Overcoming adversity, Vietnam U21 volleyball team defeats Egypt

Live report of U21 Vietnam - U21 Egypt

14:28, 13/08/2025

Set 4: U21 Vietnam 25-20 U21 Egypt

2-0: Quynh Huong's accurate smash brought the second consecutive point in the beginning of the 4th set for U21 Vietnam.

2-4: The line referee thinks the ball is still in the field, the Vietnamese coaching staff seems to disagree. However, there will be no appeals in this tournament so the referee's decision is final.

Vietnam U21 athletes celebrate after winning points (Photo: FIVB).

6-8: After a streak of 3 consecutive points, it was quite unfortunate that U21 Vietnam had a kick-off that helped the opponent score.

11-7 : U21 Egypt blocked the ball but it didn't go through the net, helping U21 Vietnam score. The gap between the two teams was once again increased to four points.

12-11: After letting her opponent score 4 consecutive points, Thuy Linh quickly dropped a serve to break her opponent's scoring streak.

15-14 : The ball slipped through the block of U21 Vietnam and fell to the field, helping U21 Egypt reduce the score to one point.

16-14: Two consecutive wrong serves from the Egyptian U21 players. Fiercely fighting to win every point, but in this match, the Egyptian U21 players are making quite a few wrong serves.

18-14: Anh Thao was waiting at the net when the Egyptian U21 player made a bad first step, letting the ball bounce too high. Number 5 of Vietnam U21 easily knocked the ball down to the floor.

20-16: U21 Vietnam players proactively blocked the ball when they saw the opponent's spike was too high, the ball went out.

18-22 : The U21 Vietnamese athlete's shot went close to the net and the U21 Egyptian player quickly finished.

23-20: U21 Egypt successfully blocked the ball after Quynh Huong's smash. The coaching board of U21 Vietnam asked for advice.

24-20: Thuy Linh's one-legged jump shot at position 3 brought set-point.

25-20: Decisive point for U21 Vietnam when the ball hit U21 Egypt and went out.

13:59, 13/08/2025

Set 3: U21 Vietnam 22-25 U21 Egypt

3-0 : 3 consecutive points for U21 Vietnam after a successful smash.

4-4 : U21 Egypt equalized when U21 Vietnam's player could not save the ball successfully.

5-5: The U21 Egyptian player's smash shot kept the score in a fierce chase between the two teams.

U21 Vietnam athlete's effort to save the ball (Photo: FIVB).

6-10: The Egyptian U21 player made a loose smash that prevented the back row of Vietnam U21 from receiving the ball.

9-11 : After letting U21 Vietnam score 3 consecutive points, the Egyptian players had a smash to break the opponent's scoring streak.

11-13: A block that sent the ball flying back to the end of the field by U21 Vietnam helped U21 Egypt return to a 2-point lead.

16-14: Thuy Linh handled the ball neatly even though it was not really favorable, the ball fell at the end of the U21 Egypt field.

The blockers of the Vietnam U21 women's volleyball team (Photo: FIVB).

17-18 : A shot towards the end of the field helped U21 Egypt take the lead.

18-19: Malak continues to show his leadership role for Egypt U21 with a smash on the block to score.

18-23 : A successful block helped Egypt U21 increase the gap to 5 points.

20-23: Vietnam U21 has the second consecutive point when the Egyptian U21 player hits the ball past the net.

20-24: The ball hit the U21 Vietnam blocker and bounced out, helping U21 Egypt get 4 set-points.

22-25: Malak hit the U21 Vietnam blocker and fell to the end of the field, U21 Egypt won the first set.

13:26, 13/08/2025

Set 2: U21 Vietnam 26-24 U21 Egypt

0-1 : Kieu Vy could not successfully defend against the strong smash of U21 Egypt.

0-3: The U21 Vietnam players were unable to defend against the opponent's loose ball.

Kieu Vy's ball control (Photo: FIVB).

1-4 : U21 Vietnam's scoring phase successfully cut off the opponent's consecutive scoring streak.

1-7: The U21 Egyptian player's kick was too strong, causing Kieu Vy to fail to catch the first step.

2-7: U21 Vietnam's defense worked effectively, the ball fell on the opponent's side of the field.

3-8 : Another free-point for U21 Vietnam when the opponent kicks the ball out.

4-9 : Another free-point for U21 Vietnam when U21 Egypt's serve did not go over the net.

6-10 : Egypt U21 players are losing a lot of points with their missed kicks.

7-11: Right after the opponent made a successful smash, Anh Thao responded with an accurate smash to score a point for U21 Vietnam.

10-11: The Egyptian U21 players did not take a good first step, the ball bounced far away and could not get a second touch.

11-11: Anh Thao hit the ball against the hand of the U21 Egypt blocker and it fell to the opponent's field.

12-12: Thuy Linh's jump shot at position 3 helped U21 Vietnam equalize the score.

13-15: U21 Egypt player took advantage of the situation to drop the ball when the U21 Vietnam defense had not yet recovered after blocking the ball.

15-17: Quynh Huong made a strong smash that sent the ball out of the field, helping U21 Egypt score.

16-19: Another shot out of bounds by the U21 Vietnam players allowed the opponent to increase the gap to 3 points.

16-20: Bich Hue failed to take the first step.

18-20: Anh Thao's loose shot sent the ball past the U21 Egypt defense and the back row couldn't save it.

20-22 : Egypt U21 player makes an accurate smash, the ball is still in the field.

21-24: Three set-points for Egypt U21 when Kieu Vy hits the ball out.

24-24: A successful block helped U21 Vietnam eliminate the opponent's chance of winning.

26-24: A successful drop shot helped U21 Vietnam run a 5-point streak to come back and win the second set.

13:03, 13/08/2025

Set 1: U21 Vietnam 25-16 U21 Egypt

2-2: The two teams started evenly and fought for every point.

2-5 : The Egyptian players successfully blocked the ball to increase the score to 3 points.

4-5: Egyptian players blocked the ball out, helping U21 Vietnam shorten the gap between the two teams to one point.

U21 Vietnam's lineup (Photo: FIVB).

6-7: An Egyptian player kicks the ball out, helping U21 Vietnam score. This is the second time since the beginning of the match that U21 Egypt players have made a mistake in kicking the ball.

8-8: U21 Vietnam players successfully blocked the ball, helping U21 Vietnam equalize the score.

10-8: Khanh Huyen had a loose hit that surprised the Egyptian U21 players and they were unable to save the ball.

11-8: The back row brought U21 Vietnam points. After letting U21 Vietnam gain 4 consecutive points, the Egyptian coaching staff asked for a meeting.

12-10: Thuy Linh's jump shot to hit the ball back brought the score to U21 Vietnam.

14-11: Impressive attack when the U21 Vietnam players had a quick smash to score.

Phuong Quynh performs a smash (Photo: FIVB).

16-11: The U21 Egyptian players failed to start the first step, helping U21 Vietnam increase the gap to 5 points.

18-11: Phuong Quynh brought the second consecutive point for U21 Vietnam. Both were smashes that made the opponent unable to defend.

18-14: Egyptian players hit the ball against the U21 Vietnam block and it bounced out. The U21 Vietnam coaching staff asked for a time-out when the opponent scored 3 consecutive points.

20-15: Egypt U21 players hit the ball out, helping Vietnam U21 increase the gap to 5 points.

24-16 : Phuong Quynh's one-legged jump shot helped the Vietnamese women's team.

25-16: Anh Thao scored the decisive point for the U21 Vietnam team to win the first set.

12:58, 13/08/2025

Nguyen Phuong Quynh returns

After not being on the list of players registered to compete in the match against U21 Puerto Rico on the afternoon of August 12, Nguyen Phuong Quynh returned to the list to compete against U21 Egypt.

List of matches between U21 Egypt and U21 Vietnam.

12:52, 13/08/2025

Why did Vietnam's U21 women's team lose their ticket to the round of 16?

According to the FIVB Disciplinary Committee, the Vietnam Volleyball Federation used an ineligible player to compete in the Women's U21 World Volleyball Championship. Therefore, all results with this athlete were voided (0-3 loss). Therefore, after the group stage, U21 Vietnam only had one win, 3 losses and ranked last instead of second as the initial result. U21 Vietnam could not get a ticket to the round of 16 and will participate in the qualifying round for eliminated teams (from 17-24).

The reason why the Vietnam U21 volleyball team's results at the world tournament were canceled

The Vietnam U21 women's volleyball team is participating in the U21 Women's Volleyball World Championship in Indonesia. After the group stage, the young Vietnamese volleyball players achieved 4 wins and 1 loss, ranked second in Group A and won a ticket to the round of 16. However, FIVB has canceled the results of 4 matches of Vietnam U21 due to the use of an ineligible player (all were awarded a 0-3 loss). Therefore, Vietnam U21 is no longer in the top 4 teams and will participate in the group of 17-24 in the tournament.

Vietnam U21 team competes at the U21 World Cup (Photo: FIVB).

Vietnam Volleyball Federation may be suspended for 2 years

The specific content of Article 12.2 of the FIVB Disciplinary Regulations 2023 is as follows: "According to Article 11 on the transfer of athletes, a team or player participating in matches, including friendly matches, belonging to organizations not recognized by the FIVB, or having one or more athletes who are not eligible under the FIVB Regulations, will face sanctions.

Specifically, the violating athlete will be disqualified from the tournament, and matches involving that athlete will be canceled. The National Volleyball Federation or the relevant club will be fined CHF 30,000 (about VND 977 million) for each ineligible athlete. In addition, the National Volleyball Federation, tournaments, clubs, teams, players and officials involved may be suspended for a maximum period of 2 years."

Vietnam U21 team plays against Puerto Rico U21 (Photo: FIVB).

Vietnam U21 women's volleyball team causes shock again at world tournament

Before the final match in Group A, U21 Vietnam suffered its first loss at the 2025 U21 Volleyball World Championship when facing Argentina. This was an early result predicted by the team from South America, ranked 8th in the world, which was rated much higher than the team of coach Nguyen Trong Linh.

In the final match of Group A, U21 Vietnam will face Puerto Rico - the 15th ranked team in the world. 10 places higher than Vietnam, Puerto Rico has an advantage in terms of physique and physical strength.

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