2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League

2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League
2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League
League	Everest Women's Volleyball League
Sport	Women's volleyball
Duration	30 September – 5 October 2024
Number of teams	6
2024-25
Season MVP	zeynep Outran
Finals
Champions	Karnali Yashvis (1st title)
Runners-up	Lalitpur Queens
Everest Women's Volleyball League seasons
	2025-26 →

2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League (also known as EWVL 2024 or Vatsalya EWVL 2024) is the inaugural season of the Everest Women's Volleyball League, a franchise based Nepalese Indoor Volleyball League which is organized by Infinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd.^[1] in association with Nepal Volleyball Association. This edition of the league will feature six teams from Chitwan, Gandaki, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Karnali and Madhesh Province. The tournament is scheduled to be held 30 September to 5 October 2024 at Dasarath Stadium Covered Hall.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Format

Single round robin in league stage and top two teams compete for the championship Trophy.

Venue

Dasarath Stadium covered Hall, Tripureshwar

Teams

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Head Coach	Marquee Player/ Captain	Kit Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsors
Chitwan Shakti	Dipendra Chaudhary	Arjun Ghimire	Aruna Shahi		Shakti Meat
Gandaki Thunders	Vikash Khetan	Rupesh Kumar Bista	Saraswoti Chaudhary	SHIV-NARESH	Sita Ram Milk
Karnali Yashvis		Kumar Rai	Sumitra Regmi		Snickers
Kathmandu Spikers	Kapil G.C.	Jagdish Pd. Bhatta	Usha Bhandari		Turkish Airlines
Lalitpur Queens	Utsav Shakya	Utshav Khadka	Salina Shrestha	Kelme	Rupse Holidays, Global IME Bank
Madhesh United		Bharat Yadav	Niruta Thagunna		Birgunj Metropolis

Rosters

Chitwan Shakti
No.	Name	Height	Position
5	Aruna Shahi (C)	5' 8"	Setter
15	Salina Budha Magar		Spiker
3	Jenisha Biswokarma		Spiker
11	Anjila Pradhan		Libero
9	Sunita Khadka		Blocker
1	Bhawana Dangi		Spiker
14	Balmika Acharya		Blocker
7	Saraswoti Kattel		Setter
6	Soorya S^[5]		M. Blocker
13	KP Anushree	5' 83"	Outside Hitter
12	Kseniya Pavlenko^[6]	6' 03"	Outside Hitter
2	Niteesha Mahato (Talent Hunt)^[7]
Head Coach:		Arjun Ghimire

Gandaki Thunders
No.	Name	Height	Position
3	Saraswoti Chaudhary (C)	6' 1"	Outside hitter
14	Pragati Nath	5' 7"	Setter
1	Laxmi Chand	5' 8"	Spiker
16	Rima Kunwar	5' 5"	Spiker
7	Kabita Bhatta	5' 7"	Middle Blocker
8	Aarati Chaudhary	5' 6"	Spiker
6	Sneha Thagunna	5' 9"	Middle Blocker
13	Saraswoti Jaisi	5' 4"	Libero
10	Alisa Trubyuk	6' 0"	Opposite Spiker
12	Ekaterina Zvyagintsewa	5' 8"	Opposite Hitter
11	Shilpa RS	6' 2"	Middle Blocker
	Juhi Shaw (Reserve)	5' 5"	Setter
18	Soing Thapa (Talent Hunt) ^[8]	5' 8"
Head Coach:		Rupesh Kumar Bista

Karnali Yashvis
No.	Name	Height	Position
2	Sumitra Regmi (C)	6' 1"	Middle blocker
6	Mina Sunar		Blocker
3	Manisha Chaudhary		Blocker
22	Yamuna Rasaili		Libero
1	Sunita Rai		Spiker
10	Shristi Khadgi		Spiker
14	Garima Bohora		Spiker
5	Pashupati Bohara
9	Gabrielle Benda	5' 10"	Setter
15	Athanasia Liagki	6' 0"	Opposite Hitter
13	zeynep Outran	6' 03"	Outside Hitter
11	Sita Shingh Thakuri (Talent Hunt)
Head Coach:		Kumar Rai

Kathmandu Spikers
No.	Name	Height	Position
6	Usha Bhandari (C)	5' 7"	Outside hitter
11	Aarati Subedi	5' 10"	Spiker
8	Kopila Rana		Blocker
5	Kamala Pun		Setter
15	Usha Bista		Middle blocker
12	Nisha Mahar		Spiker
3	Basanti Saud		Blocker
18	Rasmita Dura		Libero
9	Andrea Tsvetanova	5' 9"	Setter
14	Pelin Eroktay^[9]	6' 2"	Opposite
10	Fulden Ural	6' 1"	Outside Hitter
1	Ritika Bhatta (Talent Hunt)
Head Coach:		Jagdish Pd. Bhatta

Lalitpur Queens
No.	Name	Height	Position
18	Salina Shrestha (C)		Libero
12	Punam Chand		Open Spiker
11	Kamana Bista		Hitter
10	Safiya Pun		Middle Blocker
1	Nisha Chaudhary		Spiker
4	Anusha Chaudhary		Setter
2	Neha Chaudhary
17	Bhawana Tamang		Setter
19	Sutadta Chuewulim	5' 8"	Outside hitter
16	Waranya Srilaoong	5' 8"	Outside hitter
24	Pattrathip Santrakoon	5' 5"	Setter
7	Jacquisha Thapa (Talent Hunt)
Head Coach:		Utshav Khadka

Madhesh United
No.	Name	Height	Position
1	Niruta Thagunna (C)	5' 5"	Spiker
4	Puja Chaudhary/Tharu	5' 6"	Spiker
6	Sangam Mahato	5' 6"	Middle blocker
14	Jasna Mahato		Setter
11	Shanti Kala Tamang		Libero
9	Hira Budha K.C.		Spiker
8	Ashika Chettri		Spiker
13	Alisa Manandhar		Blocker
2	Yevgeniya Kalinova^[10]^[11]	5' 10"	Spiker
12	Yosra Zeramdini^[12]	6' 1"	Middle Blocker
7	Jini Kovat Shaji	5" 7'	Shetter
5	Mina Chaudhary (Talent Hunt)
Head Coach:		Bharat Yadav

League standings

Win by 3–0 margin: 3 Points
Win by any other margin: 2 Points
Loss: 0 Points

If the teams are level on points, the number of sets won will be taken into consideration. The top two teams at the end of the league stage will move into the finals.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Karnali Yashvis	5	5	0	11	15	6	2.500	484	417	1.161	Qualified for Final
2	Lalitpur Queens	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	457	437	1.046	Qualified for Final
3	Kathmandu Spikers	5	3	2	8	11	9	1.222	439	434	1.012
4	Gandaki Thunders	5	2	3	8	10	11	0.909	454	435	1.044
5	Chitwan Shakti	5	2	3	7	10	11	0.909	439	470	0.934
6	Madhesh United	5	0	5	4	4	15	0.267	387	424	0.913

Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2024. Source: EWVL Official

League stage

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total
30 Sep	15:45	Kathmandu Spikers	1–3	Lalitpur Queens	20–25	25–21	21–25	19–25		85–96
30 Sep	17:45	Madhesh United	1–3	Karnali Yashvis	15–25	20–25	28–26	11–25		74–101
30 Sep	19:45	Chitwan Shakti	3–1	Gandaki Thunders	25–22	19–25	25–23	25–17		94–87
1 Oct	15:45	Gandaki Thunders	2–3	Karnali Yashvis	25–15	23–25	17–25	25–19	12–15	102–99
1 Oct	17:45	Kathmandu Spikers	3–1	Chitwan Shakti	21–25	25–10	25–22	25–17		96–74
1 Oct	19:45	Lalitpur Queens	3–1	Madhesh United	25–15	26–24	24–26	25–22		100–87
2 Oct	15:45	Lalitpur Queens	0–3	Karnali Yashvis	22–25	22–25	27–29			71–79
2 Oct	17:45	Kathmandu Spikers	3–1	Gandaki Thunders	25–23	19–25	25–21	25–16		94–85
2 Oct	19:45	Chitwan Shakti	3–1	Madhesh United	25–20	25–19	19–25	25–21		94–85
3 Oct	15:45	Kathmandu Spikers	3–1	Madhesh United	15–25	25–23	25–15	25–18		90–81
3 Oct	17:45	Chitwan Shakti	2–3	Karnali Yashvis	25–21	18–25	25–21	15–25	13–15	96–107
3 Oct	19:45	Lalitpur Queens	2–3	Gandaki Thunders	29–27	23–25	12–25	25–13	6–15	95–105
4 Oct	15:45	Lalitpur Queens	3–1	Chitwan Shakti	20–25	25–21	25–16	25–19		95–81
4 Oct	17:45	Madhesh United	0–3	Gandaki Thunders	16–25	19–25	18–25			53–75
4 Oct	19:45	Kathmandu Spikers	1–3	Karnali Yashvis	25–23	14–25	23–25	12–25		74–98

Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Oct	17:30	Karnali Yashvis	3-2	Lalitpur Queens	25–17	25–20	12–25	18–25	15–13	95–100

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Karnali Yashvis
	Lalitpur Queens
3	Kathmandu Spikers
4	Gandaki Thunders
5	Chitwan Shakti
6	Madhesh United

2024 Champions
Karnali Yashvis Maiden title

Team Roster

Sumitra Regmi (c), Mina Sunar, Manisha Chaudhary, Yamuna Rasaili, Sunita Rai, Shristi Khadgi, Garima Bohora, Pashupati Bohara, Gabrielle Benda, Athanasia Liagki, zeynep Outran, Sita Shingh Thakuri (Talent Hunt)

Head coach

Kumar Rai

Awards

Player of the Match

Match No.	Player of the Match
Match No.	Player	Club
1	Waranya Srilaoong	Lalitpur Queens
2	Athanasia Liagki	Karnali Yashvis
3	Salina Budha Magar	Chitwan Shakti
4	Zeynep Outran	Karnali Yashvis
5	Pelin Eroktay	Kathmandu Spikers
6	Pattrathip Santrakoon Punam Chand (Pattrathip Santrakoon shared the award with Punam Chand)	Lalitpur Queens
7	Gabrielle Benda	Karnali Yashvis
8	Fulden Ural	Kathmandu Spikers
9	KP Anushree	Chitwan Shakti
10	Usha Bhandari	Kathmandu Spikers
11	Sumitra Regmi	Karnali Yashvis
12	Saraswoti Chaudhary	Gandaki Thunders
13	Waranya Srilaoong (2)	Lalitpur Queens
14	Alisa Trubyuk	Gandaki Thunders
15	Zeynep Outran (2)	Karnali Yashvis
16	Zeynep Outran (3)	Karnali Yashvis

References

^ "Franchise-based Volleyball League to be held". NepalSamaj. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ "Date and Venue fixed for the inaugural season of EWVL Tournament". HamroKhelkud. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
^ "Everest Women's Volleyball League kicks off today with spotlight on foreign players". Onlinekhabar. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Everest Women's Volleyball League kicks off today". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "भारतीय मिडलब्लकर सूर्याले चितवन शक्तिबाट इडब्ल्यूभीएल खेल्ने" (in Nepali). Retrieved 11 September 2024.
^ "Azerbaijan's Kseniya Pavlenko to play for Chitwan Shakti". Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "चितवन शक्तिको ट्यालेन्ट हन्टबाट नितिशा छनोट" (in Nepali). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
^ "गण्डकीको ट्यालेन्ट हन्टबाट सोइङ छनोट" (in Nepali). Retrieved 26 September 2024.
^ "Kathmandu Spikers signs Turkish player for EWVL". Retrieved 26 September 2024.
^ "Kazakhstan's Yevginiya Kalinova to play for Madhesh United". Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Madhesh United signed Kazakhstan's Yevginiya Kalinova". Retrieved 31 August 2024.
^ "Madhesh sign Tunisia's Zeramdini". Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[1] "Franchise-based Volleyball League to be held". NepalSamaj. 6 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[2] "Date and Venue fixed for the inaugural season of EWVL Tournament". HamroKhelkud. Retrieved 25 August 2024.

[3] "Everest Women's Volleyball League kicks off today with spotlight on foreign players". Onlinekhabar. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[4] "Everest Women's Volleyball League kicks off today". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 30 September 2024.

[5] "भारतीय मिडलब्लकर सूर्याले चितवन शक्तिबाट इडब्ल्यूभीएल खेल्ने" (in Nepali). Retrieved 11 September 2024.

[6] "Azerbaijan's Kseniya Pavlenko to play for Chitwan Shakti". Retrieved 12 September 2024.

[7] "चितवन शक्तिको ट्यालेन्ट हन्टबाट नितिशा छनोट" (in Nepali). Retrieved 23 September 2024.

[8] "गण्डकीको ट्यालेन्ट हन्टबाट सोइङ छनोट" (in Nepali). Retrieved 26 September 2024.

[9] "Kathmandu Spikers signs Turkish player for EWVL". Retrieved 26 September 2024.

[10] "Kazakhstan's Yevginiya Kalinova to play for Madhesh United". Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[11] "Madhesh United signed Kazakhstan's Yevginiya Kalinova". Retrieved 31 August 2024.

[12] "Madhesh sign Tunisia's Zeramdini". Retrieved 31 August 2024.

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v t e Everest Women's Volleyball League
Seasons	2024-25 2025-26
Participating teams	Chitwan Shakti Gandaki Thunders Karnali Yashvis Kathmandu Spikers Lalitpur Queens Madhesh United
Venues	Kathmandu