Everest Women's Volleyball League

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]

Everest Women's Volleyball League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League
SportVolleyball
Founded2024; 0 years ago (2024)
First season2024
CEOSnevy Chapagain
DirectorAntara Siddhanta
Organising bodyInfinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd.
No. of teams6
CountryNepal Nepal
Venue(s)Dasarath Stadium Covered Hall, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu
ConfederationAVC
Most recent
champion(s)
Karnali Yashvis
(2024)
Most titlesKarnali Yashvis (1st title)
TV partner(s)Kantipur Television
Streaming partner(s)Kantipur Max HD, OSR Sports
Sponsor(s)Vatsalya
Official websitehttps://ewvl.infinitydreams.com.np/

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

Background

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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

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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

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EWVL season results

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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

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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

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See also

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References

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  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.