{"id":113106,"date":"2023-07-29T02:50:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T02:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=113106"},"modified":"2023-07-29T02:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T02:50:39","slug":"iran-to-renew-rivalry-with-hosts-uzbekistan-in-final-showdown-of-1st-asian-mens-u16-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/iran-to-renew-rivalry-with-hosts-uzbekistan-in-final-showdown-of-1st-asian-mens-u16-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"IRAN TO RENEW RIVALRY WITH HOSTS UZBEKISTAN IN FINAL SHOWDOWN OF 1ST ASIAN MEN\u2019S U16 CHAMPIONSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Iran and Uzbekistan secured their berths in next year&#8217;s FIVB Volleyball Boys&#8217; U17 World Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran struggled hard to stun Chinese Taipei with epic comeback to set up highly-anticipated final showdown with hosts Uzbekistan in the 1st Asian Men\u2019s U16 Volleyball Championship at Hall 1 inside Yunusobod Sports Complex in Tashkent on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113111\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-580x387.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-1160x773.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-1320x880.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran5-1.jpeg 1872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following their dramatic wins in the Friday\u2019s competitive semifinals, unbeaten Iran and Uzbekistan have secured their berths in the next year\u2019s FIVB Volleyball Boys\u2019 U17 World Championship. The historic continental championship in Tashkent serves as the Asia\u2019s qualification tournament for the world meet, with only top three teams making the cut for the above-mentioned World Championship.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As the first two World Championship berths had been secured, the remaining ticket will go to either Chinese Taipei or Pakistan, both of whom will fight it out for bronze medal in the third-place playoff on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113110\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-580x387.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-1160x773.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-1320x880.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran3-1.jpeg 1872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Contesting the semifinals on Friday, Iran shrugged off the rust just in time as the unbeaten side succumbed to losses in the first two sets against the well-established Chinese Taipei 21-25, 14-25, but bounced back mightily with Amin Asiaei and Mostafa Sedaghat on fire in attack to capture the remaining three sets 25-22, 25-17, 15-13 and a final berth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113108\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-580x387.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-1160x773.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-1320x880.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/iran1-3.jpeg 1872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Iran will next take on hosts Uzbekistan, the team they had already beaten 3-1 in the Top 8 Pool E encounter,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp; <\/span>in the Saturday\u2019s final showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Uzbekistan reached the final after 3-1 (25-23, 25-21, 17-25, 25-23) demolition of Pakistan in the other semifinal clash. It was an upset loss of the Pakistanis as they have yet lost a set to their respective rivals en route to their Friday\u2019s semifinals.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113118\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-580x387.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-1160x773.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-1320x880.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/thaimain-1.jpeg 1872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Classification Round for ranking 5-8, Japan produced a comeback 3-2 (17-25, 25-15, 22-25, 25-18, 15-9) victory against Thailand to next face off against old foes Kazakhstan, which overcame Australia in hard-fought four sets 25-20, 26-24, 28-30, 25-17, in the Saturday\u2019s 5th-6th playoff clash. Thailand will also renew their rivalry with Australia for the 7th position in this championship.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-113112\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-580x387.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-860x573.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-1160x773.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-1280x853.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-1320x880.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/kaz1.jpeg 1872w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the last Pool G match in the single round-robin Classification Round for ranking 9-12 at JAR Hall saw Mongolia prove a class above Hong Kong, China to beat the lower-ranked side in comfortable straight sets 25-15, 25-15, 25-19.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of Pool G encounters on Friday, China had 9 points from three straight wins to eventually secure their 9th place in this championship. Mongolia ended their campaign to return home with the 10th position after collecting 6 points from two wins against one loss. Hong Kong, China came in 11th place with 3 points from one win against two losses, with winless Saudi Arabia on the bottom 12th place.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the final day of the inaugural championship, Iran and hosts Uzbekistan will fight it out for the eventual title, while Chinese Taipei will challenge Pakistan in the third place playoff to vie for the final berth for the next year\u2019s FIVB Volleyball Boys\u2019 U17 World Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Japan will play Kazakhstan in the 5th-6th place playoff, with Thailand facing Australia to fight for the 7th position.<\/p>\n<p>QUICK LINKS<\/p>\n<p>AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>AVC Instagram: click: 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