Vietnam women's volleyball team aims to win the 2025 AVC Nations Cup

The Vietnamese women's volleyball team aims to successfully defend the title of Asian Women's Volleyball Championship (AVC Nations Cup 2025), held in Hanoi.

Vietnam women's volleyball team (yellow shirt) aims to win the AVC Nations Cup 2025 - Photo: QUANG MINH

The 2025 AVC Nations Cup will take place from June 7 to 14 at Dong Anh District Gymnasium ( Hanoi ). On the afternoon of May 30, the Vietnam Volleyball Federation held a press conference to inform about the tournament.

The AVC Nations Cup has the participation of 11 women's teams: Australia, India, Taipei (China), Iran, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong (China), Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Vietnam.

The 11 teams are divided into 2 groups, playing a round robin to score points. Based on the results of the group stage, the teams are ranked from 1 to 4 and from 5 to 11. This is a tournament with annual FIVB ranking points. The AVC Nations Cup champion team wins a ticket to the 2026 Asian Women's Championship.

Previously, on May 25 in the Philippines, the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) held a drawing ceremony for the 2025 AVC Nations Cup Volleyball Tournament.

Group A includes host Vietnam, Australia, India, Taiwan and Hong Kong (China). Group B has 6 teams: Kazakhstan, Philippines, Iran, Indonesia, Mongolia, New Zealand.

This is the fourth year the AVC Nations Cup has been held, for national teams in Group 2 of Asian volleyball. In the last two seasons, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team has won the championship. The biggest rival of the Vietnamese women's volleyball team is considered to be the Kazakhstan team.

The tournament organizers of the host Vietnam said that tickets to Dong Anh District Stadium to watch the tournament were sold at 100,000 VND/ticket, and 150,000 VND/ticket for the final match. Currently, tickets are selling very well, showing that people's interest in the tournament is very high.

Answering Tuoi Tre Online 's question about the preparation process and goals of the Vietnamese women's team, head coach Nguyen Tuan Kiet said: "The Vietnamese women's volleyball team has been training in Quang Ninh for more than a month to prepare for the tournament. The new point is that this year the team has the support of an Australian fitness expert. Therefore, the athletes' physical strength has improved a lot. The goal of the Vietnamese women's volleyball team is to defend the championship and win the cup for the third time."

Player Tran Thi Thanh Thuy said she has recovered 100% from her injury and no longer feels pain when playing football. With the help of a fitness expert, she and the team have been well prepared and hope to have enough physical strength to play and contribute.

Vice President of the Vietnam Volleyball Federation Tran Duc Phan shared that depending on the team's performance, the federation will have bonuses to encourage the athletes. The organizing committee is trying its best to make the event as good as possible in the difficult conditions in Vietnam.

AVC Nations Cup 2025 draw results - Graphics: AN BINH

The 2025 AVC Nations Cup for men will take place from June 17 to 24 in Bahrain.

The men's tournament has 12 participating teams, divided into 4 groups A, B, C and D. Each group of 3 teams plays a round robin to score points, selecting the top 2 teams to enter the quarter-finals.

The draw put the Vietnamese men's volleyball team in Group D with Korea and New Zealand. If Korea is the team with the highest rating in the group (ranked 27th in the world ) and is sure to have a ticket to the next round, the remaining spot will be a competition between Vietnam and New Zealand.

KHUONG XUAN

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bong-chuyen-nu-viet-nam-dat-muc-tieu-vo-dich-avc-nations-cup-2025-20250530154204549.htm