Asian Volleyball Confederation

Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC)

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Formation	1952
Type	Sports organization
Headquarters	Bangkok, Thailand
Membership	65 members
Official language	English
President	Saleh Bin Nasser
Website	AsianVolleyball.net

Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) is the continental governing body for the sport of volleyball in Asia and Oceania.

Profile

The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) was established on May 6, 1952, 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 Asian Volleyball 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		Mr. Nishikawa
2	1985-1997		Mr. Y. Matsudaira
3	1997-2001		Mr. Yuan Weimin
4	2001-2008		Mr. Jizhong Wei
5	2008-present		Dr. Saleh A. Bin Nasser

Zones

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.

• Central Asia (including Southern Asia and Iran)
• Eastern Asia
• Oceania
• Southeastern Asia
• Western Asia

Tournaments

• Asian Senior Volleyball Championship
• Asian Cup Volleyball Championship
• Asian U23 Volleyball Championship
• Asian Junior Volleyball Championship
• Asian Youth Volleyball Championship
• AVC Club Volleyball Championship
• Asian Beach Volleyball Championship

Current champions

Men	Games Men	Cup Men	U23 Men	U20 Men	U18 Boys	Club Men
Japan	Iran	South Korea	Iran	Iran	Iran	Taichung Bank
Women	Games Women	Cup Women	U23 Women	U19 Women	U17 Girls	Club Women
China	South Korea	China	China	China	Japan	Bangkok Glass

Affiliated federations

Further information: Category:National members of the Asian Volleyball Confederation

The following national federations were affiliated to the AVC:

Code	Nation	Federation
AFG	Afghanistan	Afghanistan Volleyball Association
ASM	American Samoa	American Samoa Volleyball Association
AUS	Australia	Australian Volleyball Federation
BGD	Bangladesh	Bangladesh Volleyball Federation
BTN	Bhutan	Bhutan Volleyball Federation
BHR	Bahrain	Bahrain Volleyball Association
BRN	Brunei	Brunei Amateur Volleyball Association
CAM	Cambodia	Cambodia Volleyball Federation
CHN	China	Chinese Volleyball Association
COK	Cook Islands	Cook Islands Volleyball Association
FJI	Fiji	Fiji Volleyball Federation
FSM	Federated States of Micronesia	Federated States of Micronesia Volleyball Association
GUM	Guam	Guam Volleyball Federation
HKG	Hong Kong	Volleyball Association of Hong Kong, China
INA	Indonesia	The National Volleyball Federation of Indonesia
IND	India	Volleyball Federation of India
IRI	Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran Volleyball Federation
IRQ	Iraq	Iraq Center Volleyball Federation (Sospesa)
JOR	Jordan	Jordan Volleyball Federation
JPN	Japan	Japan Volleyball Association
KAZ	Kazakhstan	Volleyball Federation of Republic of Kazakhstan
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan Volleyball Federation
KIR	Kiribati	Kiribati Volleyball Federation
KOR	South Korea	Korea Volleyball Association
KSA	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia Volleyball Federation
KUW	Kuwait	Kuwait Volleyball Association
LAO	Laos	Lao Volleyball Federation
LBN	Lebanon	Lebanese Volleyball Federation
MAC	Macau	Amateur Volleyball Association of Macao
MAS	Malaysia	Malaysia Amateur Volleyball Association
MDV	Maldives	Volleyball Association of Maldives
MGL	Mongolia	Volleyball Federation of Mongolia
MHL	Marshall Islands	Republic of the Marshall Islands Volleyball Federation
MYA	Myanmar	Myanmar Volleyball Federation
NEP	Nepal	Nepal Volleyball Association
NIU	Niue	Niue Island Volleyball Association
NRU	Nauru	Nauru Volleyball Association
NZL	New Zealand	Volleyball New Zealand
OMN	Oman	Oman Volleyball Association
PAK	Pakistan	Pakistan Volleyball Federation
PLW	Palau	Palau Amateur Volleyball Association
PHI	Philippines	Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas
PSE	Palestine	Palestine Volleyball Association
PNG	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Amateur Volleyball Federation
PRK	North Korea	The Volleyball Association of the D.P.R. Korea
QAT	Qatar	Qatar Volleyball Association
MNP	Northern Mariana Islands	Northern Mariana Islands Volleyball Association
WSM	Samoa	Western Samoa Volleyball Association
SIN	Singapore	Volleyball Association of Singapore
SLM	Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands Volleyball Federation
SRI	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka Volleyball Federation
SYR	Syria	Syrian Arab Volleyball Federation
PLY	French Polynesia	Volleyball Federation of Tahiti
TON	Tonga	Tonga National Volleyball Association
THA	Thailand	Thailand Volleyball Association
TJK	Tajikistan	Volleyball Federation of Tajikistan
TLS	Timor-Leste	unknown
TKM	Turkmenistan	Turkmenistan Volleyball Federation
TPE	Chinese Taipei	Chinese Taipei Volleyball Association
TUV	Tuvalu	Federation De Volleyball De Tuvalu
UAE	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates Volleyball Association
UZB	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Volleyball Federation
VUT	Vanuatu	Vanuatu Amateur Volleyball
VIE	Vietnam	Volleyball Federation of Vietnam
YMN	Yemen	Yemen Volleyball Association

See also

• Sports in Asia