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Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) is one of five continental bodies of governance in volleyball. It governs indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and other disciplines in Asia and Oceania, excluding the transcontinental countries of Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, as well as the West Asian countries of Cyprus, Armenia and Israel.[4] AVC consists of 65 national association members.

AVC consists of the national volleyball federations of Asia and Oceania, and club competitions including the Asian Volleyball Championships, Nations Cup, and Champions League, and also controls the prize money, regulations, as well as media rights to those competitions.

Masaichi Nishikawa [ja] acted as the first president. The current president is Ramon Suzara, a Philippine National Volleyball Federation president, who was elected as AVC's ninth president at the 25th AVC General Assembly in Bangkok in August 2024.[5][6]

History

After William G. Morgan, the physical education director of the YMCA in Massachusetts, United States, invented the sport of volleyball in 1895, ten years later, in the early 1900s, the YMCA began spreading the sport to Asian countries such as Qing dynasty, Empire of Japan, the Philippine Islands, and British Raj.[1][7]

Later, in 1913, volleyball was included in the Far Eastern Games held in Manila, Philippine Islands, which is considered the first international volleyball competition in the world.[8] AVC was established in 1952, four years after the founding of the FIVB, following an initiative by Masaichi Nishikawa, then President of the Japan Volleyball Association.[9]

Asia has become one of the most important continents in the world of volleyball, as it has the largest number of member federations and enjoys widespread popularity of the sport. The continent has also hosted many major international volleyball events — most notably, the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which marked the debut of volleyball in the Olympic Games. In that historic event, the Japanese women's team won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in volleyball.

Presidents

Main article: List of presidents of the Asian Volleyball Confederation
No. President Nationality Term
1 Masaichi Nishikawa [ja]  Japan 1952–1976
2 Nemesio Yabut  Philippines 1976–1979
3 Yutaka Maeda [ja]  Japan 1979–1985
4 Yasutaka Matsudaira  Japan 1985–1996
5 Yuan Weimin  China 1997–2001
6 Wei Jizhong [zh]  China 2001–2008
7 Saleh Ahmad Bin Nasser  Saudi Arabia 2008–2020
8 Rita Subowo  Indonesia 2020–2024
9 Ramon Suzara  Philippines 2024–present
Notes

Board of administration

Designation[10][11][12] Name Nationality Note
President Ramon Suzara  Philippines FIVB executive vice-president
Senior vice-president Craig Carracher  Australia FIVB board of administration member
Executive vice-president Mohamed Latheef  Maldives
Zonal executive vice-president Mohamed Latheef  Maldives CAVA president
Yuan Lei  China EAVA president, FIVB board of administration member
Hugh Graham  Cook Islands OZVA president, FIVB executive vice-president
Heyzer Harsono  Indonesia SAVA president
Ali Ghanim Al-Kuwari  Qatar WAVA president, FIVB board of administration member
Female executive member Fong Sok Van Alice Oliver  Macau
Hila Asanuma  Palau FIVB executive vice-president
Secretary general Hugh Graham  Cook Islands
Treasurer Marina Tsui  Hong Kong
Executive director Shanrit Wongprasert  Thailand AVC lifetime honorary vice-president
Board of administration member Mohammed bin Khalifa Al-khalifa  Bahrain
Seyed Milad Taghavi  Iran
Shunichi Kawai  Japan
Princess Ayah bint Faisal  Jordan FIVB board of administration member
Kylychbek Sarbaghyshev  Kyrgyzstan
Terry Sasser  Marshall Islands
Jitendra Bahadur Chand    Nepal
Ibrahim bin Abdulla Al-muqbali  Oman
Huang Kuo Kuang Chinese Taipei
Thiti Pluckchaoom  Thailand FIVB board of administration member
Trần Đức Phấn  Vietnam

Committees

Committee[10][13] President Nationality
Sports events council Kylychbek Sarbaghyshev  Kyrgyzstan
Referees committee Dean Edward Turner Oam  Australia
Coaches committee Feng Kun  China
Development and marketing committee Seong Keehak  South Korea
Finance committee Terry Sasser  Marshall Islands
Medical committee Oh Jae-Keun  South Korea
Beach volleyball committee Craig Carracher  Australia

National federations

CAVA (Central Asia)

Main article: Central Asian Volleyball Association
Code Federation National teams Founded FIVB
affiliation		 AVC
affiliation		 IOC
member
AFG  Afghanistan
Yes
BAN  Bangladesh
Yes
BHU  Bhutan
1973 Yes
IND  India
1951 Yes
IRI  Iran
1945 1959 Yes
KAZ  Kazakhstan
Yes
KGZ  Kyrgyzstan
Yes
NEP    Nepal
Yes
PAK  Pakistan
1955 Yes
SRI  Sri Lanka
1951 Yes
TJK  Tajikistan
Yes
TKM  Turkmenistan
Yes
UZB  Uzbekistan
Yes

EAVA (East Asia)

Main article: Eastern Asian Volleyball Association
Code Federation National teams Founded FIVB
affiliation		 AVC
affiliation		 IOC
member
CHN  China
1953 1954 Yes
HKG  Hong Kong
Yes
TPE  Chinese Taipei
1954 Yes
JPN  Japan
1927 1951 1952 Yes
PRK  North Korea
Yes
KOR  South Korea
1946 1959 Yes
MAC  Macau
No
MGL  Mongolia
Yes

OZVA (Oceania)

Main article: Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association
Code Federation National teams Founded FIVB
affiliation		 AVC
affiliation		 IOC
member
ASA  American Samoa
Yes
AUS  Australia
1963 Yes
COK  Cook Islands
Yes
FIJ  Fiji
Yes
PYF  French Polynesia
No
GUM  Guam
Yes
KIR  Kiribati
Yes
MSH  Marshall Islands
Yes
FSM  Micronesia
Yes
NZL  New Zealand
Yes
NIU  Niue
No
NMI  Northern Mariana Islands
No
PAU  Palau
Yes
PNG  Papua New Guinea
Yes
SAM  Samoa
Yes
SOL  Solomon Islands
Yes
TGA  Tonga
Yes
TUV  Tuvalu
Yes
VAN  Vanuatu
Yes

SAVA (Southeast Asia)

Main article: Southeast Asian Volleyball Association
Code Federation National teams Founded FIVB
affiliation		 AVC
affiliation		 IOC
member
BRU  Brunei
Yes
CAM  Cambodia
Yes
INA  Indonesia
1955 Yes
LAO  Laos
Yes
MAS  Malaysia
Yes
PHI  Philippines
2021 2021 2021 Yes
SIN  Singapore
Yes
THA  Thailand
1959 Yes
TLS  Timor-Leste
Yes
VIE  Vietnam
1961 1991 1991 Yes

WAVA (West Asia)

Main article: West Asian Volleyball Association
Code Federation National teams Founded FIVB
affiliation		 AVC
affiliation		 IOC
member
BRN  Bahrain
1976 1976 Yes
IRQ  Iraq
1959 1959 Yes
JOR  Jordan
1961 1971 Yes
KUW  Kuwait
Yes
LBN  Lebanon
1949 1949 Yes
OMA  Oman
Yes
PLE  Palestine
Yes
QAT  Qatar
Yes
KSA  Saudi Arabia
Yes
SYR  Syria
Yes
UAE  United Arab Emirates
Yes
YEM  Yemen
1976 1976 Yes

FIVB World Rankings

Main article: FIVB Senior Continental Rankings § AVC Continental Rankings

Competitions

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Defunct

Volleyball
National teams:

Men
Women

Current champions

Volleyball

Championship Nations Cup U–20 U–18 U–16 Champions League
Men  Japan
(2023) 		New event
(2025) 		 Iran
(2024) 		 China
(2024) 		 Iran
(2023) 		New event
(2025)
Women  Thailand
(2023) 		New event
(2025) 		 China
(2024) 		 China
(2024) 		 Japan
(2023) 		New event
(2025)

Beach volleyball

Championship U–21 U–17
Men D. Potts / J. Pearse
 Australia (2024) 		J. Lucas / B. Hood
 Australia (2023) 		K.H. Akbarzadeh / A.A. Ghalehnovi
 Iran (2024)
Women J. Zh. Wang / X. Y. Xia
 China (2024) 		J. Fleming / S. Fejes
 Australia (2023) 		J. Rayner / C. Zajer
 Australia (2024)

See also

References

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