Junior female Iranian v-ballers fall to India in straight sets
Iranian volleyball players have failed to secure a place among the top eight teams of the 18th edition of the Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship in Thailand, after their Indian counterparts defeated them in straight sets in a preliminary round match.
On Tuesday, the Indian squad delivered a consistent play from the outset to the end of the Pool C match played in the northeastern city of Nakhon Ratchasima, and won the game in straight sets (25-20, 25-19 and 25-21).
“We had a fierce competition with India, and the main reason behind our defeat was the inexperience of my players. Our setter and outside hitter were not properly prepared. We would have emerged victorious if they had delivered better performances,” Iran’s head coach Fariba Sadeqi said after the match.
She added, “We had difficulty in [ball] reception throughout today’s game. My players could not accomplish the tasks they had been set as they were inexperienced.”
The 18th edition of the Asian Women’s U19 Volleyball Championship started on July 23 and will wrap up on July 31.
The top two teams of the tournament will automatically qualify for the 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's U20 World Championship in Mexico.
The 15 teams participating in the sports event are divided into four pools with a single round-robin system in place for the preliminary round, which takes place from July 23 to 25 in two venues, the Mall Nakhon Ratchasima’s MCC Hall and Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University Gymnasium.
The top two teams from each pool will advance to the quarterfinals, while the lower-ranked sides will compete in the 9th-15th classification round.
Pool A only consists of three teams: Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. Title-holders China, Hong Kong, Kazakhstan and New Zealand are in Pool B.
Pool C includes India, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan and Macau. Australia, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan are in Pool D.
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