Vietnam ranks fifth at Asian women’s volleyball champs after playoff wins

Failing to advance to the last-four round after suffering a 0-3 loss to Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals on Tuesday, Vietnam found two following wins in play-off matches to rank fifth at the 2015 Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship taking place in Tianjin, China.

Vietnam joined with three other quarterfinal losers including Iran, Japan, and Kazakhstan to take part in some playoffs to decide their rankings from the fifth to the eighth places.

On May 27, Vietnam beat Iran 3-1 and Japan defeated Kazakhstan 3-0.

Vietnam and Japan, the two winners of the playoffs, later staged in a match on May 28 for the fifth place and Vietnam again surpassed Japan 3-1, while Kazakhstan crushed Iran 3-0 to claim the seventh place.

To enter the quarterfinals, Vietnam crushed Mongolia 3-0 and came from behind to defeat Japan 3-2 in the preliminary qualification round last week, before surpassing Iran 3-2 and losing 3-0 to China in the second qualification round.

In the semifinals on May 27, China won Thailand 3-1 to play the final match with South Korea, who also defeated Chinese Taipei with the same result.

Thailand later thrashed Chinese Taipei 3-0 to stand at the third place and win a bronze medal.

China and South Korea are now playing the final match in Tianjin City.

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