Thailand’s Kittipong Sangsak attacks China’s Zhou Haoyang in their Saturday’s see-saw contest
Riffa, Bahrain, August 27, 2022 – Iran, Korea, India and Thailand are set to fight for medals after advancing to the electrifying semifinals of the 21st Asian Men’s U20 Volleyball Championship at Isa Sports City Hall on Saturday, with Iran and Korea setting up a 2018 final clash of the Titans.
Korea
Iran and India earlier clinched their semifinal berths on Friday following their scintillating wins against their respective rivals, with the former, as reigning champions, demolishing Saudi Arabia 3-0 and the latter pulling off a stunning 3-1 win against hosts Bahrain.
In the Sunday’s semifinal encounters, defending and six-time champions Iran will test their mettle against former six-time winners Korea, while Thailand will be pitted against India. The two winning teams will battle it out for the eventual Asian title on Monday, but both finalists will secure their spots in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Men’s U21 World Championship. Only two World Championship tickets are on offer for the top two teams in the 21st Asian meet here.
Korea attacks in their Saturday’s match against Bangladesh
The Koreans are looking forward to a revenge match against Iran, the team they went down in straight sets in the final showdown at the previous edition in the 2018 also held here.
Thailand celebrate their victory over China
Thailand are no stranger to the semifinals as at the previous edition four years ago, the Thai squad also made it through, but unfortunately went down 1-3 to the eventual winners Iran. They returned with a well-earned bronze medal after 3-1 win against Iraq in the third-place playoff.
India had already entered the semifinals for 8 times and also claimed two silver in1994 and 2002 to their name. They also have something to prove here in their 9th semifinals effort.
On Saturday, teams continued to play well, attempting to give their best to collect maximum points in front of their cheering fans at the venue in tough encounters against strong opponents which for several times caused a series of thrilling rallies that had fans on their feet.
Chinese Taipei celebrate after win against Hong Kong, China
In classification round for 13th-16th places earlier, Chinese Taipei stormed past Hong Kong, China in comfortable straight sets 25-20, 25-18, 25-17 and former three-time champions Japan prove a cut above Australia to brush off the spirited rivals in…
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