Japanese team captures the crown of the U19 Asian women's Volleyball Championship

19/06/2018 15:28

(BNP) - In the evening of June 17th, the final match between Japan and China, and the awarding ceremony of the U19 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship - LienVietPostbank Cup 2018 were taken place at Provincial Gymnasium.

Provincial leaders, Organization Committee, and the donor take the photo with the Japanese team

Attending the event were Mr. Eom HanJoo, Supervisor of Asian Volleyball Federation; Mr. Le Van Thanh, President of Vietnam Volleyball Federation; Mr. Duong Cong Minh, Chairman of Him Lam Joint Stock Company; Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang, Chairman of Lien Viet Post Joint Stock Commercial Bank (the donor).

Regarding the delegates of Bac Ninh, there were comrades: Nguyen Nhan Chien, Member of Party Central Committee, Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Head of Provincial Delegation of National Assembly Members; Nguyen Huu Quat, Standing Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Tu Quynh, Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People's Committee; members of Standing Committee of Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, Provincial Fatherland Front; leaders of departments, districts, town, city and many fans inside and outside the province.

The U19 Asian Women's Volleyball Championship, for the first time, is held in Bac Ninh with the highest number of attendees ever. After 08 days of intense competition within 56 matches, 15 volleyball teams have performed their best, offered the audience many very good spikes. Moreover, the Championship is also an opportunity to introduce, promote the image and people of Bac Ninh to domestic and international friends, contributing to tightening the friendship among countries in the region.

In term of games, Japan, possessing very talented players and considered as a candidate to be a winner, entered the game with the confidence and the sense of initiative. Meanwhile, despite owning the height advantage, Chinese girls lost many opportunities to get the score in the match. The result was that Japan beat China 3-0 (25- 20, 25- 14 and 25- 20) and captured the crown of the championship. Previously, in the bronze medal game, Thailand beat Chinese Taipei 3-1.

In this tournament, despite being at the bottom of Group A, the Vietnamese team played their best and won New Zealand to come to the quarterfinals, going on beating Iran and stopped at 06th rank after being defeated by Korea.

At the end of the tournament, the Organizing Committee awarded the Championship Cup to Japan, the second prize to China, and the third prize to Thailand.

*Some photos of the final match and awarding ceremony of the U19 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship in 2018 – LienVietpostbank Cup


Standing Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee awards the second prize to the Chinese team

Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee awards the third prize to the Thai team

Leaders of Lien Viet Post Bank donate 100 million VND to the Vietnamese team

The final match of Japanese team (red) and Chinese team (black)

A great number of fans inside and outside the country watch in the final match at provincial gymnasium