Volleyball

By a Staff Reporter Nepal is set to take on hosts Bangladesh in an inaugural match of the CAVA U23 Men's Volleyball Championship 2022 to be held in Dhaka from December 20 to 27. According to the fixtures revealed on Tuesday, Nepal will face Bangladesh at 3:45 PM NST on December 20. Similarly, Kyrgyzstan will see Sri Lanka in the second match of the same day. Every participating team will directly qualify for the semis in a championship participated by four nations. However, The group stage matches will be utilized as practice sessions.   The semi-final will kick off on 25th December and the final of the championship will be held on 26th December. Jagadish Bhatta will lead Nepal's U23 squad to its maiden international tournament. Nepal's Squad for the championshipDhiraj...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - The Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA) has picked up 20 players for the close camp from the open trial participated by 84. The National Volleyball Team is scheduled to participate in the CAVA U23 Men’s Volleyball Championship to be held from 20 to 27 December in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Head coach Jagadish Prasda Bhatt on Saturday and the close camp will begin on Sunday. Players called up for close camp: Dhiraj Kumar Basnet, Ravi KC, Santosh Khatri, Arjun Nepali, Bishnu Basnet, Govinda Tamata, Safal BK, Santosh Mahata, Tej Nath, Surendra Bhatt, Manish Manandhar, Hemant Malla, Prem Prasad Gautam, Rup Bahadur Gurau, Ved Prakash Joshi, Samrat Bhandari, Subhas Kunwar, Gaurav Pande, Bhim Raj Gurung, and Bishal Bhandari

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal Volleyball Association (NVA) on Monday appointed Jagadish Prasad Bhatt as the Head Coach of the Nepal U23 Men's Volleyball team. Bhatt, a renowned name in domestic volleyball will lead the U23 Volleyball squad to the maiden CAVA U23 Men's Volleyball Championship to be held from 20 to 27 December in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Bharat Yadav will assist Bhatt and National Sports Council (NSC) volleyball coach Prajjwal Bahadur Singh will be a part of the team. Nepal National Women Volleyball team had clinched the title of Central Zone Championship under Bhatt. Moreover, under his leadership, the Nepali Women's Volleyball squad bagged the silver in the 13th South Asian Games (SAG) held in Nepal in 2019. Bhatt was in charge when Nepal Men's Volleybal...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Gurung Magar (GM Society) Nawalpur clinched the title of Late Binaya Pant Memorial Cup Park Men's Volleyball Tournament on Saturday at the training center of Dhorpatan Sports Club at New Bus Park defeating Genex Volleyball Team in straight sets of 2-0. Genex gave a tough fight in the first set to GM Society. However, it lost by 25-23. Likewise in the second set, GM effortlessly defeated Genex by 25-12. Title contender Galkot Volleyball Association lost to Budhanilkantha Volleyball Club by 2-1 and became the second runner-up of the tournament. After losing the first set by 23-25, Budhanilkanth managed to come back in the next two sets by 25-23 and 15-11. Champions GM Society bagged Rs. 50,000 along with a trophy, medals, and a certificate. G...

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal Police Club emerged victorious in the departmental derby against APF during the Bagmati Province New Diamond Cup Open National Women’s Volleyball Championship on Thursday. Police defeated their rivals APF in the last match of the round-robin league to extend their unbeaten run. Despite the defeat, APF along with Police reached the final of the championship by the virtue of finishing second in the league round.    During the clash of the two teams at Kirtipur-based Multipurpose Covered Hall, Police fought back from the second set down to defeat APF 3-1. Police won the first set 25-18 but suffered a 14-25 defeat in the second set. Police then went on to win the next two sets 25-17 and 25-20. Unbeaten police have 9 points fr...