PNVF says Philippine men’s volleyball team to still compete in SEA Games despite group draw absence

PNVF says Philippine men’s volleyball team to still compete in SEA Games despite group draw absence

PNVF says Philippine men’s volleyball team to still compete in SEA Games despite group draw absence

The Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) on Wednesday mentioned the boys’s group will nonetheless take part within the thirty second SEA Games this May in Cambodia regardless of the group being not included within the group draw held earlier at present.

In a social media put up by Cambodia 2023, the boys’s group was surprisingly not within the draw, whereas the ladies’s group was bunched in Group B alongside Vietnam, Singapore, and the host nation.

 

 

 

 

PNVF nationwide group fee head Tony Boy Liao clarified the boys’s squad will nonetheless see motion within the biennial meet, even stressing the crew will depart for  Japan this weekend for a coaching camp.

“Yes & they’re leaving this Sunday for a 15-day training in Osaka, Japan,” mentioned Liao in a message to GMA Integrated News when requested whether or not the group will play.

Liao added that they may also search clarifications from Chito Loyzaga, the nation’s chef de mission to the SEA Games, in addition to Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).

The growth got here simply days after PNVF revealed its rosters for the SEA Games, the place Alyssa Valdez and Vince Mangulabnan will function group captain for the ladies’s and males’s groups, respectively.

“I’m now checking with Chito Loyzaga of POC. It’s the POC who handles the entry by numbers & names.”

GMA Integrated News has already sought a remark from Loyzaga, however has but to get a response as of writing.

—JMB, GMA Integrated News

Source: www.gmanetwork.com