The Asian Men’s BVB Champs; Olympic bronze medalists remained at the top of the table

November 16

Team Qatar 1 (Cherif YOUNOUSSE – Ahmed TIJAN), the bronze medal holder of the Tokyo Olympics, achieved its second win by defeating Thailand and went to the elimination stage as the leader of the second group

The third and last day of the group stage of the Asian Men’s Beach Volleyball Championship will be followed today (Wednesday, November 16) with thirteen matches on two beach courts in Bandar Abbas city

In the second group of this tournament, the teams of Qatar 1 (Cherif YOUNOUSSE – Ahmed TIJAN) and Thailand 3 (Dunwinit KAEWSAI – Intuch TECHAKIJVORAKUL) met each other from 11:00, while their promotion to the elimination stage was already decided and the two teams were fighting for the top spot

The Qatari team won in two consecutive sets with 21-9 and 21-12 points and was at the top of the table, and Thailand 3 took the second place in the table

China, the other team of the second group, which does not have a game today, ended its career in the competition by placing in the third place

In the simultaneous match, which was held from the fourth group on second court, the teams of Kazakhstan 1 (Dmitriy YAKOVLEV – Sergey BOGATU) and Hong Kong 2 (Kayun WONG – Kinwang TSE) faced each other

Kazakhs, whose promotion was decided on the second day, won the title of the leader of the fourth group by defeating their opponent 2-0

The representative of Hong Kong gave the result to the opponent with the points of 21-14 and 21-15 to withdraw from the tournament along with Oman