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Bangkok, Thailand, February 26, 2023 – Nakhon Ratchasima brought the curtain down on the Thailand Volleyball League 2022/23 season at the packed MCC Hall inside The Mall Bangkapi Department Store with a bang as they made a clean sweep of both men’s and women’s titles at stake, with their women’s team stunning defending and successive two-time champions Diamond Food in the thrilling final.
In the men’s event, Nakhon Ratchasima Huione QminC, former seven-time winners, did not lose a single match to their respective rivals in this top-level professional volleyball league in Thailand to capture their 8th title following their sensational 3-0 (25-21, 25-17, 25-21) win against Phitsanulok VC.
The women’s showdown saw Nakhon Ratchasima Huione QminC, former four-time champions and the 2021 Asian Women’s Club silver medallists, stage incredible comeback to beat the star-studded Diamond Food Fine Chef-Air Force VC in five-set thriller 12-25, 25-23, 26-28, 25-20, 15-11.
Format of Play
Regarding the competition format of the three-month-long tournament, a total of eight teams apiece in the men’s and women’s events will test their mettle in the single round-robin First Leg. Only top six teams will advance to the round-robin Second Leg, while the two lowest-ranked teams crash out of the competition and will be relegated from the next season’s Thailand League. They will be replaced by the top two teams from the Volleyball Pro Challenge, the second-tier professional league in Thailand’s domestic volleyball tournament, at the end of the season.
After that, only top four teams at the end of the Second Leg will enter the Finals, which will be contested in the single round robin. Teams finishing 5th and 6th places in the Second Leg will be eliminated, having their Finals dreams completely smashed. At the end of the round-robin Finals, the qualified four teams will be classified to respective rankings according to their performances.
The semifinals will then be held, with the best-ranked team at the end of the Finals taking on the fourth-ranked side and teams finishing second and third battling it out. The two winning teams in the semifinals will set up the final clash for the tile and the losers will fight it out in the third-place playoff for the bronze medal.
Men’s Teams
The tournament kicked off on November 18, 2022 in both men’s and women’s events. Nakhon Ratchasima claimed the top spot in the men’s First Leg, followed by Diamond Food…
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