The biggest shock of the Asian Asian Volleyball Cup 2022 – AVC Cup took place right in the first quarter -final between the Iranian men's volleyball team and the Bahrain boys.
Iran is the No. 1 male volleyball team in Asia and also the defending Asian champion, so it is fully assessed with a mid -range team in Asia. Even the most optimist cannot think that there will be positive results for this team.
However, as soon as the match took place, Bahrain was a team with a better start when continuously overwhelming and leading in this Czech with the shine of the two dams Mohamed Abdulla and Mohamed Anan. As a result, they won the difference 25-16 in the first check.
This scenario continues to be repeated in the second check that Bahrain keeps its lead advantage. All Iran's efforts do not help this team can overturn the game and lose 19-25.
Being put into the wall, Iran has rising strongly and shows the bravery of the champion when winning the Czech 3. However, that's all that this team can do before losing 18-25 in the last check.
Overcoming Iran, Bahrain created the biggest shock from the beginning of the tournament and won the right to the semi -finals. As for Iran, the preparation for the world championship volleyball tournament becomes incomplete.
In the second quarter final, the Chinese male volleyball team overcame Pakistan with a score of 3-0 thereby winning the second ticket to the semi-finals. The remaining two tickets will be determined after the match between Thailand and Australia and Japan with Korea.