Everest Women's Volleyball League
{{Short description|Women's indoor volleyball league in Nepal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title = Everest Women's Volleyball League
| current_season = 2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League
| last_season =
| sport = Volleyball
| upcoming_season = 2025 Everest Women's Volleyball League
| logo =
| founded = {{Start date and age|2024}}
| inaugural = 2024
| administrator =
| ceo = Snevy Chapagain
| teams = 6
| organizer = Infinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd.
| venue = Dasarath Stadium Covered Hall, Tripureshwor, Kathmandu
| country = {{flagicon|Nepal}} Nepal
| confed = AVC
| champion = Karnali Yashvis
| champ_season = 2024
| most_champs = Karnali Yashvis (1st title)
| confed_cup =
| sponsor = Vatsalya
| website = https://ewvl.infinitydreams.com.np/
| tv = Kantipur Television
| director = Antara Siddhanta
| streaming = Kantipur Max HD, OSR Sports
}}
{{Season sidebar
| title = Seasons
| list =
}}
Everest Women's Volleyball League (EWVL){{cite web| title= Everest Women's volleyball League |url=https://www.hamrokhelkud.com/featured/149856.html |work= Hamro Khelkud |date=8 August 2024 | access-date = 8 August 2024}} is a professional women's indoor volleyball Franchise league in Nepal. The inaugural season took place in September 2024.{{cite web |url=https://english.onlinekhabar.com/everest-womens-volleyball-league.html |title=Everest Women’s Volleyball League announces six franchises for inaugural edition |work=Onlinekhabr |access-date=30 September 2024}}
EWVL is the first ever women's volleyball franchise league held in South Asian Region.
Background
The Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA) in association with the Infinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd. launched and will be conducted the inaugural season of a franchise-based indoor volleyball league called Everest Women's Volleyball League.{{cite web|url= https://english.khabarhub.com/2024/06/364152/|title=Franchise-based Volleyball League to be held |work= Khabar Hub | access-date=8 August 2024}} Infinity Dreams will manage the league across the country based on the home and away principle for a duration of seven years.
In August 2024, the league announced six teams for the inaugural season of the 2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League.{{cite web|title=6 franchise teams in Everest Women's Volleyball League |url=https://ekantipur.com/en/sports/2024/08/09/6-franchise-teams-in-everest-womens-volleyball-league-05-37.html |work=eKantipur |access-date=30 September 2024}}
Teams
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|caption=Locations of the Six EWVL teams
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| class="wikitable"
! colspan=2 style="background:#C71585;color:#fff" |Team name ! style="background:#C71585;color:#fff" |City ! style="background:#C71585;color:#fff" |Team owner ! style="background:#C71585;color:#fff" |Debut ! style="background:#C71585;color:#fff" |Ref. |
| style="background:#124989"|
|Nimbus Holdings |2024 |
| style="background:#6ea846"|
|Saurabh Kedia |2024 |
| style="background:#11193f;"|
|Sushil Gupta |2024 |
| style="background:#0000000;"|
|Sharad Kumar Tibarewala |2024 |
| style="background:#41B6E6;"|
|Coresync Nepal (Anuj M. Timalsina, Manoj Rimal & Virochan Khanal) |2024 |
| style="background:#d05a2d;"|
|Rohit Agrawal & Vishal Agrawal |2024 |
Tournament seasons and results
=EWVL season results=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="line-height:20px;text-align:center;" |
| style="width:5%; color:#fff; background:#C71585;" rowspan=2 scope=col|Season
!style="width:60%; color:#fff; background:#C71585;" colspan=5|Final !style="width:20%; color:#fff; background:#C71585;" rowspan=2 scope=col|Final venue !style="width:5%; color:#fff; background:#C71585;" rowspan=2 scope=col|No. of !style="width:10%; color:#fff; background:#C71585;" rowspan=2 scope=col|Ref. |
|---|
| style="width:20%; color:#fff; background:#C71585;" colspan=2 scope=col|Winner
!style="width:15%; color:#fff; background:#C71585;" scope=col|Score !style="width:20%; color:#fff; background:#C71585;" colspan=2 scope=col|Runner-up |
| style="text-align:left;" scope=row|2024 Details |style="background:#11193f"| |3–2 |style="background:#41B6E6"| |Dasarath Stadium Covered Hall |6 | |
Titles by the club
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Team ! style="background:gold"|Winners ! style="background:silver"|Runners-up !Playoffs !Years Won !Years Runner-up !Years Playoffs !No. of seasons played |
| Kathmandu Spikers
|align=center|_ |align=center|_ |_ |_ |_ |_ | align="center" |0 |
| Gandaki Thunders
|align=center|_ |align=center|_ |_ |_ |_ |_ | align="center" |0 |
| Karnali Yashvis
|align=center|1 |align=center|_ | |2024 | | | align="center" |1 |
| Chitwan Shakti
|align=center|_ |align=center|_ |_ |_ |_ |_ | align="center" |0 |
| Lalitpur Queens
|align=center|_ |align=center|1 | | |2024 | | align="center" |1 |
| Madhesh United
|align=center|_ |align=center|_ |_ |_ |_ |_ | align="center" |0 |
Broadcasting
See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Everest Women's Volleyball League}}
{{Volleyball in Nepal}}
Category:Volleyball leagues in Nepal
Category:Everest Women's Volleyball League
Category:Professional sports leagues in Nepal
Category:National volleyball leagues