Bangabandhu International Volleyball: Semi spot at stake for Bangladesh

Host Bangladesh will face Maldives in their second Group A match in the Bangabandhu Asian Senior Men’s Central Zone International Volleyball Championship at Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur Monday. Bangladesh won their first match against Nepal by 3-1 sets. Nepal however, kept alive their hope of qualifying for the last four after beating Maldives by 3-0 sets Sunday so Bangladesh have to win against Maldives to go through to the semi-final. Maldives still have a chance of advancing to the last four if they beat the home side convincingly but Bangladesh camp is confident they can continue their winning momentum against the visiting team.

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“We will play for a win against Maldives. We don’t want to give them any chance. We defeated them last time and we are hoping to do the same again. Every opponent are competitive in a tournament like this. So we are not taking anyone lightly,” said Bangladesh captain Horshid Biswas to the media Sunday. In a Group B match Sunday, Turkmenistan defeated Kyrgyzstan by 3-0 sets. A total of six teams are participating in this tournament. Bangladesh have been pitted in Group A along with Nepal and Maldives. Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan make up Group B.