CAVA Women’s Volleyball Challenge: Maldives wins second match as well
Maldives won the match by three sets to one. Maldives will face Kyrgyzstan in their final match of the preliminary round, on Sunday night.
Maldives won the match by three sets to one.
Maldives has won their second match in the Central Asian Volleyball Association (CAVA) Women's Volleyball Challenge cup.
The island nation was off to a good start in the CAVA Women's Volleyball Challenge cup, after an effortless victory against Afghanistan in straight sets in the first match.
On Saturday, Maldives went head-to-head with Tajikistan at the indoor hall of the youth center.
Maldives won the match by three sets to one.
Maldives won the first two sets of the match with a score of 25-18 in the first set and 25-12 in the second set.
Tajikistan stepped up its game and managed to win the third set after a competitive game. They won the third set 21-25.
However, Maldives won the fourth set as well, with a score of 25-16, securing victory in the match.
In the first match played on Friday evening Afghanistan barely managed to put up a fight against Maldives, only in the first set.
The very close first set was won by Maldives 25-19. In the second and third sets, Maldives stepped up its game and won the second set 25-12, the third set 25-11.
Tajikistan lost straight sets by Kyrgyzstan in the tournament's first match on Friday evening.
The tournament is proceeding from September 6 – 11.
Teams from Maldives, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan are competing.
The final will be played between the winner of the match between the top team and the fourth-placed team from the league round, and the winner of the match between the second and third-placed teams.
In the preliminary round of the four-team tournament, Maldives will face Kyrgyzstan in their final match on Sunday night.
