Asian Volleyball Confederation

The Asian Volleyball Confederation, commonly known by the acronym AVC, is the governing body for the sports of indoor, beach and grass volleyball in Asia and Oceania. It has 65 member countries, mostly located in the Asia-Pacific region, but excludes the six transcontinental countries with territory in both Europe and Asia – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Turkey and Cyprus, along Israel – which are instead members of CEV.

Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC)
AbbreviationAVC
Formation1952; 68 years ago
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersBangkok, Thailand
Region served
Asia and Oceania
Membership
65 member associations
Official language
English
President
Saleh A. Bin Nasser
Parent organization
FIVB
WebsiteAsianVolleyball.net

The main headquarters is located in Bangkok, Thailand and the current president is Saleh A. Bin Nasser.

Profile

The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) was established on May 6, 1952,[1] and since then AVC has become one of the largest continental volleyball associations in the world, with its member federations increasing to 65 from only 12 at the time of its set-up. The first concept of the AVC was launched by the initiative of the late Mr. Nishikawa of Japan on April 1952, and on May 6 of the same year, AVC was officially established with 12 countries participating. The major tasks of AVC at the time were the organization of the men's and women's Asian Championships and the Volleyball Tournaments at the Asian Games.

In 1962, AVC was renamed the Asian Volleyball Federation (AVF) with 20 affiliated national federations after the FIVB Congress held in September 1961 decided to establish the continental zone committee.

The first Congress of the Asian sport Committee (ASC) was held in Tokyo with 22 national federations on October 8, 1964 and Mr. Nishikawa was elected Chairman of the ASC. Due to the revisions of the FIVB Constitution, the ASC was renamed as the Asian Volleyball Confederation. In November 1976 an extraordinary General Assembly was held in Tokyo and elected Mr. Maeda of Japan as AVC President (from 1976-1985) and at the 6th AVC General Assembly Mr. Yasutaka Matsudaira, also from Japan, in November 1985 replaced Mr. Maeda to become AVC President. The two AVC Presidents concentrated their efforts to reorganize and consolidate the AVC organizations and its activities step by step. Asian Senior Men's and Women's Championships, Asian Junior Men's and Women's Championships began to be held on a regular basis; the Board of Administration and the 8 Technical Committees meetings are held annually, and the General Assembly is held every other year.

In 2008, the Asian Volleyball Confederation elected Mr. Saleh Bin Nasser of the Saudi Arabia as its new president. He replaced Mr. Wei Jizhong (Chinese: 魏纪中) of China as the leader of AVC. On 19 June 2008, Mr. Wei Jizhong was elected as the third president in the history of the FIVB during the 31st FIVB World Congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The handover of the FIVB presidency took place on 24 August 2008 in Beijing, China.

List of presidents
# Period Nat Name
1 1952-1985[2] Nishikawa
2 1985-1997 Y. Matsudaira
3 1997-2001 Yuan Weimin
4 2001-2008 Wei Jizhong
5 2008-present Saleh A. Bin Nasser

Member associations

The AVC has 65 member associations split into five subzones. In the spirit of the FIVB 2001 Plan, AVC was the first to create five Zonal Associations at the 10th General Assembly in December 1993 prior to the FIVB Centennial Congress on September 1994. [3] [4]

  • Zone 1 : 12 from West Asia (excluding Iran)
  • Zone 2 : 14 from Central Asia (including South Asia and Iran)
  • Zone 3 : 8 from East Asia
  • Zone 4 : 11 from Southeast Asia
  • Zone 5 : 20 from Oceania
CodeAssociationNational teamsIOC
member		OCA
member		ONOC
member
Zone 1 - West Asia (12)
BHR Bahrain(M, W)YesYesNo
IRQ Iraq(M, W)YesYesNo
JOR Jordan(M, W)YesYesNo
KSA Saudi Arabia(M, W)YesYesNo
KUW Kuwait(M, W)YesYesNo
LBN Lebanon(M, W)YesYesNo
OMN Oman(M, W)YesYesNo
PSE Palestine(M, W)YesYesNo
QAT Qatar(M, W)YesYesNo
SYR Syria(M, W)YesYesNo
UAE United Arab Emirates(M, W)YesYesNo
YMN Yemen(M, W)YesYesNo
Zone 2 - Central Asia (14)
AFG Afghanistan(M, W)YesYesNo
BGD Bangladesh(M, W)YesYesNo
BTN Bhutan(M, W)YesYesNo
IND India(M, W)YesYesNo
IRI Iran(M, W)YesYesNo
KAZ Kazakhstan(M, W)YesYesNo
KGZ Kyrgyzstan(M, W)YesYesNo
MDV Maldives(M, W)YesYesNo
NEP Nepal(M, W)YesYesNo
PAK Pakistan(M, W)YesYesNo
SRI Sri Lanka(M, W)YesYesNo
TJK Tajikistan(M, W)YesYesNo
TKM Turkmenistan(M, W)YesYesNo
UZB Uzbekistan(M, W)YesYesNo
Zone 3 - East Asia (8)
CHN China(M, W)YesYesNo
HKG Hong Kong(M, W)YesYesNo
JPN Japan(M, W)YesYesNo
KOR South Korea(M, W)YesYesNo
MAC Macau(M, W)NoYesNo
MGL Mongolia(M, W)YesYesNo
PRK North Korea(M, W)YesYesNo
TPE Chinese Taipei(M, W)YesYesNo
Zone 4 - Southeast Asia (11)
BRN Brunei(M, W)YesYesNo
CAM Cambodia(M, W)YesYesNo
INA Indonesia(M, W)YesYesNo
LAO Laos(M, W)YesYesNo
MAS Malaysia(M, W)YesYesNo
MYA Myanmar(M, W)YesYesNo
PHI Philippines(M, W)YesYesNo
SIN Singapore(M, W)YesYesNo
THA Thailand(M, W)YesYesNo
TLS East Timor(M, W)YesYesNo
VIE Vietnam(M, W)YesYesNo
Zone 5 - Oceania (20)
ASA American Samoa(M, W)YesNoYes
AUS Australia(M, W)YesNoYes
COK Cook Islands(M, W)YesNoYes
FJI Fiji(M, W)YesNoYes
FSM Federated States of Micronesia(M, W)YesNoYes
GUM Guam(M, W)YesNoYes
KIR Kiribati(M, W)YesNoYes
MHL Marshall Islands(M, W)YesNoYes
MNP Northern Mariana(M, W)NoNoYes
NIU Niue(M, W)NoNoYes
NRU Nauru(M, W)YesNoYes
NZL New Zealand(M, W)YesNoYes
PLW Palau(M, W)YesNoYes
PLY French Polynesia(M, W)NoNoYes
PNG Papua New Guinea(M, W)YesNoYes
SLM Solomon Islands(M, W)YesNoYes
TON Tonga Islands(M, W)YesNoYes
TUV Tuvalu(M, W)YesNoYes
VUT Vanuatu(M, W)YesNoYes
WSM Samoa(M, W)YesNoYes

Competitions

Current title holders

Volleyball

Senior
Edition Champion Location Number of Entrants
Men's Championship 2019  Iran Tehran, Iran 16
Women's Championship 2019  Japan Seoul, South Korea 13
Men's Asian Games 2018  Iran Jakarta, Indonesia 20
Women's Asian Games 2018  China Jakarta, Indonesia 11
Men's Cup 2018  Qatar Taipei, Chinese Taipei 9
Women's Cup 2018  China Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand 10
Men's Pacific Games 2019  Tahiti Apia, Samoa 11
Women's Pacific Games 2019  New Caledonia Apia, Samoa 7
Men's Challenge Cup 2018  Iraq Colombo, Sri Lanka 8
Women's Challenge Cup 2018 Hong Kong, Hong Kong 8

Under age
Edition Champion Location Number of Entrants
Asian Men's Under-23 2019  Chinese Taipei Naypyidaw, Myanmar 16
Asian Women's Under-23 2019  China Hanoi, Vietnam 13
Asian Men's Under-20 2018  Iran Riffa, Bahrain 23
Asian Women's Under-19 2018  Japan Bắc Ninh, Vietnam 13
Asian Men’s Under-18 2018  Japan Tabriz, Iran 17
Asian Women's Under-17 2018  Japan Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 12

Club
Edition Champion National Title Location Number of Entrants
Men's Club 2019 Shahrdari Varamin Iranian Volleyball Super League Taipei, Chinese Taipei 14
Women's Club 2019 Tianjin Bohaibank Chinese Volleyball Super League Tianjin, China 10

Beach volleyball

Senior
Edition Champion Location Number of Entrants
Men's Championship 2019  Ahmed Tijan
and Cherif Younousse (QAT)		 Maoming, China 25
Women's Championship 2019  Taliqua Clancy
and Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS)		 Maoming, China 22
Men's Continental Cup 2016  Qatar Cairns, Australia 31
Women's Continental Cup 2016  Australia Cairns, Australia 23
Men's Asian Games 2018  Cherif Younousse
and Ahmed Tijan (QAT)		 Palembang, Indonesia 32
Women's Asian Games 2018  Wang Fan
and Xia Xinyi (CHN)		 Palembang, Indonesia 18
Men's Asian Beach Games 2016  Jefferson Pereira
and Cherif Younousse (QAT)		 Da Nang, Vietnam 32
Women's Asian Beach Games 2016  Varapatsorn Radarong
and Tanarattha Udomchavee (THA)		 Da Nang, Vietnam 21

Beach volleyball
Competitions Champion Title Next edition
Nations Men
Asian Championship  Ahmed Tijan – Cherif Younousse (QAT) 2nd 2020
Asian Continental Cup  Qatar 1st 2020
Asian Games  Cherif Younousse – Ahmed Tijan (QAT) 1st 2022
Asian Beach Games  Jefferson Pereira – Cherif Younousse (QAT) 1st 2020
Asian U-21 Championship  Phanupong Thanan – Phichakon Narathon (THA) 1st 2021
Asian U-19 Championship  Danang Herlambang – Bintang Akbar (INA) 1st 2020
Nations Women
Asian Championship  Taliqua Clancy – Mariafe Artacho del Solar (AUS) 2nd 2020
Asian Continental Cup  Australia 1st 2020
Asian Games  Wang Fan – Xia Xinyi (CHN) 1st 2022
Asian Beach Games  Varapatsorn Radarong – Tanarattha Udomchavee (THA) 1st 2020
Asian U-21 Championship  Thatsarida Singchuea – Pawarun Chanthawichai (THA) 1st 2021
Asian U-19 Championship  Thatsarida Singchuea – Pawarun Chanthawichai (THA) 1st 2020

Rankings

AVC Executive Committee
President
  • Saleh A. Bin Nasser
Vice Presidents
  • Essa Hamza – First Vice President
  • Rita Subowo – Second Vice President
  • M.R. Davarzani – Central Asia Zone Vice President
  • Cai Yi – East Asia Zone Vice President
  • Craig Carracher – Oceania Zone Vice President
  • Shanrit Wongprasert – South East Asia Zone Vice President
  • Mr. Ibrahim A. Malik Mohammed – West Zone Vice President
Members
  • Fong S.V. Alice Oliver – E/C Member
  • Khalid Ali Al-Mawlawi
  • Jehad Hasan Khlafan
  • Yermek Syrlybayev
  • Mohamed Riyaz
  • Eom Han-Joo
  • Kenji Kimura
  • Wang Kuei-Shiang
  • Le Tri Truong
  • Jose A. Romasanta
  • Hugh Graham
  • Terry Sasser
Auditor
  • Waleed A.Aman

Sponsors
Sponsors of the Asian Volleyball Confederation
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See also

References
  1. "AVC History". asianvolleyball.net. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  2. "MM-Presidents". Archived from the original on 2017-08-05. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  3. https://asianvolleyball.net/new/organization-new-2/
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20190511211422/https://asianvolleyball.net/new/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/AVC-Maps-Hires-1024x768.png
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