Thailand, under the Korean head coach and member of the FIVB Technical and Coaching Commission Park Ki Won supported through Volleyball Empowerment, was unstoppable after beating Bahrain in straight sets (25-20, 25-20, 25-16) to claim the 2023 AVC Challenge Cup for Men and book a place in this year’s FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup.
In the final played on Saturday at University of Taipei Hall in Chinese Taipei, Thailand did not look back after winning the first two sets with Napadet Bhinijdee contributing 18 points (14 kills, 3 aces, 1 block).
Teammates Anut Promchan and Anurak Phanram added 16 and 10 points respectively while Mohamed Abdulla Yaqoob replied with 13 points for Bahrain.
The win means Thailand will now join Chile, Dominican Republic, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, China and hosts Qatar in the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Challenger Cup set for July 27 to 31 in Doha. The winner of FIVB Challenger Cup will participate in the FIVB Volleyball Nations League 2024.
It was a clean sweep for teams supported by the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Programme as Korea joined Thailand and Bahrain on the podium following a 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 25-21) win over Vietnam in the third-place playoff.
Argentinian coach Ruben Wolochin (centre) guided Bahrain to their first silver medal at the AVC Challenge Cup (Photo credits: AVC)
Jung Jiseok top-scored with 15 points for Korea, while Tran Duy Tuyen returned a game-high 19 points for Vietnam.
A total of eight teams that participated in the AVC Challenge Cup are beneficiaries of the Volleyball Empowerment programme, including the three medallists. FIVB has invested CHF 216,000, CHF 180,000 and CHF 108,000 in Thailand, Bahrain and Korea respectively. Australia (5), Indonesia (6), Mongolia (8), Philippines (10) and Hong Kong (11) are the other countries supported by FIVB Volleyball Empowerment Programme from the 14-team event.
The dream team of the 2023 Men AVC Challenge Cup (Photo credits: AVC)
Thailand’s Anurak Phanram was named the Most Valuable Player as teammates Anut Promchan and Kissada Nilsawai joined him in the dream team as the second-best outside hitter and best middle blocker respectively.
Mohamed Abdulla of Bahrain emerged as best outside hitter while compatriots Ali Khamis and Ayman Haroon took the best opposite and best libero awards respectively.
The Korean duo of Kim Minjae and Hwang Taekeui completed the dream team as second-best middle blocker and best setter respectively.
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