The Indonesian Volleyball Federation, commonly called PBVSI (

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: ''Persatuan Bola Voli Seluruh Indonesia)'' sometimes translated as All-Indonesian Volleyball Association) is the governing body of

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and beach volleyball in

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. Formed in 1955, its headquarters are in

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. The PBVSI is a member of the

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(FIVB) and the

Asian Volleyball Confederation The Asian Volleyball Confederation, commonly known by the acronym AVC, is the continental governing body for the sports of indoor, beach, and grass volleyball in Asia and Oceania. It has 65 member associations, mostly located in the Asia-Pacif ...

(AVC), as well as the

sports in the

National Sports Committee of Indonesia The National Sports Committee of Indonesia ( id, Komite Olahraga Nasional Indonesia, abbreviated KONI) is the sports governing body of Indonesia. It was founded in 1946 to unite the various satellite sports associations that was created within the ...

. It organizes both the Men's Pro Liga and women's Pro Liga. The organization also administrates the Indonesia Men's Volleyball Team and the Indonesia Women's Volleyball Team.

History

In 1953, after the third Indonesia National Sports Week was completed, the Executive Board of Surabaya Volleyball Association (

:''Ikatan Perhimpunan Volleyball Surabaya,'' ''I.P.V.O.S'') held a management meeting around the middle of 1954. In the IPVOS meeting, ideas or decisions were made to form a national

parent organization. In order to realize this idea, the IPVOS board finally sent someone to meet with the board of the

Indonesian Olympic Committee Indonesian Olympic Committee ( id, Komite Olimpiade Indonesia, abbreviate: KOI) is the national Olympic committee of Indonesia and the member of Olympic Council of Asia. Their duty is to organize Indonesian participation in international sporting ...

in Jakarta.

References

External links

Official website
{{National members of the International Federation of Volleyball National members of the Asian Volleyball Confederation

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

Volleyball in Indonesia