Tashkent, Uzbekistan, October 22, 2024 – Unbeaten Kyrgyzstan continued their domination over the 2024 CAVA Males’s Volleyball Championship at JAR Sport Advanced, as hosts Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan will combat it out within the highly-anticipated conflict to vie for the Thursday’s showdown.
On Tuesday, the penultimate day of the one round-robin preliminaries, Kyrgyzstan, which narrowly edged previous hosts Uzbekistan in epic tie-breaker on Sunday, performed nicely towards Turkmenistan and had a whole lot of respect for the combat they put in. They demolished the robust opponents 3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 13-25, 25-23) to turn out to be the one unbeaten workforce within the one-week championship.
Outdoors hitter Omurbek Zhunusov performed an enormous a part of the Kyrgyzstan’s victory, producing 16 factors from 13 kills, two blocks and one block, whereas center blocker Medetbek Uulu Nurislam and outdoors hitter Toktoev Nurmukhammed contributed 12 and 10 factors respectively.
Turkmenistan additionally had three gamers who scored double digits on this match. Reverse Veyisov Bayramgelid delivered a match-high 19 factors together with 16 assaults from 27 makes an attempt on the Turkmenistan’s loss. Gulyyev Mithun and Rahimov Dovranbek added 12 and 10 factors respectively.
As Turkmenistan dominated in kills (54 to 48) and blocks (12 to 11), Kyrgyzstan fared higher in aces (3 to 1) and benefitted from extra opponent error (26 to 23).
Later, hosts Uzbekistan, present world No.79, survived an enormous first-set scare towards Maldives, however had been extremely dominant within the subsequent two units as they gave no likelihood to the decided guests, producing an distinctive 3-0 (27-25, 25-14, 25-20) win.
Center blocker Javokhir Khushvaktov led Uzbekistan with 11 factors from 7 assaults and 4 blocks, whereas skipper and reverse Sobirov Islomjon added one other 10 factors.
Captain and outdoors hitter Sajid Ismail was the lone Maldives’ participant who reached double digits, scoring a match-high 18 factors from 15 assaults, one block and two aces.
After 5 days, Kyrgyzstan surged forward Turkmenistan to the highest of the six-team standing with 11 factors from 4 straight wins, whereas Uzbekistan are trailing in second place with only one level behind from three wins towards one loss. Turkmenistan additionally had related efficiency because the host facet with 3 wins towards one loss, however had solely 8 factors.
With solely high two groups advancing to the Thursday’s ultimate conflict, Kyrgyzstan look set to creating the minimize to the showdown. They’ll subsequent tackle Afghanistan of their ultimate encounter of the preliminaries on Wednesday.
Uzbekistan will go up towards Turkmenistan on Wednesday of their final preliminary match, from which the successful workforce look fairly sure of securing a ultimate berth.
Earlier, Tajikistan tasted their first win within the championship, enjoying Afghanistan in a hard-fought five-set thriller. Tajikistan, with Iranian coach Mohammad Asadollahi on the helm, recovered from the first-set loss towards the Afghan facet, additionally guided by Iranian coach, Hamid Movahedi, to seize the hotly-contested battle 21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 25-23, lasting exhausting 122 minutes.
Highly effective Ghulomaliev Yodgorjon led the Tajikistan’s scoring efforts on this intense encounter. The 201cm-tall reverse, 23, was unstoppable and have become the match’s (and the championship’s to date) high scorer with 28 factors from 24 kills and 4 blocks.
Captain and outdoors hitter Suhrob Mavlonazarov and center blocker Riyoz Alidodov saved good firm to contribute 19 and 16 factors respectively.
Reverse Kohistani Naser chipped in 22 factors together with 20 kills from 45 makes an attempt on the Afghanistan’s loss.
Afghanistan keep on the fourth place on the standing with 4 factors from one win towards three losses, whereas Tajikistan additionally had related efficiency with one win towards three losses, however had solely 2 factors to return in fifth place. Maldives turned the one workforce not but successful a match within the event to path on the underside six place with just one level.
As the one round-robin preliminaries conclude on Wednesday, the stakes are excessive with key matches set to find out groups’ rating the next day, the ultimate day of the championship.
MATCH RESULTS AND RANKING
MATCH SCHEDULE
October 23
11:00am: Afghanistan vs Kyrgyzstan
13:30pm: Tajikistan vs Maldives
16:00pm: Uzbekistan vs Turkmenistan
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