Asian Champs

The geckos are a regular at every Asian Championships with a history of strong results.

Runners-up 3 times to Asian powerhouses Singapore and Hong Kong, but joint winners in 2000 and 2002 when joining with Jakarta to form a strong Indonesian team.

In recent years the geckos have seen a resurgence back to the top of Asian Football under the guidance of long serving Coach Rick Olarenshaw. The Bali Geckos were Back-to-back Division 2 AFL ASIA Champions in 2016 and 2017. Before a fresh allegiance with the Jakarta Bintangs and Borneo Bears as the Indonesian Volcanoes, in 2018 proved to be very successful winning the Division 1 AFL ASIA title, and fielding a competitive team in Division 2.

In 2022 the Volcanos travelled to Bangkok with our largest squad ever. A Division 1 & 2 men’s teams and fielding a Ladies team for the first time in history. With the end of pandemic restrictions it was unbelievable to take a squad of more than 100 people.

Unfortunately, once again, Division 1 were runners up to Papua New Guinea by just 2 points. The Division 2 squad fought hard to finish middle of the pack. The Ladies started with a bang with 2 big wins but run out of steam come finals. This year in 2023 we are aiming bigger and better and can’t wait to get back to Thailand and improve on last year’s results.