Jiangmen, China, June 29, 2024 – The Organizing Committee of the twenty second Asian Ladies’s U20 Volleyball Championship performed the Preliminary Inquiry, a ultimate examine of all groups’ paperwork, uniforms and equipments, at Assembly Room 1 at Huabao Sports activities Exhibition Lodge on Saturday night, with workforce managers, head coaches and docs invited for this necessary attendance.
China
Management Committee Chairman Mr Cai Yi from China, Technical Delegate Dr Eom Han-Joo from Korea and AVC Coordinator Mr Shanrit Wongprasert, himself AVC Govt Director, collectively performed the inquiry and all workforce officers from Hong Kong China, Australia, China, Korea, Kazakhstan, India, Japan, Chinese language Taipei, Iran, New Zealand, Vietnam and Thailand attended as scheduled.
Vietnam
After a brief assembly within the Preliminary Inquiry, some coaches stopped by to present their views on how their groups’ preparations and expectations for this topflight competitors, which serves because the Asian qualification for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Ladies’s U21 World Championship.
Hong Kong, China
“We shaped our workforce early this yr in April. Many gamers have been within the junior workforce and we competed in two tournaments final yr. We modified some gamers and included three U18 gamers to our U20 squad. As solely prime two groups from every pool will advance to the subsequent spherical, it’s not straightforward to succeed in that objective, however we’ll attempt our greatest to complete amongst prime two groups,” Hong Kong, China’s head coach Cheung King Fai.
Korea
“That is our workforce’s first time right here and we educated very exhausting in our preparation for this championship. We’re a bit nervous, however we’ll do our greatest,” Korea’s head coach Chang Yoon Hee.
Australia
“Our preparation has been good in lead as much as this event and we had nice alternative to apply in Japan in opposition to some groups from Japan which ought to be fantastic. We obtained some season campaigns as now we have been to U18 and been a part of the ladies’s workforce and so, now we have nice anticipation that we’ll do properly,” Australia’s head coach Cameron Bettenay.
Kazakhstan
“We educated one month in preparation for this championship. On the latest Asian Ladies’s U18 Championship in Thailand, I used to be assistant coach. In Jiangmen, there are lots of sturdy groups and our expectation can’t be that prime. Nonetheless, regardless of a dim probability, I hope my ladies will do their finest to succeed in the ultimate,” Kazakhstan’s head coach Azamat Yessimov.
Japan
“Our objective is to win gold medal. We now have good preparation for this championship and haven’t any damage. Our expectation is to develop and develop our workforce. We now have included six U18 gamers to our U20 workforce and hope they may carry out properly right here,” Japan’s head coach Hiroyuki Yamaguchi.
Thailand
“We’re 100% able to compete within the championship right here. Truly, now we have set our preliminary goal on our ladies to make it to the semifinals as we don’t need to put an excessive amount of strain on the workforce. In every spherical, now we have to see how my gamers can develop in contrast with what that they had finished on the final yr’s U19 World Championship in opposition to China, Japan and Korea and in a single yr time, how far they’ve progressed. We are going to assess their performances right here. Nonetheless, we’ll give all of it out in each match we’ll compete,” Thailand’s head coach Krittidech Artwichai.
India
“On account of a number of issues together with the coed exams, we arrange a one-month camp for my gamers, solely 24 days. Nonetheless, we attempt to make it to the quarterfinals, that’s our preliminary goal,” India’s head coach.
Chinese language Taipei
Twelve groups will strut their stuff within the twenty second Asian Ladies’s U20 Volleyball Championship, set to happen on the 8,500-seater Jiangmen Sports activities Heart Gymnasium from July 1 to 9, vying for prime honour and 4 berths up for grabs within the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Ladies’s U21 World Championship. Present world champions China are more likely to robotically qualify for the subsequent yr’s championship.
Iran
Pool A includes China, Kazakhstan and Australia, with Japan, India and Hong Kong, China in Pool B. Thailand, Vietnam and Iran are in Pool C, whereas Pool D options Korea, Chinese language Taipei and New Zealand.
New Zealand
For the reason that championship inception in 1980, China captured 12 titles, whereas Japan took 7 together with the earlier two editions in 2018 and 2022. Korea claimed one in 1980. The 2020 version was cancelled as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
On the earlier version in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan, two years in the past, Japan surprised China in straight units within the ultimate showdown to efficiently defend their title, whereas Thailand edged previous Korea 3-2 to safe bronze medal.
Japan, China and Thailand certified for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Ladies’s U21 World Championship in Mexico, the place China emerged triumphant as world champions. Japan completed fourth and Thailand ended a distant fifteenth.
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