How strong is Kaohsiung Taipower before the confrontation with VTV Binh Dien Long An?

Taiwanese club (yellow shirt) is not highly rated for its attacking ability, but defense and serving are its strengths - Photo: PVL

After a day off, the Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship - AVC Champions League 2025 returns with the knockout round tomorrow, April 25. This is the time when the teams must focus all their attention, there is no room for mistakes.

In the quarterfinals, the match between VTV Binh Dien Long An and Kaohsiung Taipower taking place at 3pm on April 25 is considered the most evenly matched match. Although the team entered the quarterfinals as the second team in the group, the Vietnamese representative is even considered higher than the opponent.

VTV Binh Dien Long An has 3 names: Thanh Thuy, Nhu Quynh and Lijewska in the top 10 best scorers in the group stage. This is the strength of the Vietnamese representative, making their attacking ability more highly rated than their opponents.

However, Kaohsiung Taipower also has its strengths. The most highly rated point of the Taiwanese representative is the ability to serve. In the top 10 players who scored the most points on serves in the group stage, there are 4 names from Kaohsiung Taipower. In just 2 matches in the group stage, this team had 19 direct serves (12 points against Hip Hing and 7 points against Petro Gazz), more than the other 11 teams.

Possessing good serve players is a very dangerous weapon for the Taiwanese representative in the context that VTV Binh Dien Long An is facing a lot of instability in its ability to defend the first step.

Since the beginning of the year, in consecutive domestic tournaments up to the last 2 group stage matches of the AVC Champions League, VTV Binh Dien Long An often made mistakes in first-pass situations. This is also the problem that coach Thai Quang Lai admitted in the first stage of the national championship.

VTV Binh Dien Long An needs to pay special attention to the first situations if they want to have a good position against their opponents - Photo: PVL

In addition to the challenge from the opponent's serve situations, VTV Binh Dien Long An's strong attack also had to face the good defense of Kaohsiung Taipower.

Especially libero Min-Yu Wu - who had 28 saves and was among the best defenders after the group stage. Good blocking ability and especially tenacious defense of the back row is a problem that Thanh Thuy and her teammates must overcome.

In addition, the 10-time Taiwanese national championship club has a squad of equal age and height, and has trained together for many years, so they have good understanding. However, VTV Binh Dien Long An's chances of passing the quarter-finals are not lower than their opponents. If they play hard, the Vietnamese representative has a great chance of making it to the semi-finals of the AVC Champions League 2025.

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