Kathmandu, December 23
The Asian Senior Central Zone Men’s and Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup is starting in Bangladesh from today.
Both the men’s and women’s teams of Nepal are playing in the tournament to be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh today.
Nepal’s women’s team will play its first match against Sri Lanka today. The match between Nepal and Sri Lanka will start at 11:15 am Nepali time.
Similarly, the men’s team will start its journey today by playing against the home team Bangladesh. The match between Nepal and Bangladesh will start at 4:45 pm.
There are 5 men’s and 6 women’s nations participating in the competition.
In the men’s event, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan will compete and in the women’s event, Bangladesh, Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan will compete.
The top two teams in the round robin competition will play in the final.
Nepal, the previous winner in the women’;s category, aims to defend its title. Similarly, Nepal has set a goal to win the title for men.
By Karuna Thapa
