THE Philippines has officially submitted its bid to the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) to host the 2025 Volleyball Women’s World Championships.
“The PNVF would like to officially announce that we have submitted a bid to host the women’s world championship in 2025,” Philippines National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) president Ramon “Tats” Suzara said on Sunday in a press conference during a break in the Volleyball Nations League Week 3 men’s tournament at the Mall of Asia Arena.
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The FIVB invited Philippine officials to discuss the bid process for the world championship during the VNL finals in Gdansk, Poland, next week.
“We’ll be able to get a clearer picture of our intention to bid, and win, in that meeting,” said Suzara, who added that Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Vietnam are also interested in hosting the tournament.
The host country will be given the privilege of fielding its national team in the biennial championship whose participation has been increased by eight countries to 32 teams in 2025.
“If we are hosts, that means we’ll be in the women’s world championship for the first time since 1975, the last time we had a team in the prestigious tournament in Mexico,” he said.
Suzara said he intends to apply the same formula of co-hosting that’s been granted the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas in holding the 2023 Fiba Basketball World Cup in August.
“Just like in the Fiba World Cup, we intend to host 16 of the qualifiers with the crucial phases and the finals scheduled for the Philippines,” he said.
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