Vietnam women's volleyball team will face two extremely strong opponents

Up to now, in addition to the host country China's representative team which has not been officially determined, we already know the opponents that the Vietnamese team may face at the 2023 Women's Volleyball Club World Championship.

Four other teams have been confirmed to participate in the 2023 Women's Volleyball Club World Championship, including two representatives from Europe, VakifBank and Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul (both from Türkiye), and two representatives from South America, Dentil Praia and Gerdau Minas Belo Horizonte (both from Brazil).

Of the four teams above, VakifBank and Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul are the most successful women's volleyball clubs in the world.

VakifBank has won the Women's Volleyball Club World Championship 4 times in 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021 (record), 2 runner-up in 2011, 2022 and 2 third place in 2016, 2019.

In addition, this team has also won 6 times and been runner-up 5 times in the European Women's Volleyball Club Championship.

Meanwhile, Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul also won the Women's Volleyball Club World Championship twice in 2015 and 2016, was runner-up in 2019 and won third place in 2018.

Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul also won the 2014-2015 European Women's Volleyball Club Championship and was runner-up in the 1979-1980 and 2022-2023 seasons.

Compared to the two Turkish clubs, the two Brazilian representatives have much more modest "profiles" but they have also achieved important achievements.

Dentil Praia has won the South American Women's Volleyball Club Championship twice in 2021 and 2023 and has been runner-up four times. They have also won the Brazilian Super League in 2018 and 2023 and have been runner-up four times in 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2022.

Meanwhile, Gerdau Minas were runners-up twice in the 1992 and 2018 World Cups. In the 2022 tournament, they finished 4th after losing to Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul in the 3rd place match. In addition, they have won the South American Women's Volleyball Club Championship 4 times in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022.

According to the current competition format, the 6 teams will be divided into 2 groups A and B to compete in a round robin. The first and second teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The two winning teams in the semi-finals will compete for the championship in the final, and the two losing teams in the semi-finals will compete for third place.

With the presence of two Turkish clubs, both of whom have won the world championship, VakifBank and Eczacibasi Dynavit Istanbul, the Vietnamese women's volleyball team (playing under the name Sport Center 1) will certainly be in the same group with one of these two teams. In addition, we are also expected to be in the same group with one of the two Brazilian women's volleyball clubs, Dentil Praia or Gerdau Minas.

All are very strong clubs. This is a great opportunity for the Vietnamese team to compete, learn and gain experience to continue improving their level of competition./.