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DAY 4 WRAP-UP
Manama, Bahrain, May 18, 2023 – The title chase with the lone ticket up for grabs in the FIVB Volleyball Men’s Club World Championship later this year in India has come down to the final four teams in the 2023 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship, now underway at Isa Bin Rashid Halls here.
Japan’s Suntory Sunbirds, Iran’s Shahdab Yazd, Qatar’s Police Sports Team and Indonesia’s Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi all punched their tickets to the tournament’s last four on Thursday, on the first of two days of quarterfinal pool play.
The Sunbirds, Shahdab and Police all maintained their undefeated records so far in the competition, while Bhayangkara continued their impressive resurgence following an opening night loss.
The Sunbirds and Bhayangkara will be battling at 2pm local time for Pool E supremacy, followed at 4.30pm by Shahdab and Police squaring off for first place in Pool F.
In the Saturday’s knockout semi-finals, the top team from Pool E will face the runners-up of Pool F, while the Pool E second-placers will lock horns with the Pool F winners.
In Thursday’s classification Pools G and H, which will determine the tournament’s final rankings from 9th to 16th, victorious were Bahrain’s Al-Ahli, Australia’s Canberra Heat, Taichung Bank from Chinese Taipei, and Atyrau VC from Kazakhstan.
Friday’s games are scheduled to be held from 11.30 am and continue until the night, with the day’s last fixtures set to start no earlier than 7:00 pm. Entrance is free and all are welcome to enjoy the intense volleyball action.
The Sunbirds were flying high in their 3-0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-19) Pool E victory over Korean Air Jumbos Pro-Volleyball Club, thus securing their final four berth and eliminating their rivals from further title contention.
Russian superstar Dmitriy Muserskiy had 16 points to spearhead the Sunbirds, while Cuban Alain Junior de Armas added 10 points and Kenji Sato had nine. Im Donghyeok was the leading scorer for Jumbos with 16 in the loss, while Jeong Hanyong and Jin Jiwe finished with seven apiece.
The Sunbirds now face off with Bhayangkara on Friday at 2:00 pm to determine the Pool E winners.
“I’m glad that we won this match; I’ve never played against Korea in my life and that was surprising for me,” said Muserskiy. “We showed our volleyball and what we can do. I am really glad we won 3-0 as we could save some energy for tomorrow’s match”.
“Of course, our goal is to win the championship. We…
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