Week 2 – Iranian Women Completed Preliminary Phase

Tehran, Iran, December 22, 2020 –The week two of Iranian women’s premier league takes place in two cities of Qavin and Tehran with the former hosting teams of pool A and the latter accepting the pool B.

The teams are drawn in two four-team groups that Saipa, Qazvin Shahrdari, Exson and Babol Sarvghamatan are in Pool A and Zob Ahan, Eslamshahr Khojasteh, Paykan and Setaregan Fars are in Pool B like the first week.

Two teams of Saipa and Zob Ahan finished the second week with three consecutive wins to finish the preliminary phase. Zob Ahan’s wins could not spot them on the top of the table as Paykan precedes them with 16 points while they achieved 14 points by the end of preliminary round.

Pool A:

Day 1, Sep. 10:

Tehran Saipa b Babol Sarvghamatan 3-0 (25-10, 25-11, 25-5)

Qazvin Shahrdari b Exson 3-2 (25-23, 25-22, 17-25, 22-25, 15-12)

 Day 2, Sep. 12:

Tehran Saipa b Exson 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-21)

Qazvin Shahrdari b Babol Sarvghamatan 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-19)

 Day 3, Sep. 14:

Exson b Babol Sarvghamatan 3-0 (25-20, 25-15, 25-21)

Tehran Saipa b Qazvin Shahrdari 3-0 (25-16, 25-19, 25-14)

Rankings in pool A:

1. Tehran Saipa (6 pts)
2. Qazvin Shahrdari (4 pts)
3. Exson (2 pts)
4. Babol Sarvghamatan (0)

Pool B:

Day 1, Sep. 17:

Zob Ahan b Eslamshahr Khojasteh 3-0 (25-17, 25-15, 25-15)

Tehran Paykan b Fars Setaregan 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-13)

 Day 2, Sep. 19:

Zob Ahan b Fars Setaregan 3-0 (25-16, 25-10, 25-10)

Tehran Paykan b Eslamshahr Khojasteh 3-1 (23-25, 25-15, 25-20, 25-17)

 Day 3, Sep. 21:
Eslamshahr Khojasteh b Fars Setaregan 3-0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-16)

Zob Ahan b Tehran Paykan 3-2 (25-22, 25-23, 19-25, 21-25, 21-25, 15-4)

Rankings in pool B:

1. Tehran Paykan (5 pts)
2. Esfahan Zob Ahan (5 pts)
3. Eslamshahr Khojasteh (2 pts)
4. Fars Setaregan (0)

The top two teams of each pool i.e. Saipa, Qazvin Shahrdari from pool A, Paykan, Zob Ahan from pool B earned the berth for the next round while the low-ranked teams of the table will fight for the 5^th-8^th place.