International women’s volleyball tournament to kick off

The International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, VTV Cup, is scheduled to kick off in the northern province of Hải Dương on July  八. – Photo bdpcdn.net

HÀ NỘI – The International Women’s Volleyball Tournament, VTV Cup, is scheduled to kick off in the northern province of Hải Dương on July  八.

Seven teams will take part, including two Vietnamese teams, Japanese students, South Korea’s Suwon Hyundai E C, and teams from Indonesia, Thailand and China, the event’s organising board said.

Among the participants, Suwon, established in  一 九 七 七, won national-level events in the  二0 一0- 一 一 and  二0 一 五- 一 六 seasons.

The teams will play under the round-robin format to shortlist the top four teams that will progress to the semi-finals. The tournament will go on till July  一 五.

The annual event first began in  二00 四 and is organised by the Việt Nam Volleyball Federation and Việt Nam Television. So far, Việt Nam have claimed the championship title four times, in  二00 七,  二00 九,  二0 一0 and  二0 一 四.

The tournament will give Vietnamese players a good opportunity to hone their skills for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games in Malaysia in August. – VNS