Indonesia Achieves Seventh Place In AVC Challenge Cup 2024

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Women's Volleyball national team managed to secure seventh place in the AVC Challenge Cup 2024. They completed the Hong Kong resistance with a score of 3-0 on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila, Philippines.

Unlike the first meeting at Pool B, Indonesia appeared superior in front of Hong Kong.

Bela Sabrina Agustina and colleagues are far ahead in the first set with a score of 25-15. The dominance continues in the second set by securing a 25-19 advantage.

Finally, in the third set, the game was tighter than the previous two sets. However, Pedro Lilipaly's team have never been overtaken.

They managed to maintain the distance of the advantage until it was over. Hong Kong can only be three points away from 17-20 before Indonesia finally secures the third set with 25-20.

The appearance of the Indonesian Women's Volleyball Team at the 2024 AVC Challenge is not as tough as the previous edition. You see, the Red and White Team fielded young players.

Indonesia's journey this year in the group stage is also not flashy. They only finished fourth in the Pool B standings with a collection of three points from the results of one win and three defeats.

The only win came against Singapore (3-0) with scores 25-14, 25-13, and 25-14.

In three other matches, Indonesia lost to Hong Kong 0-3 (22-25, 24.26, and 19-25), lost to Kazakhstan 0-3 (17-25, 13-25, and 22-25), and last lost against Vietnam 1-3 (17-25, 15-25, 27-25, and 13-25).

In fact, the Indonesian Women's Volleyball Team had the opportunity to compete for fifth place. However, they lost against India 1-3 (16-25, 32-30, 20-25, and 25-27).

As a result, they were thrown into the race for seventh place.

Meanwhile, at the 2024 AVC Challenge Cup, Vietnam returned to the final like last year. They have the opportunity to defend the title.

However, this opponent in the final is Kazakhstan, which last year did not participate. In the 2023 AVC Challenge final, Vietnam met Indonesia at that time.