2024 Everest Women's Volleyball League (also known as EWVL 2024 or Vatsalya EWVL 2024) was the inaugural season of the Everest Women's Volleyball League, a franchise based Nepalese volleyball league organized by the Infinity Dreams Pvt. Ltd. and the Nepal Volleyball Association. This edition featured teams from Chitwan, Gandaki, Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Karnali and Madhesh Province. The tournament was held from 30 September to 5 October at Dasarath Stadium indoor hall. The league carries the name Vatsalya EWVL 2024 due to its title sponsorship by Vatsalya.
Karnali Yashvis defeated Lalitpur Queens by 3–2 sets (25–17, 25–20, 12–25, 18–25, 15–13) in the final to win the inaugural EWVL title.
Personnel and kits Team Team manager CoachMarquee player/captainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorsChitwan Shakti Dipendra Chaudhary Arjun Ghimire Aruna ShahiShakti MeatGandaki Thunders Vikash Khetan Rupesh Kumar Bista Saraswoti ChaudharySHIV-NARESHSita Ram MilkKarnali Yashvis Kumar Rai Sumitra RegmiSnickersKathmandu Spikers Kapil G. C. Jagdish Pd. Bhatta Usha BhandariTurkish AirlinesLalitpur Queens Shradha Chhetri Utsav Khadka Salina ShresthaKelmeRupse Holidays, Global IME BankMadhesh United Bharat Yadav Niruta ThagunnaBirgunj Metropolis
Rosters Chitwan ShaktiNo.NameHeightPosition5 Aruna Shahi (C)5' 8"Setter15 Salina Budha MagarSpiker3 Jenisha BiswokarmaSpiker11 Anjila PradhanLibero9 Sunita KhadkaBlocker1 Bhawana DangiSpiker14 Balmika AcharyaBlocker7 Saraswoti KattelSetter6 Soorya S Middle blocker13 KP Anushree5' 83"Outside hitter12 Kseniya Pavlenko6' 03"Outside hitter2 Niteesha Mahato (talent hunt) Head coach Arjun Ghimire
Gandaki ThundersNo.NameHeightPosition3 Saraswoti Chaudhary (C)6' 1"Outside hitter14 Pragati Nath5' 7"Setter1 Laxmi Chand5' 8"Spiker16 Rima Kunwar5' 5"Spiker7 Kabita Bhatta5' 7"Middle blocker8 Aarati Chaudhary5' 6"Spiker6 Sneha Thagunna5' 9"Middle blocker13 Saraswoti Jaisi5' 4"Libero10 Alisa Trubyuk6' 0"Opposite spiker12 Ekaterina Zvyagintsewa5' 8" Opposite hitter11 Shilpa RS6' 2"Middle blocker Juhi Shaw (reserve)5' 5"Setter18 Soing Thapa (talent hunt) 5' 8"Head coach Rupesh Kumar Bista
Karnali YashvisNo.NameHeightPosition2 Sumitra Regmi (C)6' 1" Middle blocker6 Mina SunarBlocker3 Manisha ChaudharyBlocker22 Yamuna RasailiLibero1 Sunita RaiSpiker10 Shristi KhadgiSpiker14 Garima BohoraSpiker5 Pashupati Bohara9 Gabrielle Benda5' 10"Setter15 Athanasia Liagki6' 0"Opposite hitter13 Zeynep Outran6' 3"Outside hitter11 Sita Shingh Thakuri (talent hunt)Head coach Kumar Rai
Kathmandu SpikersNo.NameHeightPosition6 Usha Bhandari (C)5' 7"Outside hitter11 Aarati Subedi5' 10"Spiker8 Kopila RanaBlocker5 Kamala PunSetter15 Usha BistaMiddle blocker12 Nisha MaharSpiker3 Basanti SaudBlocker18 Rasmita DuraLibero9 Andrea Tsvetanova5' 9"Setter14 Pelin Eroktay 6' 2"Opposite10 Fulden Ural6' 1"Outside hitter1 Ritika Bhatta (talent hunt) Head coach Jagdish Pd. Bhatta
Lalitpur QueensNo.NameHeightPosition18 Salina Shrestha (C)Libero12 Punam Chand Open spiker11 Kamana BistaHitter10 Safiya PunMiddle blocker1 Nisha ChaudharySpiker4 Anusha ChaudharySetter2 Neha Chaudhary17 Bhawana TamangSetter19 Sutadta Chuewulim5' 8"Outside hitter16 Waranya Srilaoong5' 8"Outside hitter24 Pattrathip Santrakoon5' 5"Setter7 Jacquisha Thapa (talent hunt)Head coach Utshav Khadka
Madhesh UnitedNo.NameHeightPosition1 Niruta Thagunna (C)5' 5"Spiker4 Puja Chaudhary/Tharu5' 6"Spiker6 Sangam Mahato5' 6"Middle blocker14 Jasna MahatoSetter11 Shanti Kala TamangLibero9 Hira Budha K. C.Spiker8 Ashika ChettriSpiker13 Alisa ManandharBlocker2 Yevgeniya Kalinova5' 10"Spiker12 Yosra Zeramdini6' 1"Middle blocker7 Jini Kovat Shaji5" 7'Shetter5 Mina Chaudhary (talent hunt)Head coach Bharat Yadav
League standings Win by 3–0: 3 points Win by other margin: 2 points Loss: 0 points
If the teams are level on points, the number of sets won will be taken into consideration. The top two teams at the end of the league stage will move into the finals.
League stage
Finals
Final standings
RankTeamKarnali YashvisLalitpur Queens3Kathmandu Spikers4Gandaki Thunders5Chitwan Shakti6Madhesh United
Awards Player of the match Match no.Player of the matchPlayerTeam1 Waranya SrilaoongLalitpur Queens2 Athanasia LiagkiKarnali Yashvis3 Salina Budha MagarChitwan Shakti4 Zeynep OutranKarnali Yashvis5 Pelin EroktayKathmandu Spikers6 Pattrathip Santrakoon Punam Chand (shared award)Lalitpur Queens7 Gabrielle BendaKarnali Yashvis8 Fulden UralKathmandu Spikers9 KP AnushreeChitwan Shakti10 Usha BhandariKathmandu Spikers11 Sumitra RegmiKarnali Yashvis12 Saraswoti ChaudharyGandaki Thunders13 Waranya Srilaoong (2)Lalitpur Queens14 Alisa TrubyukGandaki Thunders15 Zeynep Outran (2)Karnali Yashvis16 Zeynep Outran (3)Karnali Yashvis
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