Asian Volleyball Confederation

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.

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

Code	Association	National teams	IOC member	OCA member	ONOC member
Zone 1 - West Asia (12)
BHR	Bahrain	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
IRQ	Iraq	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
JOR	Jordan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
KSA	Saudi Arabia	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
KUW	Kuwait	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
LBN	Lebanon	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
OMN	Oman	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
PSE	Palestine	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
QAT	Qatar	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
SYR	Syria	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
UAE	United Arab Emirates	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
YMN	Yemen	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
Zone 2 - Central Asia (14)
AFG	Afghanistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
BGD	Bangladesh	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
BTN	Bhutan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
IND	India	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
IRI	Iran	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
KAZ	Kazakhstan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
KGZ	Kyrgyzstan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
MDV	Maldives	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
NEP	Nepal	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
PAK	Pakistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
SRI	Sri Lanka	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
TJK	Tajikistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
TKM	Turkmenistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
UZB	Uzbekistan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
Zone 3 - East Asia (8)
CHN	China	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
HKG	Hong Kong	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
JPN	Japan	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
KOR	South Korea	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
MAC	Macau	(M, W)	No	Yes	No
MGL	Mongolia	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
PRK	North Korea	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
TPE	Chinese Taipei	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
Zone 4 - Southeast Asia (11)
BRN	Brunei	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
CAM	Cambodia	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
INA	Indonesia	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
LAO	Laos	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
MAS	Malaysia	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
MYA	Myanmar	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
PHI	Philippines	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
SIN	Singapore	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
THA	Thailand	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
TLS	East Timor	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
VIE	Vietnam	(M, W)	Yes	Yes	No
Zone 5 - Oceania (20)
ASA	American Samoa	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
AUS	Australia	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
COK	Cook Islands	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
FJI	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
MNP	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
PLW	Palau	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
PLY	French Polynesia	(M, W)	No	No	Yes
PNG	Papua New Guinea	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
SLM	Solomon Islands	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
TON	Tonga Islands	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
TUV	Tuvalu	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
VUT	Vanuatu	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes
WSM	Samoa	(M, W)	Yes	No	Yes

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

• Sports in Asia

• Official AVC website (in English)