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Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association

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Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association
AbbreviationOZVA
FormationDecember 1993; 30 years ago
TypeSports organisation
Region served
Oceania
Membership
23 member associations
Official language
English
President
Hugh Graham
Parent organization
AVC
WebsiteOceania Volleyball

The Oceania Zonal Volleyball Association (OZVA), also known as Oceania Volleyball, is the governing body for the sports of indoor, beach and grass volleyball in Oceania.

In the spirit of the FIVB 2001 Plan, AVC was the first to create five Zonal Associations at the 10th General Assembly in December 1993 prior to the FIVB Centennial Congress in September 1994.

Members associations

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Code Association National teams IOC
member
OCA
member
ONOC
member
ASA American Samoa American Samoa (M, W) Yes No Yes
AUS Australia Australia (M, W) Yes No Yes
COK Cook Islands Cook Islands (M, W) Yes No Yes
FIJ Fiji Fiji (M, W) Yes No Yes
FSM Federated States of Micronesia Federated States of Micronesia (M, W) Yes No Yes
GUM Guam Guam (M, W) Yes No Yes
KIR Kiribati Kiribati (M, W) Yes No Yes
MHL Marshall Islands Marshall Islands (M, W) Yes No Yes
NCL New Caledonia New Caledonia (M, W) No No Yes
NMI Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana (M, W) No No Yes
NIU Niue Niue (M, W) No No Yes
NRU Nauru Nauru (M, W) Yes No Yes
NZL New Zealand New Zealand (M, W) Yes No Yes
PAU Palau Palau (M, W) Yes No Yes
PLY French Polynesia French Polynesia (M, W) No No Yes
PNG Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (M, W) Yes No Yes
SAM Samoa Samoa (M, W) Yes No Yes
SLM Solomon Islands Solomon Islands (M, W) Yes No Yes
TGA Tonga Tonga Islands (M, W) Yes No Yes
TKL Tokelau Tokelau (M, W) No No Yes
TUV Tuvalu Tuvalu (M, W) Yes No Yes
VUT Vanuatu Vanuatu (M, W) Yes No Yes
WLG Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna (M, W) No No Yes

Ranking

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Board of Administration

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Position Name
President Cook Islands Hugh Graham
Secretary General / Treasurer Marshall Islands Terry Sasser
Vice-President: Western Zone & Coaching Commissioner Guam Herman Ada
Vice-President: Central Zone Solomon Islands Morris Maitaki
Vice-President: Eastern Zone American Samoa Ben Sauvao
Referee & Events Commissioner American Samoa Samuel Montalvo
Beach Commissioner Vanuatu Debbie Wooster
Women-in-Sport Commissioner Palau Hila Asanuma
High-Performance National Teams Vacant

(As of October 21, 2020)[3]

Competitions

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Volleyball

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Competition Winners Runner-up Third place Current event Tournament Location
Men tournament
Oceania Indoor National Team Championships Postponed due to COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 Hilo, Hawaii

Fiji

New Zealand

Samoa
2018 L'Arène du Sud

Païta, New Caledonia

Pacific Games
French Polynesia

Wallis and Futuna

New Caledonia
2019[4] National University of Samoa

Apia, Samoa


Wallis and Futuna
(Not AVC member)

New Caledonia
(Not AVC member)

French Polynesia
2015 Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
(AVC member only)

French Polynesia

Papua New Guinea

Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Women tournament
Oceania Indoor National Team Championships Postponed due to COVID-19 Pandemic 2020 Hilo, Hawaii

New Zealand

Fiji

New Caledonia
2018 L'Arène du Sud

Païta, New Caledonia

Pacific Games
New Caledonia

French Polynesia

Samoa
2019[4] National University of Samoa

Apia, Samoa


American Samoa

French Polynesia

New Caledonia
(Not AVC member)
2015 Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
(AVC member only)

American Samoa

French Polynesia

Fiji
Papua New Guinea

Beach volleyball

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Competition Winners Runner-up Third place Current event
Men tournament
Pacific Games Australia Australia  French Polynesia Tonga Tonga Islands 2019

(Double-Medal Event -

Oceania Beach Volleyball Championships)

 Papua New Guinea  Fiji  American Samoa 2015
Women tournament
Pacific Games  Vanuatu  French Polynesia  American Samoa 2019

(Double-Medal Event -

Oceania Beach Volleyball Championships)

 American Samoa  Vanuatu  French Polynesia 2015

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIVB Men's U21 World Ranking – as per September 2015". FIVB.
  2. ^ "FIVB Men's U21 World Ranking – as per September 2015". FIVB.
  3. ^ "Herman Ada elected to sit on Oceania Volleyball Association executive board". Pacific Daily News. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  4. ^ a b "Volleyball at the 2019 Pacific Games", Wikipedia, 2020-06-30, retrieved 2020-08-30
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