Everest Women's Volleyball League

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Everest Women's Volleyball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Volleyball current event.svg 2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League
Everest women's volleyball league logo.jpg
Sport Volleyball
Founded2024;0 years ago (2024)
First season 2024
CEO Snevy Chapagain
DirectorAntara Siddhanta
Organising bodyInfinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd.
No. of teams 6
Country Flag of Nepal.svg Nepal
Venue(s)Dasarath Stadium Covered Hall, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu
Confederation AVC
Most recent
champion(s)
Karnali Yashvis
(2024)
Most titles Karnali Yashvis (1st title)
TV partner(s) Kantipur Television
Streaming partner(s) Kantipur Max HD, OSR Sports
Sponsor(s)Vatsalya
Official website https://ewvl.infinitydreams.com.np/

Everest Women's Volleyball League (EWVL) [1] is a professional women's indoor volleyball Franchise league in Nepal. The inaugural season took place in September 2024. [2]

Contents

EWVL is the first ever women's volleyball franchise league held in South Asian Region.

Background

The Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA) in association with the Infinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd. launched and will be conducted the inaugural season of a franchise-based indoor volleyball league called Everest Women's Volleyball League. [3] Infinity Dreams will manage the league across the country based on the home and away principle for a duration of seven years.

In August 2024, the league announced an six teams for the inaugural season of the 2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League. [4]

Teams

Team nameCityTeam ownerDebutRef.
Chitwan Shakti Chitwan, Bagmati Nimbus Holdings2024 [5]
Gandaki Thunders Pokhara, Gandaki Saurabh Kedia2024 [6]
Karnali Yashvis Birendranagar, Karnali Sushil Gupta2024 [7]
Kathmandu Spikers Kathmandu, Bagmati Sharad Kumar Tibarewala2024 [8]
Lalitpur Queens Lalitpur, Bagmati Coresync Nepal (Anuj M. Timalsina, Manoj Rimal & Virochan Khanal)2024 [9]
Madhesh United Birgunj, Madhesh Rohit Agrawal & Vishal Agrawal2024 [10]

Tournament seasons and results

EWVL season results

SeasonFinalFinal venueNo. of
teams
Ref.
WinnerScoreRunner-up
2024
Details
Karnali Yashvis 3–2 Lalitpur Queens Dasarath Stadium Covered Hall 6

Titles by the club

TeamWinnersRunners-upPlayoffsYears WonYears Runner-upYears PlayoffsNo. of seasons played
Kathmandu Spikers ______0
Gandaki Thunders ______0
Karnali Yashvis 1_ 2024 1
Chitwan Shakti ______0
Lalitpur Queens _1 2024 1
Madhesh United ______0

Broadcasting

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