Philippines men's national beach volleyball team explained

The Philippines men's national beach volleyball team is the national team of Philippines for beach volleyball. It is governed by Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) since 2021.

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Names

The Philippine men's national beach volleyball team is known by their moniker, "Alas Pilipinas", with Alas meaning "Ace" in Filipino. The nickname is an official designation by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation in partnership with sponsor Cignal TV. Adopted on May 15, 2024, the moniker is shared with all the national volleyball teams of the Philippines, including beach volleyball.^[1]

Rankings

The following pairs included are in the top 1,000 in the FIVB World Rankings.

Rank of Philippines Men's beach volleyball team as of 3 June 2024^[2]

Rank	Team	Points	Confederation
117		1144
228		584
294		444
338		364

Current squad

Philippines - 2024 AVC Beach Tour – Taoyuan Open
Team	No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Last/Current Club
A	1	Alnakran Abdilla	22 April 1991		Philippine Air Force Air Spikers
	2	Rancel Varga	13 April 2000		UST Tiger Sands
B	1	James Buytrago	20 September 1999		NU Bulldogs
	2		29 January 1993		Philippine Air Force Air Spikers

The following persons were assigned by the Philippine National Volleyball Federation as part of the coaching staff.^[3]

Coaching Staff
Position	Name
Head coach	João Luciano Simao Barbosa
Assistant coach	Rhovyl Verayo
coach	John Paulo Agir
Team manager	Rosemarie Prochina

Competitive record

The following are the rank of the Philippines men's beach volleyball team in past tournaments.

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour

Year	Location	Representatives	Result
2022 Future	Subic Bay
Alnakran Abdilla Jaron Requinton		5th place
Jude Garcia Anthony Lemuel Arbasto Jr.		align=center rowspan=2	9th place
James Buytrago Pol Gringo Salvador
2023 Challenge	Nuvali
Alnakran Abdilla Jaron Requinton		19th place
Anthony Lemuel Arbasto Jr. Alche Gupiteo		align=center rowspan=2	33rd place
James Buytrago Rancel Varga
2024 Futures	Nuvali	James Buytrago Rancel Varga	Silver medal
Alnakran Abdilla Andre Joseph Pareja		13th place
Cervia	James Buytrago Rancel Varga	9th place
	Alnakran Abdilla Andre Joseph Pareja	17th place
Battipaglia	James Buytrago Rancel Varga	13th place
	Alnakran Abdilla Andre Joseph Pareja	21st place
Spiez	James Buytrago Rancel Varga	9th place
	Alnakran Abdilla Andre Joseph Pareja	13th place
Qingdao	Alnakran Abdilla Rancel Varga	align=center rowspan=2	To be determined
	James Buytrago Edwin Tolentino

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

Year	Location	Representatives	Result
2018	Manila	Raphy Abanto John Kevin Juban	unplaced
Alnakran Abdilla Edwin Tolentino
Jade Becaldo Calvin Sarte
Kris Roy Guzman Henry James Pecaña
2019	Boracay
Alnakran Abdilla Jessie Lopez		unplaced
James Butraygo Anthony Lemuel Arbasto Jr.
Jade Becaldo Mike Abria

Asian Games

Year	Location	Representatives	Result
	Bangkok	Leonardo Toyco Elmer Valdez	9th place
2002	Busan	colspan="2"
	Doha	Parley Tupaz Rhovyl Verayo	13th place
2010	Guangdong	colspan="2" rowspan="3"
2014	Incheon
2018	Palembang
align=center rowspan="2"	2022	Hangzhou	Jude Garcia James Buytrago	9th place
Jaron Requinton Alnakran Abdilla	17th place

Asian Beach Games

Year	Location	Representatives	Result
	Bali	Rhovyl Verayo Jonrey Sasing	9th place
Benjaylo Labide Angelo Espiritu		36th place
2010	Muscat	rowspan=2 colspan="2"
2012	Haiyang
2014	Phuket	Jade Becaldo Loujie Tipgos	9th place
Edmar Bonono Edward Ybañez		17th place
2016	Da Nang	rowspan=2 colspan="2"

Asian Beach Volleyball Championship

Year	Location	Representatives	Result
2000	Yangjiang	colspan="2"
2001	Pasay	colspan="2"
2002	China	rowspan=4 colspan="2"
2004	China
2005	Thailand
2006	Kish
2007	Songkhla	Parley Tupaz Rhovyl Verayo	5th place
2008	India	colspan="2"
2009	Haikou	Gabriel Usman Angelo Espiritu	17th place
2010		rowspan=5 colspan="2"
2011
2012
2013	Wuhan
2014	Jinjiang
2015	Hong Kong	colspan="2"
2016	Sydney	rowspan=5 colspan="2"
2017	Songkhla
2018	Satun
2019	China
2020	Udon Thani
2021	Phuket	Jude Garcia Anthony Lemuel Arbasto Jr.	5th place
Andre Joseph Pareja Henry Pecaña		17th place
2022	Bandar Abbas	colspan="2"
2023	Pingtan	Anthony Lemuel Arbasto Jr. Jaron Requinton	align=center rowspan=2	25th place
Jude Garcia James Buytrago

AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

Year	Location	Representatives	Result
2021	Nakhon Pathom	Jude Garcia Anthony Lemuel Arbasto Jr.	Semifinal round
Jaron Requinton James Buytrago

AVC Beach Tour

Year	Location	Representatives	Result
2022	Samila Open (Songkhla)	Jude Garcia Anthony Lemuel Arbasto Jr.	17th place
Alnakran Abdilla Jaron Requinton
Bandar Abbas Open	colspan="2"
2023	Samila Open (Songkhla)	colspan="2"
Penghu Open	Jude Garcia James Buytrago	9th place
	Alnakran Abdilla Jaron Requinton
2024	Nuvali Open	James Buytrago Rancel Varga	align=center rowspan=2	9th place
Alnakran Abdilla Andre Joseph Pareja
Samila Open (Songkhla)	colspan="2"
Taoyuan Open	Alnakran Abdilla Rancel Varga	align=center rowspan=2	To be determined
	James Buytrago Edwin Tolentino

South East Asian Games

Year	Location	Representatives	Result
2005	Bacolod	Rhovyl Verayo Parley Tupaz	4th place
Chad Mowrey Justin Schonnor		5th place
2007	Nakhon Ratchasima	Rhovyl Verayo Parley Tupaz	4th place
Edward Balbuena Mimi Dacurong		unplaced
	Vientiane	Rhovyl Verayo Jonrey Sasing	5th place
	Palembang	colspan="2"
	Naypyidaw	colspan="2" rowspan="3"
	Singapore
	Kuala Lumpur
2019	Olongapo	Edmar Bonono Jude Garcia	Bronze medal
James Buytrago Jaron Requinton
2021	Quảng Ninh	Jude Garcia Anthony Lemuel Arbasto Jr.	Bronze medal
Alnakran Abdilla Jaron Requinton
2023	Sihanoukville	Alnakran Abdilla Jaron Requinton	Bronze medal
James Buytrago Jude Garcia

South East Asian Beach Volleyball Championship

Youth teams

Philippines Under 21 - Official Line Up for 2021 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championship
style= align=center "background:navy; color:white;"	No.	style= align=center "width:15em; background:navy; color:white;"	Name	style= align=center "background:navy; color:white;"	Date of birth	style= align=center "width:10em; background:navy; color:white;"	Height
1	Jay Rack de la Noche	20 July 2002
2	Alexander Jhon Iraya	12 January 2003

Philippines Under 19 - Official Line Up for 2021 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championship
style= align=center "background:navy; color:white;"	No.	style= align=center "width:15em; background:navy; color:white;"	Name	style= align=center "background:navy; color:white;"	Date of birth	style= align=center "width:10em; background:navy; color:white;"	Height
1	Jay Rack de la Noche	20 July 2002
2	Alexander Jhon Iraya	12 January 2003

Coaches

• Dante Lopez (2009)
• Rhovyl Verayo^[4] (2021–2022)
• João Luciano Simao Barbosa^[5] (2022–)

See also

• Philippines women's national beach volleyball team
• Philippines women's national volleyball team
• Philippines men's national volleyball team
• Beach Volleyball Republic
• Volleyball in the Philippines

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bautista . Ohmer . Philippine national volleyball team announces new moniker . . May 15, 2024 . May 15, 2024.
2. Web site: FIVB Senior World Ranking – Men. FIVB.
3. Web site: Valdez, Mangulabnan captain PHL volleyball teams to Cambodia SEAG; Rondina, Gonzaga lead beach volleyball squads . Volleyball Philippines . April 2, 2023 . April 2, 2023.
4. News: PNVF appoints Odjie Mamon, Dante Alinsunurin as NT head coaches . 11 March 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 11 March 2021.
5. News: PNVF taps another Brazilian coach, this time for beach volley . 4 December 2022 . Tiebreaker Times . 4 December 2022.