After hectic three days of the pool round-robin preliminaries, hosts Nepal joined Uzbekistan and two unbeaten groups India and Kazakhstan within the semifinals of the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Women’s Volleyball Challenge Cup at NSC Covered Hall in Kathmandu.
On Wednesday, the final day of the pool play, Kazakhstan produced terrific comeback 3-1 win in opposition to Uzbekistan, whereas India overcame sturdy problem from Nepal to stun the decided host nation in dramatic four-setter.
Kazakhstan performed a troublesome match in opposition to Uzbekistan of their final preliminary Pool B match to find out the Pool B winners. Uzbekistan made a strong begin to narrowly edge previous the Kazakh outfits 26-24 for the first-set win.
Promising Uatayeva gave Kazakhstan a powerful comeback, unleashing a barrage of highly effective assaults to steer the formidable crew to successful three units in a row 25-16, 25-11, 25-18 for the eventual 3-1 victory on this essential encounter.
Uatayeva scored a match-high 24 factors for Kazakhstan, whereas Onerbekkyzy and Akhmetova added 12 and 11 factors respectively. Aziza topscored 14 factors for Uzbekistan.
The different Pool B conflict noticed Sri Lanka style first win within the one-week match following their spectacular 25-18, 25-13, 26-24 conquer Maldives.
Thilini chipped in with 14 factors for Sri Lanka, whereas Ayesha and Kaweesha scored 10 apiece. Hawwa remained the spine of Maldives to attain 11 factors on the crew’s dropping effort.
In Pool A, Kyrgyzstan additionally claimed their first victory within the match as they pulled off comfy straight-set 25-16, 25-11, 25-20 win in opposition to Bangladesh.
Kumarbekova contributed 11 factors for Kyrgyzstan and Chorobaeva added 9, whereas Kadyrova, Kudaikulova, Rasulbek Kyzy and Aitbekova scored 7 factors apiece. Sabina led Bangladesh with 11 factors.
In the opposite Pool A conflict, India remained sturdy with the likes of Soorya, Nirmal and Anushree, three of crew joined the Indian crew which picked up silver medal on the final 12 months’s AVC Women’s Challenge Cup in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand. Nepal additionally captured the AVC Central Zone Championship in 2019 and 2021 to their identify.
India acquired off to victorious begin to bag the primary two units 25-12, 26-24. Cheered on by house crowd on the venue, Nepal hit again gallantly to take the third set 25-21. However, the Indians nonetheless held agency within the fourth set as they went on aggressive assaults and efficient blocks to win the set thrilling 25-21 and match.
Nirmal chipped in with 19 factors for India, whereas Anushree and Soorya stored good firm so as to add 16 and 14 factors respectively. Niruta led Nepal with 15 factors, whereas Saraswoti and Usha scored 13 factors every within the crew’s loss.
At the competitors of the pool play on Wednesday, India topped Pool A with 9 factors from three straight wins, adopted by Nepal with 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. Kyrgyzstan collected 3 factors from one win in opposition to two losses and winless Bangladesh completed fourth in Pool A with no level awarded.
Kazakhstan captured the highest spot in Pool B with 9 factors from three wins in a row, whereas Uzbekistan got here in second place with 6 factors from two wins in opposition to one loss. Sri Lanka completed third with 3 factors from one win in opposition to two losses, with winless Maldives in fourth place with no level earned.
With solely high two groups from every pool advancing, India and hosts Nepal in Pool A and Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan from Pool B made the minimize for the semifinals. Four lower-ranked groups, Kyrgyzstan, Bangladesh in Pool A and Sri Lanka, Maldives in Pool B, had been relegated to classification spherical for Fifth-Eighth locations.
India will subsequent tackle Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan will problem hosts Nepal within the semifinals, on account of be held on Friday, May 26.
The Fifth-Eighth playoff matches will happen on Thursday, May 25 which sees Kyrgyzstan meet Maldives and Sri Lanka problem Bangladesh.
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