Myanmar Defeats Guangdong 3-1 in Volleyball Friendly

Myanmar men's volleyball team beat China's Guangdong provincial team 3-1 in their third friendly match Saturday in Yangon.

The experienced Myanmar team, with an average age of 24 and height of 1.84 meters, won the match against Guangdong, which has an average age of 19.5 and height of 1.94 meters, with the set scores of 25-18, 20-25, 25-18 and 25-20.

The host side beat the young visitors 3-0 in their first encounter on Tuesday in 25-11, 25-16 and 25-13, and 3-0 again in their second on Thursday with the set scores of 25-18, 25-20 and 25-12.

The Myanmar team, which has been preparing for the XXI Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, stood in third place of the SEA standard after Thailand and Indonesia.






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