The Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) is one of five zonal associations of governance in

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within the

Asian Volleyball Confederation The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) is one of five continental bodies of governance in volleyball. It governs indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and other disciplines in Asia and Oceania, excluding the transcontinental countries of Russi ...

(AVC). It governs

indoor volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

and

beach volleyball Beach volleyball is a team sport played by two teams of two to four players each on a sand court divided by a net. Similar to indoor volleyball, the objective of the game is to send the ball over the net and to ground it on the opponent's side o ...

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

and

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. CAVA was formed in 10th AVC General Assembly in 1993. CAVA consists of 14 national federation members which are full

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with the

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(FIVB). All of them also represent the

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(NOCs) of their respective

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and

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, allowing them to participate in the

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. CAVA consists of the national volleyball federations of Central Asia and South Asia and run zonal championships including the CAVA Asian Men's Nations League and CAVA Asian Women's Nations League. It also promotes regional volleyball, supports the creation of national federations affiliated with FIVB, ensures compliance with FIVB regulations, plans annual activities, and reports competition results to the FIVB and confederations. The current president,

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, former president of the Volleyball Association of Maldives, was elected as CAVA's president for the 2024–2028 term in

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, Thailand, in February 2024. His election also secured him the position of vice-president within the continental governing body, AVC.

National federations

The Central Asian Volleyball Association has 14 national federations.

Competitions

CAVA active competitions

National teams: *

CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League The CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League is an international volleyball competition in Central and South Asia contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Central Asian Zonal Volleyball Association (CAVA), the sport's regional g ...

CAVA Women's Volleyball Nations League The CAVA Women's Volleyball Nations League is an international volleyball competition in Central and South Asia contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Central Asian Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZVA), the sport's regi ...

* CAVA Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup * CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge Cup * Central Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship * Central Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship * Central Asian Men's U18 Volleyball Championship * Central Asian Women's U18 Volleyball Championship beach volleyball competition: * Central Asian Beach Volleyball Championships co-sanctioned competitions with the

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* South Asian Games Volleyball Tournament * South Asian Games Beach Volleyball Tournament Club teams: * Central Asian Men's Volleyball Club Championship * Central Asian Women's Volleyball Club Championship

CAVA defunct competitions

National teams:
co-sanctioned competition with the

* South Asian Beach Games Beach Volleyball Tournament

Current title holders

Indoor Volleyball

Beach volleyball

CAVA Beach Volleyball Tour

Events

2025

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Beach

# CAVA Beach Volleyball Championships (Men / Women) Jan # Beach U21 (Men / Women) June # Beach Challenge Cup (Men / Women) July # Beach Nations League (Men / Women) # Beach Clubs (Men / Women)

Indoor

# U16 Men June # U19 Men June # U16 Women July # Champions League Men Clubs July # Nations League Men August # Nations Cup Women September # Nations Cup Men October # Nations League Women October # U19 Women November # CISM November # FISU November # Champions League Women Clubs December

References

External links

* {{AVC women's teams Asian Volleyball Confederation zonal associations International organisations based in the Maldives Sports organizations established in 1993 1993 establishments in Asia Volleyball governing bodies in Asia Volleyball in Central Asia Volleyball in South Asia