Team Melli Banovan lost to Chinese Taipei 3-0 (25-23, 25-19, 25-17) Sunday morning at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig, Philippines.
Huang Ching-Hsuan (14 points), Chen Tzu-Ya (10 points) and Kan Ko-Hui (10 points) contributed double-digit scores for Chinese Taipei’s win in straight sets. Iran’s Maedeh Borhani Esfahani scored 10 points in the defeat.
Chinese Taipei will aim for a fifth place finish on Monday and Iran will head for their best possible finish in the 7th-8th classification against Australia.