I padroni di casa del Bahrain hanno accontentato il pubblico di casa a Manama vincendo martedì la prima partita della seconda fase a gironi del Campionato del Mondo U21 FIVB di pallavolo maschile 2023. Per iniziare le battaglie per la distribuzione dei posti dal nono al sedicesimo con una vittoria, hanno superato la resistenza dell'India in cinque set. Anche Canada, Cechia ed Egitto hanno vinto le loro prime partite nelle Pool G e H.
Men's U21 World Championship 2023
Il Bahrein, padrone di casa, strappa una vittoria in cinque set all'India
Canada, Repubblica Ceca ed Egitto vincono le prime partite della seconda fase dei Mondiali U21
Pubblicato 07:31, 11 lug 2023
Bahrain’s setter Sadeq Marhoon in action
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Pool G
Cory Schoenherr in attack
Canada opened the race for the ninth place at the World Championship with a victory over Tunisia, outplaying the opponents on all counts but the unforced errors, in Tuesday’s first Pool G game in Manama. Their outside hitter Kaden Schmidt led the match scorers with 17 points, including three blocks and two aces. Canadian middle Cory Schoenherr impressed with five kill blocks and two aces towards a 13-point tally. Also with five stuffs within a 13-point tally, his counterpart Mahdi Ben Tahar was Tunisia’s most productive player.
In the latest match of the day, Bahrain came back from a set down twice during their duel with India to emerge with a victory. Each of the first three sets of the game unfolded in a rollercoaster manner, but with their backs against the wall, the home team made sure they dominated the last two to celebrate a successful start in the pool. While making more unforced errors than the Indians, the Bahrainis also outplayed them in spiking, blocking and serving. Their outside hitter Sayed Hashem Ali piled up as many as 31 points towards the victory, including two aces and a block. His teammate and captain Husain Ehsan added another 28 (two aces, two blocks). Aman Kumar was India’s most productive player with 23 points (three aces, one block).
Pool H
Egypt’s Zyad Mohamed on the serve
USA’s abundant unforced errors in the Pool H opening match on Tuesday tilted the outcome Egypt’s way. While the Americans did better than their opponents in attack and blocking, they gifted Egypt 35 points from own mistakes (against 19 on the Africans’ side) to concede a defeat. Egypt’s opposite and captain Zyad Mohamed delivered the match high of 24 points, including two aces and a block. American outside Dillon Klein finished with 22 points, including an ace and two blocks.
Czechia’s Jiri Benda tries to penetrate a three-man Mexican block
La Repubblica Ceca ha affrontato pochi problemi contro il Messico, dominando comodamente in tutti e tre i set della vittoria per 3-0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-22). Mentre i nordamericani hanno battuto gli europei, la Cechia ha bloccato il Messico per nove volte a uno, ha battuto 12 ace a due e ha commesso meno errori non forzati, 15 a 23, per mantenere il controllo della partita. Tre giocatori, tutti della squadra ceca, hanno raggiunto la doppia cifra nel punteggio: l'opposto David Kollator con 16 punti (quattro aces, tre blocchi), l'esterno Jiri Benda con 13 (quattro aces, un blocco) e il centrale Tomas Bukacek con 12 (tre blocchi).