The dramatic 3-1 win over Thailand in a tense final match on May 24sends off many positive signals in Vietnam’s strategy to boldlyrejuvenate its current volleyball athlete roster, commented Nhan Dan(People) online newspaper.
The Vietnamese women’s team also secured the championship trophy of the 2014 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup.
Vietnamesevolleyball lovers had been waiting for a long time to witness onceagain animated matches replete with youth strength and they wererewarded at the recent VTV Cup, which took place in the Bac Ninhprovincial gymnasium from May 17–24.
Rejuvenating the wholelineup around mainstays Do Thi Minh and Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa, thenational women’s team had proposed the modest target of playing to thebest of their abilities and learning more from their opponents.
However,promising young talent accompanied by experienced veterans Thi Minh andNgoc Hoa helped the team to fly high into the tournament by overcomingstrong competitors from China, Kazakhstan and the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK) in both the qualifying and semi-final stages.
TheVietnamese women rolled past the Thailand youth team in four tensegames of the final match on May 24 with scores of 25-23, 27-29, 27-25and 27-25 to claim the championship title in a most convincing manner.Apart from the crown, the host team also snatched away many individualtitles, with Nguyen Thi Ngoc named the best player of the tournament andNguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa voted as the best blocker.
As the overallwinners, the Vietnam team walked away with 10,000 USD in prize moneyfrom the organising board and got another 520 million VND (24,440 USD)as a bonus from Vietnam Television (VTV), the Vietnam VolleyballFederation and other donors.
Runners-up Thailand received a cashprize of 7,000 USD, while another 5,000 USD was awarded to the DPRK,who ended up in third position after crushing Kazakhstan 3-0 in athird-place playoff.
Good preparation for 17th Asian Games
Thewomen’s team, consisting of many young faces who competed in the recentVTV Cup, will join other teams in the Vietnam sports delegation inIncheon, Republic of Korea (RoK), this September for Asiad 17.
Usually,16 out of the 45 countries and territories which participate in theAsiad competition field a women’s volleyball team at the event. Withtheir seventh-place ranking in Asia, the possibility of making thepodium seems to be small for the Vietnamese women as a top-four finishhardly ever escapes from the hands of Japan, China, RoK and Thailand,which have recorded strong volleyball developments.
Therefore, atthe upcoming 17th Asiad, the main objective of the rejuvenated Vietnamwomen team is to accumulate experience in preparation for futurelong-term goals.
The recent VTV Cup competition in northern BacNinh province was very useful as it provided a good opportunity for theVietnamese women to gain precious lessons of experience and define theabilities of their Asiad opponents in Incheon in four months’ time,including Kazakhstan, Thailand and the DPRK.
With the positiveprogress reflected by their VTV Cup performance, coach Nguyen Manh Hungand the members of the national women’s volleyball team are hoped toharvest the best results at the continent’s biggest sporting event ofthe year - the 17th Asiad.-VNA
The Vietnamese women’s team also secured the championship trophy of the 2014 VTV International Women's Volleyball Cup.
Vietnamesevolleyball lovers had been waiting for a long time to witness onceagain animated matches replete with youth strength and they wererewarded at the recent VTV Cup, which took place in the Bac Ninhprovincial gymnasium from May 17–24.
Rejuvenating the wholelineup around mainstays Do Thi Minh and Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa, thenational women’s team had proposed the modest target of playing to thebest of their abilities and learning more from their opponents.
However,promising young talent accompanied by experienced veterans Thi Minh andNgoc Hoa helped the team to fly high into the tournament by overcomingstrong competitors from China, Kazakhstan and the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK) in both the qualifying and semi-final stages.
TheVietnamese women rolled past the Thailand youth team in four tensegames of the final match on May 24 with scores of 25-23, 27-29, 27-25and 27-25 to claim the championship title in a most convincing manner.Apart from the crown, the host team also snatched away many individualtitles, with Nguyen Thi Ngoc named the best player of the tournament andNguyen Thi Ngoc Hoa voted as the best blocker.
As the overallwinners, the Vietnam team walked away with 10,000 USD in prize moneyfrom the organising board and got another 520 million VND (24,440 USD)as a bonus from Vietnam Television (VTV), the Vietnam VolleyballFederation and other donors.
Runners-up Thailand received a cashprize of 7,000 USD, while another 5,000 USD was awarded to the DPRK,who ended up in third position after crushing Kazakhstan 3-0 in athird-place playoff.
Good preparation for 17th Asian Games
Thewomen’s team, consisting of many young faces who competed in the recentVTV Cup, will join other teams in the Vietnam sports delegation inIncheon, Republic of Korea (RoK), this September for Asiad 17.
Usually,16 out of the 45 countries and territories which participate in theAsiad competition field a women’s volleyball team at the event. Withtheir seventh-place ranking in Asia, the possibility of making thepodium seems to be small for the Vietnamese women as a top-four finishhardly ever escapes from the hands of Japan, China, RoK and Thailand,which have recorded strong volleyball developments.
Therefore, atthe upcoming 17th Asiad, the main objective of the rejuvenated Vietnamwomen team is to accumulate experience in preparation for futurelong-term goals.
The recent VTV Cup competition in northern BacNinh province was very useful as it provided a good opportunity for theVietnamese women to gain precious lessons of experience and define theabilities of their Asiad opponents in Incheon in four months’ time,including Kazakhstan, Thailand and the DPRK.
With the positiveprogress reflected by their VTV Cup performance, coach Nguyen Manh Hungand the members of the national women’s volleyball team are hoped toharvest the best results at the continent’s biggest sporting event ofthe year - the 17th Asiad.-VNA
