Jiangmen, China, July 7, 2024 – Intense duels set the stage for the action-packed semifinals of the twenty second Asian Ladies’s U20 Volleyball Championship on the Jiangmen Sports activities Middle Gymnasium on Monday, with indomitable China difficult Korea and Thailand going through off towards reigning champions Japan.
The topflight championship serves because the Asian qualification match, from which high 4 groups will qualify for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Ladies’s U21 World Championship. Nevertheless, China have earlier certified mechanically as present world champions.
China
Korea
China had already overwhelmed Thailand 3-0 and Japan pulled off 3-1 win towards Korea of their spherical of 8 matches and so they all had a relaxation day on Sunday. The semifinal encounters resume on Monday, with Thailand and Japan to satisfy within the first conflict at 16.30pm native time and hosts China and Korea at 19.00pm.
Japan
Thailand
Nevertheless, two matches can be held earlier on Monday within the classification spherical for Fifth-Eighth locations. India are set to tackle Kazakhstan within the match to determine the seventh place of the championship, whereas Vietnam will conflict with Chinese language Taipei within the much-anticipated Fifth-Sixth encounter.
On Sunday, the quartet had contested the Fifth-Eighth place playoff matches which noticed Chinese language Taipei down Kazakhstan in intense straight units and Vietnam demolish India in a lopsided battle.
Chinese language Taipei
Resilient Chinese language Taipei put it previous Kazakhstan in hard-fought three-set thriller 25-22, 25-22, 25-23. The distinctive win has given Chinese language Taipei an opportunity to go up towards Vietnam within the Monday’s playoff encounter to find out the fifth and sixth locations on this prestigious championship.
Chinese language Taipei, powered by hard-attacking Hsu Fang-Min and the 180cm-tall Chang Yi-Chi, got here up at full energy to get this important match towards Kazakstan off to a flying begin. The Kazakh facet have been additionally sturdy with the hefty Ayaulym Turdykhanova and outdoors hitter and skipper Sofiya Gorbacheva main the staff’s offense.
Kazakhstan
After the match, reverse Chang Yi-Chi and outdoors hitter Hsu Fang-Min scored 14 factors apiece for Chinese language Taipei, whereas Ayaulym Turdykhanova led Kazakhstan with 15 factors together with 12 assaults from 34 makes an attempt.
Vietnam
Vietnam additionally proved their superiority over India to annihilate the lower-ranked opponents in a simple affair 25-15, 25-12, 25-18.
Center blocker Le Nhu Anh chipped in 11 factors from 10 assaults and one ace for Vietnam, whereas outdoors hitter Nguyen Lan Vy and reverse Pham Quynh Huong added one other 8 and 6 factors respectively. Ananthi Arasu scored 13 factors together with 12 assaults from 25 makes an attempt on the India’s loss.
Iran
Within the Ninth-12 playoff matches earlier on Sunday, Iran pulled off dramatic 3-1 (25-15, 25-27, 25-13, 25-16) victory towards New Zealand within the Ninth-Tenth playoff conflict to accept the ninth place.
New Zealand
Iran completed a well-earned sixth place on the earlier version in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan two years in the past, however this time, they returned with the ninth place.
“I feel we had a superb begin on this match towards New Zealand, however then we misplaced our focus within the second set. They may acquire composure again and had an excellent begin within the third set. Within the fourth set, I feel the gamers performed very effectively, not as anticipated, however the issue was that we began from a really tough group and we have been very disillusioned as a result of we thought that we could possibly be within the spherical of final 8. All in all, it’s a superb expertise for younger gamers and I hope they will carry out higher within the close to future,” Iran head coach Padideh Boloorizadeh remarked.
Padideh Boloorizadeh
Exterior hitter Shaghayegh Hassankhani delivered 15 factors from 12 kills and three aces for Iran, whereas reverse Sepinood Dastbarjan and center blocker Paria Hajatmand contributed 11 factors apiece. Reverse Charlie Vail scored 13 factors together with 6 assaults from 14 makes an attempt on the New Zealand’s loss.
Australia
Australia, which didn’t participate within the earlier version, cruised previous Hong Kong, China in 4 units 25-11, 25-23, 16-25, 25-22 to complete Eleventh place.
Hong Kong, China
Nevertheless, the Eleventh-place end they’ve taken within the nine-day championship was a far cry from the nation’s best-performance of 4th place achieved on the 1992 version in Malaysia. Their newest look on this championship was in 2018 in Vietnam, the place they managed to complete Tenth place.
Exterior hitter Cameron Zajer and fellow outdoors hitter Ella Schabort scored 18 factors apiece for Australia, whereas Caitlin Whincup contributed one other 13 factors. Reverse Wilson Halimah Zampaligre led Hong Kong, China with 11 factors together with 10 kills from 32 makes an attempt.
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