A TEAM composed of talented and dedicated players, a patient and resilient coach who carved the team from down up and a federation that brewed a program whose result won\u2019t come overnight but already made significant progress in a three-year span.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re happy for second place, we\u2019re on the way \u2026 it\u2019s a process,\u201d said Brazilian head coach Jorge Souza De Brito minutes after Vietnam\u2014a team ranked 31 rungs higher than the Philippines at No. 25 in the world\u2014booked a clinical 25-15, 25-17, 25-14 victory in the gold medal match of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Women\u2019s Volleyball Nations Cup on Saturday night in Hanoi.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the full support of the federation, there are really good players that you have to develop and the group will become stronger and stronger year after year,\u201d de Brito said. \u201cI\u2019m sure of it. It\u2019s a process you have to go through.\u201d<\/p>\n
A silver that glittered like gold, the near-Cinderella finish continued to mark the country\u2019s rise on the Asian and global volleyball stage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis silver medal is amazing, it means everything,\u201d said Jia de Guzman, named Best Setter of the tournament for the second consecutive year. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to see the growth of the sport [in the country] without this result achieved by the team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) took over in post-pandemic 2021, both the Alas Pilipinas men and women squads have progressed significantly under a program ably supported by the world volleyball federation called FIVB.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe entire team, from the players to the coaches, they have progressed immensely,\u201d said PNVF president Ramon \u201cTats\u201d Suzara, who, only last August, was elected president of the AVC and was also named FIVB executive vice president. \u201cBut the entire program is a team and federation effort that couldn\u2019t be achieved without the stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n
Senators Alan Peter and Pia Cayetano have been staunched supporters of the program and so is the private sector support from sport patron and business tycoon Manuel V. Pangilinan, Rebisco, Meralco, Mwell, PLDT Akari and Asics.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had to give it our best because after getting the bronze last year and the silver this time, we\u2019re inspired to go back to training and keep working together as a team and to keep going for this long term program,\u201d said De Guzman, who was joined in the roster of individual awardees by Angel Canino who got Best Outside Spiker and Dell Palomata the Best Middle Blocker trophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cSlowly but surely, we\u2019re progressing as a country in volleyball and I\u2019m really proud of the team, de Guzman added.<\/p>\n
Vietnam was a class act the entire gold medal match but the Filipinas showed grit all the way\u2014winning four and losing two matches in the entire tournament\u2014a value de Brito said would bear more fruits in the future.<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope you can keep all of them because they trust the process, they are really strong and they all keep the focus even if they are not performing good, they are always trying,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd this part is important because it\u2019s not only volleyball, you play for the flag and you show your character inside.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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