QATAR CROWNED 2024 AVC CHALLENGE CUP CHAMPIONS, SECURE FIVB CHALLENGER CUP BERTH

June 10, 2024

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Isa City, Bahrain, June 9, 2024 – Mighty Qatar stamped their domination over the 2024 AVC Problem Cup after demolishing Pakistan in an electrifying closing showdown which wrapped up an thrilling week of topflight competitors on the Isa City Sport Metropolis Corridor C right here on Sunday.

The distinctive 25-22, 25-20, 25-19 victory in entrance of roughly 2,500 spectators contained in the venue handed debutants Qatar their unprecedented title on this toplight event and the lone berth up for grabs within the 2024 FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup in Linyi, China between July 4 and seven, which serves because the final qualification for the revamped Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2025, increasing to 18 groups.

Qatar had already picked up silver on the 2023 FIVB Challenger Cup on residence soil in Doha and can now be part of the fray within the 2024 version along with hosts China for the second 12 months working.

World No.47 Pakistan, which captured the latest CAVA Nations League final month in Islamabad, stormed into the showdown undefeated as they disregarded Kazakhstan 3-0 and Thailand 3-0 within the pool round-robin preliminaries to high Pool B. The Pakistani group continued their unbeaten streak after beating Vietnam in nail-biting 3-2 quarterfinal conflict and outplaying Korea 3-1 within the semi-finals.

Qatar had a disappointing outing with 2-3 loss of their marketing campaign opener towards Korea, however bounced again to win three successive matches towards Indonesia in Pool C, China within the quarterfinals and Kazakhstan within the semifinals with scores of 3-0, 3-0 and 3-1 respectively.

Qatar, which had already crushed Pakistan 3-1 within the quarterfinals of the rescheduled 2022 Hangzhou Asian Video games final 12 months, took the hard-fought first set 25-22, courtesy of their splendid offensive system orchestrated by exterior hitter Youssef Oughlaf, center blockers Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim and Belal Nabel Abunabot.

Impressed by the victory, Pakistan bounced again within the second set, however though they put up a gallant battle, their offensive mobility was restricted by the Qatar’s stable block efforts led by Abunabot and Borislav Georgiev. Qatar clinched to second set 25-20.

Conceding two units in a row, Pakistan, spearheaded by Murad Khan and Murad Jehan, hit again within the third set, hoping for a comeback. Nonetheless, their decided effort was denied because the hefty Qataris stayed in management. Almal Khan fired a pointy spike to assist Pakistan path shut 18-23, however a service error from Muhammad Hamad handed Qatar the match level 24-18. The Qataris allowed the rivals another level from Musawer Khan’s lightning quick spike earlier than Ibrahim Ibrahim ended the rivals’ problem along with his highly effective assault on the frontline. Qatar captured the set 25-19, match and the eventual title.

Youssef Oughlaf chipped in with 16 factors from 13 kills, 2 blocks and one ace for Qatar, whereas Mohamed Ibrahim Ibrahim and Belal Nabel Abunabot contributed 11 and 10 factors respectively. Murad Khan led Pakistan with 10 factors, all from assaults.

Within the third-place playoff conflict earlier, Korea, which claimed bronze medal within the earlier version final 12 months, maintained their third place as they struggled onerous to beat Kazakhstan 3-1 (27-25, 19-25, 27-25, 32-30).

The match turned out to be a tightly-fought affair from the opening serve. After the Koreans eked forward 2-1, they had been on the verge of closing out the sport within the fourth set, however Kazakhstan saved numerous match factors to increase the thrilling battle. Kazakhstan setter Niyaz Nurgazin was then known as for a internet fault, breaking a 30-all impasse, permitting the Koreans to lastly seal the match and a podium end with an ace serve, delivered by skipper Hwang Taekeui.

Left-hander reverse Shin Hojin delivered 21 factors from 19 kills and a couple of blocks for Korea, whereas Kim Jihan and Jeong Hanyong saved good firm to contribute 19 and 11 factors respectively.

Petr Churzin scored a match-high 23 factors from 21 kills, one block and one ace on the Kazakhstan’s loss.

With their efficiency seen within the match stats, Kazakhstan seemingly. dominated in all parts together with kills (65 to 63), blocks (10 to 7) and aces (5 to three), however the opponent errors made the distinction. Korea bought essentially the most opponent errors, prevailing in that class by 32 to 25.

The highest three groups got their respective trophies and medals within the awards presentation and shutting ceremony. Basic Sports activities Authority (GSA) Deputy Chairman Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, GSA Chief Govt Dr Abdulrahman Askar, Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) BoardMember and Bahrain Desk Tennis Affiliation President Shaikha Hayat bint Abdulaziz Al Khalifa, and Bahrain Volleyball Affiliation (BVA) President Shaikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Khalifa attended the ceremony to current the prizes.

Additionally in attendance had been BVA Secretary Basic and Match Director Feras Al Helwachi and Management Committee Chairman Mr Emile Jabbour, together with high-ranking officers from BVA, AVC, and nationwide volleyball federations from throughout Asia.

Among the many particular person awards handed out within the ceremony, Qatar’s exterior hitter Renan Ribeiro landed the Most Useful Participant Award.

Thailand emerged triumphant on the final 12 months’s episode in Chinese language Taipei, with Bahrain securing the second place. Bahrain hosted the AVC Problem Cup for Males for the primary time this 12 months and it was held underneath the patronage of Supreme Council for Youth and Sport first deputy chairman, GSA chairman, and BOC president Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa.