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The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) was established on May 6th, 1952, and since then AVC has become one of the largest continental volleyball associations in the world, with its member federations increasing to 64 from only 12 at the time of its set-up.
The first concept of the AVC was launched by the initiative of the late Mr. Nishikawa of Japan on April of 1952, and on May 6th of the same year, AVC was officially established with 12 countries participating. The major tasks of AVC at the time were the organization of volleyball championships and the Asian Games.
In 1962, AVC was renamed the Asian Volleyball Federation (AVF) with 20affiliated national federations after the FIVB Congress held in September 1961 decided to establish the continental zone committee.
The first Congress of the Asian sport Committee (ASC) was held in Tokyo with 22 national federations on October 8th 1964 and Mr. Nishikawa was elected Chairman of the ASC. Due to the revisions of the FIVB Constitution, the ASC was renamed as the Asian Volleyball Confederation. In November 1976 an extraordinary General Assembly was held in Tokyo and elected Mr. Maeda of Japan as AVC President (from 1976-1985) and at the 6th AVC General Assembly Mr. Yasutaka Matsudaira, also from Japan, in November 1985 replaced Mr. Maeda to become AVC President. The two AVC Presidents concentrated their efforts to reorganize and consolidate the AVC organizations and its activities step by step. Asian Senior Men's and Women's Championships, Asian Junior Men's and Women's Championships began to be held on a regular basis; the Board of Administration and the 8 Technical Committees meetings are held annually, and the General Assembly is held every other year.
In the spirit of the FIVB 2001 Plan, AVC was the first to create five Zonal Associations (Eastern, South Eastern, Central, Western and Oceania) at the 10th General Assembly in December 1993 prior to the FIVB Centennial Congress on September 1994.
Mr. Yuan Weimin of China was elected AVC President at the 12th AVC General Assembly on September 11th 1997. Under the leadership of President Yuan AVC undertook a series of reforms to enlarge the AVC influence, raise the Asian volleyball levels and popularize further the volleyball in the Continent. During Yuan's Presidency, AVC initiated in the Eastern Zone the Asian Challenge Cup Men'svolleyball tournament; the qualification for participating the Asian Club Championships(now called AVC Cup Club Tournament) was distributed by quota to zones rather than the previous open entries; the rapid and impressive development of Asian Beach Volleyball which is now moving on the right track.
At the AVC 14th General Assembly held in September 2001 in Bangkok of Thailand, Wei Jizhong of China was elected AVC president.
AVC has a proud history, and the 50 years history since its establishment have seen an acceleration of interest in the game both as a participation sport and a spectacle to grab audience, which has laid a firm foundation for the sport of volleyball to flourish in Asia for the next 100 years.
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Mr. Jizhong Wei
President |
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TEL: 86-10-65536158
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FAX: 86-10-67125044
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Mr. Y.Matsudaira
Honorary Life-President |
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Mr. Weimin Yuan
Honorary Life-President |
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