Italy, Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, Argentina, Iran and Spain additionally preserve their hopes alive in Sofia
Huang faces two Puerto Rican blockers throughout the Spherical of 16 in Sofia
The highest scorer of the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U17 World Championship, the Chinese language Taipei’s reverse Huang Pin-Yen shone once more on Tuesday, taking his nation’s nationwide group to the quarterfinals of the match held in Sofia.
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The eight nationwide groups that proceed within the race for the title could have a break day earlier than returning to the court docket for Thursday’s quarterfinal matches, which could have Italy going through Iran at 11:00 native time (8:00 GMT), Argentina enjoying Egypt at 14:00 (11:00), Belgium assembly Spain at 17:00 (14:00) and Brazil dueling with the Chinese language Taipei at 20:00 (17:00).
Standing on the prime of the scoring charts with 110 factors, the 16-year-old, left-handed Huang propelled the Chinese language Taipei to a 3-1 (21-25, 25-9, 25-18, 25-16) comeback win over Puerto Rico with an excellent 26-point (22 kills, two blocks, two aces) efficiency, his third-best in 4 matches in Sofia. Puerto Rico’s main scorer was exterior hitter Adrian Carrillo, with 12 factors.
Within the quarterfinals, the Asians will face Brazil, the one group which is but to drop a set within the match. On Tuesday, the South Individuals acquired their fourth sweep in Sofia, beating Libya 3-0 (25-20, 25-10, 25-19) with 15 factors from exterior hitter Lucas Carvalho. Libyan reverse Muezbillah Balnnour had one other stable efficiency, with 13 factors.
Brazil’s Theo Schrank scored 11 factors towards Libya
Brazil shall be one in every of two South American sides within the quarterfinals as continental rivals Argentina additionally superior, eliminating hosts Bulgaria with a 3-1 (25-14, 25-17, 15-25, 25-23) victory. The Argentineans benefited from nice teamwork to prevail because the group’s 5 beginning hitters – exterior hitters Federico Debonis (13) and Benjamin Flores (13), center blockers Alvaro Ferrer Bassone (13) and Ivan Pavon (ten) and reverse Henry Sinner (12) – all acquired to double digits in scoring. Bulgaria had the match’s prime scorer in exterior hitter Aleksandar Dobrev, who tallied 22 (18 kills, 4 aces).
“It was a very powerful match,” Sinner informed the FIVB. “We’ve been working with this group for nearly two years and to be among the many greatest nationwide groups on the planet is basically rewarding as a result of it exhibits that every one our exhausting work is paying off. However we would like extra and can struggle for it.”
Argentinean gamers rejoice their Spherical of 16 victory over hosts Bulgaria
Argentina’s quarterfinal opponents Egypt didn’t have to fret in regards to the Spherical of 16 on Tuesday as they have been matched with Uzbekistan, who didn’t make it to Sofia for the match, and earned an computerized forfeit victory.
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Spain, alternatively, had an actual battle towards Cuba to advance, needing all 5 units to triumph 3-2 (26-24, 19-25, 25-22, 21-25, 15-10) towards the Caribbean. Captain César Irache and Rafael Tugores once more carried the group’s offense, combining for 43 factors – 23 (22 kills, one ace) from the other and 20 (16 kills, 4 blocks) from the surface hitter. Cuban reverse Yosdani Medina registered 22 factors, with 21 kills and one ace.
“Cuba performed an excellent match and that made issues difficult for us,” Irache defined. “Every thing they did was working, however fortuitously, regardless of our struggles, we nonetheless discovered a option to beat them in the long run and get our group among the many greatest eight on the planet.”
Their opponents Belgium additionally had a tricky match, however dealt with it effectively, downing Tunisia 3-1 (25-21, 24-26, 25-18, 25-21) with a formidable 25 factors (19 kills, 5 blocks, one ace) from center blocker Tuur Vanbroekhoven. Exterior hitter Mefteh Jasser led the Africans with 16 factors.
Italy and Iran each had clean matches within the Spherical of 16. The Europeans had no bother beating Mexico 3-0 (25-22, 25-16, 25-21) with 13 factors from exterior hitter Francesco Crosatto and one other 12 from reverse Federico Argano.
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taly’s prime scorer Crosatto in motion towards Mexico
The Asians have been simply as dominant towards Chile, additionally progressing with a 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-12) victory. Center blocker Taha Mohseni Bababdani and outdoors hitter Raouf Khoshhaldashliboroun cut up the group’s scoring load with 13 factors every.
The groups that misplaced their Spherical of 16 matches will now struggle for positions from Ninth-Fifteenth – Uzbekistan will end sixteenth. Three duels will happen on Thursday, with Mexico and Chile opening the day at 11:00 native time (8:00 GMT), Tunisia and Cuba battling at 14:00 (11:00) and Libya and Puerto Rico assembly three hours later. Bulgaria, who have been speculated to play Uzbekistan, shall be awarded an computerized forfeit victory.
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