Competitive action in both volleyball and beach volleyball at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games got underway on Tuesday in China with plenty of teams supported by the FIVB Volleyball Empowerment programme vying for continental honours at the prestigious multi-sport event.
As many as 11 of the 19 teams participating in the men’s volleyball tournament are Volleyball Empowerment beneficiaries, with a total of almost a million Swiss francs invested into their coach support projects. For the first stage of the competition, the squads are split into six pools - five pools with three teams each and one pool with four. The six pool winners and the six pool runners-up will advance to the playoffs. The medal matches are scheduled on 26 September.
All three teams in Pool E are guided by head coaches funded with Volleyball Empowerment coach support assistance. In the first match of the pool, prominent Korean coach Park Ki Won steered Thailand to a 3-0 (25-17, 25-16, 25-13) sweep against Hong Kong, coached by Serbian specialist Dragan Mihailovic. The pool also features the national team of Qatar led by Argentinean coach Camilo Soto.
Bahrain and Nepal at the Asian Games(Photo credits: asianvolleyball.net)
In Pool F, the only pool with four teams, three are supported by Volleyball Empowerment. Two of these teams, Indonesia and Philippines, met on the first competition day. Under Chinese coach Jiang Jie, the Indonesians produced a 3-0 (25-22, 25-23, 25-20) victory over their opponents, coached by Brazil’s Sergio Veloso. In the other game in the pool, Japan managed a 3-0 (26-24, 25-22, 25-8) win over Afghanistan, a team coached by Mohammad Sabir Noori via Volleyball Empowerment.
Bahrain and Nepal, both supported by the FIVB programme, locked horns on the first competition day of Pool B. The Bahrainis, guided by Argentina’s Ruben Wolochin, celebrated a 3-1 (20-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-15) comeback victory over the Nepalese, coached by Han Abbing of the Netherlands. Iran are the third member of that pool.
In Pool D, Volleyball Empowerment beneficiary Pakistan mastered a 3-0 (25-17, 25-19, 25-20) win over Mongolia. The team is coached by Brazilian specialist Issanye Ramires Ferraz. Chinese Taipei is the third team in the pool.
India delivered a 3-0 (25-14, 25-13, 25-19) victory over Cambodia on the first day in Pool C. Cambodia and the third team in the pool, Korea, are supported by Volleyball Empowerment. The Koreans have been trained for the event by Italian coach Lorenzo Barbieri, while the Cambodian team is guided by Chinese coach Jun Li.
Afghanistan’s Sabawon Ghorzang on the serve (Photo credits: asianvolleyball.net)
The women’s volleyball tournament is set to take place from 30 September to 7 October with the participation of 13 teams, split into four pools. Three of which - Afghanistan, Korea and Nepal - receive coach support funding from Volleyball Empowerment, which has totalled CHF 111,000 so far.
Korea and Nepal are in the same Pool C, together with Vietnam, which has also benefited from Volleyball Empowerment support in the past. Afghanistan are in Pool D with Hong Kong, Japan and Kazakhstan. China, DPR Korea and India make up Pool A, while Chinese Taipei, Mongolia and Thailand will compete in Pool B.
Asian Games Hangzhou 2022: volleyball schedule and results
The Volleyball Empowerment programme has its representatives in the beach volleyball competition as well. The pairs competing for the Philippines and the men’s teams of Thailand are enjoying the benefits of a total of CHF 315,500 invested into coach support projects in the two countries.
The Philippines has two teams per gender competing at the Asian Games. Floremel Rodriguez and Genesa Jane Eslapor, and Khylem Harl Progella and Grydelle Joanice Mattibag are playing in the women’s event, while Alnakran Abdilla and Jaron Requinton, and James Buytrago and Jude Garcia are defending the country’s colours on the men’s side.
Surin Jongklang and Dunwinit Kaewsai, and Pithak Tipjan and Poravid Taovato are the men’s duos representing Thailand.
27 men’s pairs split into eight pools and 20 women’s duos split into four pools are taking part in the sand battles in Ningbo. China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Macao, Maldives, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Sri Lanka, Tadjikistan and Timor Leste are the other 15 countries participating on the beach. The best 16 in each gender will advance to the direct elimination rounds. The women’s medallists will emerge on 27 September. A day later, the men’s medal matches will be played.
Asian Games Hangzhou 2022: beach volleyball schedule and results
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