Surabaya, Indonesia, July 25, 2024 – After a stunning variety of hard-fought matches within the pool round-robin preliminaries, reigning champions Iran, hosts Indonesia, Japan, India, Korea, Kazakhstan, China and Saudi Arabia have secured High 8 slots within the twenty second Asian Males’s U20 Volleyball Championship at Jawa Pos Enviornment and Gelora Pancasila right here on Thursday.
The primary six groups have earlier booked their berths in spherical of final 8 following their back-to-back wins of their swimming pools on Wednesday, whereas China and Saudi Arabia crammed the remaining two vacancies after successful their decisive encounters in opposition to Chinese language Taipei and Hong Kong, China respectively on Thursday.
On Thursday, the final day of the pool play, defending and seven-time champions Iran continued their onslaughts in Pool B to demolish Qatar in a totally lopsided battle 25-11, 25-10, 25-11 in 60 minutes at Jawa Pos Enviornment.
Reverse Abolfazl Mahdian delivered 11 factors from 7 kills, one block and three aces for Iran, whereas center blocker Shayan Mehrabi and out of doors hitter Matin Soghli saved good firm so as to add 10 factors apiece. No Qatari participant reached double digits in scoring, with center blocker Mugtaba Salih claiming solely 6 factors together with 4 kills from 10 makes an attempt.
The opposite Pool B conflict noticed former four-time champions China battle properly in a tricky match in opposition to Chinese language Taipei to drag off dramatic four-set win 25-21, 20-25, 25-19, 25-21 in exhausting 102 minutes.
Center blocker Gao Yuning and reverse Ke Xingyu scored 13 factors apiece to steer China to the 3-1 win, whereas Jheng Wei-Jhih scored a match-high 24 factors, all in assault, on the Chinese language Taipei’s loss.
Contesting Pool A on the similar enviornment, hosts Indonesia captured three wins in succession together with a incredible 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-20) victory in opposition to Australia on Thursday.
Reverse Dawuda Alaihi was the Indonesia’s most efficient participant as he scored 20 factors for the host facet, whereas center blocker Joel McGruther led Australia with 13 factors from 10 kills, 2 blocks and one ace.
Saudi Arabia additionally made their mark to brush off Hong Kong, China in thrilling straight units 25-19, 25-22, 25-21.
Rashad Abuelkhir chipped in 20 factors from 19 kills and one ace for Saudi Arabia, whereas Lam Ho Wong led Hong Kong, China with 17 factors, all in assault.
At Gelora Pancasila, Bangladesh swept Kuwait in comfy straight units in Pool C 25-15, 25-15, 25-11 in 56 minutes.
Exterior hitter Ratul led the Bangladesh’s offense with 16 factors, all in assault, whereas skipper and reverse Ali Dashti bagged 9 factors together with 8 kills from 26 makes an attempt for Kuwait.
Former three-time winners Japan struggled to beat India, silver medallists on the earlier version in Riffa, Bahrain two years in the past, with tie-break win 25-14, 25-15, 25-27, 17-25, 15-13.
Reverse Hiroki Bito was on fireplace in assault. He scored a match-high 22 factors from 18 kills, 3 blocks and one ace for Japan. Exterior hitter Shunta Ono and fellow outdoors hitter Taiki Shirono contributed 20 and 9 factors respectively. Reverse Aryan Baliyan led India with 17 factors, all in assault.
In Pool D, Vietnam performed a see-saw battle in opposition to Thailand to stun the fourth place in Riffa 3-2 (25-12, 23-25, 25-22, 22-25, 15-11 in exhausting 118 minutes.
Reverse Trinh Ngoc Dat scored a match-high 23 factors from 17 kills, 5 blocks and one ace for Vietnam, whereas Kittipong Sangsak, who landed the Greatest Exterior Spiker award on the earlier version in Riffa, Bahrain two years in the past, was additionally in devastating kind to attain 23 factors from 21 kills and a couple of blocks for Thailand.
Former six-time champions Korea proved a category above Kazakhstan to beat the opponents 3-1 (25-18, 19-25, 25-20, 25-13).
Highly effective Lee Woo-Jin, who gained the Greatest Exterior Hitter award on the final yr’s FIVB Volleyball Boys’ U19 World Championship in Argentina, led Korea with a match-high 22 factors from 20 kills, one block and one ace. Reverse Klim Ryukhov led Kazakhstan with 15 factors from 14 kills and one ace.
On the finish of the pool play on Thursday, Indonesia topped Pool A with 9 factors from three straight wins, whereas Saudi Arabia completed second with 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss.
Hong Kong, China got here in third place with 3 factors from one win in opposition to two losses and Australia misplaced three matches in a row to complete fourth place with no level earned.
Mighty Iran dominated Pool B with 9 factors from three wins in succession and have become the one group within the one-week championship to not drop a single set to their respective opponents within the pool play.
China had 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss to come back in second place. Chinese language Taipei completed third with 3 factors from one win in opposition to two losses, whereas winless Qatar got here in fourth place total with no level earned.
In Pool C, Japan captured the highest spot with 8 factors from three wins on the trot, whereas India had 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss to come back in second place. Bangladesh completed third place with 4 factors from one win in opposition to two losses and lacklustre Kuwait resulted in fourth place with out scoring some extent.
Korea topped Pool D with 9 factors from three wins in a row, whereas Kazakhstan had 5 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. Vietnam completed third place with 2 factors from one win in opposition to two losses, whereas Thailand got here in fourth place with 2 factors from three straight losses.
With high two groups from every pool advancing to the High 8 spherical, groups ending third and fourth locations from every pool have been relegated to classification spherical for Ninth-Sixteenth locations.
In consequence, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia from Pool A, Iran and China from Pool B, Japan and India from Pool C and Korea and Kazakhstan from Pool D entered the High 8 spherical, with Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Japan and India combating it out in Pool E and Iran, China, Korea and Kazakhstan pitted in opposition to one another in Pool F.
The remaining lower-ranked groups will subsequent contest the classification spherical for Ninth-Sixteenth locations, with Hong Kong China, Australia, Bangladesh and Kuwait competing in Pool G and Chinese language Taipei, Qatar, Vietnam and Thailand battling it out in Pool H.
Friday, July 26 is the remaining day for restoration. The competitors resumes on Saturday and Sunday with 1st-Eighth playoff matches and classification spherical for Ninth-Sixteenth locations.
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