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Iran trounces China in FIVB Men's U23 World Championship

The national Iranian under-23 volleyball team

The national Iranian volleyball team has thrashed China in consecutive sets at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship in Egypt.

The Iranian team, which had suffered a 2-4 (14–16, 15–11, 11–15, 16–18, 15–13 and 10–15) defeat at the start of its campaign against Argentina on August 18, rebounded with an impressive 4-0 (15-12, 15-12, 15-8, 15-13) win against China in a Pool B match at Cairo Stadium Complex in the Egyptian capital city on Saturday.

The Chinese defense could not tolerate Iran’s massive attacks from all directions.

“It was a good match for us and it compensated our loss yesterday to Argentina. We attacked today more aggressively than yesterday and we were better. We played very well and when we have a victory it is very important to us,” Iran’s head coach Juan Manual Cichello said after the match.

Iran’s Captain Rahman Taghizadeh said, “It was compassionate and merciful. It was a recovery match for us after losing to Argentina. China were a strong team but we were better and we attacked very well. I hope we will continue victorious as today.”

The photo shows a view of the match between the national Iranian volleyball team (players in navy blue) and China at the FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship in Cairo, Egypt, on August 19, 2017.

“I am satisfied with how we played because we are very tired from yesterday’s match against Turkey. The Iranians were seating and watching us during the match so they studied us very well and the way we were playing. My players were very tense from the beginning and that is why they lost. They only regained their shape by the fourth set and that is why we were sometimes leading over Iran,” China’s Head Coach JuGenyin commented.

“We did not play well as we were tired of yesterday’s match. We will concentrate more tomorrow and I hope we will win,” China’s Captain XU Zhen Sen said.

The national Iranian volleyball team will play Algeria in its next match on Sunday.

The 2017 FIVB Volleyball Men's U23 World Championship, which is the third edition of the international volleyball tournament, started in Cairo, Egypt, on August 18 and will finish on August 25.

Iran has been drawn in Pool B along with Algeria, Argentina, China, Russia and Turkey.

Pool A consists of Brazil, Cuba, Egypt, Japan, Mexico and Poland.


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