The Asian Men’s BVB Champs; The Chinese derby in the semi-finalShokti and Pourasgari's efforts were unsuccessful

November 10

The Iran 3 beach volleyball team failed to defeat China 2 and advance to the semi-final stage in spite of continuous efforts

The Asia Beach Volleyball Open Tour started on Monday, November 7 in Bandar Abbas and will continue until November 11

The third match of the quarter-final stage was held this evening, Thursday, November 10, on the main field between the two teams of China 2 and Iran 3

In this meeting and in the first set, which benefited from the good cheering of the Bandar Abbas audience, Iran 3 managed to defeat the opponent with a score of 21-14 with fewer errors

The second set started with the advantage of China and the efforts of the Iranian players to make up for the lost points with the way they had won the first set was not possible. It seemed that the morale of the Iranian players, especially Pourasgari, who had shown good defense on the net in the previous games, had a noticeable drop in this set. Shokati’s eye discomfort did not affect the player’s performance and the morale of his teammate. In addition, one should not ignore the reception and low mistakes of the Chinese team players. The second set ended with the advantage of China 21-14

The mistakes of the Iranian team continued in the third set as well, so that at the very beginning of the match, they gave 2 points from 2 service errors to the opponent. These mistakes spread to the team’s attack and certain points were lost to the Iranian national team. China won the game with a 15-8 victory in the third set, and Yanwei WANG and Chaowei ZHOU defeated the opponent with a score of 2-1

The China 2 team will face China 1 tomorrow (Friday, November 11), and this country will witness a derby between its two coastal teams to reach the final stage

Butogahage Janaka Tushara from Sri Lanka as the first referee and Takayuki Imaizumi from Japan as the second referee were in charge of judging this match