The sport of Volleyball started in Bahrain in the 1950s and was played mainly in summer, Volleyball tournaments were organised by Gulf Air and the Pakistan Club, and at that time all the players were foreigners.

Bahrain Club assumed responsibility and started organising this competition annually. At that time, Al-Hala Club won all the championships. In 1974, the first committee of the Bahrain Sports Federation was formed to supervise the championship held in summer in which the Pakistan Club won it after beating Al-Hala Club in the finals.

Thereafter another committee was named by the Department of Youth Welfare and National Activities to set up the foundations of the Bahrain Volleyball Federation. This committee played a key role as it drafted the constitution and organised a preliminary tournament for the teams in preparation for joining the federation . In this tournament the Pakistan Club again beat Al-Hala Club at the finals.

The constituting general assembly of the federation held its first session which was attended by 17clubs-to approve the constitution. After deliberations, the constitution was approved and the Board of Management elected on Tuesday, September 26. Consequently, the constitution was forwarded to the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to formally announce the establishment of the federation which took place in December 19, 1975.

The federation sponsored the first local general tournament with the participation of 21 clubs. When this number increased to 27, the clubs were divided into two groups. In July 1976, the federation held a championship for Juniors under 21 years of age. Another tournament for girls and juniors under 14 years of age was held in addition to other competitions including Mini-Volley.

AXEM Sports Inc. has been awarded the comprehensive and exclusive commercial rights of Bahrain Vollayball Association for 11 years starting from December 2007. The rights include advertising, ticketing, promotions, TV broadcast, Radio transmission, Merchandising, BVA Sponsorships, the use of BVA Contents, the marketing, implementation of BVA right. Axem has further been authorized and granted the exclusive power to market, and execute all BVA national and international events to any company or entity.

Based on extensive past experience, Axem has designed strong marketing as well advertising strategy manage Bahrain Volleyball Season 2007-2008 including local matches throughout the season in Juffair Dome in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

The volleyball season will provide opportunities to advertisers with plenty of options to promote their products/brands. This will also leave a healthy impact on uplifting the volleyball craze in the nation.