Hosts Tianjin Bohai Bank stunned Brazil’s Gerdau Minas of Belo Horizonte in straight sets on 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women’s Club World Championship opening day in Hangzhou on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Türkiye’s VakifBank Spor Kulubu of Istanbul lived up to their status of Pool B favourites and shut out Vietnam’s Sport Center I Women's Club of Hanoi.
Women's Club World Championship 2023
Tianjin stun Minas on day one in Hangzhou
VakifBank shut out Sport Center I in Club World Championship opener
Published 01:29, 13 Dec 2023
![Bohai Bank Tianjin (CHN) (TBB) vs. Gerdau Minas (BRA) (GMT) women - Pool A #8645036](https://images.volleyballworld.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_8_desktop_mobile/f_auto/fivb-prd/cftfwalf1ggovebsyymf.jpg)
Yuan Xinyue against the block of Julia Kudiess
![VakifBank Spor Kulubu (TUR) (VKF) vs. Sport Center I Women's Club (VIE) (SPC) women - Pool B #8641200](https://images.volleyballworld.com/image/private/t_editorial_landscape_8_desktop_mobile/f_auto/fivb-prd/ymtdmfzkhgfwivlgpwxs.jpg)
VakifBank’s top scorer Zehra Gunes celebrates with her teammates