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One in all 5 holdovers of the historic 2019 SEA Video games silver-medalist males’s volleyball crew, setter Owa Retamar combines youth and a wealth of expertise forward of the 2025 FIVB Males’s Volleyball World Championship for Alas Pilipinas
MANILA, Philippines – Forward of the 2025 FIVB Males’s Volleyball World Championship this September 12 to twenty-eight, Owa Retamar is one among many names to be careful for as Alas Pilipinas defends residence courtroom in opposition to the world’s greatest on the taraflex.
Already a nationwide crew veteran at simply 25 years previous, the three-time UAAP champion is one among 5 holdovers within the 21-strong Worlds pool from the historic 2019 Southeast Asian Video games silver medalist crew, alongside Bryan Bagunas, Marck Espejo, Kim Malabunga and Jack Kalingking.
Although already boasting a laundry listing of accolades from the collegiate, semi-pro and worldwide ranges, Retamar admitted nonetheless forgetting his lofty place within the nationwide crew, and the responsibilties that include being held by his teammates at such a excessive regard.
“Even now, I nonetheless wrestle to behave like a senior on the crew. That’s why Kuya Bryan and Kuya Marck at all times remind me that I have to step up and be a frontrunner,” he mentioned, as he now banners an Alas setter lineup forward of kids Eco Adajar and unheralded Elijah Tae-yin Kim.
Forward of the World Championship, Retamar beams gratitude for his mentors, notably Alas coach Angiolino Frigoni, that received him mentally to the place he’s anticipated to be come September 12 and past.
“I’m bettering in plenty of methods, even my perspective in the case of volleyball. Even when I can’t at all times present it or do what’s anticipated of me straight away, I’m actually making an attempt, for myself and for my crew,” Retamar mentioned.
Amongst 31 different squads within the large match, world No. 82 Alas Pilipinas is predicted to be the heaviest underdog of the bunch, having solely clinched a spot by means of internet hosting privileges.
As such, Retamar and the remainder of the Philippines’ greatest gamers carry big chips on their shoulders to show they deserve their spot on the world stage, as world No. 13 Iran, No. 23 Egypt and No. 43 Tunisia put together to place the host nation by way of the last word take a look at run within the group part.
Tunisia serves as Alas Males’s first dance associate within the match’s September 12, 6 pm curtain-raiser on the Mall of Asia Enviornment, earlier than Okay-pop group BOYNEXTDOOR and Cebuana singer Karencitta cap off the evening’s leisure with a particular opening ceremony.
Egypt faces the Philippines subsequent on September 16, then Iran on September 18, nonetheless on the MOA Enviornment.
Tickets to the world championships — concurrently held at MOA and the Araneta Coliseum — can be found on-line by way of the official web site at www.philippineswch2025.com. – Rappler.com
