Maldives Under20 team has been defeated by Turkmenistan in the first match of the CAVA Under 20 Men's Volleyball Championship that commenced in Sri Lanka yesterday.
Maldives Under20 team has been defeated by Turkmenistan in the first match of the CAVA Under 20 Men's Volleyball Championship that commenced in Sri Lanka yesterday.
Turkmenistan won the sets of the match with scores of 10-25, 13-25 and 25-27.
Although they ultimately faced defeat, the young team from Maldives showed promising play in the final set of the match. Although the first two sets were lost, the third set saw Maldives taking the lead. However, as the set neared its end, the team was unable to properly receive Turkmenistan's attacks, ending in losing the third set too.
Players on the Under 20 Volley team are:
Ali Adhuham Ahamed Adam
Ahmed Ilham Ali
Iyan Ali
Ibrahim Rakin Hassan
Mohamed Riffath
Ahmed Maaee Mohamed
Yaeesh Riffath Mohamed
Mohamed Ikram Ismail Rasheed
Shanif Ahmed
Ahmed Mifzal
Yaish Mohamed Shiham
Hassan Alvin Shahid
Head coach for the team is Dr Mohamed Muneez, with Mohamed Shifaz as team manager.
In addition to Maldives and Turkmenistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan are also playing in the championship.
Nepal beat Sri Lanka yesterday with sets of 14-25, 23-25 and 26-28. Uzbekistan defeated Kyrgyzstan with scores of 30-25, 26-28 and 10-25.
After the round robin tournament, teams that finish first and second will play the final match on Saturday. The remaining four teams will also play ranking matches on the same day.
Maldives will play its second match today, this time facing Sri Lanka. On Tuesday, Maldives will play against Nepal, and against Uzbekistan on Thursday. In the last match of the round robin tournament, Maldives will play against Kyrgyzstan on Friday.
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