Central Asian Zonal Volleyball Association

Central Asian Zonal Volleyball Association

Abbreviation	CAZVA
Formation	December 1993; 24 years ago
Type	Sport organisation
Region served	Central Asia, South Asia and Iran
Membership	14 member associations
Official language	English
President	M.R. Davarzani
Parent organization	AVC
Website	asianvolleyball.net

The Central Asian Zonal Volleyball Association , is the governing body for the sports of indoor, beach and grass volleyball in Central Asia, South Asia and Iran.

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.

Members

Code	Association	National teams	IOC member	OCA member
AFG	Afghanistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
BGD	Bangladesh	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
BTN	Bhutan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
IND	India	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
IRI	Iran	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
KAZ	Kazakhstan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
MDV	Maldives	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
PAK	Pakistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
SRI	Sri Lanka	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
TJK	Tajikistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
TKM	Turkmenistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes
UZB	Uzbekistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes

Ranking

Men's national teams Senior team Rankings are calculated by FIVB.[1] CAZVA AVC FIVB Country Points Change 1 1 7  Iran 163 3 2 7 36  Kazakhstan 16 3 9 39  India 14 3 4 13 50  Pakistan 10 2 5 16 77  Sri Lanka 7  Uzbekistan  Afghanistan  Maldives 9 25 137  Turkmenistan 0  Bangladesh Last updated 22 August 2016

Women's national teams Senior team Rankings are calculated by FIVB.[2] CAZVA AVC FIVB Country Points Change 1 5 21  Kazakhstan 42 1 2 8 55  India 9 2 3 10 66  Uzbekistan 7 4 15 115  Iran 2 3  Sri Lanka  Afghanistan  Bangladesh  Pakistan Last updated 22 August 2016

Executive committee

Position	Name
President	M.R Davarzani
Member	Chaudhary Avadhesh Kumar
	Yermek Syrlybayev
	Mohamed Latheef

Competitions

Volleyball

Competition	Winners	Runner-up	Third place	Current event
Men tournament
South Asian Games	India	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2016
Women tournament
South Asian Games	India	Sri Lanka	Nepal	2016

Beach volleyball

Competition	Winners	Runner-up	Third place	Current event
Men tournament
South Asian Beach Games	Wasantha Ratnapala – Jude Mahesh (SRI)	Naveen Sampath – Pubudu Kumara (SRI)	Sivabalan – Dhara (IND)	2011
Women tournament
South Asian Beach Games	Geethika – Thaksila (SRI)	Ganga Sagari – Sujeewa Vithanage (SRI)	Hemamalini – Ragana (IND)	2011

References

External links

• Official AVC website (in English)