Philippines men's national volleyball team

The Philippines men's national volleyball team represents Philippines in international volleyball competitions and friendly matches, governed by Philippine National Volleyball Federation since 2021.

History

The national team played as early as the 1910s playing at the 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games where the first international volleyball competition was played.

In the contemporary era, men's volleyball in the Philippines receive less attention than the women's. The men's national team under coach Dante Alinsunurin would win a silver medal at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games hosted at home marking a milestone in men's volleyball in the Philippines.

However the COVID-19 pandemic would halt training of the men's national team as well as domestic league. This caused the team not be able to repeat their podium finish in the 2021 Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, which was postponed by a year due to the health crisis.

Alinsunurin was dropped as coach by January 2023, with Brazilian coach Sergio Veloso taking over the team due to participate in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.

In March 2024, the Philippines was awarded the hosting rights for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, consequentially giving the men's national team an automatic berth to their first ever world championship.

Team image

Nicknames

The Philippine men's national team is known by their moniker "Alas Pilipinas", with Alas meaning "Ace" in Filipino. The nickname is an official designation by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation in partnership with sponsor Cignal TV. Adopted on May 15, 2024, the moniker is shared with the women's national team.

The preceding moniker for the men's team was short-lived; Bagwis (lit. 'wings') adopted in 2015 when the national team was still under the Philippine Volleyball Federation under team sponsor PLDT Inc..

Results

FIVB-sanctioned tournaments

Other regional tournaments

FIVB Senior World Ranking

The new calculation method of the FIVB Senior World Rankings started on January 1, 2019, granted all nations automatic world ranking (WR) 100 points, in addition to the score from the previous FIVB World Ranking. The new calculation provides that any inactive nation every January 1 will lose 50 WR points for the next year. An inactive team reaching a WR score of less than 20 WR points will be removed from the ranking list. Due to inactivity or non-participation in annual FIVB-sanctioned events, the Philippines lost 50 WR points and was removed from the world rankings. The Philippine men's national volleyball team became active again in an FIVB-sanctioned event during the 2023 Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup, hence, their reinstatement in the world rankings with 50 WR points.

Annual rankings

As of June 7, 2024

Summary of competitions

The following table shows the summary of competitions of the Philippines men's national volleyball team in every FIVB-sanctioned event, where it shows the team's standings, results, and the changes in their world ranking score before and after the competition.

Note

a.^ The 50 points are guaranteed with the intent to compete but are yet to be reinstated in the world rankings before the competition.

Competition records

World Championship

Asian Men's Volleyball Championship

Asian Men's Volleyball Challenge Cup

Asian Games

Asian Games: Nine-a-side

Southeast Asian Games

SEA V.League

Far Eastern Games

Team

Current squad

The following persons were assigned by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation as part of the coaching staff.

Starting Rotation

Former squads

Youth teams

Results

Asian Boys' U18 Volleyball Championship

Asian Men's U20 Volleyball Championship

Coaches

• Sammy Acaylar (1991)
• Song Yung Ho (2003–?)
• Francis Vicente
• Sammy Acaylar (2009)
• Oliver Almadro (2015–2016)
• Sammy Acaylar (2017–2019)
• Dante Alinsunurin (2019–2022)
• Odjie Mamon (2023)
• Sérgio Veloso (2023–2024)
• Angiolino Frigoni (2024–present)

See also

• Philippines women's national volleyball team
• Philippines men's national under-23 volleyball team
• Philippines men's national beach volleyball team
• Philippines women's national beach volleyball team
• Philippines national volleyball teams in FIVB club tournaments
• PLDT HOME TVolution team
• Spikers' Turf
• Volleyball in the Philippines

References

1. Philippines women's national volleyball team
2. Volleyball in the Philippines
3. India men's national volleyball team
4. Iran men's national volleyball team
5. 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship
6. Philippines men's national under-23 volleyball team
7. Philippines national volleyball team
8. United States men's national volleyball team
9. Philippines national volleyball teams in FIVB club tournaments
10. Philippines men's national beach volleyball team
11. 2024 FIVB Women's Volleyball Challenger Cup
12. 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League
13. Philippines women's national under-23 volleyball team
14. Philippines women's national beach volleyball team
15. 2024 FIVB Men's Volleyball Challenger Cup
16. NU Bulldogs volleyball
17. India women's national volleyball team
18. Philippines women's national basketball team
19. Philippines men's national sitting volleyball team
20. Indonesia men's national volleyball team