Colombo, Sri Lanka, October 8, 2024 – In-form Uzbekistan sealed a shocking comeback five-set victory over Turkmenistan to change into the one unbeaten group on Day 3 of single round-robin preliminaries of the CAVA Males’s U20 Volleyball Championship on the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.
Uzbekistan, which captured the primary two wins in opposition to Kyrgyzstan and Nepal, carried out brilliantly of their robust match in opposition to Turkmenistan, the one group which have but misplaced a set to their opponents. Conceding the primary two units 23-25, 23-25, Uzbekistan performed effectively and had lots of respect for the battle they put in.
Uzbekistan’s Ogabek Haydarov was on hearth within the third set. His depth and risk on offense made him probably the most troublesome to defend in opposition to from the correct aspect. Nevertheless, Yazmyrat Merdanov additionally proved an unstoppable pressure within the Turkmenistan’s lineup. Each groups exchanged assaults and essential factors till the rating was leveled at 26-26 earlier than Uzbekistan fared higher on the residence stretch to select up two factors in a row for the eventual 28-26 win.
The third-set win gave a giant increase and confidence to Uzbekistan as they performed significantly better within the fourth set, which they received comfortably 25-17, forcing the tie-breaker. Uzbekistan made their mark within the decider to win the set 15-8 and match.
Ogabek Haydarov delivered a match-high 26 factors from 18 kills, 4 blocks and 4 aces for Uzbekistan, whereas compatriots Shokhboz Mamayusufov and Artyom Vaezilov contributed 14 and 10 factors respectively. Yzamyrat Merdanov chipped in 23 factors together with 20 kills from 36 makes an attempt on the Turkmenistan’s loss.
As Turkmenistan dominated in kills (55 to 44), Uzbekistan did an excellent job in blocks (15 to 14) and aces (7 to 2) except for benefitting from extra opponent error (48 to 32).
Earlier, hosts Sri Lanka, which disregarded Maldives in straight units for his or her first win on Monday, suffered a setback following their slender five-set loss to Kyrgyzstan 25-16, 19-25, 20-25, 25-23, 9-15 on Tuesday.
Akmat Paiazuulu scored 14 factors together with 11 assaults from 25 makes an attempt for the Kyrgyzstan’s first victory within the championship.
W.A.A. Thenuka contributed a match-high 23 factors together with 22 kills from 40 makes an attempt, however failed in his effort of helping the house aspect to win this match.
Within the day’s first match, Nepal claimed their second win after 3-0 (25-5, 25-12, 25-20) demolition of Maldives.
Pahal Gahatraj led Nepal with 10 factors, all in assault, whereas no Maldivian participant reached double digits in scoring in opposition to the opponents.
Ali Iyan scored 9 factors from 8 assaults and one ace on the Maldives’ loss.
After three days of the one-week championship, undefeated Uzbekistan surged forward Turkmenistan to the highest of the six-team standing with 8 factors from three straight wins. Turkmenistan are trailing in shut second with one level behind from two wins in opposition to one loss.
Nepal got here in third place with 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss, with Sri Lanka in fourth place with 4 factors from one win in opposition to two losses and Kyrgyzstan in fifth place with 2 factors from one win in opposition to two losses. Maldives completed backside of the ladder with no level awarded.
Groups will take a break on Wednesday, October 9. The on-going contest resumes its single round-robin preliminaries on October 10, the fourth day of the championship.
MATCH RESULTS AND RANKING
MATCH SCHEDULE
14:00 – Uzbekistan vs Maldives
16:00 – Turkmenistan vs Sri Lanka
18:00 – Nepal vs Kyrgyzstan
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