Asian Women's U-19 Volleyball Championship: Iran Loses to Japan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran lost to Japan at the 2018 Asian Women's U-19 Volleyball Championship quarter-final on Friday.
Team Melli suffered a 3-0 (25-14, 25-15, 25-6) defeat to powerhouse Japan and failed to advance to semi-final.
The Iranian women started the campaign with a 3-1 win over Hong Kong but suffered a narrow 3-2 defeat to Australia in the preliminary round.
Iran qualified for the next stage as the winner, beating Macau 3-0 and then India 3-0 to qualify for the competition’s quarter-final.
The 2018 Asian Women's U-19 Volleyball Championship is a biennial international volleyball tournament organized by the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) with Volleyball Federation of Vietnam (VFV) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia.
The tournament is being held in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, on June 10-17.
