K-pop boy group BOYNEXTDOOR will be opening the FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship with a bang at the SM Mall of Asia Arena on September 12.
The 2025 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World Championship will be more than just a celebration of the sport on the court.
Going way beyond the taraflex will be a world-class display of musical prowess, festive dance and electrifying showmanship with K-pop boy group BOYNEXTDOOR set to take over the centerstage of the world championship’s opening ceremony on September 12 at the Mall of Asia Arena.
BOYNEXTDOOR rose as the Philippines’ top choice to open the world joust as one of the up-and-coming international acts today, mirroring the country’s ascend in the world volleyball scene with its historic hosting according to the Philippine National Volleyball Federation.
“Never in the history of the world championships, men or women, will there be an opening ceremony that will be a concert in atmosphere and featuring BOYNEXTDOOR,” reiterated Philippine National Volleyball Federation and Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) president Ramon “Tats” Suzara.
Tickets for the BOYNEXTDOOR’s opening performance before Alas Pilipinas’ debut against Tunisia at 6 p.m. are already up for grabs on the men’s world championship’s official website here: https://www.philippineswch2025.com/
Tickets are billed at P14,000 for Patron (Center) and P12,500 for Patron (Back), P12,500 for Lower Box Center, P8,500 for Lower Back Sides, P7,500 for Lower Back Back, P5,500 for Upper Box Center, P4,500 for Upper Back Sides, P2,500 for Upper Box Back and P1,500 for General Admission.
Not only will the Philippines serve as home of the men’s volleyball world championship for the first time in history but it will also serve as the mecca of the event’s biggest delegation in history with 32 teams on September 12 to 28 at the SM MOA Arena and Smart-Araneta Coliseum.
And at the center court to welcome all the squads—along with their legions of fans and the ever-hospital Filipinos at home turf—is BOYNEXTDOOR with a bevy of achievements to boast on top of its world-class talent.
A six-member boy band made up of Sungho, Riwoo, Jaehyun, Taesan, Leehan and Woonhak, BOYNEXTDOOR brings over to the Philippines the success its fifth album (extended play) “No Genre” that was just released last May and broke multiple charts worldwide.
BOYNEXTDOOR just debuted in 2023 but is now making waves as the world’s top boy groups with almost three million monthly listeners on Spotify and almost two million subscribers on YouTube.
The group, under the KOZ entertainment which is a subsidiary of world renowned HYBE that also handles BTS, has 3.6M followers on Instagram, 774.K followers on X (Twitter) and 187K followers on Facebook as well.
Recently, the hexad’s new EP “No Genre” became the world’s second-best selling album in the Billboard United World Chart while topping the Circle Album Chart in South Korea and the Oricon Album chart in Japan with millions of units sold.
It also reached No. 62 on the Billboard 200 charts, one of the world renowned charts.
And even before the men’s world championship, BOYNEXTDOOR already serenaded the Filipino crowd with two events in the past two years.
BOYNEXTDOOR was part of the star-studded line-up of the 2023 Asian Artist Awards at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan and had Manila as one of its stops for the “Knock On Vol.1” international tour this March at the Smart-Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.
Before the men’s world championship, the group will also have another Manila leg of its ‘The Boy Next World: The Eternal Luv Fan Meeting’ in August to tease the Filipino crowd of what’s in store for them.