Marck Espejo makes his much-anticipated return for the Philippine men’s volleyball team when they compete in the 2023 Asian Men’s Volleyball Challenge Cup starting on Saturday in Taiwan.
Brazilian coach Sergio Veloso is also fielding the holdovers of his team bannered by setters Vince Mangulabnan and Kim Dayandante, Filipino-American opposite spiker Steve Rotter, Lloyd Josafat, and liberos Manuel Sumanguid and Vince Lorenzo.
La Salle star Noel Kampton is making his national team debut along with Cignal’s Chu Njigha, Filipino-American wing spiker Ryan Ka, and veteran hitter Madz Gampong. The Philippines will start its campaign against Macau on July 9 before facing Mongolia on the next day. Only the top two teams from the six groups will advance to the Final 12 as the squads that won’t qualify will be relegated to the classification round.
The other participating countries are Chinese Taipei and Kazakhstan of Pool A; Pool B’s Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and South Korea; Pool C has Uzbekistan, India, and Hong Kong; Pool E features Australia, Pakistan, and Vietnam; and Pool F is composed of Sri Lanka, Bahrain, and Indonesia.
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