Phanom Penh, Cambodia, August 30, 2024 – The inaugural SEA V. League Problem received underway at Nationwide Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh on Friday, with Malaysia, Singapore, Laos and hosts Cambodia testing their mettle within the single round-robin competitors between August 30 and September 1.
Within the opening match, Singapore bagged the primary three factors following their convincing straight-set 25-17, 25-14, 25-20 victory towards Laos in 62 minutes.
Exterior hitter Wong Jordan Ryan led Singapore with 13 factors from 10 kills, 2 blocks and one ace, whereas fellow outdoors hitter Lim Jayden Xuan Wei and reverse Goh Zaccheaus Jun Hui added 7 and 6 factors respectively. No Laotian participant reached double digits in scoring, with outdoors hitter Saykhammoun Lid claiming 7 factors together with 3 assaults from 12 makes an attempt on the crew’s loss.
Singapore got here up with higher performances to dominate the inexperienced opponents in all parts of talent which consisted of kills (26 to 14), blocks (7 to 0), aces (8 to five) and benefitted extra from opponent errors (34 to 32).
H.E. Sar Theth, Vice President of Volleyball Federation of Cambodia, presided over the opening ceremony, through which all taking part groups walked into the competitors venue, full of residence followers of round 4,000.
Grace Khon, the Khon masked dance drama which mixes musical, vocal, literary, dance, ritual and handicraft parts, was carried out in the course of the opening ceremony.
After that, the curtain-raisers between Cambodia and Malaysia was held which noticed the host aspect bounce again from the first-set loss to demolish the guests in dramatic four-setter 17-25, 25-18, 25-21, 25-21 in exhausting 103 minutes.
Exterior hitter Voeurn Veasna scored a match-high 23 factors from 19 kills, 3 blocks and one ace, whereas fellow outdoors hitter Koun Mother and center blocker Muorn Nimul contributed 19 and 6 factors respectively. Reverse Jian Qin Sim chipped in 19 factors together with 17 kills from 37 makes an attempt for Malaysia.
Cambodia dominated Malaysia in kills (49 to 35) and fared a lot better in blocks (11 to 4), however Malaysia had an amazing job in aces (8 to 4) and benefitted from extra opponent errors (38 to twenty-eight).
After the first-day marketing campaign, Singapore moved atop the four-team standing with 3 factors from one win with out dropping a set. Cambodia got here in second place with 3 factors from one win, with Malaysia and Laos trailing in third and fourth locations with comparable no level awarded.
On Saturday, the second day of the competitors, Malaysia go up towards Singapore and Laos problem hosts Cambodia. The primary match begins at 4pm native time.
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