Vietnam women's volleyball team ascends world rankings

Sports - Ngày đăng : 11:52, 08/07/2024

The latest update to the women’s volleyball world rankings has witnessed the Vietnamese team climb up a total of four places after securing a bronze medal at the 2024 FIVB Women’s Volleyball Challenger Cup which recently concluded in the Philippines.

vietnam women s volleyball team ascends world rankings picture 1 — Vietnam comes third at the FIVB Challenger Cup. (Photo courtesy of FIVB)

This marks the first time in history that a Vietnamese women’s team have won a bronze medal at the FIVB (International Volleyball Federation) Challenger Cup.

Vietnam peaked at 32nd in the world out of a total of 77 countries and territories worldwide after adding 6.3 more points. This marks the highest position of the national women’s volleyball team in the global rankings. The latest spot puts Vietnam at number five in Asia, after mainland China, Japan, Thailand, and Kazakhstan.

In terms of Southeast Asia, Vietnam were placed in second position behind Thailand, ranking on the 14th in the global list.

Meanwhile, Vietnam’s U20 women volleyball team defeated India 3-0 at the 2024 Asian Women's U20 Volleyball Championship.

Local players will face the winner of the match between Taiwan (China) and Kazakhstan to vie for a spot in the FIVB Volleyball Women's U21 World Championship in 2025 as the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) representatives.

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