Nepal Police Club clinched the Bagmati Province New Diamond Cup Open Women’s Volleyball Tournament after defeating APF Club in straight sets at the Kirtipur Multipurpose Covered Hall on Saturday.

Police registered a 25-16, 27-25, 25-19 score over APF in the title battle in Kirtipur to stay unbeaten all the way to the title.

It was a second straight defeat for APF in three days at the hands of the same opponents. APF had lost to Police in the last league match on Thursday.

New Diamond Academy secured a third position with a comfortable 25-12, 25-14, 25-23 victory over Paropakar Girls Hostel.

Winners Police walked away with a purse of Rs500,000 while runners-up APF received Rs 250,000. Hosts New Diamond won Rs125,000 and Paropakar got Rs75,000.

Police’s Kopila Rana was declared the most valuable player of the tournament. She won Rs25,000. New Diamond’s Sanila Budha Magar won a purse of Rs20,000 after she was named the emerging player.

APF’s Reshma Bhandari and Usha Kumari Bista were adjudged the best spiker and the best blocker, respectively. Police’s Kamala Pun and New Diamond’s Anjila Pradhan won the best setter and the best libero awards. Police coach Rupesh Kumar Bista was declared the best coach. They won Rs10,000 each.

The winners will need to support 20 percent of their prize money to the New Diamond Academy, who organised the event with aims to build their own volleyball court.