{"id":125989,"date":"2024-04-06T18:23:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=125989"},"modified":"2024-04-06T18:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T18:23:01","slug":"avc-beach-tour-nuvali-open-reaches-crescendo-with-top-four-seeds-from-australia-and-japan-setting-up-eagerly-anticipated-womens-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/avc-beach-tour-nuvali-open-reaches-crescendo-with-top-four-seeds-from-australia-and-japan-setting-up-eagerly-anticipated-womens-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN REACHES CRESCENDO WITH TOP FOUR SEEDS FROM AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN SETTING UP EAGERLY-ANTICIPATED WOMEN\u2019S SEMIFINALS\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p><strong>Top seeds Pithak\/Poravid are among two Thai pairings to get through to men\u2019s semifinals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two Thai pairings including top seeds Pithak Tipjan\/Poravid Taovato overcame scorching heat at the world-class Nuvali Sand Courts by Ayala Land to power their way into the men\u2019s semifinals of the \u201cSmart\u201d AVC Beach Tour Nuvali Open in Philippines\u2019 City of Santa Rosa, with top four seeds, two teams apiece from Australia and Japan, set to lock horns in women\u2019s semifinal encounters.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-125997\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-254x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-254x300.jpeg 254w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-865x1024.jpeg 865w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-768x909.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-1298x1536.jpeg 1298w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-1731x2048.jpeg 1731w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-580x686.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-860x1018.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-1160x1373.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-500x592.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-800x947.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-1280x1515.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-1920x2272.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-1320x1562.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai-2-aus-2-women-600x710.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The temperature on a Summer Saturday at the competition venue surged up to 33 degrees Celsius, making it generally more uncomfortable for players and court officials alike. However, the energy-sapping heat failed to dampen top teams\u2019 enthusiasm and determination to win their tough matches for their semifinal slots.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-125999\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-217x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-217x300.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-742x1024.jpeg 742w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-768x1060.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-1113x1536.jpeg 1113w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-1484x2048.jpeg 1484w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-580x800.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-860x1186.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-1160x1600.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-500x690.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-800x1104.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-1280x1766.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-1920x2649.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-1320x1821.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-600x828.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men2-scaled.jpeg 1856w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s quarterfinals on Saturday, Thailand\u2019s gold-medal hopefuls Pithak, 25, and Poravid, 23, lived up to their top seeds status. The last year\u2019s Asian Championships bronze medallists in Fuzhou, China survived a huge scare from formidable Akbar Bintang\/Efendi Sofyan to narrowly edge past the Indonesian 15th seeds with tie-break win 21-18, 19-21, 15-13.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126001\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-300x217.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-300x217.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-1024x742.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-768x556.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-1536x1112.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-2048x1483.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-580x420.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-860x623.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-1160x840.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-500x362.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-800x579.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-1280x927.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-1920x1390.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-1320x956.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-v-kaz-men-600x435.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Thai duo, who had claimed their first Beach Pro Tour medal in 2022 with a Subic Bay Futures gold in Philippines, will next battle it out with Ben Hood\/D\u2019Artagnan Potts in the Sunday morning\u2019s semifinals. The Australian fourth seeds, who took silver at the last month\u2019s BPT Futures Mt Maunganui in New Zealand, struggled to beat Japan\u2019s sixth seeds Yusuke Ishijima Gottsu\/Kensuke Shoji 21-19, 18-21, 15-11 in exhausting 53 minutes in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-125998\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-300x222.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-300x222.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-1024x757.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-768x568.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-1536x1136.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-2048x1515.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-580x429.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-860x636.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-1160x858.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-500x370.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-800x592.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-1280x947.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-1920x1420.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-1320x976.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai1-kazak-men-600x444.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pithak and Poravid did it in memorable fashion earlier in the morning round of 16, showcasing their prowess with swift counter-attacks and efficient blocks in a see-saw affair against Kazakhstan\u2019s Dmitriy Yakovlev\/Sergey Bogatu, who claimed bronze at the last year\u2019s Hangzhou Asian Games in China, to pull off an incredible win in epic tiebreak 29-27, 17-21, 16-14.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the Thai duo, Australians Hood\/Potts had an easier job in round of 16 to cruise past Japan\u2019s ninth seeds Dylan Hiroki Kurokawa\/Kosuke Fukushima 2-0 (21-18, 21-9) in 36 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-125996\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-300x220.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-300x220.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-1024x751.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-768x563.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-1536x1127.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-2048x1503.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-580x426.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-860x631.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-1160x851.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-500x367.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-800x587.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-1280x939.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-1920x1409.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-1320x968.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/iran2-phi2-men-600x440.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another Thai pairing, Surin Jongklang\/Dunwinit Kaewsai, who finished a well-earned fifth place at last year\u2019s BPT Futures Wenzhou Cangnan in China and AVC Beach Tour Penghu Open in Chinese Taipei, made their country proud with tiebreak win 21-18, 15-21, 15-12 in their strenuous quarterfinal clash against gallant Iranians Mirzaali Abolhamed\/Khakizadeh Abolhassan. Earlier, Surin\/Dunwinit sent Chinese fifth seeds Li Zhuoxin\/Liu Chuanyong packing 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) in 36 minutes in round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>In the do-or-die semifinals on Sunday, the Thai third seeds Surin\/Dunwinit will fight it out with another Iranian duo, 11th seeds Abbas Pourasgari\/Alireza Aghajanighasab, who pulled off a stunning 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) upset win against Paul Burnett\/Jack Pearse. The Australian second seeds took silver at the BPT season-opener in Mollymook and BPT Futures Coolangatta last month to their name.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the women\u2019s semifinals in the Sunday morning turned out to be a thrilling Australia-Japan duel, with Australian top seeds Stefanie Fejes\/Jana Milutinovic set to clash with Japan\u2019s fourth seeds Suzuka Hashimoto\/Reika Murakami and Australian second seeds Jasmine Fleming\/Georgia Johnson to be pitted against Japanese third seeds Asami Shiba\/Saki Maruyama.<\/p>\n<p>The first semifinal clash between Fejes\/Milutinovic and Suzuka\/Reika will be a remake of the recent two final showdowns. The Aussies had already beaten the Japanese duo twice at the Australian Beach Tour in Mollymook and Beach Pro Tour Futures Mollymook in February to be crowned the eventual champions.<\/p>\n<p>As Suzuka\/Reika set their sights on a revenge match this time, the Australians don\u2019t want to lose their grip, but hope to continue their winning momentum after claiming six tournaments in a row this summer including the back-to-back BPT Futures Coolangatta, Beach Pro Tour Futures Mollymook, the Mahindra Australian Beach Volleyball Championships and the Pacific Games for Australia late last year.<\/p>\n<p>In the quarterfinals earlier, Fejes\/Milutinovic spent 35 minutes in disposing of Thailand\u2019s Woranatchayakorn Phirachayakrailert\/Charanrutwadee Patcharamainaruebhorn 2-0 (21-14, 21-13). Woranatchayakorn\/Charanrutwadee beat Rumpaipruet Numwong\/Veeradakittikarn Wirakornkhayatimat 2-0 by forfeit in the all-Thais round of 16 match earlier on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>To make the cut for the Sunday\u2019s semifinals against Fejes\/Milutinovic, Suzuka\/Reika demolished New Zealanders Danielle Quigley\/Olivia MacDonald 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) in 38 minutes. The Japanese duo had already beaten another New Zealand\u2019s pairing, Katie Sadlier\/Meile-Rose Green, 2-0 (21-11, 21-14) in round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>The second semifinal is set to be another intense Japan-Australia clash between Shiba\/Maruyama, bronze medallists at the last year\u2019s BPT Futures Seoul in Korea, and Fleming\/Johnson, who claimed back-to-back bronze medals in the Australian Beach Tour Mollymook and the BPT Futures Mollymook in February.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126002\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-300x203.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-1024x694.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-768x521.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-1536x1041.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-2048x1388.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-580x393.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-860x583.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-1160x786.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-500x339.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-800x542.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-1280x868.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-1920x1301.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-1320x895.jpeg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/thai2-aus2-women-1-600x407.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>En route to the semifinals, Fleming\/Johnson outperformed Tara Phillips\/Elizabeth Alchin 2-0 (22-20, 21-8) in the all-Australians quarterfinals, while Shiba\/Maruyama eliminated Indonesians Desi Ratnasari\/Nur Sari Atika 2-0 (21-18, 21-11) in the same round.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday\u2019s semifinals will commence at 8.30am in the men\u2019s event and 9.30am in the women\u2019s competition, followed by the third-place playoffs and the final showdowns in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126005\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-270x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-270x300.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-921x1024.jpeg 921w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-768x854.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-580x645.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-860x957.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-1160x1290.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-500x556.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-800x890.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-1280x1424.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results-600x667.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-results.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WOMEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126008\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-265x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-265x300.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-904x1024.jpeg 904w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-768x870.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-580x657.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-860x975.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-1160x1315.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-500x567.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-800x907.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-1280x1451.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results-600x680.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/womens-results.jpeg 1290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>MEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126004\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-match-schedule-300x83.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-match-schedule-300x83.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-match-schedule-1024x283.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-match-schedule-768x213.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-match-schedule-580x161.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-match-schedule-860x238.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-match-schedule-1160x321.jpeg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/mens-match-schedule-500x138.jpeg 500w, 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