Indonesia rejoice their 3-1 win towards India on Saturday
Surabaya, Indonesia, July 27, 2024 – Title-hotshots Iran, Japan, Korea and hosts Indonesia emerged victorious on the action-packed High 8 spherical on Saturday not solely to remain unbeaten within the twenty second Asian Males’s U20 Volleyball Championship at Jawa Pos Enviornment and Gelora Pancasila right here, but additionally advance to the do or die semifinals.
After the remainder and restoration day on Friday, the topflight competitors resumed with prime eight groups testing their mettle in Pool E and Pool F and the remaining eight lower-ranked sides combating it out in Pool G and Pool H to chase for higher alternatives and higher positions between Ninth and Sixteenth locations of the championship, which serves because the Asia’s qualification match for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Males’s U21 World Championship.
Within the High 8 spherical on Saturday, former three-time champions Japan pulled off sensational straight-set 25-14, 25-13, 25-23 victory towards Saudi Arabia in Pool E at Jawa Pos Enviornment.
Exterior hitter Taiki Shirono chipped in 16 factors from 13 kills and three aces for Japan, whereas reverse Hiroki Bito and one other exterior hitter, Shunta Ono, contributed 13 and 11 factors respectively.
Rashad Abuelkhir led Saudi Arabia with 11 factors, all in assault.
One other Pool E conflict on the identical venue noticed in-form Indonesia proceed their profitable streak on residence soil with dramatic 3-1 (25-20, 25-23, 16-25, 25-18) win towards India, silver medallists on the earlier version two years in the past in Riffa, Bahrain.
Reverse Dawuda Alaihi was on fireplace, producing a match-high 26 factors from 19 kills, 3 blocks and 4 aces for hosts Indonesia, whereas center blocker Darda Mulya and reverse Farchan Vachrezy added 10 factors apiece. Reverse Nikhil bagged 17 factors together with 14 assaults from 30 makes an attempt on the India’s loss.
Nonetheless, with solely prime two groups from every pool reserving their semifinal spots, Indonesia and Japan are uncatchable in Pool E and thru to the semifinals, with the previous claiming 6 factors from two straight wins and the latter bagging 5 factors from two wins in a row. India and Saudi Arabia had respective one level and no level following two straight losses to return in third and fourth locations in Pool E.
On Sunday, the second day of the classification spherical for 1st-Eighth locations, Japan will go up towards Indonesia within the highly-anticipated duel of the 2 unbeaten groups to battle for the Pool E winners.
In Pool F, reigning and seven-time winners Iran, which captured the final 12 months’s U21 World Championship title to their identify, turned the one staff not dropping a set to their respective opponents within the championship. The mighty Iranians on Saturday powered previous Kazakhstan in thrilling three-setter 25-21, 25-16, 25-22.
Reverse Pouya Ariakhah performed a key position in serving to Iran cruise previous Kazakhstan, scoring a match-high 21 factors from 19 kills, one block and one ace, whereas Reverse Ikramov Diyorbek led Kazakhstan with 18 factors, all in assault.
Iran will subsequent tackle Korea within the 2022 semifinal rematch on Sunday.
Korea, former six-time champions and bronze medallists in Riffa, Bahrain, flexed their muscle tissue on Saturday to demolish former four-time winners China 3-1 (25-16, 25-20, 22-25, 25-18) in exhausting 101 minutes.
Reverse Yun Gyeong delivered 20 factors from 14 kills, 2 blocks and 4 aces for Korea, whereas exterior hitter Yun Seojin and center blocker Lim Ingyu saved good firm to contribute 16 and 11 factors respectively. Exterior hitter Zhang Zhiqiang scored 16 factors together with 14 assaults from 26 makes an attempt on the China’s loss.
China dominated the blocking sport with 12 stuffs towards Korea’s 8, however the Koreans fared higher within the different key components together with assaults (57 to 43), aces (6 to 2) and benefited from extra opponent errors (26 to 22).
Iran led Pool F with 6 factors from two straight wins with out dropping a set, whereas Korea additionally collected 6 factors from two wins in a row to return in second place. China and Kazakhstan didn’t win a degree from comparable two losses to complete third and fourth locations respectively.
Following their outstanding unbeaten runs, Iran and Korea are assured of ending prime two in Pool F and claiming their semifinal spots, whereas China and Kazakhstan shall be relegated to classification spherical for Fifth-Eighth locations though they should first tackle one another on Sunday.
In the meantime, within the classification spherical for Ninth-Sixteenth locations, Kuwait downed Hong Kong, China in aggressive four-setter 25-22, 18-25, 26-24, 25-22 in Pool G.
Reverse Ali Dashti was instrumental in lifting the Kuwait’s 3-1 win with 22 factors from 20 kills and a couple of blocks, whereas reverse Lam Ho Wong scored a match-high 28 factors from 27 kills and one ace, nevertheless it was not sufficient to assist save the day for Hong Kong, China.
In one other Pool G encounter, Australia swept Bangladesh in well-fought three units 25-17, 31-29, 25-21.
Reverse Finley Bennett chipped in 20 factors from 17 kills and three aces for Australia, whereas exterior hitter Xander Van Driel and center blocker Mitchell Croft contributed 11 factors apiece. Exterior hitter Md Titash led Bangladesh with 12 factors together with 10 assaults from 20 makes an attempt.
Hong Kong China, Bangladesh, Australia and Kuwait had 3 factors every from comparable 1-1 win/loss report, however following the units and factors ratios, Hong Kong China stayed atop Pool G, adopted by Bangladesh, Australia and Kuwait respectively.
On Sunday, Australia will tackle Kuwait and Hong Kong, China problem Bangladesh.
In Pool H, Thailand, which completed a well-earned fourth place on the earlier version two years in the past, tasted their first victory in Surabaya following their epic tie-break win 25-20, 25-23, 24-26, 21-25, 15-9 in a fatiguing 129-minute conflict towards Chinese language Taipei.
Reverse Christopher Arli Upakam was the Thailand’s most efficient participant, scoring a match-high 29 factors from 27 kills and a couple of blocks, whereas exterior hitters Kittipong Sangsak and Chaloemdet Bunrot added one other 18 and 13 factors respectively. Exterior hitter Jheng Wei-Jhih scored 28 factors, all in assault, on the Chinese language Taipei’s loss.
The opposite Pool H conflict noticed Vietnam sweep Qatar in comfy straight units 25-12, 25-22, 25-14.
Reverse Trinh Ngoc Dat chipped in 16 factors from 14 kills, one block and one ace for Vietnam, whereas skipper and outdoors hitter Mahdi Salah led Qatar with 12 factors together with 10 assaults from 21 makes an attempt.
Vietnam led Pool H with 5 factors from two straight wins, with Chinese language Taipei and Thailand trailing in second and third locations with 4 and three factors respectively from comparable report of 1 win towards one loss. Qatar have but bought a degree from two straight losses to return in fourth place.
The classification spherical for 1st-Eighth and Ninth-Sixteenth locations proceed on Sunday. Semifinals shall be held the next day, with the finals going down on Tuesday, July 30.
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