Indonesia Makes History For Reaching Asian Volleyball Finals

📷 credited to AVC | Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi

 

After a back-to-back championship in the 2023 SEA Games in Cambodia, Indonesia takes another feat in the Asian volleyball stage as it finished runner-up behind Japan's Suntory Sunbirds Volleyball club in the gold medal match.

 

Represented by Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi, the Indonesian volleyball club set a historic event when it reached the finals of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship held in Manama, Bahrain and clinched the silver medal for the white and red flag. The last time an Indonesian volleyball club won medal was 2006 in Hanoi, Vietnam.

 

Indonesia who was bracketed in Pool A in the preliminary round got a 2 win - 1 loss record to move in Pool E where the top two teams from Pool A and Pool C are joined together to battle it out for the rights to the semifinals. The Indonesian squad advances to the semifinals after winning one game in Pool E and losing only to Suntory Sunbirds of Japan.

In the semifinals, they defeated Pool F's winner Police Sports Club and reached the gold medal match to meet again the Suntory Sunbirds of Japan.

Aside from Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi, the other Southeast Asian club team who competed was Thailand's Diamond Food Fine Chef where they landed 13th place overall.

 

Here are the results of our Southeast Asian club teams in this Asian club tournament.

 

Preliminary Pool 

Pool A

• Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi 2-3 Al Ahli (Bahrain) 26-28, 23-25, 25-20, 25-28, 6-15.
• Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi 3-0 Canberra Heat (Australia) 25-9, 25-23, 25-15
• Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi 3-1 Incheon Korean Air Jumbos (Korea) 30-28, 25-17, 22-25, 25-21

Pool C

• Diamond Food Fine Chef  0-3 Suntory Sunbirds (Japan) 17-25, 24-26, 19-25
• Diamond Food Fine Chef  3-1 Khaypil (Yemen) 24-26, 25-17, 25-13, 25-21
  
• Diamond Food Fine Chef  0-3  Bayankhongor Crownd Geo (Mongolia) 19-25, 18-25, 15-25

Classification Round

Pool E (1st-8th)

• Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi 3-0 Bayankhongor Crownd Geo (Mongolia)25-19, 25-15, 25-14
• Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi 3-0 Suntory Sunbirds (Japan) 25-27, 15-25, 18-25

Pool G (9th-16th)

• Diamond Foo Fine Chef  1-3 Canberra Heat (Australia) 26-28, 25-21, 23-25, 22-25
• Diamond Foo Fine Chef  0-3 Al Ahli (Bahrain) 19-25, 23-25, 20-25

 

• 13th-16th | Diamond Food Fine Chef defeated Aspiring (HKG), 25-10, 27-25, 25-18
• 13th-14th | Food Fine Chef  defeating Kam Air (Afghanistan), 27-25, 25-21, 25-20.

 

• Semifinals | Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi 3-1 Police Sports Team, 11-25. 27-25, 25-23, 25-23
• Finals |  Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi  1-3 Suntory Sunbirds 26-28, 23-25, 25-23, 17-25

📷 credited to AVC | Diamond Food Fine Chef

 Final Ranking

• 1st - (Japan) Suntory Sunbirds
• 2nd  -(Indonesia) Jakarta Bhayangkara Presisi
• 3rd - (Qatar) Police SC
• 4th - (Iran) Shahdab Yazd
• 5th -  (Kuwait) Kuwait SC
• 6th -  (Iraq) South Gas
• 7th -  (South Korea) Incheon Korean Air Jumbos
• 8th -  (Mongolia) Bayankhongor Crownd Geo
• 9th -  (Bahrain Al-Ahli
• 10th - (Kazakhstan) Atyrau
• 11th - (Chinese Taipei) Taichung Bank
• 12th - (Australia) Canberra Heat
• 13th - (Thailand) Diamond Food–Fine Chef
• 14th - (Afghanistan) Kam Air
• 15th - (Yemen) Khaypil
• 16th - (Hong Kong) Aspiring