Chinese language Taipei assaults Korea of their straight-set win
Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, June 17, 2024 – Reigning champions Japan, China and Thailand acquired their campaigns within the fifteenth Asian Girls’s U18 Volleyball Championship off to good begins with convincing straight-set wins in opposition to their respective opponents, as Chinese language Taipei pulled off upset 3-0 win in opposition to Korea and Australia sealed first victory on Monday.
The topflight championship, which began the pool round-robin preliminaries on Sunday at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium right here and Ratchaburi Gymnasium in Ratchburi Province, with each competitors websites being positioned aside with a distance of 42km, serves because the Asian qualification to see prime 4 groups in Nakhon Pathom qualify for the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women’ U19 World Championship.
On Monday, three sturdy groups made their presence felt of their marketing campaign openers of the eight-day championship. Japan, defending and 9 instances champions, handed Iran the primary loss following 3-0 rout (25-17, 25-19, 25-17) of the rivals in Pool B, whereas formidable China, former four-time winners, crushed Kazakhstan in comfy straight units 25-9, 25-7, 25-16 in Pool C and hosts Thailand confirmed no mercy to Macao, China to overpower the guests in a totally lopsided battle 25-7, 25-11, 25-13 in Pool A.
In Pool D, Australia, which succumbed to 1-3 defeat by the hands of Korea of their opening match, overcame a robust problem from India to beat the decided rivals in hard-fought four-setter 25-20, 22-25, 25-18, 25-22, whereas Chinese language Taipei, which defeated India in straight units on Sunday, made it two on the trot after beautiful Korea, bronze medallists on the earlier version on the similar venue right here two years in the past, in straight units 25-21, 25-12, 25-16.
At Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium on Monday, Australia had been delighted as they opened up the second day with their first win in opposition to India in Pool D. Fielding a robust lineup led by reverse Lara Maric and outdoors hitter Hilary Hannagan, each of whom led the workforce with 11 factors apiece within the earlier match in opposition to Korea, the Aussies made a great begin to take the primary set 25-20, because of highly effective assaults from Maric and the 185cm-tall Chelsea Cocks.
India clawed their method again to clinch the hard-fought second set 25-22, using nice assaults from center blocker Mahak Singh and outdoors hitter Prathiba Sri Ganesan, however Australia upped their tempo and bounced again with assaults and efficient blocks from Cocks and Anni Tang, who stands 196cm tall, to take the subsequent two units 25-18, 25-22 and match.
Chelsea Cocks scored a match-high 21 factors from eight kills, team-leading 11 blocks and two aces for Australia, whereas Anni Tang and Lara Maric added 13 and 11 factors respectively. Mahak Singh led India with 16 factors together with 13 assaults from 29 makes an attempt.
Contesting the second match in Pool D on the similar venue, Chinese language Taipei, contemporary from 3-0 victory in opposition to India of their earlier match earlier, continued their unbeaten streak on Monday after placing Korea within the shade with one other straight-set win.
Although strengthened by hard-hitting Park Yeoreum, whose huge 25 factors lifted the workforce’s dramatic 3-1 win in opposition to Australia the day before today, Korea seemingly weren’t at their greatest on Monday. After happening 21-25 within the opening set, the Koreans regrouped to make amends for the first-set loss. Nonetheless, the rhythm was nonetheless with the well-established Taiwanese women, who had a robust dynamic and had been profitable of their scoring efforts.
With reverse Tseng Yu-Rou and outdoors hitter Chen Pin-Yu on hearth, Chinese language Taipei remained sturdy offensively to wrap up the one-sided second set 25-12. The third set was an identical script as Chinese language Taipei didn’t wrestle a lot to reside as much as their expectations as they powered their strategy to brush off Korea 25-16 for the eventual 3-0 victory.
Chinese language Taipei had three gamers who reached double digits on this match. Chen Pin-Yu and Tseng Yu-Rou delivered 18 factors apiece, whereas Chen Yi added one other 10. No Korean participant made double digits in scoring in opposition to their rivals. Park Seoyoon and Kim Jihoon scored 8 factors apiece on the Korea’s loss.
As Korea dominated the blocking recreation, getting 7 stuffs to the opponents’ 3 except for benefitting from extra opponent errors (17 to 14), Chinese language Taipei fared a lot better in kills (50 to 22) and aces (8 to three).
With two straight wins, Chinese language Taipei stayed atop Pool D with six factors with out dropping a set, adopted by Australia and Korea. India suffered two matches in a row and are at a excessive danger of lacking the reduce for the quarterfinals.
Within the third match, hosts Thailand, contemporary from profitable the twenty second “Princess Cup” Girls’s U18 Southeast Asian Championship on the similar venue right here final Thursday, proved their superiority over Macao, China, methodically tearing the rivals’ defence aside with their distinctive assaults to take the fully one-sided affair 25-7, 25-11, 25-13 in 59 minutes.
Exterior hitter Atitaya Kaewnok chipped in with 12 factors from six kills, two aces and team-leading 4 aces for Thailand, whereas exterior hitter Zang Yun Fei led Macao, China with seven factors together with 5 from 28 makes an attempt.
At Ratchaburi Gymnasium on Monday, China, which took an preliminary 2-0 lead within the ultimate showdown in opposition to Japan on the earlier 14th version earlier than happening three units in a row to finally undergo a disappointing 2-3 loss to the title-holders Japan, got here again a lot stronger this time.
In opposition to Kazakhstan of their opening conflict, China fielded a tall squad, whose peak common is 185cm in opposition to the rivals’ 176cm. China exploited highly effective Zhai Yurui, Huang Yuexin and skipper Yang Shuming to achieve essential factors within the first two units which they received simply 25-9, 25-7.
Kazakhstan posed a severe menace within the third set, hoping for a comeback, however their try was in useless. Exterior hitter Zhai Yurui, 182cm, proved an unstoppable pressure within the Chinese language lineup as she attacked the smaller blockers along with her distinctive spikes and joined fingers with Yang Shuming for environment friendly blocks to steer the workforce to 25-16 win within the set and 3-0 match.
Zhai Yurui tallied 17 factors from 10 assaults, 4 blocks and three aces for China, whereas Huang Yuexin and Yang Shuming saved good firm to chip in 14 and 12 factors respectively. No Kazakh participant reached double digits in scoring in opposition to the Chinese language, with Violetta Volga netting eight factors, all from assaults.
The day’s final match between Iran, which downed Philippines in straight units of their opening encounter, and title-holders Japan noticed the previous face a tricky going because the latter produced strong defence with highly effective assaults from Aina Mizokami and Angelina Lili Murase to foil the Iranians’ blocking makes an attempt. Japan took the primary set with out a lot effort.
Conceding one set, Iran roared again with aggressive photographs from Masoumeh Ghadamitabaghdehi and Ayda Valinezhad. Nonetheless, the energetic Japanese nonetheless lined the courtroom marvelously and counter-attacked aggressively to proceed their main method and eventually closed out the set 25-19, widening it to 2-0.
The third set noticed the Iranians play with their backs in opposition to the wall. They held their nerves to give you some discover spikes, however the Japanese remained sturdy defensively, bounced again exhausting to surge forward and held agency to seize the comfy set 25-17.
Exterior hitter Minami Kessoku and Rion Chuganji delivered 12 factors apiece for Japan, whereas Masoumeh Ghadamitabaghdehi led Iran with 7 factors.
On Tuesday, the final day of the pool play, Chinese language Taipei tackle Australia in Pool D, with Korea enjoying India. Uzbekistan problem hosts Thailand in Pool A, whereas Hong Kong, China go up in opposition to China in Pool C and Philippines face Japan in Pool B.
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