Everest Women's Volleyball League

Everest Women's Volleyball League

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League
Sport	Volleyball
Founded	2024;1 year ago (2024)
First season	2024
CEO	Snevy Chapagain
Director	Antara Siddhanta
Organising body	Infinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd.
No. of teams	6
Country	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]

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 six teams for the inaugural season of the 2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League. ^[4]

Teams

Kathmandu Spikers

Lalitpur Queens

Madhesh United

Gandaki Thunders

Chitwan Shakti

Karnali Yashvis

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Locations of the Six EWVL teams

Team name		City	Team owner	Debut	Ref.
	Chitwan Shakti	Chitwan, Bagmati	Nimbus Holdings	2024	[5]
	Gandaki Thunders	Pokhara, Gandaki	Saurabh Kedia	2024	[6]
	Karnali Yashvis	Birendranagar, Karnali	Sushil Gupta	2024	[7]
	Kathmandu Spikers	Kathmandu, Bagmati	Sharad Kumar Tibarewala	2024	[8]
	Lalitpur Queens	Lalitpur, Bagmati	Coresync Nepal (Anuj M. Timalsina, Manoj Rimal & Virochan Khanal)	2024	[9]
	Madhesh United	Birgunj, Madhesh	Rohit Agrawal & Vishal Agrawal	2024	[10]

Tournament seasons and results

EWVL season results

Season	Final					Final venue	No. of teams	Ref.
	Winner		Score	Runner-up
2024 Details		Karnali Yashvis	3–2		Lalitpur Queens	Dasarath Stadium Covered Hall	6

Titles by the club

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Playoffs	Years Won	Years Runner-up	Years Playoffs	No. 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

• Kantipur Max HD

See also

• Sports in Nepal
• Nepal Volleyball Association

References

1. "Everest Women's volleyball League". Hamro Khelkud. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
2. "Everest Women's Volleyball League announces six franchises for inaugural edition". Onlinekhabr. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
3. "Franchise-based Volleyball League to be held". Khabar Hub. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
4. "6 franchise teams in Everest Women's Volleyball League". eKantipur. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
5. "Chitwan Shakti" . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
6. "Gandaki Thunders" . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
7. "Karnali Yashvis" . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
8. "Kathmandu Spikers" . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
9. "Lalitpur Queens" . Retrieved 5 October 2024.
10. "Madhesh United" . Retrieved 5 October 2024.