Week 1 Sea V.League 2023 ended with the championship of the Indonesian volleyball team after passing Thailand in the final match of the group stage between the two teams.
The same victory in the previous two matches, Indonesia and Thailand entered the final match with the mind to win to win the championship. In particular, Indonesian hosts really want to win to pay off Thailand's debt at the recent AVC Challenge Cup.
Entering this match with the absence of the No. 1 star Rivan Nurmulki, this brush was rested to prepare for more important tournaments in the near future. However, the young athletes replaced the competition quite round.
Thailand was once again a better start to win the first set of the “final” match when playing on the host team compared to the home team. Arunak and Kritsada are two prominent VDVD plays on the Thai side.
However, with the enthusiastic cheering of the home audience, Indonesia quickly regained the game to win the two sets thereby balancing the score between the two teams.
Thailand is the better start in set 3 when playing each time to lead with a distance of 4 points. However, Indonesia took advantage of the controversial situation that the opponent was psychologically to level up and then ended with a murderous victory.
The fourth set witnessed the reigning team of the SEA Games Games, but the Thai people did not easily give up the chase competition to the final scores. Taking advantage of the chance to succeed, Indonesia won the close to the final victory.
The Indonesian Men's volleyball team officially became the champion of the first week of Sea V.League 2023, Thailand ranked 2nd, Vietnam ranked 3rd and the Philippines last.
Week 2 of Sea V.League 2023 will take place from July 28-30 in the Philippines. The Thai Men's volleyball team will send a 2nd team to attend the first team to play at the FIVB Challenger Cup in Qatar.
The results of Thailand Men's Volleyball 1-3 Indonesia (25-21, 17-25, 23-25, 25-27)