{"id":87297,"date":"2022-08-15T18:35:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=87297"},"modified":"2022-08-15T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T18:36:36","slug":"japan-chinese-taipei-and-korea-off-to-winning-starts-at-14th-asian-mens-u18-championship-in-tehran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/japan-chinese-taipei-and-korea-off-to-winning-starts-at-14th-asian-mens-u18-championship-in-tehran\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN, CHINESE TAIPEI AND KOREA OFF TO WINNING STARTS AT 14TH ASIAN MEN\u2019S U18 CHAMPIONSHIP IN TEHRAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">DAY 1 WRAP UP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Tehran, Iran, August 15, 2022 \u2013 Defending and successive two-time champions Japan rallied past India in hard-fought five-set thriller to join Korea and Chinese Taipei in notching first wins on Day 1 of the 14th Asian Men\u2019s U18 Volleyball Championship at the Federation Hall on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87299\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan2-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The top-tier championship had attracted a total of eight teams across the continent to vie for top honour and four berths up for grabs for the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Boys\u2019 U19 World Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">At the last year\u2019s Boys\u2019 U19 World Championship here, only three teams from Asia joined the fray comprising Iran as hosts, Thailand, fifth from Asian Men\u2019s U18 Championship, and India with the FIVB world ranking. From the very beginning, Iran, Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei and Thailand had been qualified for the World Championship, but Japan, Korea and Chinese Taipei withdrew due to grave concerns over the global COVID-10 epidemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">There, Iran claimed bronze medal at the world meet and India finished 10th, with Thailand a distant 13th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In the Asian Men\u2019s U18 Championship this year, the participating teams comprised hosts Iran, Kuwait, China and Chinese Taipei in Pool A and Japan, Korea, Thailand and India in Pool B.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87298\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/japan-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The curtain-raiser between Japan and India saw the former leave the court delighted with an hard-fought victory against the latter in Pool B. On Tuesday, Japan will play Korea in their second match, while Thailand will challenge India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Hiroshi Honda, head coach of Japan, said, \u201cIndia is one of the good teams in this tournament and played very strongly. Overall, it was a good first match\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87303\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-860x572.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-1160x772.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/taiwan-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Chinese Taipei, fourth place in the previous edition in Tabriz in 2018, enjoyed effortless victory in the first two sets 25-11, 25-17, went down in the third set 20-25 and got the leading way back on track in the fourth set, which they won comfortably 25-16.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The Taiwanese boys are due to next take on China on Wednesday after a rest day on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87306\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-1320x879.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/299205185_1921595958046173_2481455798382102685_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Chen Chun-Chang, head coach of Chinese Taipei, said, \u201cWe had problems on receiving the ball, which caused disharmony in the team. We had no knowledge of the Kuwait team, but luckily, we won this match. The performance of the players will improve over time and I hope, we will win the competition in the next matches\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87301\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-580x387.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-1160x773.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/korea2-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In the second match of Pool B, determined Korea, which claimed silver medal two times on the trot in 2017 and 2018, produced straight-set 27-25, 25-27, 25-20 victory against Thailand to claim their first win. Korea will next take on the formidable Japan, while Thailand go up against India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Yun Seojin top-scored with 11 points including 9 attacks, while Lee Woojin, with a team-leading 4 blocks, and Lee Sumin kept him good company to add 10 and 9 points respectively. Samphan Leklai bagged 12 points for the losing Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH RESULTS AND TEAM RANKING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87304\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-768x472.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-580x356.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-860x528.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-500x307.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-800x491.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking-600x369.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-results-and-team-ranking.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>MATCH SCHEDULE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87305\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-300x97.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-1024x330.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-768x248.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-580x187.jpg 580w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-860x277.jpg 860w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-500x161.jpg 500w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-800x258.jpg 800w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule-600x194.jpg 600w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-schedule.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Related links of AVC<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Website: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianvolleyball.net\/\"><span class=\"s3\">www.asianvolleyball.net<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Facebook: click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation\"><span class=\"s4\">www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Twitter: click: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball\"><span class=\"s3\">www.twitter.com\/AsianVolleyball<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">AVC Instagram: click: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en\"><span class=\"s3\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">AVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">AVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAY 1 WRAP UP Tehran, Iran, August 15, 2022 \u2013 Defending and successive two-time champions Japan rallied past India in hard-fought five-set thriller to join Korea and Chinese Taipei in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":87302,"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-87297","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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