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2005 Youth Boys'
Under 19 World Championship
Algiers & Oran,
24 August – 1 September 2005
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Iran,
Korea and India qualify for 2005 Youth Boys' U19 World
Championships
 Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2005 – Hosts Iran, Korea and India
have earned their tickets to the 2005 Youth Boys’
Under-19 Volleyball World Championship after finishing
top three at the recently concluded 5th Asian Youth
Boys’ Volleyball Championship here on Thursday.
The Asian Youth Boys’ Championship held here from May
13-19 was also a qualification tournament for the World
Youth Boys’ Championship, which is scheduled to be held
in Alger and Oran, Algeria from August 24th to September
1st.
Iran downed Korea in the final match of the Championship
3-0 (25-20, 25-16, 25-12) in only 68 minutes in front of
a 3,500 strong partisan audience. Iran entered the
finals after clinching a 3-0 win over defending
champions India in the semifinals on Wednesday.
Korea, who won all their matches on the road to the
finals like Iran, finished second to also qualify for
the Under-19 World Championship. The last berth for the
World Championship was taken by India, who placed third
with a 3-0 victory over Chinese
 Taipei in the
playoff-match for bronze.
A total of eight teams took part in the tournament. The
participating teams were divided into two pools for the
preliminary round from May 13-15. And after one days
rest, the eight teams played the second round on a knock
out basis with the four winners from Iran, Korea, India
and Chinese Taipei entering the semifinals. In the semis
Iran beat India 3-0 (25-19, 25-15, 25-16) while Korea
defeated Chinese Taipei 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-23,
25-16).
The finals results are as follows:
For first place: Iran beat Korea 3-0 (25-20, 25-16,
25-12)
For the third: India beat Chinese Taipei 3-0 (25-21,
25-22, 25-22)
For the fifth place: Japan beat China 3-1 (22-25, 25-15,
28-26, 25-15)
For the seventh place: Thailand beat Australia 3-0
(25-23, 25-22, 25-23)
Following are the final rankings;
1) Iran 2) Korea 3) India 4) Chinese Taipei 5) Japan 6)
China 7) Thailand 8) Australia |
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