Tehran, Iran, August 7, 2015 – Powerhouses Japan, which had won the Asian crown for seven times, fought back from the first-set down 22-25 to Qatar to brush off the tough rivals in the remaining three sets 25-23, 25-17, 25-23 and book a final berth in the 18th Asian Senior ...
Read More »Iran come back to beat China, advance to final showdown four time in a row
Tehran, Iran, August 7, 2015 – Defending successive two-time champions Iran stunned China in a breathtaking semi-final clash 21-25, 20-25, 25-9, 25-19, 16-14 to storm their ways to the final showdown of the 18th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship for consecutive four times. As Iran will go up against Japan ...
Read More »Sri Lanka content with 13th in Asian Championship
Tehran, Iran, August 7, 201 – Sri Lanka earned the 13th place in the 18th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship following their comfortable straight-set 28-26, 25-17, 25-14 win over Kuwait. The loss in the 13th-14th playoff allowed Kuwait a 14th-place finish in the Asian meet in Iran. Sri Lanka’s coach, ...
Read More »India finish 11th in Asian Championship
Tehran, Iran, August 7, 2015 – India produced a magnificent come-from-behind 18-25, 25-23, 25-13, 18-25, 15-13 victory over Bahrain after contesting a gruelling five-set encounter in the 11th-12th place playoff in the 18th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship on Friday. India’s coach, Venkatesan: “There are a lot of things my ...
Read More »Kazakhstan claim 9th in Asia Senior Men’s Championship
Tehran, Iran, August 7, 2015 – World No.42 Kazakhstan pulled off a convincing 25-22 25-18 25-22 victory over Pakistan in the 9th-10th place playoff at the Azadi Sport Complex Hall 2 on Friday to finish ninth place in the 18th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship. At the previous edition in ...
Read More »Oman save their pride to finish 15th in Asian Championship
Tehran, Iran, August 7, 2015 – Oman struggled hard to beat underdogs Turkmenistan with an impressive come-from-behind five-set thriller 22-25, 24-26, 25-19, 30-28, 15-10, while Turkmenistan did not win a match in all seven encounters in this tournament to finish a bottom-ranked team and the 16th position in the 18th ...
Read More »Undefeated China set up mighty clash against title-holders Iran, Japan challenge Qatar in semi-finals of Asian Senior Men’s Championship
Tehran, Iran, August 6, 2015 – Defending successive two-time champions Iran annihilated Australia in pulsating four sets to set up a clash of the Titans against invincible China, as Japan stunned formidable Korea to go up against Qatar in the do-or-die semi-finals of the 18th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball ...
Read More »[Photo] Iran 3-1 Australia
Match No.47 Iran 3-1 Australia (25-20,14-25,25-18,25-20)
Read More »Pakistan narrowly beat Bahrain in gruelling five sets/Sri Lanka outperform Oman
Tehran, Iran, August 6, 2015 – Pakistan struggled to beat Bahrain 3-2 (21-25, 25-20, 27-25, 15-25, 15-9) to next set up a clash for ninth place against Kazakhstan, as Bahrain are due to take on India in the 11th-12th playoff in the 18th Asian Senior Men’s Volleyball Championship. Pakistan’s ...
Read More »Turkmenistan unable to break their jinx
Tehran, Iran, August 6, 2015 – Turkmenistan recorded six losses in a row in the 18th Asian Senior Men’s Championship, going down 1-3 loss 25-23, 20-25, 19-25, 25-27 to Kuwait. Head coach of Kuwait, Radovan Malevic: “My players were mentally and physically exhausted. The difficulty of the match was not ...
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