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Jiangmen, China, July 8, 2024 – Two unbeaten groups China and Japan have paved their paths for a highly-anticipated remaining of the twenty second Asian Ladies’s U20 Volleyball Championship on the Jiangmen Sports activities Middle Gymnasium on Monday.
China, Japan, Thailand and Korea, all of which had achieved the High 4 on the earlier version two years in the past in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, lived as much as expectations to safe their semifinal berths in Jiangmen.
Will probably be the thirteenth remaining of the 2 Asian powerhouses to battle it out for the eventual crown. Out of 12 finals that they had confronted within the remaining showdown, China captured seven titles and Japan declare the remaining 5. Nevertheless, for the reason that championship inception in 1980 in Seoul, China had already received a complete of 12 titles to their identify, whereas Japan had seven.
On Monday, fired-up China, present U21 world champion and former 12-time Asian U20 winners, put it previous the decided Korea in dramatic 4 units within the semifinals after taking the primary two units with ease 25-6, 25-4, taking place 20-25 within the third set to seize the fourth set 25-17, match and a remaining berth.
China had been sturdy offensively with the likes of Shan Linqian and Wang Yindi, each of them competed within the gold medal-winning China workforce on the final 12 months’s FIVB Ladies’s U21 World Championship in Mexico and Li Chenxuan and Chen Houyu, each of whom joined China on the final 12 months’s FIVB Ladies’s U19 World Championship in Croatia/Hungary. Korea had been additionally formidable of their offensive system, orchestrated by Li Jua, Jeon Dabin and Lee Jiyun.
China dominated Korea in all parts of abilities. The China’s mighty assaults (39 to 29) and better effectivity in blocking (19 to 2) and from the service line (12 to three) proved instrumental for his or her victory. The winners additionally gave up fewer factors in opponent errors (25 to 18) within the match.
Title-holders Japan additionally powered their approach into the ultimate of the distinguished championship in Jiangmen after managing a 3-0 (25-22, 25-11, 25-20) shutout of Thailand within the different semifinal conflict on Monday.
Japan maintained their exceptional unbeaten run within the nine-day championship, dropping just one set to Korea en path to the ultimate, their sixteenth showdown. Out of their earlier 15 finals, Japan captured 7 titles and picked up 8 silvers. Japan received the final two editions in 2018 in Bac Ninh, Vietnam and 2022 in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan (the 2020 version was cancelled on account of COVID-19 pandemic).
Towards Thailand within the semifinals on Monday, Japan remained sturdy with the likes of outdoor hitter Miku Akimoto, who scored a match-high 33 factors of their earlier match in opposition to Korea, fellow outdoors hitters Sae Omori and Anna Uemura, who landed the Finest Outdoors Hitter and MVP awards on the earlier version to her identify. Thailand fielded not so tall, however formidable gamers led by hard-hitting Warisara Seetaloed.
“Japan and Thailand are very quick though they don’t seem to be so tall. Their pace is unbelievable. Nevertheless, I believe Thailand has a fast defence and so, we ready on that on this match in opposition to them. Transition can also be essential and we skilled extra on assaults and transition play. In our remaining in opposition to both China or Korea, we’ve to carry out what we’ve practiced and do our greatest in our final match right here,” Japan head coach Hiroyuki Yamaguchi commented.
On this match, Miku Akimoto delivered 18 factors from 15 kills and three blocks for Japan, whereas Ichiyo Ito and Sae Omori saved good firm so as to add 14 and 13 factors respectively. Warisara Seetaloed scored 11 factors on the Thailand’s loss.
In the meantime, Vietnam performed certainly one of their near-flawless performances to seize an distinctive straight-set 25-17, 25-19, 25-15 win in opposition to Chinese language Taipei within the Fifth-Sixth playoff match on Monday.
Outdoors hitter Dang Thi Hong delivered a match-high 22 factors from 17 kills and 5 aces for Vietnam, whereas Chang Yi-Chi led Chinese language Taipei with 16 factors together with 15 assaults from 38 makes an attempt.
The Vietnam’s fifth-place end in Jiangmen was not their finest efficiency since their first look in 1996 in Thailand. In 2016 in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, Vietnam got here in fourth place, their best-ever efficiency on this underage class. As high 4 groups from this championship will qualify for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Ladies’s U21 World Championship, besides China, which have already certified as present world champions, Vietnam are more likely to make the reduce for the subsequent 12 months’s world meet for the primary time in historical past.
Kazakhstan settled for the Seventh place within the championship following the straight-set conquer India of their Seventh-Eighth playoff matches earlier.
For Kazakhstan, it was a candy revenge as on the earlier version two years in the past, Kazakhstan succumbed to bitter 2-3 loss to India within the Seventh-Eighth playoff on dwelling soil in Nur Sultan.
Outdoors hitter and skipper Sofiya Gorbacheva delivered 20 factors from 16 kills and 4 aces for Kazakhstan, whereas reverse Ayaulym Turdykhanova and out of doors hitter Asel Kengesbekova added one other 13 and 6 factors respectively. Kavita chipped in 16 factors from 11 kills and 5 aces on the India’s loss.
Solely two matches can be contested on Tuesday, the final day of the twenty second Asian Ladies’s U20 Championship in Jiangmen. The third-place playoff match between Thailand and Korea is ready to get underway at 16.00pm native time, adopted by the championship match between China and Japan at 19.00pm. The awards presentation and shutting ceremony may even be held shortly after finish of the final match.
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