[Men's Volleyball Asian Youth Championship: The knockout round opens, and the Chinese men's volleyball team still has three hard battles to fight]
●Results of the final round of the group stage:
Group A - Saudi Arabia 1:3 Bahrain (25/16, 25/27, 22/25, 20/25)
Group B - India 0:3 Iran (20/25, 10/25, 19/25)
Group C - Qatar 3:2 Kuwait (25/18, 23/25, 18/25, 25/19, 15/8)
Group E - Bangladesh 2:3 Australia (31/29, 18/25, 25/22, 17/25, 11/15)
Group F - Pakistan 3:2 Chinese Taipei (20/25, 17/25, 25/19, 25/17, 15/11)
●Round of 12 Fixtures:
The five teams eliminated were: Hong Kong, Japan, Kuwait, Australia and Chinese Taipei.
1/6 Final Fixtures:
August 26
19:00 - Bangladesh vs Qatar
19:00 - Iran vs Saudi Arabia
21:30 - Korea vs Pakistan
21:30 - Thailand vs Iraq
August 27
0:00 - Bahrain vs India
0:00 - China vs UAE
According to the format, the winners of the two matches Iran and Pakistan, Bahrain and India will advance directly to the final four.
The winner of the other four matches, two-in-two, will have another knockout match to compete for the other two final four places.
This means that if the Chinese men's volleyball team wants to reach the final final, it will have to pass three levels in a row to get a ticket to next year 's (2023) World Youth Championship.
