Tehran, Iran, August 18, 2022 – Iran emerged as Pool A winners following three straight wins including the Thursday’s stunning 3-0 victory against Chinese Taipei in their last match of the preliminary round in the 14th Asian Men’s U18 Volleyball Championship at the Federation Hall here.
Iran, bronze medallists at the last year’s U19 World Championship, on Thursday performed brilliantly to overpower Chinese Taipei in comfortable three-setter 25-15, 25-18, 25-16 to top Pool A. Iran are due to take on Thailand, finishing fourth in Pool B, in the Saturday’s cross quarterfinals.
Against Iran, Chinese Taipei found it difficult to maintain their form and could not cope with the well-organized Iranian’s tactics in the first set, which they went down 15-25. With their confidence boosted after the first set win, Iran continued consistency to comfortably win the second and third sets 25-18, 25-16.
Seyed Matin Hosseini chipped in with 17 points including 12 attacks for Iran and teammate Mohammd Reza Alejalil assisted with 15 points. Lin Ting-Wei led Chinese Taipei with 8 points.
Following the loss to the host side, Chinese Taipei ended the pool plays with 3 points from one win against two losses to finish third place in Pool A. They will next take on India, the second-ranked team in Pool B.
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