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West Asian Volleyball Association
AbbreviationWAVA
FormationDecember 1993; 31 years ago
TypeVolleyball organisation
HeadquartersDoha, Qatar
Region West Asia
Membership12 national federations
Official languages English and Arabic
PresidentAli Ghanem Al-Kuwari
Parent organizationAsian Volleyball Confederation

The West Asian Volleyball Association (WAVA) is one of five zonal associations of governance in volleyball within the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC). It governs indoor volleyball and beach volleyball in West Asia. WAVA consists of 12 national federation members which are full members with the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). All of these also represent the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of their respective countries and dependent territories, allowing them to participate in the Olympic Games.

WAVA consists of the national volleyball federations of West Asia and run zonal championships including the West Asian Men's Volleyball Championship and West Asian Women's Volleyball Championship. 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, Ali Ghanem Al-Kuwari, president of the Qatar Volleyball Association, was elected as WAVA's president for the 2024–2028 term in Doha, Qatar, in March 2024. His election also secured him the position of vice-president within the continental governing body, AVC.

National federations

The West Asian Volleyball Association has twelve national federations.

Code Federation National teams Founded FIVB
affiliation		 AVC
affiliation		 IOC
member
BRN  Bahrain 1976 1976 Yes
IRQ  Iraq 1959 1959 Yes
JOR  Jordan 1961 1971 Yes
KUW  Kuwait Yes
LBN  Lebanon 1949 1949 Yes
OMA  Oman Yes
PLE  Palestine Yes
QAT  Qatar Yes
KSA  Saudi Arabia Yes
SYR  Syria Yes
UAE  United Arab Emirates Yes
YEM  Yemen 1976 1976 Yes

Competitions

WAVA active competitions

National teams:

Club teams:

Current title holders

Indoor volleyball

Competition Champions Runners-up 3rd place Ref.
National teams (men)
West Asian U20 Volleyball Championship (2024)  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain
West Asian U19 Volleyball Championship (2023)  Bahrain  Saudi Arabia  Kuwait
National teams (women)
West Asian Volleyball Championship (2022)  Lebanon  Jordan  United Arab Emirates
Club teams (men)
West Asian Volleyball Club Championship (2024) Qatar Al Rayyan Kuwait Al Kuwait Qatar Al Arabi

Beach volleyball

Competition Champions Runners-up 3rd place Ref.
National teams (men)
West Asian Beach Volleyball Championship (2024)  Oman
Mazin Alhashmi
Hood Al Jalaboubi		  Oman
Haitham Alshereiqi
Ahmed Alhousni		  Qatar
Abdallah Ibrahim Nassim
Mohamed Ihab Zaki
National teams (women)
West Asian Beach Volleyball Championship (2024)  Lebanon
Cheikho Mirna
Hamzeh Mirvat		  Jordan
Farah Alatout
Nancy Ayyash		  Lebanon
Nour Hamze
Lara Al Nahi
West Asian U20 Beach Volleyball Championship (2024)  Lebanon
Lara Al Nahi
Louna Khorbotly		  Jordan
Ghayd Alashoush
Batoul Husein Ahmad Abdallah		  Lebanon
Angelina Farah
Angy Lakkis

See also

References

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Zone 3 (EAZVA)
Zone 4 (SEAZVA)
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Men's Asian Volleyball Championship
Women's National Volleyball Teams of Asia (AVC)
Asian Volleyball Confederation
Zone 1 (WAVA)
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Zone 3 (EAZVA)
Zone 4 (SEAVA)
Zone 5 (OZVA)
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