FIVB ranking 79 (as of August 2016) Appearances 1 (First in 1974) Appearances 9 (First in 1983) | Home Away Best result 18th (1974) Best result 5th (1983) Head coach Francis Vicente | |
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The Philippine women's national volleyball team is the national volleyball team of the Philippines. The country is ranked 63rd in the world as of 13 October 2014. Its highest achievement was in 1974 when it qualified for the FIVB World Championship, where it placed 18th. It is governed by Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas (LVPI) since 2015.
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History
The Philippine national team was a regional powerhouse in Southeast Asia having won gold medals at the 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987 and 1993 editions of the Southeast Asian Games. The Philippines also participated at its first and only FIVB Volleyball World Championship in 1974.
The national team had its last gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games finish under Russian-Latvian head coach Staņislavs Lugailo, who was part of the Soviet Union men's national team that won gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was hired to lead the team in 1990. He guided the team to its bronze medal finish at the 1991 Southeast Asian Games. The national team had a training camp in Japan in 1992 where it played games against Japanese volleyball clubs. Lyugailo later led the national team to win a gold medal at the Southeast Asian Games in 1993 defeating defending champions Thailand in the final. Thailand would later defeat the Philippines in the next edition in 1995 in the gold medal match. The Philippines fail to duplicate its gold medal games for the next editions of the Southeast Asian Games with Thailand establishing dominance in women's volleyball in the region.
The Philippine national team did not see international play after the 2005 edition of the Southeast Asian Games and the Asian Championships. The Philippines won a bronze medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. They would make a comeback at the Asian Championships in 2013 and at the Southeast Asian Games in 2015 respectively.
After failing to get a podium finish at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, it was decided that the national team coached by Roger Gorayeb will be disbanded. However it is later decided that Gorayeb will remain coach of the national team which participated in another tournament, the 2015 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup. The team finish last out of six teams and was without many of its players that played in the Southeast Asian Games.
Results
The following are the rank of the senior's Philippines women's volleyball team in past tournaments.
Rankings
^[a] Change from previous ranking (Men: September 2014; Women: October 2014).Pool of Players
On March 14, 2017, the Larong Volleyball sa Pilipinas announced the 25 pool of players for women's volleyball.
Note: not final.
MH Middle Hitter OP Opposite Hitter OH Outside Hitter MB Middle Blocker S Setter L Libero
2015 VTV Cup
Coaching staff
Roger Gorayeb
Nes Pamilar
Parley Tupas
Coaches
The following were head coaches of the senior national team.
Under-17
In 2014, the Under-17 team finished 7th among 13 teams in the 2014 Asian Youth Girls Volleyball Championship. It defeated Australia and India while losing to China in straight sets in the Group C stage. In the Qualifying Round, it lost to Thailand while winning against New Zealand in 4 sets. In the Quarterfinals, it lost to South Korea. In the 5th–8th place playoffs, it lost to Kazakhstan in 5 sets. In the 7th place game, it won against New Zealand again.
Roster:
Asian U23 Volleyball Championship
The following are the rank of the Philippines women's youth volleyball teams in past tournaments.