2022 winners, Kenya Commercial Bank started the 2025 edition with a 3-0 (25-15, 25-18, 25-12) victory against La Loi of Congo DR in Pool C.
Typical big hits from VLL put them in a slight lead. However, KCB quickly reasserted themselves as lack of enthusiasm and poor communication resulted in VLL falling back to KCB to lose 1st set 25-15.
It was a fight for the 2nd set with both teams fully engaged. It was points for points until an unforced hitting error from VLL gave KCB the lead.
The game continued to some tempo but KCB showed the most determination and closed the set out 25-18.
KCB maintained their momentum in the 3rd set to lead 16-7. La Loi looked flat. Miscommunication lost them another point and KCB took advantage to nail the set 25-12.
