On March 9, in the 3rd game of the finals of the 2024 - 2025 National Men's Volleyball Super League, Shanghai Guangming, playing at home in Luwan Stadium, staged a comeback. After losing the first set, they won the next three sets to defeat Hebei Baoding Woli 3 - 1. After a hard - fought 3 - 2 victory in the first round away game and a 1 - 3 loss in the second round at home, they successfully defended their title with a 2 - 1 win record in the best - of - three finals and claimed their 18th championship.
In the first set, Sui Xiangyu's hit - off - the - block and Panasenka's quick attack gave Hebei Baoding Woli a 2 - point lead from 1 - 2. They extended their lead to 7 - 4 through Sui Xiangyu's tip - in and Panasenka's block, forcing Shen Qiong to call a timeout. Shanghai Guangming was further behind due to Panasenka's jump - serve and Sui Xiangyu's hit - off - the - block, reaching 10 - 18. After Padal's back - two attack was blocked and another Panasenka jump - serve, the score was 16 - 24. After saving a set point, they lost the set 17 - 25 to Hryhorovych's adjustment attack.
In the second set, Padal's soft back - two attack was blocked by Hryhorovych. Shanghai Guangming caught up from 4 - 5 to 6 - 6 with Padal's back - flat attack. After Sui Xiangyu's hit - off - the - block, Kubiak's back - three attack gave them a 12 - 10 lead. Hebei Baoding Woli was tied at 16 - 16 by Kubiak and Padal's back - flat attacks. Then, they fell behind to 21 - 24 because of Shandong's in - season transfer setter Li Yang's tip - in and Kubiak's clever shot. After saving a set point, they tied the score 25 - 21 when Wei Bolin's floating serve went into the net.
In the third set, Hebei Baoding Woli led 3 - 0, but Hryhorovych got an amazing point from an over - the - net first - pass. After being caught up at 4 - 4, Wen Zihua's hit - off - the - block made it 8 - 8. Then, Padal's back - three attack reversed the situation to 10 - 13, forcing Liu Guangxin to call a timeout. Shanghai Guangming widened the gap to 19 - 14, forcing Hebei to take another timeout. After leading 24 - 17, they had two set points saved by Chen Peiyu and Wen Zihua. Tian Cong's straight - line attack gave them the set 25 - 19, leading the set score 2 - 1.
In the fourth set, Shanghai Guangming was affected by Panasenka's jump - serve and Hryhorovych's defensive counter - attack. After losing 2 points at 5 - 5, Shen Qiong made use of Wen Zihua's back - flat attack to catch up from 7 - 11. Wu Qiangzhi's back - two attack and Holt's block gave them a 16 - 14 lead. Wu Qiangzhi's block on Hryhorovych made it 19 - 16, forcing Liu Guangxin to call a timeout. Then Padal's attack in the reverse rotation came into play. After wasting two match points at 24 - 20, Padal's back - two attack sealed the victory 25 - 22 and the overall score 3 - 1.
