2025 Everest Women's Volleyball League

2025 Everest Women's Volleyball League
League	Everest Women's Volleyball League
Sport	Women's volleyball
Duration	5 – 13 September
Teams	6
2025
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2025 Everest Women's Volleyball League (also known as EWVL 2025 or Vatsalya EWVL 2025) is the second season of the Everest Women's Volleyball League, a franchise-based Nepalese volleyball league organized by Infinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd. ^[1] and the Nepal Volleyball Association. The tournament with six teams was originally scheduled from 5 to 13 September 2025 at the Pokhara Rangasala indoor hall. ^[2] The league carries the name Vatsalya EWVL 2025 due to its title sponsorship by Vatsalya.

However, the league was later postponed due to the nationwide Gen Z protest in Nepal, which caused widespread disruptions and safety concerns during the event. Reports stated that some violence and arson occurred near the hotel where foreign players were staying, forcing the organizers to halt the league for security reasons. ^{[3] [4]} Following the postponement, the organizers announced that the remaining matches would be held in Kathmandu from 12 to 15 November 2025. ^{[5] [6]}

Personnel and kits

Team	Team manager	Coach	Marquee player/captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsors
Karnali Yashvis		Kumar Rai	Sumitra Regmi
Kathmandu Spikers	Kapil G. C.	Lok Bahadur Budha [7]	Usha Bhandari
Lalitpur Queens	Utsav Shakya	Utshav Khadka	Salina Shrestha	Kelme	Rupse Holidays
Lumbini Lavas		Bharat Yadav	Aruna Shahi
Madhesh United		Kopila Upreti	Niruta Thagunna
Pokhara Ninjas		Rupesh Kumar Bista	Pragati Nath

Rosters

Players were selected through auction, which is happened for the first time in Nepal's Volleyball history. ^{[8] [9]}

Karnali Yashvis
No.	Name	Height	Position
2	Sumitra Regmi (C)	6' 1"	Middle blocker
10	Safiya Pun		Middle Blocker
1	Rasmita Dura		Libero
3	Jasna Mahato		Setter
4	Puja Tharu	5' 6"	Spiker
17	Nebika Chaudhary
6	Rebika Lama Tamang
8	Elisha Bhuju
13	Ana Flávia Galvão	6' 1"	Setter
11	Mayra De Souza	6' 0"	Spiker
5	Evangelina Chantava	6' 2"	Spiker
18	Reshu Shahi (talent hunt)
Head coach		Kumar Rai

Kathmandu Spikers
No.	Name	Height	Position
6	Usha Bhandari (C)	5' 7"	Outside spiker
7	Kabita Bhatta	5' 7"	Middle blocker
3	Manisha Chaudhary		Blocker
21	Yamuna Rasaili		Libero
16	Rima Kunwar	5' 5"	Spiker
1	Balmika Acharya		Blocker
10	Kamala Pun		Setter
7	Ashika Chettri		Spiker
4	Polina Neykova	5'10"	Setter
19	Apinya Pratibatthong	5' 11"	Spiker
79	Kanchana Sisaikaeo	5' 11"	Spiker
20	Anisha Tharu (talent hunt)
9	Bhubaneswori Chand (talent hunt)
Head coach		Lok Bahadur Budha

Lalitpur Queens
No.	Name	Height	Position
18	Salina Shrestha (C)		Libero
11	Sangam Mahato	5' 6"	Middle blocker
15	Salina Budha Magar		Spiker
8	Laxmi Chand	5' 8"	Spiker
3	Sunita Rai		Spiker
9	Nisha Chaudhary		Spiker
10	Shristi Khadgi		Spiker
1	Bhawana Dangi		Spiker
7	Darin Pinsuwan		Spiker
24	Pattrathip Santrakoon	5' 6"	Setter
16	Waranya Srilaoong	5' 10"	Spiker
17	Shanti Kala Rai (talent hunt)
Head coach		Utshav Khadka

Lumbini Lavas
No.	Name	Height	Position
5	Aruna Shahi (C)	5' 8"	Setter
11	Kamana Bista		Spiker
4	Alisa Manandhar		Blocker
18	Shanti Kala Tamang		Libero
3	Jenisha Biswokarma		Spiker
10	Roma Mahato
9	Anusha Chaudhary		Setter
23	Ranjana Bote
33	Janaki Chhetri
13	Veronika Zubareva	6' 3"	Spiker
8	Kseniya Tishina-Rayzer	6' 2"	Blocker
7	Ogulai Kudaikulova	5' 9"	Spiker
Head coach		Bharat Yadav

Madhesh United
No.	Name	Height	Position
1	Niruta Thagunna (C)	5' 5"	Spiker
11	Aarati Subedi	5' 10"	Spiker
8	Kopila Rana		Blocker
9	Saraswoti Kattel		Setter
12	Usha Bist		Middle blocker
14	Babita Bohara
5	Basanti Saud		Blocker
6	Sneha Thagunna	5' 9"	Middle blocker
7	Romee Veenstra	6' 2"	Spiker
10	Danique Aardema		Setter
3	Kirsten Wessels
2	Tulshi Chaudhary (talent hunt)
Head coach		Kopila Upreti

Pokhara Ninjas
No.	Name	Height	Position
14	Pragati Nath (C)	5' 7"	Setter
5	Punam Chand		Open spiker
6	Mina Sunar		Blocker
9	Sunita Khatri
16	Garima Bohora		Spiker
11	Anjila Pradhan		Libero
12	Nisha Mahar		Spiker
17	Bhawana Tamang		Setter
8	Ana-Maria Berdilă	5' 11"	Spiker
10	Adeola Owokoniran	6' 3"	Spiker
7	Lea Boban	6' 3"	Blocker
20	Girishma Gurung (talent hunt)
Head coach		Rupesh Kumar Bista

League standings

Win by 3–0: 3 points
Win by 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	4	4	0	11	12	1	12.000	330	259	1.274	Qualified for Final
2	Lalitpur Queens	4	3	1	9	9	3	3.000	280	241	1.162
3	Lumbini Lavas	4	2	2	5	7	9	0.778	313	333	0.940
4	Pokhara Ninjas	5	1	4	5	6	12	0.500	369	393	0.939
5	Kathmandu Spikers	4	2	2	4	6	8	0.750	324	326	0.994
6	Madhesh United	4	1	3	4	4	8	0.500	285	310	0.919

Updated to match(es) played on 6 September 2025. Source: EWVL Official

League stage

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
5 Sep	14:00	Karnali Yashvis	3–0	Pokhara Ninjas	25–21	25–20	25–14			75–55
5 Sep	16:00	Lalitpur Queens	3–0	Madhesh United	25–17	25–13	25–19			75–49
6 Sep	13:00	Lalitpur Queens	3–0	Kathmandu Spikers	25–19	25–23	25–21			75–63
6 Sep	15:00	Karnali Yashvis	3–1	Lumbini Lavas	23–25	25–21	25–17	25–22		98–85
6 Sep	17:00	Pokhara Ninjas	0–3	Madhesh United	19–25	19–25	23–25			61–75
7 Sep	14:00	Kathmandu Spikers	3–1	Madhesh United	26–24	23–25	25–22	25–19		99–90
7 Sep	16:00	Lumbini Lavas	3–2	Pokhara Ninjas	25–13	23–25	10–25	28–26	15–10	101–99
8 Sep	14:00	Karnali Yashvis	3–0	Kathmandu Spikers	25–22	29–27	28–26			82–75
8 Sep	16:00	Lalitpur Queens	3–0	Lumbini Lavas	25–13	25–20	25–21			75–54
12 Nov	15:00	Karnali Yashvis	3–0	Madhesh United	25–15	25–12	25–17			75–44
12 Nov	17:00	Lalitpur Queens	0–3	Pokhara Ninjas	22–25	13–25	20–25			55–75
13 Nov	15:00	Kathmandu Spikers	3–1	Pokhara Ninjas	25–19	25–17	12–25	25–18		87–79
13 Nov	17:00	Lumbini Lavas	3–1	Madhesh United	28–26	23–25	25–14	25–19		101–84
14 Nov	15:00	Kathmandu Spikers		Lumbini Lavas
14 Nov	17:00	Karnali Yashvis		Lalitpur Queens

Finals

Date	Time		Score		Set 1	Set 2	Set 3	Set 4	Set 5	Total	Report
15 Nov	15:00	Karnali Yashvis		Lalitpur Queens

References

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