Today 5/4, BTC SEA Games 32 conducted a draw for a number of competitions including volleyball. This is the meeting of the most witnessed number of the most participating teams in recent SEA Games.
However, the focus of the draw is the absence of the Philippine Men's Volleyball team. Accordingly, only 7 teams attended: Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Singapore.
According to the draw results, the Vietnam Volleyball team is located in Group B with Thailand, Malaysia and Myanmar.
The absence of the Philippines immediately attracted the attention of the public when preparing for this SEA Games, the Philippine Men's Volleyball team has invested very strongly.
They brought back to the Brazilian expert, calling for three Philippine bridishes to play in the US and continuously training foreign. Worth mentioning, the team is also preparing to go to Japan to train 15 days before the SEA Games.
The Philippine Volleyball Federation recently said that it would be clarified to the Philippine Olympic Committee about the male team suddenly “missing” from the 32nd SEA Games. The Filipino Labor Federation said they sent the registered team and was completely surprised when during the draw without the team.
The highest officials of the Philippine volleyball were surprised by this incident. Tomorrow, representatives of this agency will work with BTC SEA Games 32.
It is not clear whether the solution is, whether the host country will register for additional or not when the Philippines is the main competitor of Cambodia and if added, it is likely to share the table with the home team.