Press Release
MANILA – The road to the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship (MWCH) 2025 in September will be ushered in by two international and two domestic competitions and the national teams in both indoor and beach volleyball seeing action in more than a dozen competitions overseas.
Action starts on Jan. 29 with eight teams seeing action in the inaugural Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) Under-21 Championship National Men’s Division at Ninoy Aquino Stadium in Manila.
The teams are divided into two groups in the preliminary round with Volleyball Never Stop (VNS) Club and Silay Volleyball Club (SVC) clashing in the first game at 9 a.m., followed by the 11:30 a.m. duel between Zamboanga City and Lingayen in Group A.
Umingan Volleyball Club (UVC) and Notre Dame of Dadiangas University (NDDU) kick off Group B hostilities at 2 p.m., as well as City of Naga-Cebu Volleyball Club (CNV) and University of East (UE) at 4:30 p.m.
“The Under-21 championship is part and parcel of the national team program that aims to maintain the production line of talents for international competitions,” PNVF head Ramon Suzara said.
The preliminaries will continue on Friday, the semifinal stage will be on Saturday and the final on Sunday, all supported by the Philippine Sports Commission and Philippine Olympic Committee.
Also in the domestic radar are the National Beach Volleyball Championships in February and the Second AVC Beach Tour-Nuvali Open in April, both at Nuvali Sand Courts in Santa Rosa City, Laguna.
Nuvali will also be the venue for the FIVB World Beach Pro Tour Futures.
The Philippines will host the men’s world championship for the first time on Sept. 12 to 28 at Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City and Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. (PR)
