JAKARTA - The Central Management of the Indonesian Volleyball Association (PP PBVSI) officially decided to dismiss the coach of the Indonesian Men's Volleyball National Team, Jeff Jiang Jie, after failing to get a gold medal at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand which has just ended.
The Chairman of the PP PBVSI, Imam Sudjarwo, confirmed that his party ended its cooperation with the Chinese coach as part of their evaluation after the men's team failed to retain the gold medal.
"Therefore, we evaluate the future of my coach to change, starting this year my coach will change. So, Jeff Jiang Jie I have stopped immediately. (That) is our evaluation," he said in Jakarta.
The Indonesian Men's Volleyball Team failed to climb to the highest podium at the 2025 SEA Games after losing to hosts Thailand in the final. Rivan Nurmulki and his friends were forced to swallow a narrow defeat of 2-3.
Imam revealed that the Indonesian Men's Volleyball National Team will be filled by a coach from Brazil. The new coach will later lead Indonesia to the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
"Hopefully it will give a new color, it will give new motivation, so that the 2026 Asian Games we will be successful again."
"Of course we will also evaluate the players. Which ones will be maintained, which ones must be replaced with new ones," he said.
The Indonesian Men's Volleyball Team is the winner of three consecutive SEA Games gold medals before being stopped by Thailand in this year's edition.
Imam said that the Indonesian squad's fight was extraordinary when they lost to Thailand. He assessed the narrow defeat against the hosts showed Rivan and his friends could give a fight.
"I thank the athletes for fighting so amazingly and the support from the community. We are still proud because they played amazingly," he said.
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