Iran too strong for Chinese Taipei in Asian Youth Volleyball Championship

TEHRAN,Oct.28(MNA)--Iran downed Chinese Taipei in straight sets 3-0 (25–21, 25–12 25–11) in Pool E of the 9th Asian Youth Boy’s Volleyball Championship in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Saturday. South Korea defeated Sri Lanka 3-0 (25–16 25–19 25–21) in this pool. The Korean team will play Iran on Sunday. The top four teams of the championship will book berths in the FIVB World Youth Boys’ Championship which will be held in Mexico next year. The eight teams, who are fighting for the top eight rankings, are divided into two pools for classification round. Pool E consists of Iran, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Chinese Taipei and Pool F is made of China, India, Thailand, and Japan. There are two other groups that will fight for the 9th to 11th place (pool G: Australia; pool H: Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan).