Philippines national volleyball teams in FIVB club tournaments

The Philippine National Volleyball Federation sent representative teams in the 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships under the name of Rebisco and Choco Mucho, brands of its sponsor Republic Biscuit Corporation. The teams don't belong to a domestic league with its players derived from the pool of the Philippine men's and women's national teams.

This article is about the Philippine national teams in AVC and FIVB-sanctioned club tournaments. For the main national team articles, see Philippines women's national volleyball team and Philippines men's national volleyball team.

Philippines national volleyball team in FIVB club tournaments
Flag of the Philippines[note 1]
Full nameRebisco Philippines /
Choco Mucho
Founded2021
OwnerPhilippine National Volleyball Federation
Head coachMen's
Dante Alinsunurin
Women's
Jorge Edson (Rebisco)
Arthur Mamon (Choco Mucho)
CaptainMen's
John Vic De Guzman
Women's
Aby Maraño (Rebisco)
Iris Tolenada (Choco Mucho)
LeagueNone

History

PSL All Stars
Main article: Philippine Super Liga All-Stars

The Philippines under the previous national federation, Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas (LVP) has been represented by non-club teams in official FIVB and AVC tournaments. Republic Biscuit Corporation which owns the Rebisco brand has been supporting Philippine volleyball since 2017.[2]

The PSL All-Stars, a selection team from players of the Philippine Super Liga, was the country's representative at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Metro Manila rather than a regular club side. That team played as "PSL-F2 Logistics Manila" which finished last among 8th teams in that tournament.[3][4] The team featured again in the 2017 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship as "Rebisco-PSL Manila" due to a sponsorship deal with Republic Biscuit. The team likewise finished last at 8th place.[5] The selection team has also participated in other tournaments in Thailand and the PSL Super Cup.

Rebisco and PNVF

The Philippine National Volleyball Federation succeeded the LVP in early 2021. In June 2021, the PNVF secured a three-year sponsorship deal with Republic Biscuit Corporation. The company pledged to support the federation's national team programs.[6][7]

The PNVF entered the men's and women's national teams for the 2021 Asian Men's and Women's Club Volleyball Championships under the Rebisco name.[8][9] For the women's competition, the federation will field two teams composing of national team players.[8] The first team will composed of more established players and the second team will be a developmental side composed of younger players.[10]

Originally, the PNVF planned to send two teams in that competition; the national team under the Rebisco brand and the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro Crossovers winners of the 2021 Premier Volleyball League Open Conference.[11][12] However Chery Tiggo and all the other teams in the league declined to participate.[8] The PNVF will instead field a second team composing of national team players instead.[8] The second team was named Team Choco Mucho, after another brand of Republic Biscuit Corporation and shares the name with a PVL club, Choco Mucho Flying Titans.[13]

Choco Mucho placed sixth in the 2021 Women's Club Championship, besting the Rebisco team which settled for seventh place.[14] The men's Rebisco team on their part finished 9th out of 10 teams in their tournament.[15]

Competitive record

Asian Club Championship
  • Thailand 2021 – (Rebisco) – 9th place

Asian Club Championship
  • Thailand 2021
    • First team (Rebisco) – 7th place
    • Second team (Choco Mucho) – 6th place

Coaches
Head coaches
TeamCoach
RebiscoMen'sPhilippines Dante Alinsunurin
Women'sBrazil Jorge Edson
Choco MuchoWomen'sPhilippines Arthur Mamon

See also

Notes
  1. For the national team's participation in international club tournaments, they have used the logos of Rebisco and Choco Mucho brands of sponsor Republic Biscuit Corporation as "club logos".[1]

References
  1. "2021 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship: Teams". Asian Volleyball Confederation. Archived from the original on September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 29, 2021.
  2. "PHL volleyball gets avid support". BusinessMirror. October 13, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  3. "F2 Logistics to serve as official sponsor for PSL-Pilipinas". Tiebreaker Times. October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  4. Lozada, Bong (October 23, 2016). "Bangkok Glass sweeps winless PSL-F2". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  5. "Rebisco PSL Manila settles for 8th place after winless campaign". Philippine Daily Inquirer. May 31, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  6. "PNVF, Rebisco inks 3-year sponsorship deal". BusinessWorld. June 15, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  7. "Rebisco to support all of PNVF national teams". Tiebreaker Times. June 15, 2021. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  8. "Volleyball: 2 national teams to join Asian club tourney". ABS-CBN News. August 27, 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  9. Lozada, Bong (August 28, 2021). "PNVF sending three teams to two Asian club tourneys". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
  10. Dannug, Jonash (September 3, 2021). "PNVF to split AVC Women's Club teams to vets, young guns". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  11. Suing, Ivan (August 18, 2021). "Chery Tiggo marches in full force". Daily Tribune. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  12. Dannug, Jonash (August 18, 2021). "Chery Tiggo, Rebisco invited to join Asian Women's Club Championship". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
  13. "Marano, Deguzman captain Rebisco PH as Tolenada skippers Choco Mucho in AVC Club". Tiebreaker Times. September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  14. "Choco Mucho settles for 6th in Asian club tournament". BusinessMirror. October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
  15. Lozada, Bong (October 13, 2021). "Rebisco ends AVC stint with win over Sri Lanka's CEB Sports Club". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved October 14, 2021.
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