The Philippine National Volleyball Federation will host the 2025 Men's World Championships. In this picture from the 19th Asian Games in China in 2023, the team from the Philippines is defeating Afghanistan. Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

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In 2021, the FIVB accepted a new member organisation from the Philippines even though the organisation was not legally constituted in its own country. The case caught the attention of Eric Dimzon who has pursued it through a number of Philippine authorities since then.

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The Philippine National Volleyball Federation's (PNVF) was so rapidly accepted into the FIVB in 2021 that it raised serious concerns about the legitimacy and legality of their submitted documents for investigative sports journalist Eric Dimzon. Since then, he has pursued the question through the Philippine Sports Commission, the Anti-Red Tape Authority, and the Office of the Ombudsman and a decision on his complaint is imminent.

Meanwhile, the FIVB has ignored all warnings from Eric Dimzon but has still chosen the PNVF as host for the 2025 FIVB Men's World Championship where billions of Filipino taxpayers' money shall be used to fund the event.

Read the first-person account by Eric Dimzon.

With a letter dated February 1, 2021, the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) applied for FIVB membership at the 37th FIVB World Congress to establish, once and for all, a legitimate Philippine...

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