Roi Et, Thailand, May 4, 2024 – Thailand are assured of securing one spot in the women’s showdown to move a step closer to their title defence in the 5th Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships at Ban Nong Ya Ma Community School Courts here on Sunday, as teams from four different federations including reigning champions Thailand advanced to the men’s semifinals.
At the previous edition of the Asian U19 Championships here in Roi Et two years ago, hosts Thailand swept both men’s and women’s titles, with their women’s teams sweeping the 1-2-3 podium.
In the women’s semifinals on Sunday morning, top seeds Varagkhana Sogalee/Somruedee Koedkaew, who captured the women’s title at the last week’s South East Asian (SAVA) U19 Championships at the same venue here, and the 21st seeds Piyathida Onlaoo/Orathai Sembut, both of them remain unbeaten, will fight it out in the all-Thais affair, resulting in one local pair to enter the afternoon showdown. The other semifinal clash sees Australia’s second seeds Jasmine Rayner/Cameron Zajer challenge Chinese 16th seeds Qi Siyu/Lei Yijing.
In the men’s event, Lebanese 17th seeds Hadi El Chabib/Jad Abi Karam will face off against Thailand’s 18th seeds Rueangrit Wiromrat/Suranath Ratanapolsaen in the Sunday morning’s semifinal match, with Iranian third seeds Amir Ali GhalehNovi/Kashan Habib Akbarzadeh taking on Australia’s second seeds Killian Donovan/Jett Rocker-Graham in the other semifinal clash.
As the five-day championships reach crescendo on Sunday, with strong teams advancing to the morning semifinals, AVC has already confirmed the five National Federations qualified for the main draw of the U19 World Championships, set to be held in Shangluo, China between August 27 and September 1, 2024.
Though not yet in order, the five women’s teams qualified comprise Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Australia and Kazakhstan, while the five teams qualified in the men’s event for the Main Draw of the U19 World Championships in Shangluo consist of Lebanon, Thailand, Iran, Australia and the winning team between New Zealand and Malaysia in the playoff match for the world meet on Sunday morning.
At the same time, AVC also announced another four teams apiece in the men’s and women’s events qualified for the Qualification Tournament of the U19 World Championships in Shangluo, China.
The women’s four teams qualified for the Qualification Tournament of the world meet are Indonesia, New Zealand, Chinese…
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