Indonesia picked up bronze medal after 3-1 win against Philippines
Thailand stamped their domination over the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Women’s Volleyball Tournament with remarkable unbeaten record after dramatic 3-1 victory against long-standing rivals Vietnam, which captured their unprecedented Asian Women’s Club Championship under the Sport Center 1’s banner early this month, in a highly-anticipated final showdown at the Olympic Complex Indoor Main Hall in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Sunday.
The exceptional 25-17, 21-25, 32-30, 25-21 win in front of a large number of spectators packing the competition venue not only made the world No.15 and consecutive two-time Asian silver medallists the only unbeaten team in the six-day tournament, but also extended their supremacy in the SEA Games, a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia, to 16 times including 14 in a row (1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023).
Thailand has already entered the final for consecutive 17 times in the SEA Games history since they first made it to the SEA Games final in 1985 in Philippines. From the 1989 edition in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to the current episode in Cambodia, Thailand had made it to the final in every edition of the SEA Games and lost just once to Philippines in 1993. More importantly, Thailand has met Vietnam for 11 times in the SEA Games final and they won them all.
Both teams have yet lost to any team en route to the Sunday’s showdown, with Thailand routing Philippines 3-0 and Vietnam struggling to beat Indonesia 3-2 in the semifinals the previous day.
Against the formidable Vietnamese in the final clash, Thailand fielded an offensively-strong lineup led by Chatchu-on Moksri and Ajcharaporn Kongyot, both of them competed professionally with Sariyer Belediyesi Spor Kulubu in Turkey. Furthermore, the team were also strengthened by Pimpichaya Kokram, Thatdao Nuekjang and Hattaya Bamrungsuk, three of them played professionally in Japan.
The 193cm-tall Tran Thi Thanh Thuy, who scored a match-high 30 points in the semifinal match against Indonesia the previous day, spearheaded Vietnam.
Thanks to powerful attacks from Chatchu-on, Pimpichaya and Ajcharaporn, Thailand wrapped up the first set without much trouble 25-17. Holding a 1-0 disadvantage, Vietnam bounced back mightily with Thanh Thuy and Hoang Thi Kieu Trinh joining forces…
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