On the evening of March 16.3, at the Binh Phuoc province multi-purpose stadium, the opening ceremony of round I of the 2024 women's national volleyball championship took place.
The 2024 National Volleyball Championship is the highest-ranking tournament of Vietnamese volleyball at the club level, with the participation of 9 men's teams and 9 women's teams.
Phase 1 of this year's tournament takes place in Binh Phuoc from March 16.3 to March 22.3 in the women's competition and from March 30.3 to April 6.4 in Ha Tinh in the men's competition.
Attractive tournament
The women's event in Binh Phuoc has 9 participating teams including: host Information Army - Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc, Ninh Binh LPBank, Vietinbank, VTV Binh Dien Long An, Long Son Thanh Hoa Cement, Geleximco Thai Binh, Hoa qualities of Duc Giang, Quang Ninh and rookie Hanoi.
This year, each club participating in the tournament is also allowed to register 2 foreign players, but only 1 foreign player can play on the field.
Nearly 4.000 people in Binh Phuoc came to cheer for the tournament
According to information from the organizing committee, up to this point, in addition to Hanoi and Geleximco Thai Binh, which have said no to recruiting foreign soldiers, the remaining teams have presented 10 foreign soldiers from China and Thailand.
Leaders of Binh Phuoc province attended and cheered for the athletes
Participating teams will compete in a round robin instead of dividing into groups like last season. After finishing the first 5 rounds, the top 4 teams will enter the final round, the 5th ranked team will officially be relegated, the remaining 4 teams will have to compete for 2 spots to stay in the tournament.
Immediately after the opening ceremony, a match took place between the host Information Corps - Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc and Hanoi.
After the opening ceremony, the home team of the Information Corps - Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc had a 3 - 1 victory over Hanoi.
After the home team easily took the lead in the first two sets, the Hanoi team also had a pretty good set, shortening the score to 2-1. However, in the 2th set, the home team of the Information Corps - Truong Tuoi Binh Phuoc won the final 4-3.
Chairman of Binh Phuoc Provincial People's Committee Tran Tue Hien (in the middle) and the leadership of the Binh Phuoc Information Army - Truong Tuoi Truong team warmly rewarded the entire team after the victory over Hanoi
The opening match of the tournament attracted nearly 4.000 fans in Binh Phuoc to cheer. It is known that all matches taking place in Binh Phuoc will have free admission.
