Japan, Thailand stay without loss in the Asian Men’s Club Championship – Volleyball News
Japan posted 3-0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-21) victory over Singapore in an AVC Men’s Volleyball Championship match on Monday. The volleyball scrimmage took place in Shanghai, China and attracted large number of fans.
Japan’s Furuta Shiro topped all the scorers with his match-high 13 points. For Singapore, Wei Sheng Shawn Lim put up great fight. He ended with team-high seven points in the match.
Narita Akihiko, the head coach of Singapore team, stated: "Our team is very young. So this is a good opportunity for them to learn. The players have tried their best and I am satisfied with their performance. Young as they are, the team is powerful. Poon
Long Javier did a good job in spiking.”
Victory allowed Japan to improve to 2-0 in Pool D of the tournament. The Japanese studs worked out an up-to-mark performance in the last match against Mongolia and posted a straight-set win. In the next match, the Japanese team repeated the same brilliant
act and sent Singapore to 0-3 loss.
Japanese team set tone for a great competition and picked up an early lead in the first set. Singapore lagged behind on account of committing too many attack errors. However, the Japanese team staged a consistent performance and claimed opening set of the
match with fair margin of nine points (25-16).
In the second set, Japan put more pressure on the rival side. The Japanese hitters showed no mercy and produced unstoppable shots. Singapore progressed at snail’s pace and scored only 12 points in second set, while Japan moved to 2-0.
Following the loss of two sets in row, Singapore finally created a bit of spark on the centre court. Nonetheless, Japan refused all their efforts and closed third set at 25-21 that sent Singapore to 0-3 loss in the match.
On the other hand, Thailand overpowered team from Turkmenistan on Monday. Thai squad was equipped with all necessary skills to down the opponent. They displayed an incredible action of volleyball and held Turkmenistan for 3-0 (25-17, 28-26, 25-13) victory.
Match-high 21 points of Jirayu Ruksakaew led Thailand to success. Yazgulyyev Gurban was the top-scorer in Turkmenistan team with a total of 20 points.
It was third straight win for Thailand in the competition. Thais went against Mongolia and Singapore in the last two matches, and defeated both teams in the similar fashion.
Next up, Japan is scheduled to meet Turkmenistan in the third match. Japanese team is enjoying a top form and it is likely that the team will keep its winning streak going.
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