Surabaya, Indonesia, July 28, 2024 – Following the conclusion of the action-packed Prime 8 spherical of the twenty second Asian Males’s U20 Volleyball Championship at Jawa Pos Enviornment and Gelora Pancasila right here on Sunday, the matchups and up to date schedule for do-or-die semifinals have been confirmed, with hosts Indonesia going up in opposition to title-holders Iran and unbeaten Japan preventing it out with formidable Korea.
Within the classification spherical for 1-8 on Sunday, the Pool E encounters noticed India, silver medallists on the earlier version in Riffa, Bahrain two years in the past, survive a scare from Saudi Arabia to beat the preventing opponents in hard-fought four-setter 25-22, 27-29, 25-16, 33-31.
Reverse Aryan Baliyan chipped in 22 factors from 21 kills and one block for India, whereas exterior hitters Soham Dinesh Extra and Kartik Sharma contributed 21 and 15 factors respectively. Rashad Abuelkhir scored a match-high 25 factors together with 22 kills from 38 makes an attempt on the Saudi Arabia’s loss.
In one other Pool E conflict, former three-time winners Japan continued their unbeaten run on this topflight championship following their closely-contested 28-26, 25-22, 25-21 win in opposition to hosts Indonesia.
Reverse Hiroki Bito tallied 21 factors from 18 kills, 2 blocks and one ace for Japan, whereas exterior hitter Krisna led the host facet with 11 factors, all in assault.
In Pool F, defending and seven-time champions Iran, which additionally captured the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Males’s U21 World Championship in Bahrain to their identify, overcame a sturdy problem from Korea to beat the previous six-time winners in hard-fought five-set thriller 25-22, 25-20, 24-26, 23-25, 15-8 in exhausting 135 minutes.
Outdoors hitter Seyed Matin Hosseini Tolouti and center blocker Taha Behboudnia steered Iran to the victory, main the crew’s offense with 22 and 20 factors respectively.
Matin had 20 assaults from 36 makes an attempt plus two blocks, whereas Taha led the crew’s blocking with 7 factors except for 13 kills. Outdoors hitter Yoon Hajun scored 13 factors together with 12 kills on the Korea’s loss.
Kazakhstan pulled off upset 3-0 (28-26, 25-21, 25-20) win in opposition to former four-time winners China in one other Pool F match on Sunday.
Reverse Diyorbek Ikramov emerged because the Kazakhstan’s prime scorer with 15 factors from 12 kills, 2 blocks and one ace, whereas reverse Ke Xingyu was the China’s lone participant who reached double digits, scoring 10 factors from 8 kills, one block and one ace.
On the finish of the two-day classification spherical for 1-8, formidable Japan topped Pool E with 8 factors from three straight wins, adopted by Indonesia with 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. India completed third with 4 factors from one win in opposition to two losses, with winless Saudi Arabia on the underside fourth with no level awarded.
Pool F was dominated by unbeaten Iran with 8 factors from three wins in a row. Korea got here in second place with 7 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss, whereas Kazakhstan completed third with 3 factors from one win in opposition to two losses. China had no level from three losses on the trot to return in fourth place in Pool F.
The Monday’s cross semifinals see Pool E winners Japan problem Pool F second place Korea, with Pool F winners Iran taking up Pool E runners-up Indonesia.
Groups ending third and fourth locations in Pool E and Pool F had been relegated to classification spherical 5-8. On Monday, Pool E third place India are set to tackle Pool F fourth place China, whereas Pool E fourth place Saudi Arabia difficult Pool F third place Kazakhstan. The 2 winners will battle it out within the Fifth-Sixth place playoff, with the 2 dropping groups battling for the seventh place.
In the meantime, the underside eight groups contesting the classification spherical 9-16 noticed Australia demolish Kuwait in straight units 25-15, 25-13, 25-22 in Pool G.
Reverse Finley Bennett led Australia with 16 factors from 10 kills and team-leading 6 aces, whereas reverse Ali Dashti claimed 10 factors from 9 kills and one block for Kuwait.
In one other Pool G conflict, Hong Kong China struggled onerous to beat Bangladesh in epic tie-breaker 25-15, 20-25, 23-25, 25-22, 15-10 in 125 minutes.
Ho Wong Lam was the best participant on this match, producing a match-high 31 factors from 24 kills, 5 blocks and a couple of aces for Hong Kong China, whereas exterior hitter Ratul scored 23 factors together with 22 kills from 44 makes an attempt on the Bangladesh’s loss.
In Pool H, the match between Thailand and Qatar turned out to be one-way visitors as the previous crushed the latter in straightforward straight units 25-15, 25-11, 25-13 in 58 minutes.
Kittipong Sangsak, who landed the Greatest Outdoors Spiker award on the earlier version in Riffa, Bahrain, chipped in 11 factors together with 10 kills from 15 makes an attempt. No Qatari participant reached double digits in scoring, with exterior hitter Mahdi Salah main the cost with 6 factors from 5 kills and one ace.
The opposite Pool H encounter noticed Chinese language Taipei and Vietnam lock horns in a really tight contest, however the former proved steadier to narrowly beat the latter 26-24, 27-25, 25-23.
Outdoors hitter Jheng Wei-Jhih led the Chinese language Taipei’s scoring efforts with 21 factors from 18 kills and three blocks, whereas reverse Trinh Ngoc Dat scored 16 factors together with 12 assaults on the Vietnam’s loss.
Australia topped Pool G with 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss, adopted by Hong Kong China with 5 factors from the same 2-1 win/loss file. Bangladesh completed third place with 4 factors from one win in opposition to two losses, with Kuwait in fourth place with 3 factors from one win in opposition to two losses.
Chinese language Taipei captured the highest spot in Pool H with 7 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss, whereas Thailand got here in second place with 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. Vietnam completed third place with 5 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss and winless Qatar had been positioned fourth with no level earned.
Within the Monday’s classification spherical 13-16, Pool G third place Bangladesh will tackle Pool H fourth place Qatar, with Pool H third place Vietnam going up in opposition to Pool G fourth place Kuwait.
The classification spherical 9-12 will see Pool G winners Australia problem Pool H second place Thailand and Pool H winners Chinese language Taipei face off in opposition to Pool G second place Hong Kong, China.
All semifinal matches will happen at Jawa Pos Enviornment, whereas classification encounters for 9-16 locations might be held at Gelora Pancasila. The primary match of each competitors venues begin concurrently at 11.00am native time.
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