LAUSANNE, December 9, 2005 – The FIVB can confirm details of the huge support confirmed by its Confederations for the re-election of President Dr Rubén Acosta Hernandez for a further four-year term (2006-2010) at the FIVB World Congress in October 2006.

Four of the five Confederations that regroup the FIVB’s 218 national federations into continental organisations have already declared their unanimous support for the re-election of Dr Acosta, with a similar expression of support from the remaining Confederation, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball, expected in the near future.

The first Confederation to confirm its support was the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) following its Congress in September. Immediately after the Congress, newly re-elected AVC President Jizhong Wei sent a personal letter to FIVB President Acosta confirming the AVC’s unanimous support for the latter’s re-election.

The African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) concurred following its Congress in October, whose delegates unanimously considered Dr Rubén Acosta as their only candidate for the Presidency in 2006.

An expression of unanimous support was also received from the North, Central American and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation. NORCECA President Cristobal Marte said “I’m very pleased with this kind of support in favour of Dr Acosta.

Volleyball as a sport has developed into one of the most important disciplines under his leadership and we are very proud of that because he was the founder of our Confederation.”

The most recent confirmation of support came from the 12 national federations that form the South American Confederation. The Executive Committee of CSV, during their extraordinary assembly held on December 2, ratified their support of the enormous work undertaken by President Acosta as head of the biggest international sports organization.

Many national Volleyball federations are also expressing their individual support, thanking the FIVB President for the efforts made over so many years to bring Volleyball to the forefront of the sports world. The federations of Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, China, the Dominican Republic and Russia have all sent messages of solidarity to the FIVB and in particular to President Acosta for his restructuring of the headquarters in Lausanne.