22-Aug-2022
Indian team, featuring Odisha player Ashish Kumar Swain, won the bronze medal the 14th Asian Mens U-18 Volleyball Championship for first time in 14 years, beating Korea 3-2 (25-20, 25-21, 26-28, 19-25, 15-12) in the third-place playoff at the Federation Hall in Tehran, Iran today.
The win today was the second for India against formidable Korea in the current tournament. Earlier in their 3rd and last Pool-B match, India had had beaten Korea 3-0 (25-23, 25-20, 25-21) on August 18.
India had bagged the Asian U-18 Volleyball bronze medal last time in 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They had finished seventh in the previous edition in Tabriz four years ago. India had won the gold medal in 2003 at Visakhapatnam and silver medal in 2007 (Kuala Lumpur). India also won the bronze medal in 2005 (Tehran).
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