After
William G. Morgan, the physical education director of the
YMCA in
Massachusetts,
United States, invented the sport of volleyball in 1895, ten years later, in the early 1900s, the YMCA began spreading the sport to Asian countries such as
Qing dynasty,
Empire of Japan, the
Philippine Islands, and
British Raj. Later, in 1913, volleyball was included in the
Far Eastern Games held in
Manila, Philippine Islands, which is considered the first international volleyball competition in the world. AVC was established in 1952, four years after the founding of the
FIVB, following an initiative by Masaichi Nishikawa, then President of the
Japan Volleyball Association. Asia has become one of the most important continents in the world of volleyball, as it has the largest number of member federations and enjoys widespread popularity of the sport. The continent has also hosted many major international volleyball events — most notably, the
1964 Summer Olympics in
Tokyo, Japan, which marked the debut of
volleyball in the
Olympic Games. In that historic event, the
Japanese women's team won the first-ever Olympic gold medal in volleyball. In September 2025, the AVC House was inaugurated in Bangkok. ==Presidents==