Pakistan continued its dominant winning streak and clean swept the first-ever Australia Volleyball Tour series hosted in Pakistan at the Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
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The clean sweep win for Pakistan was a major moral booster especially being ranked 49th in the Volleyball World Ranking as to Australia’s 35th position.
The Green shirts in the third and final match played a dominant and skillful game and ended the match with scores of 26-24, 25-22, 25-20.
Pakistan captain Murad in a joyful and confident mood stated “A clean sweep in the series was our target and we have achieved it with teamwork.” Added, “This victory means a lot or us as it gives us a big boost of confidence for the 2024 AVC-Asian Volleyball Confederation Challenge Cup.”
The 2024 AVC Challenge Cup is being held in Bahrain from 2nd till 9th June. !2 Asian teams will participate including Pakistan and Australia.
2024 Australia Volleyball Tour Pak: Match 2-Greens Dominantly Win + Series
Pakistan Greens dominated also in the second encounter with visiting Aussies Volleyball team and beat them again 3-0.
Also winning the series, the energised boy’s in Green displayed exceptional skills and with spirited determination won convincingly with te set points of 26-24, 25-19, and 25-23.
The final match of the series will be played on Friday-31st May, 2024, at 6:30 PM in the Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
Match Overview
The first set was a very closely contest match with each team trying to have an psychological edge by winning the first game. After a close fight, Pakistan boy’s were able Pakistan managed to edge past Australian team to win 26-24. In the second set Pakistan exploited their psychological advantage and adding their skills won comfortable with the set score of 25-19. The third and final set saw Australians trying to come back aggressively. However, Pakistan despite having won the match maintained their strategic team work and secured the win with a close score of 25-23.
2024 Australia Volleyball Tour Pak: Match 1-Experienced Aussie’s Lose
In its first ever tour to Pakistan, the Australian Volleyball team which is a higher placed team in international standing faced a thumping defeat from Pakistan Volleyball team. With this win Pakistan leads 1-0 in the three-match series being hosted at Liaquat Gymnasium, Pakistan Sports Complex, Islamabad.
Match Overview
In the first set, both the teams had aggressive strategy however, Pakistan managed to squeeze pass and win the set 25-22. The second was exactly the same as first set with score 25-22 as Pakistan with rock like defence was able to block Australian attacks. In the third and final set, Pakistan’s winning streak with a 25-20 score win.
Series Schedule
29th May – Second Match
30th May – Third Match
Matches starting time – 6:30pm. Entry is free.