Central Asian Volleyball Association


The Central Asian Volleyball Association is one of five zonal associations of governance in volleyball within the Asian Volleyball Confederation. It governs indoor volleyball and beach volleyball in Central Asia and South Asia. CAVA was formed in 10th AVC General Assembly in 1993. CAVA consists of 14 national federation members which are full members with the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. All of them also represent the National Olympic Committees of their respective countries and dependent territories, allowing them to participate in the Olympic Games.
CAVA runs zonal championships including the CAVA Men's Volleyball Nations League and CAVA Women's Volleyball Nations League. Mohamed Latheef, former president of the Volleyball Association of Maldives, was elected as CAVA's president in Bangkok, 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.
CodeFederationNational teamsFoundedFIVB
affiliation
AVC
affiliation
IOC
member
AFG
BAN1973
BHU
IND1951
IRI19451959
KAZ1992
KGZ
MDV
NEP1976
PAK1955
SRI1951
TJK
TKM
UZB

Competitions

National teams:
Beach volleyball:
Clubs:
  • Central Asian Men's Volleyball Club Championship
  • Central Asian Women's Volleyball Club Championship

Events

2024

  1. 1st U16 Boys and Girls - UZB
  2. 1st U18 Boys and Girls - UZB

2025

Source:

Beach

  1. CAVA Beach Volleyball Championships Jan
  2. Beach U21 June
  3. Beach Challenge Cup July
  4. Beach Nations League
  5. Beach Clubs

Indoor

  1. U16 Men June
  2. U19 Men June
  3. U16 Women July
  4. Champions League Men Clubs July
  5. Nations League Men August
  6. Nations Cup Women September
  7. Nations Cup Men October
  8. Nations League Women October
  9. U19 Women November
  10. CISM November
  11. FISU November
  12. Champions League Women Clubs December