19 june, kathmandu- Hann Abing from Netherlands, who has been appointed as volleyball coach for Nepali national volleyball team for three months has arrived in Kathmandu today. Officials of the Nepal Volleyball Association including general secretary Jitendra Bahadur Chand among others reached Tribhuvan International Airport to receive him.
The Dutch national will coach Nepali volleyball team who are participating in the upcoming fifth edition of the Asian Senior Men’s Central Zone Volleyball Championship scheduled for August 17-25.
Talking to media-persons, the new coach for the national volleyball team said he knew a little about Nepali volleyball history. He also expressed his confidence that he would make his stint as a coach for the Nepali volleyball team memorable by giving his 100 percent.
Nepal Volleyball Association hopes that Nepal would play for a better result in the central zone under the guidance of the new coach who has a 25-year-long experience in volleyball coaching. He had coached the Dutch volleyball’s team’s coach from 1997- 2004. He was the main coach for the Germany Bundesliga Women Volleyball Team from 2004- 2008. The team clinched the title of German Cup in 2008.
Similarly, he was the head coach for Germany Women U-20 National Team from 2009-2013. The team had won the World U-20 Women Championship.
He was the head coach for the Netherlands National Volleyball Team U-21 from 2014- 2015. He will be taking charge of the Nepali team coach from tomorrow. (RSS)
