JAKARTA - The Indonesian Men's Volleyball Team managed to secure a landslide victory over Myanmar in the first match of Pool B of the 2025 Thailand SEA Games to open the opportunity to reach the semifinals.
The clash between the two countries took place at the Huamark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok, on Monday, December 15, 2025. Rivan Nurmulki and his colleagues managed to secure victory with a score of 3-0 (25-15, 25-22, and 22-19).
Assistant Coach of the Indonesian Men's Volleyball Team, Erwin Rusni, said that this victory was a very important capital for Indonesia to fight against the Philippines in the last match of the group stage.
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"Actually, this first match Myanmar (is) below us so it is certain that we can win. Therefore, we rotate to try all the players for tomorrow's warm-up against the Philippines," he said in a statement received.
The first six points in the first set of this match were tight. Indonesia, who had a 3-0 lead, got a Myanmar resistance so that the score was tied.
Rivan and his friends then added two points to turn ahead. Myanmar did not give up and cut back to a one-point difference, but Indonesia immediately added four consecutive points and could not be chased anymore after that.
In the second set, Myanmar surprised Indonesia from the start and even tied the score at 6-6. Indonesia did continue to lead after that, but the point difference was not even until the end of the set.
Indonesia also got a pretty fierce resistance in the third set. Although still dominant, Rivan and his friends were constantly being chased by the opposing team.
To qualify as the group champion, Indonesia must be able to stop the Philippines in the second match of the group stage which will take place on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
"Hopefully we can take the group champion. Later whoever the opponent in the semifinals, there is no choice, we have to focus so that we can get to the final and get a medal," said Erwin.
The defeat against Indonesia makes Myanmar definitely unable to get a ticket to the semifinals. They had previously also lost 0-3 to the Philippines in the first match on Saturday, December 13, 2025.
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