Manama, Bahrain, May 21, 2023 – Police Sports Team grabbed bronze medal after overpowering Shahdab Yazd in four-set thriller 24-26, 25-16, 25-20, 25-19 within the third-place playoff on the 2023 Asian Men’s Club Volleyball Championship at Isa Bin Rashid Hall 1 on Sunday.
Regarding Qatar, two groups of Al-Rayyan and Al-Arabi had been those which skilled collaborating within the Asian Club Championship and that is the primary time that Police Sports Team has been awarded the possibility to make its debut attendance and ending third, one thing they are often happy with.
Against the large Qataris, the Iranians obtained off to a superb begin to win the primary set 26-24. However, Efe Bayram and Oliver Venno introduced Police Sports Team again on observe, using their distinctive spikes and blocks to assist them take the lead with a five-point clear at 10-5 within the second set. Still, Shahdab Yazd carried out fantastically each in protection and offence to briefly scale back the margin earlier than happening the comfy set 16-25 for a 1-1.
In the third set, Shahdab Yazd discovered Police Sports Team a tricky nut to crack and surrendered to the irresistible rivals 20-25.
In the fourth set, Police Sports Team produced distinctive assaults and blocks to take the lead with a five-point benefit at 15-10. The Qataris nonetheless performed effectively defensively and offensively to win the set 25-19 to thoroughly sprint out the Iranians’ excessive hopes of coming again.
Police Sports Team claimed the bronze medal with six wins and one single loss to Indonesia’s Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi within the semi-finals match, whereas Shahdab Yazd had been relegated to the fourth place with three losses, two of them towards Police within the quarterfinals Pool F and third-place playoff and one towards Suntory Sunbirds.
The Shahdab Yazd’s beautiful loss missed the Iran’s podium for the primary time in 22 years. Since the match inception in 1999 in China, groups from Iran have by no means missed the rostrum. Their solely failure dated again to 2001 in China when Sanam Tehran completed fifth within the championship. Aside from the yr 2001, Iranian groups have by no means missed the rostrum in any version of the championship.
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