Asian Jr. Men’s Championship
Defending Champion Japanese juniors defeated China 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 to snatch the gold medal of the Asian Championship for the third time. Meanwhile, Japan has five silver medals and two bronze medals of the Asian Championship in their record log.
The Japanese juniors played eight matches in the 16th Asian championship and won seven of them 3-0 and one of them by 3-2 (against India in semifinal).
The juniors of China finished second for the third time. China has three gold medals and five bronze medals in their record log.
In the third place playoff, Iran beat India 3-0 (25-21, 25-13, 25-11) to record their second bronze medal of the Asian championship.
In previous series of Asian Championship, Iran snatched gold medals for four times, and two vice-championships as well. India has two silver medals and three bronzes in their background record.
Korea defeated Chinese Taipei in straight set (25-12, 25-15, 25-19) to place fifth, followed by Chinese Taipei, Australia who edged Thailand 3-2 (19-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-27, 15-10) to finish 7th.
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