Thailand Volleyball Teams Target Two Medals at 2026 Asian Games

Thailand's volleyball federation announced it will dispatch its strongest contingent of male and female athletes in both indoor and beach volleyball to the 20th Asian Games in Japan, with full backing from Thailand's national sports authority (TTSF) as it pursues a target of winning at least two medals. The Thai national volleyball teams—men's and women's squads in both indoor and beach categories—will compete at the 20th Asian Games between September 19 and October 4, 2026, in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Sompon Chai Bangyaeng, president of the Volleyball Association of Thailand, disclosed that the federation has been continuously preparing national team athletes, particularly the women's indoor volleyball team, which trains at facilities within Thailand's sports science center. The team has been competing regularly in international tournaments, recently finishing the Nations League 2026, and will next compete in the first leg of the CVL Cup 2026 on July 31–August 2, 2026, in Hanoi, Vietnam, followed by the second leg on August 7–9, 2026, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. These contests precede the Asian Championship on August 21–30, 2026, in Tianjin, China—whose champion earns a berth at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics—before the Asian Games itself. Sompon stated that the federation will send its best athletes to the Asian Games across all four volleyball categories and has set a minimum target of two medals, with particular hopes for the women's indoor team to equal or exceed the bronze medal won at the previous Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. He thanked Thailand's sports authority for providing training facilities, sports science support, and sports psychologists to ready the team for the Games.