Vietnam draws first blood in Asian women’s championships

Vietnam beat Australia 3-0 in a group A curtain-raiser match at the 15 th Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championships in Hanoi on Sept. 5.

Monday, September 07, 2009 16:32

Vietnam beat Australia 3-0 in a group Acurtain-raiser match at the 15 th Asian Senior Women’s VolleyballChampionships in Hanoi on Sept. 5.

In the second match on Sept. 6, Vietnam dominate Iran 25-11, 25-18, 25-24.

The hosts, who won the International Women’s Volleyball Tournament –VTV Cup last month, began the match with strong attacks to cruise to afirst set 25-11 victory.

Australia regrouped to trail closely in the second set in a stense see-saw competition with good performance from key attackerDanielle Stott. However, the key player herself could not carry theteam at Quan Ngua Sports Palace .

Meanwhile, Vietnamese veterans Pham Kim Hue and Bui Thi Hue attackedwell to complete a 25-14 win for Vietnam before also taking the thirdset, 25-19.

In the opening match of last month’s VTV Cup, Vietnam also beat Australia 3-0.

In other matches on Sept. 5, Iran beat Sri Lanka 25-18, 25-15, 27-25 in group A.

Group B saw Japan dominate Chinese Taipei 25-13, 25-10, 25-9, whileworld and Olympic champions China, the tournament favourites, trouncedKazakhstan 3-0 in the group C opener 25-14, 25-17, 25-19.

The Republic of Korea defeated Indonesia 25-14, 25-15, 25-18 in group D, also on Sept. 5.

The tournament has drawn 14 teams for competition in four groups. Thetop two teams in each group will qualify for the semi-finals in thisbiannual event.

This winner of the tournament will represent Asia at the world championships./.

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