Nakhon Ratchasima [Thailand], August 30 (ANI): The Indian girls’s volleyball workforce will take part with 13 different groups on the Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship 2023 which might be held in Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand ranging from August 30 to September 6.
Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship is being held after a niche of 4 years. The biennial volleyball occasion was cancelled in 2021 attributable to COVID-19.
The high three groups from the competitors will qualify for the 2025 Federation Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) Women’s World Championship.
According to Olympics.com, the competitors might be performed in three phases – the preliminary spherical, the classification spherical and the knockout spherical.
The groups have been slotted into 4 teams for the prelims. Pool A and B have three groups every whereas Pool C and D will function 4 groups.
India, 68th on this planet rankings, have been positioned in Pool B alongside defending champions Japan and Sixty fifth-ranked Iran. China are essentially the most profitable aspect within the event with 13 titles. They are in Pool D.
The high two groups from every of the 4 teams within the preliminary spherical make it to Pool E and F whereas the remaining groups are drawn into Pools G and H of the classification spherical and can play just for positions.
The two high groups from Pool E and F will make it to the semi-finals.
The semi-final might be held on September 5 whereas the third-place match and the ultimate might be held on September 6.
India’s finest efficiency within the event got here in 1979 once they completed seventh on their debut. The Indian girls’s volleyball workforce registered consecutive Tenth-place finishes within the 2017 and 2019 editions.
A 12-member squad will characterize India on the Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship 2023.
The week-long event might be performed at two venues – Korat Chatchai Hall and The Mall Korat’s MCC Hall.
Indian girls’s volleyball workforce: Jini KS, Maria Sebastian, Nirmal, Shaalini, Saranya, Ezhilmathi, S Soorya, Shilpa, Anusree Ghosh, Minimol, Anagha and Ananya Das.
Pool A: Thailand, Australia, MongoliaPool B: Japan, Iran, IndiaPool C: South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam, UzbekistanPool D: China, Kazakhstan, Hong Kong, Philippines (ANI)