Zhetysu claim historic AVC Women’s Champions League crown

Zhetysu Taldyqorgan are the first ever winners of the AVC Women’s Champions League title. The Kazakhstani club had previously collected two silver and two bronze medals in the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championships and now they triumphed with the continental crown for the first time in history after winning Sunday’s final against Vietnam’s VTV Binh Dien Long An at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, the Philippines.

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VTV Binh Dien Long An settled for silver, the club’s first continental medal and overall third for Vietnamese teams, who have been present in the final in each of the last three editions of the Asian club competition. Both Zhetysu and Binh Dien qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship.

Thailand’s Nakhon Ratchasima QminC repeated their achievement from last year’s Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship and took the bronze. It was their third continental medal, as they also took silver in 2021.

Zhetysu suffered their first set loss of the tournament in Sunday’s final against Binh Dien, but powered through to a 3-1 (25-14, 20-25, 25-23, 25-18) victory to complete their undefeated run of five consecutive matches won in the competition. With 10 aces against one and with 15 kill blocks against two, the Kazakhstani team did not leave much room for their Vietnamese opponents to fight back. Ukrainian outside hitter and captain Karyna Denysova spearheaded Zhetysu with 23 points. Opposite Tatyana Nikitina produced 16 points, while middle blocker Valeriya Yakutina raised as many as six stuffs to finish with a 12-point total. Binh Dien’s Tran Thi Thanh Thuy hammered out a match-high 28 points, all in swings. Her teammate Vi Thi Nhu Quynh put away another 19 points.

Earlier on Sunday, Nakhon Ratchasima QminC secured their spot on the podium with a 3-1 (25-21, 21-25, 25-21, 25-19) victory over China’s Beijing Baic Motor in the bronze medal match. The Thai team outplayed Baic Motor offensively and as many as five of their players reached the double digits in scoring, led by Greek outside Evangelia Chantava, whose 22-point tally included three kill blocks. American opposite Anyse Marlee Smith put away 16 points, outside Sasipapron Janthawisut finished with 14, while middle blockers Tichakorn Boonlert and Kaewkalaya Kamulthala added 10 points apiece. Baic’s outside and captain Jin Ye delivered a match-high 23 points. Opposite Shan Lanfeng and outside Lu Yufei scored 17 and 13 times, respectively.

27-year-old Karyna Denysova was named the first AVC Women’s Champions League Most Valuable Player (MVP). She was also recognized as one of the outside hitters on the tournament Dream Team along with setter Daria Sharhorodska (Zhetysu), opposite Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (Binh Dien), outside hitter Vi Thi Nhu Quynh (Binh Dien), middle blockers Valeriya Yakutina (Zhetysu) and Tichakorn Boonlert (Nakhon Ratchasima), and libero Nguyen Khanh Dang (Binh Dien).

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