{"id":51511,"date":"2020-02-16T21:35:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T21:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=51511"},"modified":"2020-02-16T21:36:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T21:36:49","slug":"australia-china-share-honours-at-asian-senior-beach-volleyball-championships-in-udon-thani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/australia-china-share-honours-at-asian-senior-beach-volleyball-championships-in-udon-thani\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTRALIA AND CHINA SHARE HONOURS AT ASIAN SENIOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN UDON THANI"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Udon Thani, Thailand, February 16, 2020 &#8211; Australian veterans Christopher McHugh\/Damien Schumann smashed China\u2019s sweet dreams of completing a clean sweep of both titles on offer in the 2020 Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships at Wessuwan Sports Stadium, Udon Thani Municipality here after cruising to a 2-1 win over Chinese third seeds Wu Jiaxin\/Ha Likejiang in a highly-anticipated men\u2019s showdown to capture gold medal.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51513\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aa.jpg 960w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/aa-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, the first gold medal was within the China\u2019s reach since Saturday when second-seeds Wang Fan\/Xia Xinyi and Wang Jingzhe\/Wen Shuhui set up an all-Chinese final showdown in the women\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51524\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-champions.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3954\" height=\"2636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-champions.jpg 3954w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-champions-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-champions-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-champions-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-champions-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3954px) 100vw, 3954px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As Wang\/Xia had won the Indonesia-hosted 2018 Asian Games to their names aside from claiming gold medal at the last year\u2019s 7th CISM Military World Games in Wuhan and silver medal at the FIVB World Tour 2-star event in Nanjing in 2018, Wang Jingzhe, 23, and Wen Shuhui, 26, had captured three FIVB World Tour gold medals consisting of the 2-star event in Zhonghai twice in 2018 and 2019 and the Silk Road Nanjing Open World Tour 2-star event in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51527\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/womens-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4790\" height=\"3193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/womens-final.jpg 4790w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/womens-final-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/womens-final-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/womens-final-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/womens-final-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4790px) 100vw, 4790px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Against Wang Jingzhe\/Wen Shuhai in the final encounter, Wang\/Xia were in irresistible form and<br \/>\ndefending brilliantly at the net, blocking almost everything the compatriots could throw at them to seal the deal 21-17 21-16 in rapid time, winning in just 35 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>It was the China\u2019s 12th gold medal in the double-gender Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships and the second gold of Xia Xinyi. The 23-year-old Xia from Beijing had won her first gold in the Asian meet after partnering Xue Chen to land the Asian crown in 2016 in Sydney, but this was Wang Fan\u2019s unprecedented victory in the Asian Championships following her four times in succession in contesting the final showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Wang Fan partnered Yue Yuan to claim silver medal in 2017 in Songkhla, Thailand before teaming up with Xue Chen to pick up another silver medal the following year in Satun, Thailand. Wang Fan also joined forces with Xia Xinyi to finish second at the last year\u2019s Asian meet at home in Maoming, where they went down to the eventual winners Taliqua Clancy\/Mariafe Artacho del Solar. The Australian duo did not return to defend their consecutive two-time title this time due to the heavy competition programmes they will have with the World Tour this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51526\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-silver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4192\" height=\"2795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-silver.jpg 4192w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-silver-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-silver-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-silver-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-silver-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4192px) 100vw, 4192px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Megumi Murakami\/Miki Ishii walked over the injury-prone Sayaka Mizoe\/Takemi Nishibori in the all-Japanese third-place playoff to claim bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51523\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-bronze.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4218\" height=\"2812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-bronze.jpg 4218w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-bronze-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-bronze-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-bronze-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-bronze-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4218px) 100vw, 4218px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51525\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-medallists-with-group.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5467\" height=\"3645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-medallists-with-group.jpg 5467w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-medallists-with-group-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-medallists-with-group-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-medallists-with-group-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/women-medallists-with-group-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5467px) 100vw, 5467px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, third-seeds Wu Jiaxia\/Ha likejiang stood a chance of making it a China\u2019s double victory in this topflight competition when the bronze medallists at the previous Asian meet at home in Maoming advanced to the men\u2019s final encounter. However, China subdued as their high hopes completely dashed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51519\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-silver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4835\" height=\"3223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-silver.jpg 4835w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-silver-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-silver-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-silver-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-silver-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4835px) 100vw, 4835px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australian fourth seeds Christopher McHugh\/Damien Schumann stopped the Chinese duo in a thrilling three-setter. The two long-serving veterans of the Aussie volleyball, who wrote another chapter of history for Australia by capturing the first-ever men\u2019s beach volleyball gold in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, mixed some beautiful disguised shots with McHugh\u2019s power and height at the net to pull out a 2-1 (21-17 14-21 15-10) win in dramatic fashion which ended in exhausting 51 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51520\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mens-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4744\" height=\"3163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mens-final.jpg 4744w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mens-final-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mens-final-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mens-final-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mens-final-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4744px) 100vw, 4744px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was the 4th gold medal of Australia in the action-packed men\u2019s event, but 9 gold medals in total for the country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51517\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bronze-men.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4740\" height=\"3160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bronze-men.jpg 4740w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bronze-men-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bronze-men-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bronze-men-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bronze-men-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4740px) 100vw, 4740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zachary Schubert\/Maximilian Guehrer, who went down to Chinese Wu\/Ha in the semi-finals on Saturday, handed Australia an additional bronze medal after an exceptional 25-23 21-16 win against Kazakhstan\u2019s Alexandr Dyachenko\/Alexey Sidorenko, gold medallists at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea, in the third-place playoff.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51518\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-medallists-with-group.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5518\" height=\"3679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-medallists-with-group.jpg 5518w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-medallists-with-group-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-medallists-with-group-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-medallists-with-group-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/men-medallists-with-group-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 5518px) 100vw, 5518px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr Somporn Chaibangyang, President of Thailand Volleyball Association, AVC Secretary-General Mr Shanrit Wongprasert, Udon Thani Deputy Governor Thawatchai Srithong and Udon Thani Municipal Mayor Mr Itthipol Treewatanasuwan jointly presided over the awards presentation and the closing ceremony on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Shanrit presented AVC Plaques to Thawatchai and Itthipol for their great contributions in successfully organising the 2020 Asian Senior Beach Volleyball Championships, while Somporn gave away TVA Plaques to Thawatchai, Itthipol and those supporting TVA in making the Championships a memorable success.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand will host the next AVC beach volleyball event in the double-gender 2020 AVC Continental Cup Phase 1 Oceania Zone in Mt Maunganui from March 10 to 12, while Thailand will host the second tournament of the year in the 2020 Asian U19 Beach Volleyball Championships in Phuket between March 12 and 15.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51512\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/referee-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3976\" height=\"2651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/referee-2.jpg 3976w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/referee-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/referee-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/referee-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/referee-2-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3976px) 100vw, 3976px\" \/>Referee Delegate Mr Jayaraman Srinivasan from India, far left, and some referees officiating at this tournament watch a game.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51522\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/somporn-presents-tva-plaque-to-those-suppporting-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4419\" height=\"2946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/somporn-presents-tva-plaque-to-those-suppporting-.jpg 4419w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/somporn-presents-tva-plaque-to-those-suppporting--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/somporn-presents-tva-plaque-to-those-suppporting--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/somporn-presents-tva-plaque-to-those-suppporting--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/somporn-presents-tva-plaque-to-those-suppporting--600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4419px) 100vw, 4419px\" \/><strong>TVA President Mr Somporn Chaibangyang gives away TVA Plaque to Udon Thani Deputy Governor Mr Thawatchai Srithong.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51521\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shanrit-presents-avc-plaque-to-mayor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4983\" height=\"3322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shanrit-presents-avc-plaque-to-mayor.jpg 4983w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shanrit-presents-avc-plaque-to-mayor-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shanrit-presents-avc-plaque-to-mayor-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shanrit-presents-avc-plaque-to-mayor-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/shanrit-presents-avc-plaque-to-mayor-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4983px) 100vw, 4983px\" \/>AVC Secretary-General Mr Shanrit Wongprasert presents AVC Plaque to\u00a0Udon Thani Municipal Mayor Mr Itthipol Treewatanasuwan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51516\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"6600\" height=\"3228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2-13.jpg 6600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/2-13-300x147.jpg 300w, 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