Kazakhstan's Zhetysu VC brings home the country's fifth AVC Women's Champions League title after shutting out Vietnam's VTV Binh Dien Long An in four sets.
Kazakhstan reigns supreme anew in the 2025 AVC Women’s Champions League.
Nine-time Kazakh champions Zhetysu VC flexed their might against Vietnam’s VTV Binh Dien Long An to bring home the AVC title, 25-14, 20-25, 25-23, 25-18, at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig Sunday, April 27.
After being dealt their first set loss in the tournament, Zhetysu pulled out all the stops to hold off Binh Dien Long An, led by Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, more known as T4, who finished the match with a game-high 28 points.
The dominant blocking prowess of the tall Kazakhs also proved to be too much one more for the Vietnamese squad, finishing with 15 rejections as compared to just two for VTV BDLA.
Coming off a close victory in the third set, Zhetysu used that momentum to build an 11-6 lead capped off by Karyna Denysova’s service ace.
Despite the Viet’s efforts to mount a comeback, Zhetysu proved to be too much as they stormed to a seven-point lead at 21-14.
Valeriya Yakutina, Tatyana Nikitina, and Denysova would go to seal the championship, marking Kazakhstan’s fifth AVC title and their first since 2022.
Denysova finished with 23 points on 22 attacks and one block. Nikitina had 16 markers, while Yakutina added 12 points, six of which came as rejections.
Zhetysu will take home $20,000 for their gold medal finish, while silver medalists VTV BDLA will bring home $10,000.