{"id":49315,"date":"2019-11-30T18:40:58","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T18:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=49315"},"modified":"2019-11-30T18:40:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-30T18:40:58","slug":"defending-champs-india-and-hosts-nepal-face-off-for-supremacy-at-13th-south-asian-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/defending-champs-india-and-hosts-nepal-face-off-for-supremacy-at-13th-south-asian-games\/","title":{"rendered":"DEFENDING CHAMPS INDIA AND HOSTS NEPAL FACE OFF FOR SUPREMACY AT 13TH SOUTH ASIAN GAMES"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Kathmandu-Pokhara, Nepal, November 30, 2019 &#8211; In-form Nepal delighted home fans with a straight-set win against Sri Lanka to set up a women\u2019s final showdown against reigning champions India in the 13th South Asian Games volleyball competition at Tripureswor Covered Hall.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49322\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-women-celebrate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-women-celebrate.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-women-celebrate-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-women-celebrate-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-women-celebrate-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-women-celebrate-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the semi-finals on Saturday, Nepal, which captured the historic gold medal at the recent Asian Senior Women&#8217;s Central Zone Championship in Bangladesh, pulled off a stunning 3-0 (25-14 25-18 25-21) win against the Sri Lankans, silver medallists at the previous Games in Guwahati, India in February 2016.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49320\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-sri-lanka-women2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-sri-lanka-women2.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-sri-lanka-women2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-sri-lanka-women2-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-sri-lanka-women2-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/nepal-sri-lanka-women2-600x418.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Following the crucial win, Nepal, powered by talented Pratibha Mali, who won the MVP and Best Spiker Awards at the Asian Senior Women\u2019s Central Zone Championship, will go up against the fully-fledged India, which had beaten the host side in straight sets in their first encounter here on November 28, in the gold-medal match on Tuesday, December 3.<\/p>\n<p>India, the only team which have yet lost a set to their respective rivals, also made their mark in the other semi-final match on Saturday after brushing off Maldives in comfortable straight sets 25-14 25-6 25-17.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49317\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women1-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women1-1024x669.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women1-600x392.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As hosts Nepal will play a rematch against India in the women\u2019s showdown of the 13th edition of the South Asian Games, the biennial multi-sport event held among the athletes from South Asia, the two losing teams, Sri Lanka and Maldives, will battle it out in the third-place playoff for bronze medal on Monday, December 2.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49316\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/india-maldives-women-600x402.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the men\u2019s event, Pakistan, which finished 7th place at the recent Asian Senior Men\u2019s Championship in Iran, produced a 3-1 comeback win against Sri Lanka, going down in the closely-contested first set 28-30 to win the remaining three sets 25-18 25-20 25-21.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49323\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-sri-lanka-men3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-sri-lanka-men3.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-sri-lanka-men3-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-sri-lanka-men3-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-sri-lanka-men3-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-sri-lanka-men3-600x363.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the pool round-robin preliminaries on Saturday, Pakistan emerged as the Pool B winners with 6 points from two straight wins. Sri Lanka, which saw off bottom side Maldives 25-18 25-23 25-17 on Friday, finished second with 3 points from one win against one loss, while winless Maldives came in third place to crash out of the competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49326\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-men2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-men2.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-men2-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-men2-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-men2-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-men2-600x421.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Pool A encounters finished earlier on Friday, with defending champions India making a clean sweep with 6 points from two consecutive victories. Bangladesh came in second place with 2 points from one win against one loss, while hosts Nepal did not win a match to complete their first-round campaign in third place with only one point.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-49324\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pakistan-v-sri-lanka-600x376.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the Sunday\u2019s semi-finals in the men\u2019s event, Pool A winners India will take on Pool B runners-up Sri Lanka, with Pool B winners Pakistan challenging Pool A runners-up Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>Volleyball was the very first sport being contested at the 13th South Asian Games from November 27 to December 3, while beach volleyball will get off the ground for the first time in the biennial South Asian Games here between December 5 and 8.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY\u2019S RESULTS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men<\/strong><br \/>\nPool B: Pakistan b Sri Lanka 3-1 (28-30 25-18 25-20 25-21)<br \/>\n<strong>Women<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Semi-finals<\/strong><br \/>\nNepal b Sri Lanka 3-0 (25-14 25-18 25-21)<br \/>\nIndia b Maldives 3-0 (25-14 25-6 25-17)<\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH SCHEDULE<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>(all local times)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>December 1, 2019<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Men<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Semi-finals<\/strong><br \/>\n11.00am: India v Sri Lanka<br \/>\n13.30pm: Pakistan v Bangladesh<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu-Pokhara, Nepal, November 30, 2019 &#8211; In-form Nepal delighted home fans with a straight-set win against Sri Lanka to set up a women\u2019s final showdown against reigning champions India in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":49321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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