Thailand Books Tickets to Men’s Volleyball Challenger Cup 2023
The Thailand Men’s National Team will participate in the upcoming Volleyball Challenger Cup 2023 and the winner will qualify for the Volleyball Nations League 2024. They topped the podium at the 2023 AVC Challenge Cup tournament, which ended in Chinese on Saturday in Taipei. It was a historic success for the Thai team. They have never won the Asian Challenge Cup before and will be competing in the Volleyball Challenger Cup for the first time.
In Saturday’s final, Thailand celebrated the trophy with her clear 3-0 (25:20, 25:20, 25:16) defeat of Bahrain. Napadet Binizidi shot 67% and scored 18 points, including 3 aces and a kill block, while teammates Anut Promchan and Anurak Phanlam contributed 16 and 10 respectively. bottom. Mohammed Abdullah Yaqob is Bahrain’s top scorer with 13 goals.
The AVC Challenge Cup was held from July 8th to 15th with 14 teams participating. Korea defeated Vietnam 3-1 (25-22, 25-19, 22-25, 25-21) in the third-place match to secure the podium. Australia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Chinese Taipei, Philippines, Hong Kong, Macau, Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia ranked 5th to 14th respectively.
Thailand’s Anurak Phanlam was named the best player of the tournament. Setter Hwang Tekewi (Korea), opposite Ali Khamis (Bahrain), outside attackers Mohamed Abdullah (Bahrain) and Anut Promchan (Thailand), middle blockers Kishida Nilsawai (Thailand) and Kim Minjae (Thailand). South Korea), and libero Ayman Haroun (Bahrain). Selected for the AVC Challenge Cup Dream Team.
