Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, June 18, 2024 – Hosts Thailand, Japan, China and Chinese Taipei made clean sweeps in respective Pools A, B, C and D with perfect runs of not dropping a set to their rivals in the pool round-robin preliminaries of the 15th Asian Women’s U18 Volleyball Championship at Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium and Ratchaburi Gymnasium, located apart with a distance of 42km.
Straight-set sweeps highlighted on Tuesday, the last day of the pool play. Thailand sent Uzbekistan packing 3-0 (25-15, 25-9, 25-10) in Pool A, while Japan overwhelmed Philippines 3-0 (25-5, 25-16, 25-14) in Pool B and China whipped Hong Kong, China 3-0 (25-21, 25-8, 25-10). The Pool D encounters saw Chinese Taipei demolish Australia 3-0 (25-20, 25-10, 25-20) and Korea brush off India 3-0 (25-11, 25-15, 25-16).
At the end of the preliminaries on Tuesday, Thailand topped Pool A with 6 points from two straight wins, followed by Uzbekistan with 3 points from one win against one loss. Winless Macao, China finished third with no point earned.
Defending and nine-time champions Japan finished atop Pool B with 6 points from two wins in succession, while Iran came in second place with 3 points from one win against one loss and Philippines did not win a set for two losses in a row to end in third place.
Pool C was dominated by former four-time winners China with 6 points from two consecutive wins. Kazakhstan finished second with 2 points from one win against one loss, with Hong Kong, China in third position with one point from two successive losses.
Chinese Taipei captured the top spot in Pool D with 9 points from three straight wins. Korea came in second place with 6 points from 2 wins against one loss, while Australia finished third with 3 points from one win against two losses and India ended in fourth position with no point claimed.
As only top two teams from each pool advanced to Round of last 8, teams from Pool A (Thailand, Uzbekistan) and Pool C (China, Kazakhstan) are assigned in Pool E, with those from Pool B (Japan, Iran) and Pool D (Chinese Taipei, Korea) contesting Pool F.
The third-placed teams in Pool A (Macao, China), Pool B (Philippines) and Pool C (Hong Kong, China) and third- and fourth-placed sides in Pool D (Australia, India) were relegated to Classification Round for 9th-13th places.
At Nakhon Pathom Gymnasium on Tuesday, Chinese Taipei, which won the first two matches against India and Korea, made it three in a row following their convincing straight-set win…
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