeting via video conference on Tuesday heard the progressive reports on organising 2021 AVC Championships during COVID-19 pandemic, with appropriate comments and positive suggestions being taken into consideration and further decision. Dr Eom Han Joo from Korea chaired the Tuesday’s meeting, attended by newly-formed...

15.03.2021March 15, 2021

AVC FINANCE COMMITTEE CONVENES ITS FIRST MEETING VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE

Bangkok, Thailand, March 15, 2021 – The AVC Finance Committee, of which the members have been appointed for new term as a result of the AVC Board of Administration’s decision on November 19, 2020, met for the first time via video conference on Monday. The Finance Committee became the first AVC Technical Committee to conduct...

Volleyball News

26.07.2021July 26, 2021

NISHIDA, ISHIKAWA POWER CLASSY JAPAN TO INCREDIBLE COMEBACK WIN AGAINST CANADA IN TOKYO 2020

Bangkok, Thailand, July 26, 2021 – Fired-up Japan came roaring back in high-octane game against Canada to beat the well-organised rivals in hard-fought four-setter for two wins in succession in the Tokyo 2020 volleyball tournament at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Monday. Against Canada, the team they went down in straight sets at the...

26.07.2021July 26, 2021

IRAN WIN TWO IN A ROW IN TOKYO 2020

Bangkok, Thailand, July 26, 2021 – Asian champions Iran made it two in succession in the Tokyo 2020 volleyball tournament at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Monday after 3-0 demolition of Venezuela. Fresh from pulling off a stunning 3-2 victory over reigning world champions Poland the previous day, Iran, current world No.10 and 10th...

25.07.2021July 25, 2021

FIVB PRESIDENT WELCOMES PRESIDENT OF POLAND AND FRANCE’S MINISTER OF NATIONAL EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORTS TO TOKYO 2020 VOLLEYBALL VENUE

Ariake Arena visited by important guests as Olympic volleyball action gets underway FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° recently welcomed a number of important guests, including the President of Poland, Andrzej Sebastian Duda, and the Minister of National Education, Youth and Sports of the French Republic, Jean-Michel Blanquer, to the Ariake Arena, the Olympic...

25.07.2021July 25, 2021

KOREA SUFFER FIRST LOSS IN TOKYO 2020

Bangkok, Thailand, July 25, 2021 – Korea found Brazil too strong to go down in straight sets in their first Pool A match in the Tokyo 2020 volleyball tournament at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. Brazil, silver medallists at the recent Volleyball Nations League, produced a convincing 25-10, 25-22, 25-19 win against Korea....

25.07.2021July 25, 2021

ISHIKAWA, KUROGO LEAD JAPAN TO STRAIGHT-SET WIN AGAINST KENYA IN TOKYO 2020

Bangkok, Thailand, July 25, 2021 – Mayu Ishikawa and Ai Kurogo scored 13 points apiece to help Asian champions Japan put it past Kenya in convincing straight sets in their Pool A clash of the Tokyo 2020 volleyball tournament at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. In their first encounter in the Tokyo 2020,...

25.07.2021July 25, 2021

REIGNING CHAMPS CHINA SUCCUMB TO 0-3 LOSS TO TURKEY IN THEIR OLYMPIC OPENER

Bangkok, Thailand, July 25, 2021 – Ebrar Karakurt scored a match-high 18 points to steer irresistible Turkey to an exceptional straight-set win against China in their opening Pool B clash in the Tokyo 2020 volleyball tournament at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday. Turkey, current 4th in the world ranking, performed brilliantly to stun...

24.07.2021July 25, 2021

IRAN STUN WORLD CHAMPS POLAND WITH INCREDIBLE COMEBACK

Bangkok, Thailand, July 24, 2021 – Asian winners Iran recovered from one set down to beat defending and consecutive two-time world champions Poland in hard-fought five-set thriller in their highly-anticipated Pool A clash in the Tokyo 2020 volleyball tournament at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday. Iran lost the first set 18-25, but came...

24.07.2021July 24, 2021

JAPAN OFF TO VICTORIOUS START IN TOKYO 2020

Bangkok, Thailand, July 24, 2021 – Hosts Japan got their Olympic campaign off to a flying start with an exceptional straight-set win against Venezuela in their opening Pool A encounter of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic volleyball tournament at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday. Japan, current world No.11 and 11th place at the recent...

23.07.2021July 23, 2021

THE OLYMPIC NUMBERS TO KEEP AN EYE ON IN WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

The records waiting to fall as Tokyo 2020 finally arrives Kim Yeon Koung at Rio 2016: The Korean looks for a fourth entry in the list of players to have scored 30 points or more in a single Olympics match. With the women’s Olympic tournament at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games set to begin on...

23.07.2021July 23, 2021

THE LONG WAIT IS ALMOST OVER: MEN’S TEAMS TO GET TOKYO 2020 VOLLEYBALL UP AND RUNNING

Brazil face tough challengers in quest for their fourth Olympic gold Five years after Rio 2016, the long awaited and much anticipated Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 volleyball tournament finally gets underway with men’s matches on July 24. Brazil will be defending their title against eight teams which also played at Rio 2016 and three Olympic...

23.07.2021July 23, 2021

FIVB PRESIDENT MEETS WITH VOLLEYBALL AND BEACH VOLLEYBALL REFEREES AHEAD OF TOKYO 2020 COMPETITIONS

Some of the world’s best referees ready to ensure fair competition in Tokyo FIVB President Dr Ary S. Graça F° today met with the volleyball and beach volleyball refereeing teams in Tokyo with both competitions set to get underway on 24 July 2021. The refereeing teams for the Games consist of the most experienced, accurate...

22.07.2021July 22, 2021

CHINA LOOKS TO RETAIN OLYMPIC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL GOLD

Credit: Wei Hua, Wang Jingyu and Lu Xingli, xinhuanet.com Among all the Chinese sports teams, women’s volleyball remains the most special one. After one year’s postponement, the elite troop of China’s Olympic delegation finally set off their trip for Tokyo 2020. Dating back to 2016, the Chinese women’s volleyball team put on a thrilling performance...

Beach Volleyball News

23.07.2021July 23, 2021

KIWIS LEAD TEAMS ON TO SOFIA MAIN DRAW

New Zealand’s Zeimann and Polley among the four duos that advance from the qualifier Led by New Zealand’s Shaunna Polley and Alice Zeimann, teams from four different countries won a pair of matches on Thursday to advance to the main draw of the third FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour one-star event in Sofia. With only...

19.07.2021July 19, 2021

BEACH VOLLEYBALL CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE ATLANTA 1996 DEBUT

Tokyo 2020 will be beach volleyball’s seventh consecutive appearance at the Olympic Games As beach volleyball prepares to grace Tokyo Bay for its seventh appearance at an Olympic Games, the most charming sport on the programme celebrates 25-years since its Olympic debut at Atlanta 1996. From humble beginnings on Californian beaches in the 1920s and...

15.07.2021July 15, 2021

IRAN, AUSTRALIA SHARE TOP HONOURS AT ASIAN U21 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR BACK-TO-BACK TITLES IN THAILAND

Iran1 clinched men’s title and Australia1 captured the women’s crown Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, July 15, 2021 – On a day when visiting teams stole the show, reigning champions Thailand lost both men’s and women’s crowns in the 4th Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championships at the competition site in front of Mida Grande Hotel Dhavaravati Nakhon...

14.07.2021July 14, 2021

THAILAND DOMINATE PENULTIMATE DAY OF ASIAN U21 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS WITH 3 TEAMS THROUGH TO MEN’S SEMIFINALS

Thailand1’s Suchinna/Apinya and Australia1’s Fejes/Stevens set up women’s final rematch of Asian U19 Championships Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, July 14, 2021 – Thailand has its stranglehold on the 4th Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championships with all three teams securing their men’s semifinal berths, as Thailand1’s Suchinna Choemphun/Apinya Saengpaeng and Australia1’s Stefanie Fejes/Alisha Stevens set up the...

13.07.2021July 13, 2021

THAILAND, AUSTRALIA THROUGH TO WOMEN’S SEMIFINALS OF 4TH ASIAN U21 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Three Thai teams advanced to men’s quarterfinals Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, July 13, 2021 – History is repeating itself when the Wednesday women’s semifinals become all-Thais, all-Australians affairs as last week’s Asian U19 Championships, while three home teams strolled into the men’s quarterfinals of the 4th Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championships in front of Mida Grande...

12.07.2021July 12, 2021

TOKYO 2020 BEACH VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED

The Olympic beach volleyball tournament will take place from July 24 to August 7 The schedule for the pool phase of the beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 has now been confirmed after a draw held in Moscow, Russia on July 5 split the 24 teams per gender into six pools. Olympic...

12.07.2021July 12, 2021

HOME PLAYERS OFF TO WINNING START AT 4TH ASIAN U21 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NAKHON PATHOM

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, July 12, 2021 – Thai men dominated the opening day of the 4th Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championships in front of Mida Grande Hotel Dhavaravati Nakhon Pathom with a clean sweep on Monday, as Australia1 Stefanie Fejes/Alisha Stevens look to extend their reign as the dominant force in women’s event with two...

11.07.2021July 11, 2021

THAILAND SET TO KICK OFF 4TH ASIAN U21 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS ON JULY 12

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, July 11, 2021 – With the U19 tournament wrapped up last Tuesday, all eyes are now on the 4th Asian U21 Beach Volleyball Championships to be held behind closed doors from July 12 to 15 at the makeshift competition site in front of Mida Grande Hotel Dhavaravati Nakhon Pathom here. Australians Alisha...

06.07.2021July 6, 2021

IRAN, AUSTRALIA SHARE TOP HONOURS AT 3RD ASIAN U19 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THAILAND

Iran1’s Abolhassan Khakizadeh and Ali Ghorbanpasandi took men’s title, while Australia1’s Alisha Stevens/Stefanie Fejes captured women’s crown Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, July 6, 2021 – Iran and Australia completely dashed hopes of the host nation in the 3rd Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships when they stole the show in the final men’s and women’s encounters, with...

06.07.2021July 6, 2021

DRAW REVEALS POOLS FOR TOKYO 2020 BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT

Teams learn who their opponents will be in the first phase of the Olympic competition The drawing of lots ceremony for the beach volleyball tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was completed in Moscow on Monday with 24 men’s and 24 women’s teams scheduled to participate in the event in the Japanese capital starting...

05.07.2021July 5, 2021

FIVB ELEVATES LEVEL OF VIETNAM’S NATIONAL BEACH VOLLEYBALL TEAMS THROUGH COACHING SUPPORT

Experienced coach, Adam Maskell, assigned by FIVB to improve technical development of Vietnam’s beach volleyball teams The FIVB is currently provided invaluable coaching support to the Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV) with the aim of elevating the level of beach volleyball in Vietnam ahead of the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) 2021. In 2020, the...

05.07.2021July 5, 2021

TWO UNBEATEN TEAMS THAILAND, AUSTRALIA SET UP FINAL WOMEN’S SHOWDOWN IN 3RD ASIAN U19 BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, July 5, 2021 – Hosts Thailand are riding the crest of a wave when their three teams withstood rivals’ challenge to reach the final day of the 3rd Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships, with Suchinna Choemphun/Apinya Saengpaeng and Australians Alisha Stevens/Stefanie Fejes setting up the final women’s showdown of the two unbeaten...

SENIOR WORLD RANKING – WOMEN


TEAMS	POINTS
CHINA	391
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA	382
BRAZIL	328
ITALY	300
TURKEY	285
SERBIA	280
JAPAN	277
RUSSIA	275
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	272
KOREA	261

BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD RANKING – WOMEN


TEAMS	POINTS
PAVAN/MELISSA	6,840
ALIX/APRIL	6,640
AGATHA/DUDA	6,600
ANA PATRÍCIA/REBECCA	5,800
CLANCY/ARTACHO DEL SOLAR	5,700
MARIA ANTONELLI/CAROL	5,120
MAKROGUZOVA/KHOLOMINA	5,000
SWEAT/WALSH JENNINGS	4,980
BETSCHART/HÜBERLI	4,960
KEIZER/MEPPELINK	4,840

SENIOR WORLD RANKING – MEN


TEAMS	POINT
BRAZIL	427
POLAND	384
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA	365
RUSSIA	317
ARGENTINA	291
FRANCE	291
ITALY	288
IRAN	279
JAPAN	269
CANADA	255

BEACH VOLLEYBALL WORLD RANKING – MEN


TEAMS	POINTS
MOL A./SØRUM, C.	7,840
KRASILNIKOV/STOYANOVSKIY	6,140
ALISON/ÁLVARO FILHO	5,680
EVANDRO/BRUNO SCHMIDT	5,480
CRABB TA./GIBB	5,360
THOLE J./WICKLER	5,320
CHERIF/AHMED	5,280
BROUWER/MEEUWSEN	5,160
PERUSIC/SCHWEINER	5,120
LUCENA/DALHAUSSER	5,040