Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association

Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association
Abbreviation	OZVA
Formation	December 1993; 26 years ago
Type	Sports organisation
Region served	Oceania
Membership	20 member associations
Official language	English
President	Hugh Graham
Parent organization	AVC
Website	OceaniaVolleyball.org

The Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association (OZVA), is the governing body for the sports of indoor, beach and grass volleyball in Oceania.

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 in September 1994.

Members associations

Code	Association	National teams	IOC member	OCA member	ONOC member
ASA	American Samoa	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
AUS	Australia	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
COK	Cook Islands	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
FIJ	Fiji	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
FSM	Federated States of Micronesia	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
GUM	Guam	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
KIR	Kiribati	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
MHL	Marshall Islands	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
NMI	Northern Mariana	(M, W)	No	No	Yes
NIU	Niue	(M, W)	No	No	Yes
NRU	Nauru	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
NZL	New Zealand	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
PAU	Palau	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
PLY	French Polynesia	(M, W)	No	No	Yes
PNG	Papua New Guinea	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
SAM	Samoa	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
SLM	Solomon Islands	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
TGA	Tonga Islands	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
TUV	Tuvalu	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
VUT	Vanuatu	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes

Ranking

Men's national teams

Senior team

Rankings are calculated by FIVB.[1]

OZVA	AVC	FIVB	Country	Points	Change
1	3	15	Australia	65	3
2	13	50	New Zealand	10	2
3	25	137	Fiji	0
			Samoa
			Tonga

Last updated 22 August 2016

Women's national teams

Senior team

Rankings are calculated by FIVB.[2]

OZVA	AVC	FIVB	Country	Points	Change
1	6	43	Australia	11
2	10	64	New Zealand	8	2
3	15	115	Fiji	2	2
			Samoa
			Tonga

Last updated 22 August 2016

Executive Board Members

Position	Name
President	Hugh Graham
Secretary General	Terry Sasser
Vice-President: Western Zone	Herman Ada
Vice-President: Central Zone	Morris Maitaki
Vice-President: Eastern Zone	Ben Sauvao

(As of November 15, 2018)[3]

Competitions

Volleyball

Competition	Winners	Runner-up	Third place	Current event	Tournament Location
Men tournament
Oceania Indoor National Team Championships	Fiji	New Zealand	Samoa	2018	L'Arène du Sud Païta, New Caledonia
Pacific Games	Wallis and Futuna (Not AVC member)	New Caledonia (Not AVC member)	French Polynesia	2015	Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games (AVC member only)	French Polynesia	Papua New Guinea	Fiji	2015	Papua New Guinea
Women tournament
Oceania Indoor National Team Championships	New Zealand	Fiji	New Caledonia	2018	L'Arène du Sud Païta, New Caledonia
Pacific Games	American Samoa	French Polynesia	New Caledonia (Not AVC member)	2015	Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games (AVC member only)	American Samoa	French Polynesia	Fiji	2015	Papua New Guinea

Beach volleyball

Competition	Winners	Runner-up	Third place	Current event
Men tournament
Pacific Games	Papua New Guinea	Fiji	American Samoa	2015
Women tournament
Pacific Games	American Samoa	Vanuatu	French Polynesia	2015

References

"FIVB Men's U21 World Ranking – as per September 2015". FIVB.
"FIVB Men's U21 World Ranking – as per September 2015". FIVB.
"Herman Ada elected to sit on Oceania Volleyball Association executive board". Pacific Daily News. Retrieved 2018-11-24.

External links

AVC official website (in English)
Oceania Volleyball official website (in English)

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[1] "FIVB Men's U21 World Ranking – as per September 2015". FIVB.

[2] "FIVB Men's U21 World Ranking – as per September 2015". FIVB.

[3] "Herman Ada elected to sit on Oceania Volleyball Association executive board". Pacific Daily News. Retrieved 2018-11-24.