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Iran routs Sri Lanka in 2017 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships

The national Iranian men's sitting volleyball team

The national Iranian men's sitting volleyball team has dominated Sri Lanka in the preliminary round of the 2017 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships in China.

The Iranian squad stormed past the Sri Lankan contingent with a straight-set win, 25-5, 25-10 and 25-9, in a fixture staged in the southern Chinese city of Hangzhou.

In another match of the day, Iran women's national sitting volleyball team suffered a 1-3 defeat from Japan.

Iranian physically-challenged sportswomen will take on their Kazakh counterparts on Saturday. Iran women's national sitting volleyball team is also scheduled to play Kazakhstan in the third-place playoff.

The national Iranian women's sitting volleyball team

The 2017 ParaVolley Asia Oceania Sitting Volleyball Championships opened in Hangzhou, China, on June 27, and will wrap up on July 3.

The tournament has brought together national men’s sitting volleyball teams from China, Iraq, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka.

National men’s sitting volleyball teams from China, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia are in action as well.


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