Vietnam triumph in inaugural women’s AVC Nations Cup

Hosts Vietnam left no doubts over their superiority in the inaugural AVC Women’s Volleyball Nations Cup and triumphed with the historic trophy. In Sunday’s final at the Dong Anh Gymnasium in Hanoi, they mastered a straight-set win over the Philippines and collected their third consecutive gold in the competition, previously conducted under the name AVC Women's Challenge Cup. They also booked a spot at the 2026 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship. The Philippines’ silver was a step up from the team’s only previous medal, last year’s bronze. Just like two years ago, Chinese Taipei completed the podium, claiming their second bronze in the history of the competition.

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In a speedy gold medal showdown, Vietnam hammered out an emphatic 3-0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-14) shutout of the Philippines, dominating in attack and blocking, but most notably in serving with seven aces against none. Authoring two if those aces, in addition to two kill blocks and 16 successful spikes, Vietnam’s opposite Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen finished with a match-high 20 points. Outside hitter and captain Tran Thi Thanh Thuy delivered another 17 points, including the match winner, which she scored with a two-handed attack. The other outside, Nguyen Thi Uyen, also reached the double digits with 10 points to her name.

Earlier on Saturday, Chinese Taipei came back from a set down to dominate the next three and win the bronze medal match against last year’s runners-up Kazakhstan by 3-1 (17-25, 25-13, 25-16, 25-13), outplaying the opponents on all scoring counts. Chinese Taipei’s 19-year-old opposite Chang Yi-Chi put up four of the team’s 10 kill blocks and added a direct point from the serving line to finish with a match-high 23 points. Outside hitter Liu Shuang Ling contributed 17 points, while middle blocker Kan Ko-Hui (three kill blocks) put away 14. Opposite Tatyana Nikitina led Kazakhstan with 17 points, while outsides Margarita Belchenko and Perizat Nurbergenova added 11 and 10 points, respectively.

The fifth place went to Indonesia. For it, they beat Iran by 3-1 (25-17, 25-15, 23-25, 25-20) with a match-high 16 points from Medi Yoku. With an out-of-this-world team total of 24 kill blocks in the seventh-place game, Australia persevered through a five-set battle to celebrate a 3-2 (18-25, 25-21, 23-25, 25-23, 15-8) victory over Hong Kong. The Aussies were led by 19-year-old Kayla Cantrill with 24 points. India beat Mongolia to the ninth place with Shaalini Saravanan scoring a 16-point match high to lead the way to a 3-1 (25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 25-20) win. New Zealand finished in 11^th place.

Vietnam’s opposite Nguyen Thi Bich Tuyen was honored as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) and on the Dream Team of the competition, which also featured setter Julia Melissa De Guzman (Philippines), outside hitters Angel Anne Canino (Philippines) and Tran Thi Thanh Thuy (Vietnam), middle blockers Kan Ko-Hui (Chinese Taipei) and Dell Palomata (Philippines), and libero Nguyen Khanh Dang (Vietnam).

With a total of 126 points (119 spikes, 2 kill blocks, 5 aces), Indonesia’s outside Ersandrina Devega topped the best scorers chart of the 2025 AVC Women’s Volleyball Nations Cup.

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