Alas Pilipinas men and women qualify for Asian Games

Alas Pilipinas pose for a photo after winning the bronze medal in the SEA Games 2025 men’s volleyball. –POC POOL MEDIA

MANILA, Philippines–The country’s men’s and women’s teams in indoor volleyball earned berths to the Nagoya-Aichi Asian Games this September.

“This is great news for our volleyball program,” said Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino, who announced the development on Monday after receiving an email from the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) over the weekend.

Alas women made the cut based on their FIVB ranking in Asia at No. 10 and the Alas men at No. 15.

There will be 16 teams each in the men’s and women’s categories in Asian Games volleyball to be played at the Aichi Prefecture from September 27 to October 3.

The qualified men’s teams are Japan, Iran, Pakistan, South Korea, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Qatar, Bahrain, Chinese-Taipei, India, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Hong Kong.

Competing in the women’s side are Japan, Kazakhstan, Iran, China, Chinese-Taipei, Thailand, Vietnam, Qatar, South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Mongolia and North Korea.

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The indoor volleyball teams’ qualification completes the Philippine entries in the sport in the Asian Games after the beach volleyball squads—led by Bangkok 2025 Southeast Asian Games champions Sisi Rondina and Bernadeth Pons—made it to the 12-country competition.

They will be up against teams from China, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Iran, Kazakhstan, Qatar and Oman in the event set at the Hekinan Ryokuchi Beach Court in Hekinan City.

The POC, which is bound to handle the country’s volleyball affairs after the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) was suspended by the FIVB, is fielding at least 700 athletes to the Asian Games with hopes of adding more qualifiers in esports, modern pent and kurugi of taekwondo.