Bangkok, Thailand, June 23, 2024 – Guests stole the present within the AVC Continental Cup Finals at Ningbo Banbianshan Seashore Volleyball Heart in Ningbo, Xiangshan, China on Sunday when Australia and Japan pulled out upset wins towards hosts China in electrifying remaining showdowns in respective males’s and ladies’s occasions which have been determined in Golden Matches.
Within the males’s remaining showdown on Sunday, Mark Nicolaidis and the 1.99cm-tall Izac Carracher drew the primary blood for Australia following their dramatic 2-1 (21-17, 20-22, 16-14) win towards hosts China’s veterans Wu Jiaxin/Ha Likejiang, who carried out brilliantly within the 2023 season to win a number of titles together with Seashore Professional Tour Futures Wenzhou Cangnan, AVC Seashore Tour Samila Open, Seashore Professional Tour Futures Coolangatta in Australia and Seashore Professional Tour Futures Mt Maunganui Seashore in New Zealand.
Nonetheless, Wang Yanwei/Li Jie, who claimed gold on the 2023 Seashore Professional Tour Futures Qidong to their title, saved the day for China as they narrowly edged previous one other Australian duo, Jack Pearse/Paul Burnett, who captured gold at 2023 Seashore Professional Tour Futures Geelong on house soil other than this yr’s AVC Seashore Tour twenty third Samila Open in Thailand, 22-20, 22-20 to assist China degree it at 1-1.
Within the Golden Match to determine the eventual winners, Nicolaidis/Carracher, who in 2022 bursted onto the worldwide scene on the Gold Coast Seashore Professional Tour Futures occasion in April after successful gold of their first Worldwide occasion as a pair and completed a outstanding ninth place within the 2022 World Championships in Rome, clawed their manner again to beat Wu/Ha 17-21, 23-21, 15-10 in exhausting 64 minutes.
The pulsating 2-1 win within the males’s showdown not solely gave Australia a profitable title defence within the AVC Continental Cup Finals, but in addition earned them a spot within the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games.
In the meantime, the ladies’s occasion noticed reigning champions China lose their crown on house soil. Akiko Hasegawa/Miki Ishii put Japan in entrance 1-0 following their distinctive 2-0 (22-20, 21-15) win towards Chinese language Wang Jingzhe/Dong Jie.
Nonetheless, Chinese language Cao Shuting/Zhu Lingdi regained the misplaced satisfaction to beat Japan’s Suzuka Hashimoto/Reika Murakami in one-sided battle 2-0 (21-16, 21-5) for a 1-1 tie.
China switched their pairing for the Golden Match, with Cao Shuting teaming up with Dong Jie, however issues nonetheless turned bitter for the host aspect.
Each Japan and China locked horns within the decisive match which noticed Akiko and Miki take the snug first set 21-10, however go down in a hotly-contested second set 21-23.
Each side fought neck and neck within the decider, however the Japanese duo fared higher to seize the set 16-14, match and the Paris 2024 berth for Japan.
The highly-anticipated AVC Continental Cup Finals from June 21 to 23 served because the final cease for Asian qualification to qualify one group (Nationwide Federation) apiece in every gender to the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games, that includes eight elite groups apiece within the males’s and ladies’s occasions.
Certified groups (NFs) within the males’s occasion comprised hosts China, defending champions Australia and winners from 5 zones consisting of Indonesia (Southeast Asia), Iran (Central Zone), Japan (Jap Zone), New Zealand (Oceania) and Qatar (Western Zone) and Oman, winners from the AVC Continental Cup Semifinals.
The certified males’s groups featured hosts and defending champions China, winners from 5 zones that includes Japan (Jap Zone), Kazakhstan (Central Zone), Lebanon (Western Zone), New Zealand (Oceania) and Thailand (Southeast Asia) and Indonesia and Vanuatu, high two groups from the AVC Continental Cup Semifinals.
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