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Volleyball is a female-dominated sports in the Philippines with men's volleyball league games lagging behind their distaff counterpart in terms of attendances. There are several speculations raised to explain the popularity of women's volleyball in the Philippines over men's volleyball. This includes: [5]
Shortly after the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) gave full recognition for the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) as the national sports association for volleyball in the Philippines in February 2021, the PNVF announced plans to organize its own league, separate from the two existing commercial leagues, the Premier Volleyball League and the Philippine Super Liga. [1]
The 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference was the seventeenth conference of the Premier Volleyball League and its eighth conference as a professional league. The 2024 PVL season was supposed to have two All-Filipino Conferences, the same as the 2023 PVL season , [ 3 ] but this plan was later scrapped. [ 4 ]
The FIVB announced in January 2020, that it would send a delegation to end the PVF-LVPI dispute. [4] The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) then scheduled an election to determine the officials of a new national sports association for volleyball prior to the 2021 FIVB World Congress in a bid to end the dispute. [6]
The Zus Coffee Thunderbelles (stylized as ZUS Coffee) are a professional women's volleyball team in the Philippines that made their team debut in the 2024 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference under the name Strong Group. Strong Group Athletics of Frank Lao also backs the Farm Fresh Foxies of the PVL.
The nickname is an official designation by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation in partnership with sponsor Cignal TV. Adopted on May 15, 2024, the moniker is shared with all national indoor and beach volleyball teams of the Philippines, including the youth teams. [23]
September 12–28 – The 21st FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship will be held in Metro Manila. [3] [4] August 5–17 – The Philippines men's national team will compete at the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [5] November 21–December 7 – The inaugural edition of the FIFA Futsal Women's World Cup will be held in the ...
In the contemporary era, men's volleyball in the Philippines receive less attention than the women's. [2] The men's national team under coach Dante Alinsunurin would win a silver medal at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games hosted at home marking a milestone in men's volleyball in the Philippines. [2] [3]