Roi Et, Thailand, November 10, 2023 – Stage is set for electrifying weekend at 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships, as two home teams sneaked their ways into the women’s Round of 16 with Patcharaporn Seehawong/Suchinna Choemphun stunning Brazilians Carolina Sallaberry Cavalcanti/Larissa Ferreira Gomes de Vasconcelos to next battle it out with Chinese Yan Xu/Zhou Mingli on Saturday.
Patcharaporn/Suchinna all smiles after 2-1 win against Brazil
Asian teams enjoyed mixed fortunes on the last day of pool round-robin preliminaries in front of Roi Et Tower and Bueng Planchai here in Friday morning. The women’s competition saw Vietnamese Hong Hanh Mai/Nguyen Thi Thu power past Nigerians Naomi Ayenejeyi Yao/Esther Onyinye Mbah 2-1 (21-18, 18-21, 15-12) in Pool F.
In other Asian matches, Australians Jasmine Fleming/Stefanie Fejes crushed Kazakhstan’s Nadezhda Ivanchenko/Laura Kabulbekova 2-0 (21-10, 21-10) in Pool E, Malaysians Farwizah Aina Ahmad Nizar/Shamsulrizal Nur Auni Maisarah went down 0-2 (10-21, 16-21) to Estonians Eva Liisa Kuivonen/Liisa-Lotta Jurgenson in Pool H and Thailand’s Patcharaporn Seehawong/Suchinna Choemphun succumbed to 0-2 (15-21, 13-21) loss to Canadians Ruby Sorra/Emma Glagau in Pool H.
The Asian men’s encounters saw Chinese Zhou Yongji/Xu Zongqi brush off Egyptians Mazen Mostafa/Youssef Abdelrahman 2-0 (21-15, 21-12) in Pool H and Thailand’s Watanyoo Jaita/Kittipoom Ruchisuk suffer another 0-2 loss to Poles Filip Lejawa/Szymon Beta in Pool H.
The pool play of the topflight championships came to a close on Friday morning, with only top three teams from each pool in men’s and women’s events advancing to the knockout stage. However, with pool winners automatically through to Saturday morning’s Round of 16, teams finishing second and third places in each pool had been drawn for Round of 24 contest. Only the winning teams in the Friday afternoon will next take on each pool winner in Round of 16 to be played in a single elimination phase until the bronze and gold medal matches.
After completion of the Friday morning’s pool play in the double-gender championships, teams were ranked first to fourth respectively in each pool, up to their performances.
Two Asian teams finished on the top of their pools. Chinese Yan Xu/Zhou Mingli topped Pool D with 5 points from two wins against one loss and Australians Jasmine Fleming/Stephanie Fejes made a clean sweep in Pool E with 6 points from three straight wins…
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