The 2025 AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League was the first edition of the newly rebranded AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League and the 25th overall edition of the formerly named Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship, an annual international women's volleyball club tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with the Philippine National Volleyball Federation (PNVF) and the Premier Volleyball League (PVL). It was held at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Philippines from 20 to 27 April 2025.
Zhetysu won the tournament for the first time by beating VTV Bình Điền Long An in the final and Karina Denisova named the MVP. Both teams qualified for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship. Nakhon Ratchasima QminC claimed the bronze against Beijing BAIC Motor in the 3rd place match.
Host selection In January 2025, South Korea and Vietnam were originally considered as possible options to be the hosts. The next month, the PNVF announced that the Philippines would be the official host nation of the tournament.
Participating teams Teams by zonal association Central Asia (CAVA)East Asia (EAVA)Oceania (OZVA)Southeast Asia (SAVA)West Asia (WAVA)
Entrant teams The AVC Women's Volleyball Champions League is an invitational tournament with a maximum of twelve teams allowed to enter. As the hosts, the Philippines were initially allowed to enter two teams. The hosts were later granted a wild card slot to field a third team, in replacement of Japan's withdrawal from the tournament. The following teams took part in the tournament.
+ Association Team(s) Domestic league standing Queensland Pirates 2024–25 Australian Women's Volleyball League champions Beijing BAIC Motor 2024–25 Chinese Volleyball Super League 5th place 2024–25 Taiwan Enterprise Volleyball League runners-up Hip Hing 2024 Hong Kong Women's Volleyball League champions Saipa Tehran 2024–25 Iranian Women's Volleyball League champions Al Naser 2023–24 Jordan Volleyball Premier League champions Zhetysu 2024–25 Kazakhstan Women's National League champions Petro Gazz Angels2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference champions Creamline Cool Smashers2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference runners-up PLDT High Speed Hitters2024–25 Premier Volleyball League All-Filipino Conference 5th place (wild card) Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 2023–24 Women's Volleyball Thailand League champions VTV Bình Điền Long An 2024 Volleyball Vietnam League champions
Squads
With the rebranded tournament, each team can now have a maximum of three foreign players in its roster that can play at any time. Previously, teams can only have two foreign players and only one of which can play at a time.
Pools composition For the first time since the 2016 edition, the teams were split into four pools with three teams each. The draw of lots took place at The Grand Fourwings Hotel Bangkok on 12 March 2025.
Teams were seeded in the first position of each pool following the serpentine system according to their FIVB Senior World Rankings as of 8 January 2025. All teams not seeded were drawn to take other available positions in the remaining lines, following the World Ranking. The host's two teams and the top two countries are automatically seeded as the first teams of the four pools. As the Philippines have fielded a third team as a wild card, it will be in the pot in accordance with the country's current FIVB ranking.
+Seeded teamsPot 1Pot 2 Creamline Cool Smashers (52) () Petro Gazz Angels (52) () Beijing BAIC Motor (5) Nakhon Ratchasima QminC (13) Zhetysu (31) VTV Bình Điền Long An (32) (45) PLDT High Speed Hitters (52) Queensland Pirates (55) Iranian Team (57) Hip Hing (60) Al Naser (–)
Drawing results Pool APool BPool CPool D Creamline Cool Smashers (52) () Petro Gazz Angels (52) () Beijing BAIC Motor (5) Nakhon Ratchasima QminC (13) Zhetysu (31) (45) VTV Bình Điền Long An (32) PLDT High Speed Hitters (52) Al Naser (–) Hip Hing (60) Iranian Team (57) Queensland Pirates (55)
Venue The tournament will take place in Pasig in Metro Manila. + All matches Pasig, Philippines PhilSports Arena Capacity: 10,000
Pool standing procedure Total number of victories (matches won, matches lost) In the event of a tie, the following first tiebreaker will apply: The teams will be ranked by the most point gained per match as follows: Match won 3–0 or 3–1: 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser Match won 3–2: 2 points for the winner, 1 point for the loser Match forfeited: 3 points for the winner, 0 points (0–25, 0–25, 0–25) for the loser If teams are still tied after examining the number of victories and points gained, then the AVC will examine the results in order to break the tie in the following order: Set quotient: if two or more teams are tied on the number of points gained, they will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of the number of all set won by the number of all sets lost. Points quotient: if the tie persists based on the set quotient, the teams will be ranked by the quotient resulting from the division of all points scored by the total of points lost during all sets. If the tie persists based on the point quotient, the tie will be broken based on the team that won the match of the Round Robin Phase between the tied teams. When the tie in point quotient is between three or more teams, these teams ranked taking into consideration only the matches involving the teams in question.
Preliminary round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Final round All times are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd place match
Final
Final standing
Rank Team Zhetysu VTV Bình Điền Long An Nakhon Ratchasima QminC 4 Beijing BAIC Motor 5 PLDT High Speed Hitters Petro Gazz Angels Creamline Cool Smashers 9 Al Naser Hip Hing Queensland Pirates Saipa Tehran Qualified for the 2025 Club World Championship
14–woman rosterPerizat Nurbergenova, (c), , Valeriya Yakutina, Irina Kenzhebaeva, Mariya Syrygina, Kristina Belova, , Madina Beket, Tatyana Nikitina, Kristina Anikonova, Alina Ashkhabekova, Olga Khadzhioglo, Nataliya Borisenko Head coach Marko Gršić
Awards
Most Valuable Player (Zhetysu) Best Setter (Zhetysu) Best Outside Spikers (VTV Bình Điền Long An) (Zhetysu)
Best Middle Blockers (Zhetysu) (Nakhon Ratchasima QminC) Best Opposite Spiker (VTV Bình Điền Long An) Best Libero (VTV Bình Điền Long An)
See also 2025 AVC Men's Volleyball Champions League
Notes
References
External links
at Volleyball World