AVC 2023: Indonesian Men’s Volleyball Team Aground Sri Lanka 3-1

– The Indonesian men’s volleyball national team won its first victory on the first day of the Men’s AVC Travel Cup 2023 which was held in Taipei, Taiwan on Saturday (7/8/2023).

Facing Sri Lanka in Pool F, Indonesia managed to win 3-1 (25-21, 25-19, 20-25, 25-17).

This positive result was not easy for Jeff Jiang’s team. “At the start of the first half, the boys couldn’t escape the pressure. Because we were used to being on the field for only one day. But thank God, gradually we were able to get out of the pressure,” said assistant coach Erwin Rusni who was contacted after the game.

In addition, according to Erwin, the players’ defense was also bad at the start of the match. “But we got a lot of points for that service,” continued Erwin.

In the third set, Sri Lanka stepped up and won the set 25-20. According to Erwin, this was caused by several mistakes, especially in defense. “Fortunately, the players were able to make amends for the mistakes they made in the third set in the next set,” he added.

Furthermore, the Indonesian national team will meet Bahrain, next Monday. If you beat Bahrain, the national team wins Pul F. “We have to beat Bahrain to be happy in the next game. The results in Sri Lanka will definitely be used as evaluation material,” said Erwin.

The AVC competition 15 countries (originally 17 countries, Uzbekistan and Pakistan withdrew) are looking for a champion who will then compete in the FIVB Men’s Challenge Cup in Qatar at the end of July.

Champions from the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa participated in the championships in Qatar. The Qatari champions will enter next year’s VNL, replacing the eliminated VNL runners-up this year.

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