Chinese Taipei men’s team in final round of Asian Zone Qualification Tournament
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T.Y Chang attacks against double blocking from Hong Kong |
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Taipei, Chinese Taipei,
June 29, 2013 - Chinese Taipei beat Hong Kong in straight sets (25-14, 25-21,
25-18) in the Eastern Zone qualification match on Saturday to book
their ticket to the final round of the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Men’s World
Championship Asian Zone Qualification
Tournament.
Chinese Taipei
and Hong Kong were the only two teams contesting the AVC Eastern Zone
Men’s Qualification Tournament with the winning team, Chinese Taipei, making it
to the 16-team final round.
In today’s match, Chinese
Taipei showed a higher level of performance in the qualification match against Hong
Kong held in Taipei on June 29.
In general, the host team attackers
were faster and more powerful in their strategic offensive plays against Hong
Kong and dominant attackers C.F Huang and M.C. Wang performed effective
back-row attacks.
The Hong Kong team
fought back valiantly all through the match with attacker C. W. Chan leading
his team’s offensive plays with his impressive attacks. However,
this was not enough to compete with the speed and power of the Chinese Taipei
team, which won 3-0 over Hong Kong.
The AVC 16-team final round
will be held this September.
Australia, Iran, China and Japan will
jointly host the final round to form Pool A, B, C and D respectively, with
three qualified teams joining each pool. Only the eventual winners from each
pool, totaling four from Asia, will be eligible for the next year’s 24-team
FIVB World Championship in Poland.
So far, ten teams have
already qualified for Asia’s final round. Australia, Iran, China, Japan
and South Korea have all automatically qualified as Asia’s top five in the
FIVB world ranking. Also advancing to the final round
are Kazakhstan, New Zealand, Thailand, Indonesia and
Chinese Taipei.
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