Iran started well and led all the way to take the first two sets. Trailing 0-2, Chinese Taipei fought back and led at 19-14 in the third set. Iran setter did not set speedy balls and Iran players did not have good coordination and combination. Iran team gave the set to his competitor team.
In the fourth set Iran team gradually resumed their form while Chinese Taipei players had emptied their energy and could not perform good job. Iran took the set and the match.
Chuang Hih-Hsien, head coach of Chinese Taipei, said: “Iran is a powerful team and its players are tall and have good experience. These factors gives high chance to this team. For compensation of height weakness we used speed in our play. We had a good defense. Iran had support of spectators. Our players committed some mistakes.”
Dr. Nafarzadeh, head coach of Iran, said: “To play against a good and powerful team is not easy. So, we changed our tactic and system. This championship brings good experience to our young players. Chinese Taipei was blowing good services, reception of heavy services is a heavy task.”
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