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Asian Junior Volleyball Championships
Japan-China final promises good fare
Japan is set to meet China in what promises to be a thrilling final at the 12th Asian Junior Womens volleyball championships hosted by the Sri Lanka Volleyball Association at the Sugathadasa indoor stadium today.

Yesterday China came up with a power packed performance to beat Korea at 26/24-25/20-25/17 in a thrilling semi-final game. Korea did pose a threat in the first few sets of this game, but China was visually the fitter and the more dominant team towards the latter part of the game held sway.

In the other semi-final Japan met Chinese Taipei who also seemed a strong team in the initial stages of the match. However like the Koreans they ran out of steam towards the final and crucial stages of the match. Japan won this game 25/21-25/18-25/20.

Nine teams took part in the above event, which started on the 19th of September. Amongst those teams were Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Maldives and the host nation Sri Lanka.

The local team did not have any chance to prove that our National sport is flourishing within the shores of our island as they finished in the 8th place losing to India who took up 7th place. Australia took up 6th place losing to Thailand who took up 5th place by winning 15/25-18/25-17/25 in this match that was played yesterday. The match to decide 3rd and 4th places will be played between Korea and Chinese Taipei today at 2pm. The final between Japan and China will be worked off at 4pm. (DZ)

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