The Philippine Star
September 7, 2025 | 12:00am
MANILA, Philippines — The primary-ever Asian Volleyball (AVC) Home was inaugurated in Bangkok final Friday because the Thai capital entered the final two days of its internet hosting of the FIVB Ladies’s World Championship and the Philippines taking its flip to host the boys’s world match this month.
“That is the house of Asia volleyball now and it’s straightforward for us to work round right here with the success of volleyball in Southeast Asia,” AVC president Ramon “Tats” Suzara, additionally head of the Philippine Nationwide Volleyball Federation (PNVF) mentioned.
Philippine Sports activities Fee chairman Patrick “Pato” Gregorio stood alongside FIVB bigwigs headed by its president, Fabio Azevedo, and his predecessor, Ari Graza, and Suzara’s personal predecessor on the AVC, Rita Subowo through the historic ceremony.
“All volleyball stakeholders are welcome particularly in Asia, volleyball followers, too, universities and membership groups, and naturally we’re open to many sports activities stakeholders,” added Suzara, who was additionally joined by PNVF secretary-general Donaldo Caringal and Mayor Eric Singson, who’s bidding to host the 2026 AVC Ladies’s Cup Candon Metropolis.
Thailand Volleyball Affiliation president Somporn Chaibangyang and Nationwide Olympic Committee of Thailand secretary-general Thana Chaiprasit joined Suzara, Azevedo and Gregorio in main the toast for the AVC Home – a two-storey mansion sitting on a sprawling 2,800-square meter lot in Khet Saphan Sung, certainly one of Bangkok’s 50 districts.
