Maldives has won its final game in the CAVA Men’s Volleyball Championship.
Maldives lost to Kyrgyzstan in their first match on Friday. Kyrgyzstan beat Maldives in straight three sets. Kyrgyzstan won the sets with scores of 25 – 15, 25 – 13 and 25 – 16. The winning team showed an impressive performance in the game. However, Maldives was unable to show their best performance.
Maldives lost its second game to Turkmenistan in five sets, on Saturday. Turkmenistan won the match with three sets to two.
The team lost to Afghanistan in their third match played on Sunday. The island nation lost to Afghanistan in straight sets. Afghanistan won the sets with scores of 25 – 19, 25 – 18 and 28 – 26.
The team suffered another loss in the fourth match of the tournament, played against host country Uzbekistan on Tuesday. Uzbekistan won the sets with scores of 27 – 25, 25 – 14 and 25 – 20.
In the league round of the CAVA Men's Volleyball Championship, Maldives secured a victory in their final match against Tajikistan on Wednesday.
Maldives won by three sets to one.
This marks the first victory for the Maldives in this year's tournament.
Although Maldives secured a lead in the first set, Tajikistan managed to equalize twice.
However, at a certain point, Maldives expanded the lead and won the first set 25 – 20.
Maldives also started the second set in the lead, but midway through, Tajikistan equalized and took the lead. They maintained this lead to win the second set 25 – 20.
Maldives went on to win the next two sets.
In the third set, Tajikistan initially took the lead, but Maldives managed to pull ahead at a certain point.
Maldives won the set 25 – 23.
The final set was also competitive, with Maldives gaining the lead in the closing moments to win 25 – 22, securing their win.
With the league round matches concluded for Maldives, their next game will be a classification match against Tajikistan.
Six countries are competing in the CAVA Men’s Volleyball Championship; Maldives, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and the host country Uzbekistan.