A VISIT from the FIVB president last week, a celebration of the World Volleyball Day on Monday and the Fifth Southeast Asia Volleyball League (SEA V.League) starting this Wednesday in Candon City mark a whirlwind of activities ahead of the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship Philippines 2025 the country is hosting in September.
This, plus ticket sales to the September 12 to 28 world championships featuring the top 32 volleyball nations displaying their elite brand of play at the Smart Araneta Coliseum and the SM Mall of Asia, are expected to go brisk in the coming weeks.
“We’re proud and privileged to be paid a visit by our FIVB president as the countdown to the world championship heats up,” said Ramon “Tats” Suzara, president of both the Asian Volleyball Confederation and world’s host and organizer Philippine National Volleyball Federation.
FIVB president Fabio Azevedo was in town Thursday and Friday last week with Volleyball World Chief Business Officer Guido Betti and they encouraged Filipino fans to watch the once-in-a-lifetime volleyball extravaganza.
Tickets to the world championship are already available online through the official website https://www.philippineswch2025.com/.
“We’re going to be even busier in the next few weeks as we approach the homestretch toward our solo hosting of the world championship,” said Suzara, also an executive vice president of the FIVB.
Azevedo met with PNVF chairman emeritus Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and Senator Pia Cayetano, as well as with newly-appointed Philippine Sports Commission chairman Patrick “Pató” Gregorio before proceeding to the Nuvali Sand Courts, the FIVB-standard facility in Santa Rosa City which the PNVF applied for a Center for Excellence for Beach Volleyball with the world governing body.
On Monday, the country celebrates World Volleyball Day starting at 8 p.m. with the Globe Lighting Ceremony at the SM Mall of Asia under the theme “Spikes for the World” and featuring world championship ambassadors Alyssa Valdez, Eya Laure and Bryan Bagunas.
Starting this Wednesday, the state-of-the-art 8,000-seat Candon City Arena of Mayor Eric Singson will host the country’s very own and world championship-bound Alas Pilipinas, two-leg champion Thailand, runners-up Indonesia, Vietnam and Cambodia in the SEA V.League—that offers offering world ranking points and a prize pool of $55,000 (P3.15 million)—until July 13.
