Bangkok, Thailand, June 18, 2024 – Oman certified for AVC Seashore Volleyball Continental Cup Finals following their beautiful Golden Match win in opposition to Thailand within the males’s showdown of the Semifinals at Ningbo Banbianshan Seashore Volleyball Heart in Ningbo, Xiangshan, China on Tuesday, as Indonesia downed high seeds Vanuatu in decisive Golden Match of girls’s last however each side superior to the Finals.
Prime seeds Thailand have been set to face off in opposition to Oman after 2-0 demolition of fourth seeds Solomon Islands within the semifinals earlier, with the third seeds Omanis struggling to beat second seeds Kazakhstan within the trilling Golden Match.
In opposition to formidable Oman within the last, Thailand sealed their first win, due to the excellent efficiency of Pithak Tipjan/Poravid Taovato. The Thai duo, who captured their first Volleyball World Seashore Professional Tour medal within the Philippines in 2022, a Subic Bay Futures gold, and picked up silver at their subsequent look on the Tour on the Coolangatta Futures in March and April, confronted a troublesome match in opposition to Haitham Alshereiqi/Ahmed Alhousni, however with larger expertise and kind, they overcame the rivals’ sturdy problem to beat the Omanis in hard-fought three-set thriller 21-17, 20-22, 20-18 and handed Thailand the primary win.
Thailand’s second duo, Netitorn Muneekul/Wachirawit Muadpha, additionally confronted the same tough state of affairs of their match in opposition to Hood Al Jalaboubi/Mazin Alhashmi to ultimately succumb to 1-2 (21-18, 14-21, 13-15) loss to the stronger Omanis, forcing the Golden Match to find out the winners and the remaining slot for the AVC Continental Cup Finals.
Within the decisive match, Thailand’s Pithak/Poravid, who claimed silver at AVC Seashore Tour Nuvali Open in Metropolis of Santa Rosa, Philippines early this 12 months, adopted by one other silver at AVC Seashore Tour Samila Open on dwelling soil in Songkhla, remained in excellent kind to take the primary set 21-18 in opposition to Hood/Mazin, however the Omani duo bounced again mightily to beat the Thai pairing within the subsequent two units 21-19, 15-11 for the comeback 2-1 win.
With the remaining slot being crammed, the whole checklist of the eight certified groups (NFs) within the males’s AVC Continental Cup Finals is as follows: Hosts China, defending champions Australia, winners from 5 zones consisting of Indonesia (Southeast Asia), Iran (Central Zone), Japan (Japanese Zone), New Zealand (Oceania) and Qatar (Western Zone), and Oman, the eventual winners from the Semifinals.
In the meantime, high seeds Vanuatu cruised to 2-0 victory in opposition to fourth seeds Kyrgyzstan within the semifinals to problem third seeds Indonesia, which managed a 2-0 shutout of second seeds Hong Kong, China, within the Tuesday’s last.
The showdown was additionally determined within the Golden Match, which led to Indonesia’s approach.
Indonesia took the early 1-0 lead following Desi Ratnasari/Nur Sari Atika’s distinctive 2-0 (21-19, 21-16) win in opposition to Vanuatu’s Sherysyn Toko/Majabelle Lawac within the first match.
One other Indonesian pair of Bernadetta Shella Herdanti/Selvina Anasthasys Kaize Josephine additionally lived as much as expectations as they took the primary set 21-15 within the second conflict in opposition to Loti Joe/Linline Matauatu, however the skilled Vanuatu tandem hit again to seize the subsequent two units 21-14, 15-9 for the 2-1 win.
The Golden Match between Indonesians Desi/Nur Atika and Vanuatu’s Joe/Matauatu noticed the previous fare higher with near-flawless efficiency to remove the latter 21-10, 21-19 in 32 minutes for the Indonesia’s incredible 2-1 win.
Six groups (NFs) had already certified for the AVC Continental Cup Finals comprising hosts and defending champions China and winners from 5 zones that includes Japan (Japanese Zone), Kazakhstan (Central Zone), Lebanon (Western Zone), New Zealand (Oceania) and Thailand (Southeast Asia), leading to high two groups from the ladies’s Semifinals, Indonesia and Vanuatu, to safe the remaining slots for the Finals.
The AVC Continental Cup Finals are set to be held on the similar competitors venue, Ningbo Banbianshan Seashore Volleyball Heart, between June 21 and 23, which serves because the final Asian qualification to find out the one champions in every gender to qualify one crew (NF) for the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games.
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