24 November 2022, Thursday. After 17 years, the Central Asian Volleyball Championship, an International Volleyball tournament in Pakistan, began with a colourful ceremony in which all the five teams participating in the tournament participated and the live performance of Pakistan’s famous pop singer Bilal Saeed graced the opening ceremony and won the hearts of participants and after that the electric dance of the young boys made the event colourful. Provincial Sports Minister Malik Taimur Masoud the special guest of the opening ceremony, participated in the ceremony. Chairman Pakistan Volleyball Federation Chaudhry Muhammad Yaqoob and President Pakistan Volleyball Federation Chaudhry Iftikhar Ahmad Sohail Khawar Mir Chairman Sialkot Zone Volleyball Association and Shah Naeem Zafar Secretary General Pakistan Volleyball Federation welcomed Provincial Sports Minister Malik Taimur Masood. On this occasion, Chairman Pakistan Volleyball Federation in his address thanked all the sponsors Punjab Government and all the teams participating in the tournament. He said that the volleyball development program with the support of the title sponsor Engro is going on with the target of qualifying for the 2028 World Olympics and Volleyball World Championship, the time is not far when the people of Pakistan will be proud that their team is one of the best volleyball teams in the world.
Technical Control Committee
Sr No
NAME
Position
1
Mr. Ch Muhammad Yaqoob
Chairman (PVF)
2
Mr. MASOUD YAZDANPANAH
Technical Delegate
3
Mr. MORTEZA GHANBARAFJEH
VIS Delegate
4
Maj. Gen. Mahesh Abeyratne RSP
Head of Delegation Sri lanka
5
Mr Shah Naeem Zafar
Secretary General (PVF)
6
Mrs. Shamsa Hashmi
Lady Vice President (PVF)
7
Mr. Sardar M Nawaz
International Referees
Sr No
NAME
Country
1
Mohammad Reza Aghaei
Iran
2
Ahmed Nasheer
Maldives
3
Ubaid Ullah Shah
Pakistan
4
Sabtain
Pakistan
5
Shaikh Rassal Hassan
Bangladesh
Organizer Management
Sr No
Name
Function
1
Shah Naeem Zafar
Organizing Sectray
2
Naseer Ahmad
Director Technical
3
Shahid Masood
Press and Broad Casting
4
Abidullah Shah
Manager Refeer
5
Ehsan Ullah Tipu
Transport and Security
6
Dr Muhmmad Hashim
Manager Health and First Aid
7
MB Javed
Director Coordination
8
Muhammad Waseem
Manager Opening & Closing Ceremony
9
Mazhar Memon
Court Manager
10
Gulam Mustafa Shah
Director Facilities
11
Noman javaid
Liaison Officer (Iran)
12
Muhammad Aashir Kashmiri
Liaison Officer (Sri Lanka)
13
Abdul Hadi
Liaison Officer (Afganistan)
14
Muhammad Ajmal
Liaison Officer (Pakistan)
15
Muhammad Waseem Sarwar
Liaison Officer (Bangladesh)
16
Muhammad Ajmal
Hotel Liason
17
Kashif Ali
Food Management
18
Afzaal Hussain
TV Interviews Coordinator
19
Rehan Mirza
TV Interviews Coordinator
20
Shehraz Mughal
TV Interviews Coordinator
21
Farooq Azam
Training Coordinator
22
Zaheer Aabas
Announcer Of Event
23
Sardar Farooq
Manager Emergancy
Participating Teams
Afghanistan (AFG)
Bangladesh (BAN)
I.R. Iran (IRI)
Sri Lanka (SRI)
Pakistan (PAK)
Training Schedule
DATES
TIME
TEAMS
VENUE
22-11-2022
1000
AFG
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1100
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1200
IRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1300
BAN
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1600
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
23-11-2022
1000
AFG
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1100
BAN
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1200
SRI
PUNJAB SPORT HALL
1400
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1600
IRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
24-11-2022
0900
BAN
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1000
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1100
IRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1200
AFG
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1300
SRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
25-11-2022
0900
SRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1000
BAN
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1100
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1200
AFG
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1300
IRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
26-11-2022
0900
IRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1000
SRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1100
AFG
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1200
BAN
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1300
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
27-11-2022
0900
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1000
SRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1100
IRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1200
BAN
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1300
AFG
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
28-11-2022
0900
IRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1000
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1100
SRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1200
BAN
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1300
AFG
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
29-11-2022
0900
SRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1000
BAN
PUNJAB SPORTS HAL
1100
PAK
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1200
IRI
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
1300
AFG
PUNJAB SPORTS HALL
Match Shedule
Venue: Gymnasium Hall of Sports Board Punjab, Nishter Park (Gaddafi Stadium), Lahore
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