Following the success of hosting the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the Philippines is once again aiming to make a mark on the global sports stage by bidding to host the FIVB Volleyball World Men’s Championship 2025.
Formally announced by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) on February 29, this bid represents a significant step towards realizing the dream of hosting this prestigious championship.
“As they say, teamwork makes the dream work and this meeting is a first major step towards the dream of a successful bid and eventual hosting of the men’s world championship,” said PNVF President Ramon “Tats” Suzara said in a press briefing.
In a separate Instagram post, the PNVF said it is making a bid to host the world championships as a fitting follow-up to the Philippine staging of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL).
To note, the Philippines hosted the men’s and women’s competition of the VNL at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in 2022, and the men’s leg at the SM Mall of Asia Arena last year.
“The Philippine bid rides the heels of the PNVF’s successful staging of the Volleyball Nations League (VNL), which the top FIVB officials praised as the best hosted editions – 2022 and 2023 – with an enormous local fans reaction never seen elsewhere in the world,” said the PNVF.
The FIVB Volleyball World Men’s Championship 2025 is slated from September 12 to 28. It will see 31 of the world’s best nations plus the host country’s national team. The Philippines hasn’t been to the men’s world championship since the 1974 edition in Mexico.
