CAVA U18 Beach Volleyball Championship:
Iranian boys impress with silver, bronze medals
Iranian teams secured silver and bronze medals at the CAVA U18 Beach Volleyball Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Sunday.
The pair of Amirreza Jamshidi and Amin Vakili, which had beaten Sina Al-e Yassin and Vahab Ownaq 2-0 (23-21, 24-22) in a thrilling all-Iranian semifinal, had to settle for runner-up finish in the men’s event – featuring seven Central Asian teams – after a straight-set loss (21-14, 24-22) to Kazakhstan Team A in the final showpiece.
The Iranian duo had made a clean sweep of three victories to finish atop the table in its group.
Al-e Yassin and Ownaq, meanwhile, ended their campaign with a consolation bronze, thanks to an emphatic 2-0 victory (21-4, 21-8) over the other Kazakhstani pair in the tournament.
Sunday’s feats marked the latest success for the Iranian beach volleyball in less than a week. Abolhassan Khakizadeh and Amirali Qalenovi had won an impressive silver medal at the Asian Beach Games, failing 2-0 (21-15, 21-12) to formidable Qatari duo Cherif Samba and Ahmed Tijan – bronze medalists at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – in the final last Wednesday in Sanya, China.