Indonesian Men's Volleyball Team Continues Hegemony At SEA Games 2023

The Indonesian men's volleyball national team took care of the hegemony by winning the 2023 SEA Games gold medal. (Photo via Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian men's volleyball national team continues its hegemony in Southeast Asia. The Red and White squad won the gold medal again at the SEA Games.

The Indonesian men's volleyball team successfully met the target by winning the 2023 SEA Games gold medal after defeating the host Cambodia at the Olympic Indoor Stadium, Phnom Penh, Monday, May 8. Indonesia won with a convincing score of 3-0 (25-21, 25-10, 25-15).

With these results, the Indonesian men's volleyball national team scored a gold medal hat trick after previously being won at the SEA Games in the Philippines (2019) and SEA Games in Vietnam (2021).

Competing in front of thousands of host supporters, coach Jeff Jiang Jie changed the formation a little by bringing in Farhan Halim to replace Fahri Septian. For other players, remain Hendra Kurniawan, Rivan Nurmulki, Hernandez Zulfi, Dio Zulfikri, and Doni Haryono.

However, Doni had to be withdrawn due to injury and replaced by Fahri Septian. Slowly but surely the Indonesian national team won 9-4 even though throughout the match, thousands of supporters of the host continued to be terrorized.

In order to increase the variation of attacks, Nizar Zulfikar was included to replace Dio Zulfkri. As a result, the national team's points continued to stay away along with the opponent's pressure. Finally, Indonesia was able to take the first set with 25-21.

Entering the second set, Rivan Nurmulki and his friends appeared dominant and even won quickly 9-0. Opponents looked exhausted after having to play in the semifinals five sets when they beat Thailand. Indonesia also continues to move away with a margin of 10 points.

The home team actually continued to try to put up a fight, but the Indonesian team who were determined to score a gold medal hat trick continued to press and was finally able to end the second set with a convincing score of 25-10.

Entering the third set, the dominance of the Indonesian national team continues and makes the Cambodian coach ask for a time out when he is 9-4 for the advantage of the Red and White team. The game is running quite slowly because the home team is experiencing fatigue.

Slowly but surely Fahri Septian and his friends continue to try to stay away from packing points. Even though the host supporters continue to terrorize, the Indonesian national team continues to play calmly and end the match with 25-15, as reported by Antara.