2022 Asian Women's Volleyball Cup

After the recent 2022 PVL Invitational, I was assigned to cover another international Volleyball event here in the country called 2022 AVC Cup for Women which was held at PhilSports Arena in Pasig City from August 21 to 29. 

The recent PVL champions Creamline Cool Smasher is the club representing the country in the tournament without Alyssa Valdez who is recovering from Dengue.

The event is consist of  nine teams (Japan, Philippines, S.Korea, Vietnam, China, Australia, Chinese Taipei and Iran) I was assigned to cover the games of the Philippines which is the last game of the day. 

Below are the photos of the four game days that I covered for ABS-CBN Sports.

August 21 - Philippines vs Vietnam

Result: Vietnam def.  Philippines 25-19, 25-17,  31-29. 

August 23 - Philippines vs China 

Result: China def.  Philippines 25-16,  25-22, 25-20.

August 25 - Philippines vs Korea

Result: Philippines def.  Korea 25-18, 25-13, 25-17.

I was able to have a photo with South Korea's opposite spiker Choi Hosun after the game.

August 27

Japan vs Iran

Result: Japan def.  Iran 25-23, 25-21,  26-28,  25-16. 

Philippines vs Thailand 

Result: Thailand def.  Philippines 25-18, 23-25, 25-20, 25-9.

After the game I was able to have a photo with Thailand's setter and captain Pornpun Guedpard.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to cover the game against Iran and also the last two days of the event due to my other work and FIBA Asia World Cup Qualifiers game.

Though the Philippines finished in 6th place, they still made the Filipino fans proud giving their best against the other teams. The fans also showed their support though it was raining almost every day during the tournament week.

It was also nice to see and bond with my fellow media friends JP, Flavius, Mariz, Angelo, Nick, Marlo, Rio and Boss Russell and also for the ride to Laguna every game day and more.

Big thanks again to ABS-CBN Sports for trusting me in covering the games.

Photos taken using Nikon D750 and Samsung Galaxy Flip 3