2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League

2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League

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Tournament details
Host nation	Philippines
City	Pasig
Dates	20–27 April 2025
Teams	12  (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1  (in 1 host city)
Champions	Zhetysu VC (1st title)
Runners-up	VTV Bình Điền Long An
Third place	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC
Fourth place	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club
Tournament awards
MVP	Karina Denisova
Best Setter	Daria Sharhorodska
Best OH	Vi Thị Như Quỳnh Karina Denisova
Best MB	Valeriya Yakutina Tichakorn Boonlert
Best OPP	Trần Thị Thanh Thúy
Best Libero	Nguyễn Khánh Đang
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Attendance	18,750 (938 per match)
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The 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League was the first edition of the newly-rebranded AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League and the 25th overall edition of the formerly named Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international women's volleyball club tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) and the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). It was held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Philippines from 20 to 27 April 2025. ^[1]

Zhetysu VC won the tournament for the first time by beating VTV Bình Điền Long An in the final and Karina Denisova named the MVP. ^{[2] [3]} Both teams qualified for the 2025 FIVB Women's Volleyball Club World Championship. ^[4] Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC claimed the bronze against BAIC Motor Volleyball Club in the 3rd place match. ^[5]

Host selection

In January 2025, South Korea and Vietnam were originally considered as possible options to be the hosts. ^{[6] [7] [8]} The next month, the PNVF announced that the Philippines would be the official host nation of the tournament. ^[9]

Participating teams

Teams by zonal association

Central Asia (CAVA)	East Asia (EAVA)	Oceania (OZVA)	Southeast Asia (SAVA)	West Asia (WAVA)
Iran   Kazakhstan	China   Chinese Taipei   Hong Kong   Japan [a]	Australia	Philippines (hosts)   Thailand   Vietnam	Jordan

Entrant teams

The AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League is an invitational tournament with a maximum of twelve teams allowed to enter. ^[11] As the hosts, the Philippines were initially allowed to enter two teams. ^[12] The hosts were later granted a wild card slot to field a third team, in replacement of Japan's withdrawal from the tournament. ^{[13] [14] [10]} The following teams took part in the tournament.

Association	Team(s)	Domestic league standing
Australia	Queensland Pirates	2024–25 Australian Women's Volleyball League champions
China	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	2024–25 Chinese Volleyball Super League 5th place
Chinese Taipei	Taipower  [ zh ]	2024–25 Taiwan Enterprise Volleyball League runners-up
Hong Kong	Hip Hing Women's Volleyball Team	2024 Hong Kong Women's Volleyball League champions
Iran	Saipa Tehran	2024–25 Iranian Women's Volleyball League champions
Jordan	Al Naser Club	2023–24 Jordan Volleyball Premier League champions
Kazakhstan	Zhetysu VC	2024–25 Kazakhstan Women's National League champions [b]
Philippines	Petro Gazz Angels	2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference champions [c]
	Creamline Cool Smashers	2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference runners-up [c]
	PLDT High Speed Hitters	2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference 5th place (wild card) [d]
Thailand	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	2023–24 Women's Volleyball Thailand League champions
Vietnam	VTV Bình Điền Long An	2024 Volleyball Vietnam League champions

Squads

Main article: 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League squads

With the rebranded tournament, each team can now have a maximum of three foreign players in its roster that can play at any time. Previously, teams can only have two foreign players and only one of which can play at a time. ^{[16] [17]}

Pools composition

For the first time since the 2016 edition, the teams were split into four pools with three teams each. ^[18] The draw of lots took place at The Grand Fourwings Hotel Bangkok on 12 March 2025. ^{[12] [19] [20]}

Teams were seeded in the first position of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB Senior World Rankings as of 8 January 2025. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The host's two teams and the top two countries are automatically seeded as the first teams of the four pools. As the Philippines have fielded a third team as a wild card, it will be in the pot in accordance with the country's current FIVB ranking. ^[21]

Seeded teams	Pot 1	Pot 2
Creamline Cool Smashers (52) (H-A) Petro Gazz Angels (52) (H-B) Beijing BAIC Motor (5) Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC (13)	Zhetysu (31) VTV Bình Điền Long An (32) Kaohsiung Taipower  [ zh ] (45) PLDT High Speed Hitters (52)	Queensland Pirates (55) Iranian Team [e] (57) Hip Hing (60) Al Naser (–)

Drawing results

Pool A	Pool B	Pool C	Pool D
Creamline Cool Smashers (52) (H-A)	Petro Gazz Angels (52) (H-B)	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club (5)	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC (13)
Zhetysu VC (31)	Taipower  [ zh ] (45)	VTV Bình Điền Long An (32)	PLDT High Speed Hitters (52)
Al Naser Club (–)	Hip Hing Women's Volleyball Team (60)	Iranian Team [e] (57)	Queensland Pirates (55)

Venue

The tournament will take place in Pasig in Metro Manila. ^[12]

All matches	PhilSports Arena 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League (Metro Manila)
Pasig, Philippines
PhilSports Arena
Capacity: 10,000

Pool standing procedure

1. Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost)
2. In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows:
   • Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser
   • Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser
   • Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser
3. If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order:
   • Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost.
   • Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets.
   • If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.

Preliminary round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Zhetysu VC	2	2	0	6	6	0	MAX	150	86	1.744	Quarterfinals
2	Creamline Cool Smashers (H)	2	1	1	3	3	3	1.000	129	141	0.915
3	Al Naser Club	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	102	154	0.662

Source: FIVB Live Center
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Apr	16:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	3–0	Al Naser Club	29–27	25–20	25–19			79–66	P2 Report
21 Apr	19:00	Zhetysu VC	3–0	Creamline Cool Smashers	25–16	25–17	25–17			75–50	P2 Report
22 Apr	13:00	Al Naser Club	0–3	Zhetysu VC	10–25	15–25	11–25			36–75	P2 Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Taipower  [ zh ]	2	2	0	6	6	1	6.000	169	116	1.457	Quarterfinals
2	Petro Gazz Angels (H)	2	1	1	3	4	3	1.333	151	126	1.198
3	Hip Hing Women's Volleyball Team	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	72	150	0.480

Source: FIVB Live Center
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Apr	10:00	Taipower  [ zh ]	3–0	Hip Hing Women's Volleyball Team	25–10	25–16	25–14			75–40	P2 Report
21 Apr	16:00	Petro Gazz Angels	1–3	Taipower  [ zh ]	15–25	16–25	25–19	20–25		76–94	P2 Report
22 Apr	19:00	Hip Hing Women's Volleyball Team	0–3	Petro Gazz Angels	8–25	12–25	12–25			32–75	P2 Report

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	186	159	1.170	Quarterfinals
2	VTV Bình Điền Long An	2	1	1	4	5	4	1.250	189	183	1.033
3	Saipa Tehran	2	0	2	0	1	6	0.167	142	175	0.811

Source: FIVB Live Center

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Apr	13:00	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	3–0	Saipa Tehran	28–26	25–22	25–19			78–67	P2 Report
21 Apr	10:00	VTV Bình Điền Long An	2–3	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	25–22	25–21	19–25	13–25	10–15	92–108	P2 Report
22 Apr	10:00	Saipa Tehran	1–3	VTV Bình Điền Long An	25–22	15–25	20–25	15–25		75–97	P2 Report

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	2	2	0	5	6	2	3.000	181	141	1.284	Quarterfinals
2	PLDT High Speed Hitters (H)	2	1	1	4	5	3	1.667	178	149	1.195
3	Queensland Pirates	2	0	2	0	0	6	0.000	81	150	0.540

Source: FIVB Live Center
(H) Host

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
20 Apr	19:00	Queensland Pirates	0–3	PLDT High Speed Hitters	19–25	12–25	12–25			43–75	P2 Report
21 Apr	13:00	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	3–0	Queensland Pirates	25–10	25–16	25–12			75–38	P2 Report
22 Apr	16:00	PLDT High Speed Hitters	2–3	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	24–26	20–25	25–20	25–20	9–15	103–106	P2 Report

Final round

• All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	24 April
	Zhetysu VC	3
					26 April
	PLDT High Speed Hitters	0
					Zhetysu VC	3
	24 April
					Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	0
	Creamline Cool Smashers	0
									27 April
	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	3
									Zhetysu VC	3
	25 April
									VTV Bình Điền Long An	1
	Taipower  [ zh ]	1
					26 April
	VTV Bình Điền Long An	3
					VTV Bình Điền Long An	3
	25 April
					BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	0			3rd place match
	Petro Gazz Angels	2
									27 April
	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	3
									Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	3
									BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	1

Quarterfinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
24 Apr	16:00	Zhetysu VC	3–0	PLDT High Speed Hitters	25–13	25–22	25–20			75–55	P2 Report
24 Apr	19:00	Creamline Cool Smashers	0–3	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	15–25	22–25	16–25			53–75	P2 Report
25 Apr	16:00	Taipower  [ zh ]	1–3	VTV Bình Điền Long An	20–25	25–17	22–25	26–28		93–95	P2 Report
25 Apr	19:00	Petro Gazz Angels	2–3	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	29–31	25–19	25–20	20–25	12–15	111–110	P2 Report

Semifinals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
26 Apr	16:00	Zhetysu VC	3–0	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	25–20	25–21	25–21			75–62	P2 Report
26 Apr	19:00	VTV Bình Điền Long An	3–0	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	25–15	25–19	25–21			75–55	P2 Report

3rd place match

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	16:00	Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC	3–1	BAIC Motor Volleyball Club	25–21	21–25	25–21	25–19		96–86	P2 Report

Final

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
27 Apr	19:00	Zhetysu VC	3–1	VTV Bình Điền Long An	25–14	20–25	25–23	25–18		95–80	P2 Report

Final standing

Rank Team Zhetysu VC VTV Bình Điền Long An Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC 4 BAIC Motor Volleyball Club 5 Taipower  [ zh ] PLDT High Speed Hitters Petro Gazz Angels Creamline Cool Smashers 9 Al Naser Club Hip Hing Women's Volleyball Team Queensland Pirates Saipa Tehran Qualified for the 2025 Club World Championship

2025 AVC Women's Champions League champions Zhetysu First title 14–woman roster Perizat Nurbergenova, Karina Denisova  [ uk ] (c), Yuliya Dymar  [ uk ], Valeriya Yakutina, Irina Kenzhebaeva, Mariya Syrygina, Kristina Belova, Daria Sharhorodska  [ uk ], Madina Beket, Tatyana Nikitina, Kristina Anikonova, Alina Ashkhabekova, Olga Khadzhioglo, Nataliya Borisenko Head coach Marko Gršić

Awards

Most Valuable Player   Karina Denisova  (UKR) (Zhetysu VC) Best Setter   Daria Sharhorodska  (UKR) (Zhetysu VC) Best Outside Spikers   Vi Thị Như Quỳnh  (VIE) (VTV Bình Điền Long An)   Karina Denisova  (UKR) (Zhetysu VC)

Best Middle Blockers   Valeriya Yakutina  (KAZ) (Zhetysu VC)   Tichakorn Boonlert  (THA) (Nakhon Ratchasima Qmin C VC) Best Opposite Spiker   Trần Thị Thanh Thúy  (VIE) (VTV Bình Điền Long An) Best Libero   Nguyễn Khánh Đang  (VIE) (VTV Bình Điền Long An)

See also

• 2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Champions League

Notes

1. Japan was supposed to send the 2023–24 V.League 1 champions, NEC Red Rockets to participate in the tournament, but later confirmed that they withdrew from the tournament due to scheduling conflicts with the ongoing 2024–25 SV.League. ^[10]
2. Zhetysu qualified by winning the 2024–25 Kazakhstan Super Cup. ^[15]
3. As the 2024–25 PVL All-Filipino Conference is still ongoing days before the date of the draw, the league decided to field the top 2 teams in the preliminary round — Creamline Cool Smashers and Petro Gazz Angels. At the end of the tournament, the Petro Gazz Angels emerged as the champions, while the Creamline Cool Smashers was the conference runners-up. ^[12]
4. Even if the hosts are only entitled with two teams, they are later granted a wildcard slot in place of Japan's withdrawal from the tournament. PVL announced on the draw date that the PLDT High Speed Hitters would be the Philippines' third representative as they are ranked 4th in the preliminaries. The PLDT High Speed Hitters then finished the tournament in 5th place. ^{[13] [10]}
5. The identity of the team from Iran was yet to be determined at the time of the draw. This slot was later filled in by Saipa Tehran.

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External links

• Official website
• 2025 AVC Women's Champions League at Volleyball World